{"id":1968275,"date":"2025-08-19T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1968275"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:45:16","slug":"will-dept-q-get-a-season-2-netflix-has-finally-made-a-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/will-dept-q-get-a-season-2-netflix-has-finally-made-a-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Dept. Q Get A Season 2? Netflix Has Finally Made A Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Dept. Q follows a recent trend of globally-successful British originals on Netflix\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"255\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/NPACRZoMp18_BmiF9Rzeyw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD01MDM7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/huffpost_uk_744\/4e45272344f1789a0282f9d6bf7a91a2\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Dept. Q follows a recent trend of globally-successful British originals on Netflix <span class=\"copyright\">Netflix<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span><span>Netflix<\/span> has made a decision about the future of the detective thriller <span>Dept. Q<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>The nine-part series, based on the book series of the same name by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, premiered on the platform back in May, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/dept_q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:winning praise from critics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">winning praise from critics<\/a> and quickly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/ginny-and-georgia-dethroned-netflix-most-watched-right-now-list_uk_685293f5e4b0ed75e674cf45\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:garnering an enviable following;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">garnering an enviable following<\/a>, even spending six weeks in Netflix\u2019s most-watched chart globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>And it\u2019s now been confirmed that production is set to resume in Edinburgh on a second season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Netflix execs Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin said in a joint statement: \u201cWe are raring to return to Carl Morck and his band of glorious misfits at Dept. Q.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>\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 two\u2026 Edinburgh, we\u2019re back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Lead actor Matthew Goode \u2013 who will be joined in the second season by co-stars Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne and Jamie Sives \u2013 was similarly enthusiastic, saying: \u201cI\u2019d like to thank Netflix for giving us the opportunity to further investigate Department Q\u2019s storylines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>\u201cWe have a wonderful cast and crew, headed by our resident genius Scott Frank. I cannot wait to read what comes from his magic quill!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Matthew Goode on the set of Dept. Q's first season\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/GQBTLGR2seFwkLhPuI_M1A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUzOTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/huffpost_uk_744\/7b0f10ba7d94e68724edee6f1bcbe565\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Matthew Goode on the set of Dept. Q&#8217;s first season <span class=\"copyright\">Netflix<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Dept. Q continues the recent trend of British shows that have performed well globally for Netflix, including original offerings like <span>Baby Reindeer<\/span>, <span>Black Doves<\/span>, <span>Toxic Town<\/span> and <span>Adolescence<\/span>, as well as the Harlan Coben adaptations <span>Fool Me Once<\/span> and <span>Missing You<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Later this week, the streaming giant will premiere another UK-based thriller, Hostage, which stars Bafta winner <span>Suranne Jones<\/span> as a fictitious prime minister who has to face some tough decisions when her husband is abducted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>The first season of Dept. Q is now streaming on Netflix, though there\u2019s no word yet on when production is due to start on the next batch of episodes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">READ MORE:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dept. Q follows a recent trend of globally-successful British originals on Netflix Netflix Netflix has made a decision about the future of the detective thriller Dept. Q. The nine-part series, based on the book series of the same name by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, premiered on the platform back in May, winning praise from critics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1968276,"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":[348763,23191,348762],"class_list":["post-1968275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-jamie-sives","tag-netflix","tag-scott-frank"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Will-Dept-Q-Get-A-Season-2-Netflix-Has-Finally.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968275","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=1968275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}