Edinburgh<\/a>-set crime drama Dept Q is coming to the small screen.<\/p>\nA second series of the show, which both takes place in and was largely filmed in Scotland\u2019s capital, has been commissioned. <\/p>\n
The crime procedural series \u2013 an adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen\u2019s novels \u2013 will remain based in Scotland \u201cfollowing the success of the location in the first series\u201d, the network said.<\/p>\n
Actor Matthew Goode will return as DCI Carl Morck along with his team of misfits \u2013 Alexej Manvelov as Akram, Leah Byrne as Rose and Jamie Sives as Hardy.<\/p>\n
The titular Dept Q, set up in the basement of an Edinburgh police station, are charged with investigating cases previously deemed unsolvable.<\/p>\n
The renewal follows the success of the show\u2019s debut series which captivated audiences with its shocking twists and turns.<\/p>\n
Netflix (Image: Netflix)<\/span> Fans praised its darkly humorous style, which explores complex mysteries not just of the cases but of the detectives themselves.<\/p>\nSeason 1 spent 6 weeks in the Global Top Ten shows on Netflix.<\/p>\n
Netflix Showrunners Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin said: \u201cWe are raring to return to Carl Morck and his band of glorious misfits at Dept. Q. <\/p>\n
\u201cScott Frank brought us best-in-class storytelling and thrilled Netflix audiences worldwide. We can\u2019t wait to see what Morck and the gang uncover in Season 2\u2026. Edinburgh, we\u2019re back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rob Bullock, Executive Producer, Left Bank Pictures said: \u201cSo, we are going downstairs to Dept. Q for a second season. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe at Left Bank Pictures nervously await what Scott has in store for his alter-ego Carl Morck, and the other enabling members of team do-lally. We salute Netflix\u2019s courage to let them loose once again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nNo dates have yet been given for when filming will begin, or the new series will air. But cast and crew say they are excited to start work soon. <\/p>\n
Writer and Director Scott Frank added: \u201cI\u2019m grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew Goode said: \u201cI’d like to thank Netflix for giving us the opportunity to further investigate Department Q’s storylines. We have a wonderful cast and crew, headed by our resident genius Scott Frank. <\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot wait to read what comes from his magic quill.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix has announced that a new series of the Edinburgh-set crime drama Dept Q is coming to the small screen. A second series of the show, which both takes place in and was largely filmed in Scotland\u2019s capital, has been commissioned. The crime procedural series \u2013 an adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen\u2019s novels \u2013 will remain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[348764,348812,348811,348763,348761,23191,348762],"class_list":["post-1967665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","tag-carl-morck","tag-crime-drama-dept","tag-debut-series","tag-jamie-sives","tag-matthew-goode","tag-netflix","tag-scott-frank"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}