Shetland: Season 3

2016 · 6 episodes · ★ 7.8

Series 3

What Season 3 of Shetland

Jimmy Perez returns to Shetland, the Scottish archipelago where he was born, with one clear goal: to protect his neighbors from any threat. The season opens with the disappearance of a young man on the ferry crossing from Aberdeen to the islands, while a small boy is admitted to intensive care. Perez and his team are convinced the two incidents are connected. Soon the detective zeroes in on Michael Maguire, but an investigation that seems stalled before it begins forces him to fight for every breakthrough. The search takes Perez and Tosh to Glasgow, where the lead character's old enemies return to complicate his path to the truth.

6episodes

Jan 15, 2016premiered

Mar 4, 2016Latest episode

5.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Episode 1
Jan 15, 2016 · 58 min · ★ 8.1
When a young man disappears on the Aberdeen to Shetland ferry crossing and a small boy ends up in intensive care, DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate, becoming convinced the two events are connected.
Directing: Thaddeus O'Sullivan · Writing: Gaby Chiappe · Starring: Lewis Howden, Anne Kidd, Sara Vickers, Ciarán Hinds
3x02 Episode 2
Jan 22, 2016 · 57 min · ★ 7.8
DI Jimmy Perez is convinced that Michael Maguire is somehow implicated in the death of Robbie Morton. But with the investigation seemingly under threat before it's even started, he faces an uphill battle to uncover the truth behind Maguire's silence.
Directing: Thaddeus O'Sullivan · Writing: Robert Murphy · Starring: Lewis Howden, Anne Kidd, Sara Vickers, Ciarán Hinds
3x03 Episode 3
Feb 5, 2016 · 56 min · ★ 7.9
The murder investigation takes Perez and Tosh to Glasgow as they try to uncover the reasons behind Maguire's brutal death and his connection to Robbie Morton. But old ghosts return to haunt Perez as his enemies try to prevent him from getting to the truth.
Directing: Thaddeus O'Sullivan · Writing: Robert Murphy, Gaby Chiappe · Starring: Lewis Howden, Anne Kidd, Sara Vickers, Ciarán Hinds
3x04 Episode 4
Feb 12, 2016 · 56 min · ★ 7.3
Perez and his team are determined to track down the person who helped Michael Thompson's killer on Shetland. But the closer the team get to the truth in both Shetland and Glasgow, the more dangerous it becomes for all of them.
Directing: Jan Matthys · Writing: Robert Murphy, Gaby Chiappe · Starring: Lewis Howden, Sara Vickers, Anna Chancellor, Struan Rodger
3x05 Episode 5
Feb 19, 2016 · 57 min · ★ 7.9
Perez struggles to deal with what has happened to Tosh as he continues to investigate the murders of Robbie Morton and Michael Thompson, but a shocking discovery finally leads him to the identity of who Thompson was going to testify against.
Directing: Jan Matthys · Writing: Robert Murphy, Gaby Chiappe · Starring: Lewis Howden, Anna Chancellor, Struan Rodger, Saskia Reeves
3x06 Episode 6 Season Finale
Mar 4, 2016 · 57 min · ★ 7.6
As the investigation reaches its final stages, Detective Inspector Perez and his team discover the person responsible for the deaths of Robbie Morton and Michael Thompson is closer to home than any of them thought.
Directing: Jan Matthys · Writing: David Kane, Robert Murphy, Gaby Chiappe · Starring: Lewis Howden, Sara Vickers, Anna Chancellor, James Cosmo