Shetland

Save

2025
Season 10
6 episodes

Mystery
Drama

Summary

Calder and Tosh travel to the remote village of Lunniswick to investigate the brutal killing of an elderly woman.

Episode 6: Episode 6

Summary

It's the morning after the night before and Calder wakes to a slew of missed calls. Having identified the missing link in Shetland's drug trade, Calder discovers damning evidence linking them to the murder of Eadie Tulloch. At the police station, Tosh and Sandy lay all the evidence in front of their latest suspect who frustratingly falls short of a full confession, and the detectives are further blindsided by a shock revelation about Lunniswick's secret past. Crime drama, starring Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell

Review

David Brown

TV detectives have a history of being brilliant in the workplace but broken at home — think of the solitary Vera, lonely old Morse or burnt-out Rebus. All of them more familiar with domestic silence and late-night takeaways than is healthy, yet supremely gifted when it comes to solving cases.

So, what are the chances of Shetland’s Ruth Calder (Ashley Jensen) finding long-term happiness with Ed Tulloch (Stuart Townsend)? With that line-up of sorrowful sleuths in the rear-view mirror, not good. As soon as Ruth and Ed started making eyes at each other, many viewers will have formed a mental checklist as to where this could all end up. Might Ed be the killer? Will he be murdered? May Ruth arrest someone who’s so close to Ed that he can now never see her again? Is he secretly already married? Is he just using her as material for an upcoming collection of dour poetry? Perhaps he’ll die tragically after leaping to her aid? All options are open as we enter this final hour…

How to watch

Next showing

There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

Streaming

BBC iPlayer

Details

Released on

2025-12-10

Languages

Formats

Colour

Credits

Cast

rolenameDI Ruth CalderAshley JensenDI `Tosh" McIntoshAlison O'DonnellDC Sandy WilsonSteven RobertsonSgt Billy McCabeLewis HowdenThe Rev Alan CalderSteven MillerColin WaiteGreg McHughArthur MairClive RussellEd TullochStuart TownsendIsobel JamesonLouise BrealeyTom JamesonNiall MacGregorStuart GuthrieSaul DavidsonWill LoudenAdam RhazaliMatt BlakeSamuel AndersonPC Alex GrantConor McCarryJess JamesonLila RoseLana MairEllie HaddingtonPC Lorna BurnsEubha AkiladeEthan StoneLewis MacDougallEadie TullochMaria MacDonell

Crew

rolenameWriterPaul LogueExecutive producerPaul LogueDirectorRuth CarneyProducerLouise V SayExecutive producerKate BartlettExecutive producerGaynor HolmesExecutive producerDenise Paul

All episodes

Episode 6

Episode 6

Summary

It's the morning after the night before and Calder wakes to a slew of missed calls. Having identified the missing link in Shetland's drug trade, Calder discovers damning evidence linking them to the murder of Eadie Tulloch. At the police station, Tosh and Sandy lay all the evidence in front of their latest suspect who frustratingly falls short of a full confession, and the detectives are further blindsided by a shock revelation about Lunniswick's secret past. Crime drama, starring Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell

Review

David Brown

TV detectives have a history of being brilliant in the workplace but broken at home — think of the solitary Vera, lonely old Morse or burnt-out Rebus. All of them more familiar with domestic silence and late-night takeaways than is healthy, yet supremely gifted when it comes to solving cases.

So, what are the chances of Shetland’s Ruth Calder (Ashley Jensen) finding long-term happiness with Ed Tulloch (Stuart Townsend)? With that line-up of sorrowful sleuths in the rear-view mirror, not good. As soon as Ruth and Ed started making eyes at each other, many viewers will have formed a mental checklist as to where this could all end up. Might Ed be the killer? Will he be murdered? May Ruth arrest someone who’s so close to Ed that he can now never see her again? Is he secretly already married? Is he just using her as material for an upcoming collection of dour poetry? Perhaps he’ll die tragically after leaping to her aid? All options are open as we enter this final hour…

How to watch

Next showing

There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

Streaming
- BBC iPlayer
Details

Released on

2025-12-10

Languages

Formats

Colour

Credits

Cast

rolenameDI Ruth CalderAshley JensenDI `Tosh" McIntoshAlison O'DonnellDC Sandy WilsonSteven RobertsonSgt Billy McCabeLewis HowdenThe Rev Alan CalderSteven MillerColin WaiteGreg McHughArthur MairClive RussellEd TullochStuart TownsendIsobel JamesonLouise BrealeyTom JamesonNiall MacGregorStuart GuthrieSaul DavidsonWill LoudenAdam RhazaliMatt BlakeSamuel AndersonPC Alex GrantConor McCarryJess JamesonLila RoseLana MairEllie HaddingtonPC Lorna BurnsEubha AkiladeEthan StoneLewis MacDougallEadie TullochMaria MacDonell

Show more

Crew

rolenameWriterPaul LogueExecutive producerPaul LogueDirectorRuth CarneyProducerLouise V SayExecutive producerKate BartlettExecutive producerGaynor HolmesExecutive producerDenise Paul

Show more
Episode 5

Episode 5

Loading
Episode 4

Episode 4

Loading
Episode 3

Episode 3

Loading
Episode 2

Episode 2

Loading
Ad
Episode 1

Episode 1

Loading