Shetland

Love this series. DH loves it as well and seems to cope despite English not being his first language

Thanks KateK I think I must have become a southern softie enjoying a mild climate and lots of trees.

I quite like this series but am very sad that only one of the characters has a Shetland accent. The rest sound like they come from Glasgow.

That type of scenery is common right down the east coast to south of Aberdeen NanKate - wind blows in straight off the North Sea. Anything that does grow reasonably tall has a 45 degree list and that includes us as we walk into the wind!

Can't stand the unremitting gloom of Douglas Henshall. Shetland Tourist Board should be up in arms.

What a relief to find something decent to watch. I always have the subtitles on for the odd word I miss.

I do find the landscape bleak with no trees. Is it the wind on Shetland that causes this ?

Locks!!! That explains it, I heard Tosh say ‘Is that why all the rocks’ and thought that’s novel. She’ll throw them when need be, will she? I must put my hearing aids in!!!

Sorry to have gone off at a bit of a tangent. The filming of Shetland is atmospheric in the Nordic noir tradition.

Shetland is not actually as bleak as depicted- the sun does shine some of the time , whereas in Midsummer, Portwen, Oxford and other murder hotspots the sun seems to shine a lot. Jersey, when inhabited by Bergerac was the most absurd travelogue advertisement.

Enjoyed it until the end, until the vulnerable deaf lady with the abusive ex-partner and more locks on the door than Fort Knox, was standing in huge lit glass windows, With No Curtains, aaaarrrrggghhhhh
Considering it was her flatmate who had been murdered I just despair.

We thoroughly enjoyed watching Shetland. Good story. As someone says, some of the new dramas have been dissapointing so hopefully this one will be consistently good

DH was moaning about everything being dark and I was moaning because I couldn't hear what was being said.

As you can probably tell....We enjoyed it.

It is very good but I too sometimes find it difficult to hear what is being said.

Love Shetland books and TV.

It's great - but can't hear the dialogue!

Yes, good to have it back. The cast and setting are great but do we need another story of a bad conviction, a creepy guy and a mob of vigilantes? There must be all sorts of other opportunities for a good crime mystery on those islands, surely? I know this isn’t Ann Cleeves writing so have they taken the easy option?

Second that. Loved the books, loved the tv series’ and a good start to this one.

Loved it ..... had to go google and find out if Malone is in the next episode after last night’s scary ending!