SHETLAND - returns tonight

[guineapiglet]

Does anyone remember watching this last year - very good detective series set amongst stunning scenery - we all loved it here, very low key type writing, very understated, but good viewing, It is on at 9pm tonight, can't remember whether Beeb 1 or 2. Something to look forward to as Call of Duty due to expire next week, and also Salamander.....

[slartybartfast]

um, was that a teen paid by the gas man.

very disappointed tonight

why did gerry care about william?

[figgypuddings]

I am confused.
Who was the 'hoodie' who made the phone call from the telephone kiosk and who wrote "Go Home" on Henderson's wall?

[mousmous]

ah, that's clear now.

[guineapiglet]

Yes, we are getting confused - last night's was the first of a new two parter, and last week's was the second part of a two parter - last week's episode was resolved when it was discovered the teenager daughter ( the best friend) was the one whodunnit.

Last night's was a completely different murderrrrrrrrr, not related to last two parter.

[slartybartfast]

did someone kill a teenage girl ?

[figgypuddings]

My guess is the boat building father is the murderer. Bit of a control freak.

The school teacher's daughter was the culprit, Mumofthreeteens.

[Mumofthreeteens]

I missed who killed the teenage girl. Thought that episode was last night. I then fell asleep on the sofa just after the confirmation that the car had been hit twice so have no idea what happened afterwards.....Can anyone enlighten me please?!

[guineapiglet]

really enjoyed last night's episode, intriguing story, and yes, I reckon it was the uber religious husband who had been killed? I really must turn off at the end and not watch trailers for next week! is it the dodgy young executive for the oil company who seemed to be eyeing up the bride.

the wedding looked wonderful, fab tradition inviting the whole island!

am definitely going to visit Shetland, soon, it is so beautiful and atmospheric. to those of you who live there, I salute you

[mousmous]

the new husband? only guessing fom the preview part, though.

[figgypuddings]

Who has been murdered? I couldn't look as it was so creepy with the music and the long shadows when Perez climbed the stairs.

[QueenFuri]

I enjoyed tonight's as well they have some very good actors though I'm not keen on her that was in teachers. I've no idea who is the murderer this time around again!

[legoplayingmumsunite]

Agree Brian Cox was fabulous, i saw him recently in the drama about Dr wHo and didn't twig at all who he was when I started watching Shetland, i thought it was a local. His accent was very good.

So, who is the killer in tonight's episode?

[mousmous]

I'm a bit lost. can someone give me a summary of tonight's episode?

[WanderingAway]

I enjoyed the first series and the last two episodes.

With regard to accents I live in my hometown but i dont have a local accent because i lived somewhere else for a few years before moving back so my accent is a bit diluted.

[householdchorewhore]

Is that it? Was it just a two parter??

[figgypuddings]

Brian Cox was superb and he had a very good Shetland accent. His last line made me well up.

[somersethouse]

Very impressed you know Anne Cleeves Holiday, I think she is a brilliant writer, please tell her for me!

Loving the series, love the scenery, it is lovely to watch.

[LadyBeagleEyes]

I enjoyed the second episode. I didn't guess at all who the murderer was.
I doubt there's enough Shetlanders in the acting profession to make up a mini series, but they could have attempted the accent, they're actors after all.
Though I'm sure Shetland is probably full of incomers, I live in a small Highland village and there's very few native accents left.
Will definitely watch again.

[ApplesinmyPocket]

I loved it. Enjoyed it more than Series 1. Was really surprised at the dénouement and I'm normally quite quick to spot the killer.

Loved Jimmy's gentleness with Magnus and the way he went back to a clean, furnished cottage. A very nice relationship there.

I like Tosh, too. And the scenery is just stunning...

[Greypuddle]

True, there are a few too many Glaswegians to be believable, but the blond male policeman is a native Shetlander and the rest of them aren't all from Glasgow...just to defend it...

[Davros]

I enjoyed it as I'm desperate for some decent drama and not reality or documentaries. But isn't it like one if those Danish series which I refuse to watch as they are so grim (and overrated)? They could have been speaking Damish half the time as far as I was concerned, Glaswegian or not. I was tempted to turn on the subtitles!

[HolidayArmadillo]

Ann is lovely. Or ann of cleeves as I call her. Very normal and deserving of all this success. (And she paid for her daughter and I to get absolutely Trollied last month so she gets extra points for that!)

[Travelledtheworld]

Thought this was great. Loved the landscape shots.
My daughter said " Mum, is it about a pony ?".......

[mrsbirdie]

His name is all explained in the books - something about a great-great-grandfather being a Spanish sailor I think. He settled on Shetland and the name has been passed down since.
Same lady who wrote the Vera books if you liked that. HolidayArmadillo I'm very jealous that you know her!
It is quite different to the books I find (particularly his background/love life) so was a bit confusing but Raven Black was a good story so I recommend giving it a go, I'm planning on catching up in the gap in my life left by the end of Call the Midwife.

[BabyMummy29]

I watched the first programme last year and found it to be really dreary so won't be returning to it. Wasn't the lead detective called something like Perez which I thought was a ridiculous name for a supposed Shetlander.