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- BBC One
- Nov 1, 2023
- BBC One
- Nov 1, 2023
Summary The Scottish crime series based on the novels of Ann Cleeves focuses on DI Jimmy Pérez (Douglas Henshall) [and later DI Ruth Calder (Ashley Jensen)] and the team as they solve cases in the Shetland Isles. [Premieres originally in the UK on BBC One and in the US on BritBox (since 2018)]
- BBC One
- Nov 1, 2023
- BBC One
- Nov 1, 2023
Shetland
Season 8
9 Seasons
Season Premiere: Nov 1, 2023
76
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Summary The Scottish crime series based on the novels of Ann Cleeves focuses on DI Jimmy Pérez (Douglas Henshall) [and later DI Ruth Calder (Ashley Jensen)] and the team as they solve cases in the Shetland Isles. [Premieres originally in the UK on BBC One and in the US on BritBox (since 2018)]
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
76
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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No messing about here, no flashbacks or mysteries, just confident and efficient storytelling. There is also the strange mix of serious crime and comedy that the drama just about manages to pull off.
Her character [Ashley Jensen as Ruth] arrived fully formed and well-rounded. Her expressive face revealed conflicted feelings about this enforced homecoming. The script wasn't afraid to make Calder prickly and unlikeable, with a tangled private life and troubled childhood.
As Calder, Ashley Jensen already looks like a viable replacement for Henshall.
His [Douglas Henshall's] replacement gives “Shetland” something of a reset, while retaining the small ensemble and much of what makes the show work.
Hello, DI Dour. Jensen is a talented actress with an expressive face, though, and she created the sense that behind the sullenness lurks a complex, damaged person.
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