Shetland lost its way when Ashley Jensen took over - now it's back on form

This is the closest British TV gets to Scandi noir - thankfully it's left the Tarantinoesque gangsters behind

This is the closest British TV gets to Scandi noir - thankfully it's left the Tarantinoesque gangsters behindis Britain’s nearest equivalent to Scandi noir, thanks to the treeless countryside, heroic coffee drinking and chunky knitwear. But despite it being one of the BBC’s most consistently popular crime dramas, the formula was interrupted when, last series, long-serving lead

But good news – the new ninth series appears to have settled back into a familiar groove. It certainly feels like it’s more relaxed former self, helped by no longer needing to unpack Calder’s back story. Speaking of which, in a clever opening scene, we had a brief recap and an update.

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