New Edinburgh-based crime drama based on novel series 'Department Q' set for Netflix release next month
A new Edinburgh-based crime drama based on a series of novel is set for release on Netflix next month.
‘Department Q’, which is available to stream from May 29, has an all-star cast including Trainspotting and Line of Duty actor Kelly MacDonald, Edinburgh-based hit BBC drama Guilt actors Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives, as well as Downton Abbey star Matthew Goode - who plays the lead role of Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck - an “English detective who gets under the skin of everyone around him”.
This new Netflix series is an adaptation of the novels of the same name by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, although the new television series is sometimes shortened to ‘Dept. Q’. Filming took place in and around Edinburgh last summer.
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The Netflix series will see the author’s original stories transported from the Danish Capital Copenhagen to Scotland’s Capital city.
The series revolves around Carl Morck, a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another police officer dead.
Upon returning to work, he’s put in charge of a brand-new police unit: the Department Q of the show’s title, tasked with investigating cold cases as part of a PR effort for the Scottish police force.
The Netflix sypnosis for the show states: “As Morck dives further into his new responsibilities, he’ll discover secrets as dark as a Scottish loch — and a team of misfits who just might help him shed some light on the subject.”