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Entertainment / Watch: trailer released for new Shetland series

THE FIRST trailer for the upcoming new series of TV crime drama Shetland has been released.

It offers a first glimpse into Ashley Jensen playing the lead role following the departure of Douglas Henshall as Jimmy Perez.

The first episode of series eight will air on BBC One on 1 November.

Originally based on award-winning novels by crime writer Ann Cleeves, the new series sees Met Police Detective Inspector Ruth Calder (Jensen) return to her native Shetland to retrieve the vulnerable witness to a gangland murder.

Tosh (Alison O’Donnell) must pause her investigation into a string of mysterious animal deaths to help Calder find the witness before it is too late.

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