Shetland is a Scottish crime drama television series produced by ITV Studios for BBC Scotland.

First broadcast on BBC One on 10 March 2013, it is originally based upon the novels of Ann Cleeves and adapted by David Kane.

[3] On 2 December 2019, BBC One announced that two further series were intended for 2020 and 2021 with Henshall and O’Donnell returning in their roles.

[6] In March 2024, the show was recommissioned for series nine and ten in 2024 and 2025 with Jensen and O'Donnell reprising their roles.

[7] The first series consists of two episodes, a single two-part story based on the novel Red Bones by Ann Cleeves.

This series features three two-part stories based on Cleeves' novels Raven Black, Dead Water, and Blue Lightning.

[11] This series saw a change in format; with all six episodes covering a single story, written exclusively for television.

[11][2] Filming often takes place in areas with landscape or buildings reminiscent of those in the Shetland Islands, such as Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire, Barrhead, where Henshall was born and grew up,[18] Ayr and Irvine, North Ayrshire.

"My character’s house is actually in Kilbarchan, the interior of a couple of crofts are here [in Irvine, Ayrshire] and the police station is in Barrhead," Henshall said in a 2019 interview.