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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