Shetland: Season 8

2023 · 6 episodes · ★ 5.1

Series 8

What Season 8 of Shetland

The eighth season opens with Inspector Ruth Calder, of the London Metropolitan Police, back in Shetland, her homeland. Her mission is to locate a vulnerable witness to a murder linked to organized crime, and time is running out. To find her, she needs Tosh, who is in the middle of an investigation into a series of strange animal deaths. Tosh sets that case aside and joins Calder in a race against the clock. The two must move through a small island community where everyone knows each other, while facing armed killers who are also hunting the young woman.

6episodes

Nov 1, 2023Aired

Dec 6, 2023final episode

5.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 Episode 1
Nov 1, 2023 · 58 min
A Met detective returns to Shetland on the trail of a vulnerable witness. DI Ruth Calder must team up with Tosh to find the girl before it’s too late.
Directing: Andy Newbery · Starring: Conor McCarry, Tibu Fortes, Anne Kidd, Eubha Akilade
8x02 Episode 2
Nov 8, 2023 · 59 min
Calder and Tosh must work together to find the armed killers and prevent further disaster. Howell and Nowak take refuge with a local and wait for a means of escape.
Directing: Andy Newbery · Starring: Conor McCarry, Tibu Fortes, Anne Kidd, Eubha Akilade
8x03 Episode 3
Nov 15, 2023 · 59 min
Unnerved by her discovery, Calder decides to stay on in Shetland. Tosh welcomes the support, as the revelation of a tattoo sends the case in a sinister new direction.
Directing: Andy Newbery · Starring: Conor McCarry, Tibu Fortes, Anne Kidd, Angus Miller
8x04 Episode 4
Nov 22, 2023 · 58 min
Tosh believes she has the murderer in custody and tasks the team with finding the evidence to charge. Calder suffers in silence with Jean’s revelation.
Directed by: Giulia Gandini · Starring: Conor McCarry, Tibu Fortes, Anne Kidd, Angus Miller
8x05 Episode 5
Nov 29, 2023 · 58 min
Calder initially reels from the awful news, but quickly becomes suspicious. Tosh worries Harry and Donnie with her pursuit of a controversial new theory.
Starring: Conor McCarry, Tibu Fortes, Anne Kidd, Angus Miller
8x06 Episode 6 Season Finale
Dec 6, 2023 · 58 min
As the investigation draws to a close, Tosh and Calder try to unravel the mystery at the heart of the Bains. The identity of the killer lies in the reason why Ellen left Shetland.
Starring: Tibu Fortes, Maisie Norma Seaton, Jakub Bednarczyk, Dawn Steele