Netflix has announced the cast and start of production for the second season of Dept. Q in Scotland.
Matthew Goode (The Offer, A Discovery of Witches) will return as DCI Carl Morck along with Alexej Manvelov (Jack Ryan, Top Dog) as Akram Salim, Leah Byrne (But When We Dance) as DC Rose Dickson and Jamie Sives (Guilt, Chernobyl) as DS James Hardy.
The series welcomes new cast: Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil, The Nightingale) as Kimmie, Greg Wise (The Crown, The Bucaneers) as Derek Powell, Nicholas Rowe (Red Eye S2, Spy Among Friends) as Thomas Fulton, Tony Curran (Outlander: Blood of my blood, Mary and George) as Winnie Calderwood, Hamish Clark (Monarch of the Glen) as Christopher Herron, Alex Ferns (Waiting for the Out, The Batman) as Phil Allenbeck, Ross Anderson (Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Rig) as Ricky Daddario, Rebecca Root (Heartstopper, The Wheel of Time) as June Lovesay, Isla Johnston (The Queen’s Gambit, The Carpenter’s Son) as Agnes and Amy Brenneman (The Old Man, Judging Amy) as Helen.
Other returning cast includes; Mark Bonnar (Line of Duty, Ludwig) as Stephen Burns, Kate Dickie (The Witch, Game of Thrones) as Moira Jacobson, Aaron McVeigh as Jasper and Sanjeev Kohli (Still Game, River City) as Martin Flemming.
The crime procedural series DEPT. Q is an adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels.
Season 2 will again be filmed and set in Edinburgh.
DEPT. Q is written and directed by Scott Frank and produced by Left Bank Pictures for Netflix.
Executive Producers are Rob Bullock, Scott Frank and Charlotte Moore. Manda Levin and Jessica Burdett will oversee for Netflix
Rob Bullock, Executive Producer, Left Bank Pictures said: “This season, Carl and his band of misfits tackle a terrible crime hidden in the highest echelons of Scottish society. It is a story for our times: rich and powerful people who believe they are above the law. Carl, of course, knows otherwise. It’s a joy to be working with master storyteller Scott Frank once again, along with the rest of team dolally. We applaud Netflix’s courage for letting them loose once again.”
Manda Levin said: “Season one of DEPT. Q made us laugh and cry; it shocked and intrigued us; we fell in love with the characters and with the incredibly vivid and iconic world that Scott Frank and his amazing team conjured up in one of our very favourite cities. That it was embraced so wholeheartedly by an audience in Scotland, in the rest of the UK, and across the world, was thrilling. The story of Season 2 is as darkly delicious as you’d expect, and Carl and his glorious gang will have their work cut out pinning down the perpetrators as we launch back in for more!”
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