There's something of the Nordic about Shetland – but sadly no impressive knitwear on show
In the novel Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, from which the first two-part story of Shetland (BBC1) is adapted, it's winter and the islands are covered in a thick layer of snow when a girl's body is discovered. Here they've changed the season, to the very opposite, mid-summer, when it never properly gets dark. Perhaps it was to make filming easier, to literally shed light on proceedings.
Certainly it means we get to see the eerie, sad landscape and grey skies that are so much a part of it. And actually it's just as effective a backdrop – constant light is very nearly as oppressive and depressing as constant dark. A community, including Di Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall), is already on edge through lack of sleep when the body is found. Remember Al Pacino in Insomnia? Like that.
In the novel Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, from which the first two-part story of Shetland (BBC1) is adapted, it's winter and the islands are covered in a thick layer of snow when a girl's body is discovered. Here they've changed the season, to the very opposite, mid-summer, when it never properly gets dark. Perhaps it was to make filming easier, to literally shed light on proceedings.
Certainly it means we get to see the eerie, sad landscape and grey skies that are so much a part of it. And actually it's just as effective a backdrop – constant light is very nearly as oppressive and depressing as constant dark. A community, including Di Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall), is already on edge through lack of sleep when the body is found. Remember Al Pacino in Insomnia? Like that.
- 3/12/2014
- by Sam Wollaston
- The Guardian - Film News
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities: Watch, 8pm
This 10-part series continues tonight, exploring more animal oddities from the natural world.
In the first of tonight's two episodes Life on Ice, Attenborough picks up a frozen frog and after placing it in warm water, shows how it magically comes back to life within mere minutes.
The wonders continue with Spinners and Weavers as Attenborough explores the properties of spiders' silk, one of nature's most resilient materials.
Shetland: BBC One, 9pm
The island crime drama Shetland returns tonight with a brand new six part series, based on the best-selling novels by Ann Cleeves.
Titled 'Raven Black', the first of a two-part episode sees Douglas Henshall return to Ravenswick as Di Jimmy Perez.
Discovering a young woman has been murdered and her body has been gruesomely pecked by birds, Perez begins to investigate - and the case leads him back...
This 10-part series continues tonight, exploring more animal oddities from the natural world.
In the first of tonight's two episodes Life on Ice, Attenborough picks up a frozen frog and after placing it in warm water, shows how it magically comes back to life within mere minutes.
The wonders continue with Spinners and Weavers as Attenborough explores the properties of spiders' silk, one of nature's most resilient materials.
Shetland: BBC One, 9pm
The island crime drama Shetland returns tonight with a brand new six part series, based on the best-selling novels by Ann Cleeves.
Titled 'Raven Black', the first of a two-part episode sees Douglas Henshall return to Ravenswick as Di Jimmy Perez.
Discovering a young woman has been murdered and her body has been gruesomely pecked by birds, Perez begins to investigate - and the case leads him back...
- 3/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Shetland season two
ITV Studios BBC Scotland drama Shetland returns to BBC1 next month with six all new episodes. The season is split into three, two-part stories: Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue Lightning. Douglas Henshall returns to play Detective Jimmy Perez in the drama that’s based around novels by Vera creator Ann Cleeves. Guest stars in the new series include Brian Cox, Alex Norton, Nina Sosanya, David Hayman, John Lynch and Bill Paterson. Meanwhile Vera season 4 is set to air this Spring on ITV.
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ITV Studios BBC Scotland drama Shetland returns to BBC1 next month with six all new episodes. The season is split into three, two-part stories: Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue Lightning. Douglas Henshall returns to play Detective Jimmy Perez in the drama that’s based around novels by Vera creator Ann Cleeves. Guest stars in the new series include Brian Cox, Alex Norton, Nina Sosanya, David Hayman, John Lynch and Bill Paterson. Meanwhile Vera season 4 is set to air this Spring on ITV.
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- 2/16/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
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