Shetland season 9 return date confirmed
By Robert Emlyn Slater | Thu Oct 24 2024Fans of Shetland will be excited to know that the start date for the hotly anticipated new series has been revealed.
The new season of the show - its ninth - will see Ashley Jensen return in the lead role for the second season running.
When does Shetland season 9 start?
Yesterday (Wednesday, October 23) BBC One revealed the start date of the new series of Shetland.
The BBC has confirmed that the hit detective drama will be returning on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - so just a couple of weeks away!
The broadcaster also confirmed that Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell will be back in their roles as Detectives Ruth Calder and Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh.
This will be Jensen's second season in the lead role, having taken over from Douglas Henshall last series. The Scottish actor, 58, left the programme at the conclusion of series seven.
What is the plot of Shetland about series 9?
This series will see Calder and Tosh drawn into a complicated investigation that will blur the lines between professional and personal. When Tosh's friend and her son go missing, Ruth - trying to recover from a life-threatening ordeal of her own - is drawn back into action.
During their investigation, they discover that the missing woman, Annie, is estranged from her husband and has been staying with a mussel farmer and his two sons. However, when they can't find a trace of her there either, alarm bells start ringing.
While searching Annie's home which she shared with estranged husband Ian, Tosh meets Professor Rossi, who claims that Annie left him a very distressed voice message before her disappearance. But is there more to Professor Rossi than meets the eye?
Who is in the cast?
Meanwhile, Calder digs deeper into another case involving a deadly argument between two brothers. As the missing investigation drags Tosh and Calder into a web of lies, a bloodied person turns up in a remote garage. Nothing can prepare anyone for what happens next.
Joining Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Connell in the cast are Sarah MacGillivray as Annie, Jacob Ferguson as her son Noah, and Robert Jack as Ian. Ian Hart will be playing Professor Rossi, Vincent Regan is John Harris, Ross Anderson is Patrick Harris, and Macleod Stephen is Fergus Harris.
Steven Robertson, Lewis Howden, Anne Kidd, Angus Miller, Steven Miller, Leeroy Boone, Conor McCarry, Eubha Akilade, Stuart Campbell, Nalini Chetty, Richard Thomson, Tibu Fortes, Andrew John Tait, Tara Lee, Jimmy Yuill, Lesley Hart and Gemma McElhinney are also amongst the cast.
