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      • So, yep, season five's all fiction. No need to get nightmares if you do happen to live on the Shetland Isles, though the first episode might give you them anyway. Series five starts with the body parts of a Nigerian man washing up on a local beach, so Jimmy Perez and Tosh are right in at the deep end.
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  2. Aug 9, 2022 · BBC crime series Shetland is based upon the novels of Ann Cleeves. The series was first brought to the screen by David Kane, who has remained a principal writer throughout the series.

  3. Feb 12, 2019 · While Cleeves' novels don't exactly lift from true events, they are inspired by her time spent living in Shetland, as well as her former work as a probation officer.

  4. Shetland is a Scottish crime drama television series produced by ITV Studios for BBC Scotland. First broadcast on BBC One on 10 March 2013, it is originally based upon the novels of Ann Cleeves and adapted by David Kane.

    • Norway is not that near! In series 1, Perez, while seated on a wall near his home in the Lerwick Lodberries, utters the line: “On a clear day, you can see Norway.”
    • Sandy is a real-life Shetlander. Steven Robertson, who plays Sandy Wilson, was born and brought up in Shetland, and speaks with a Shetland accent, which is markedly different to Scots' dialect.
    • It’s not all bad weather. Shetland may be the most northerly part of the UK but its weather can be surprisingly dry and mild, especially in the long summer months, which can have up to 19 hours of daylight.
    • Only the first three series are based on the books. The TV series is based on the Shetland murder mystery series by Ann Cleeves (also the creator of ITV’s Vera) but only the first two series were based on the storylines in her books.
  5. Feb 12, 2019 · But is Shetland based on a book? If Shetland the TV show isn’t quite enough for you, you are in luck. The BBC One hit is based on the bestselling series by critically-acclaimed crime novelist...

  6. 2 days ago · A stellar cast. Jensen, 55, made her Shetland debut last year, taking over the reins from Douglas Henshall who had played DI Jimmy Perez since 2013. Her character DI Ruth Calder is a native ...

  7. 4 days ago · Is it true you experienced four seasons in one day in Shetland? The weather can change in an hour and while that sounds like a cliché it is true in the case of Shetland!

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