Shetland Ann Cleeves Tv

Set in the isolated scottish shetland isles detective inspector perez and his police colleagues become entwined in the tight knit island community as they investigate mysterious disappearances murders and the darkest.

Shetland ann cleeves tv. Ann says if you d like to know more about the islands where the show is filmed and the books are set check out my non fiction book. Created from the novels by award winning crime writer ann cleeves shetland follows di jimmy perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. They have very kindly allowed us to reproduce their map showing some of the central locations of ann cleeves books. The long callmakes ann s third collaboration with silverprint pictures the partnership that has produced shetland bbc and vera itv two of television s most popular dramas.

Or see visit shetland s jimmy perez pages. By jon coates published. Ann says i m delighted that the team at silverprint has optioned the long call. If you are one of the millions of people around the world fascinated by jimmy perez and his crime solving adventures in ann cleeves shetland now a major bbc tv series we think you ll love the real place.

The shetland series is a bestselling critically acclaimed series of crime novels by ann cleeves which has also been made into a hit tv series on bbc one starring douglas henshall as detective inspector jimmy perez. Directed by stewart svaasand. Ann cleeves is the author of both the vera stanhope and jimmy perez novels. Move your cursor over the map for more information.

With alison o donnell douglas henshall anthony howell steven robertson. Initially based upon the novels of ann cleeves the series was brought to screen by david kane who has remained a principal writer throughout the series. Shetland author ann cleeves said it would have been too painful to continue with the crime novel series after the sudden death of her husband. Ravenswick the invented scene of much of the action of raven black.

In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing. Time is running out for perez as prime suspect peter latimer lies critically ill in hospital. Series five of shetland is now available to buy on dvd. When is shetland series five on tv.

Was the fire a drunken accident or was latimer the second victim of a murderer still free on fair isle. Shetland is a scottish television crime drama television series made by itv studios for the bbc and broadcast on bbc one that first broadcast on 10 march 2013. It s every bit as spectacular and fascinating as the stories and series but with one of the lowest crime rates in the world. Meet the cast of vera series nine.