This morning Netflix has announced the start of production on the second season of Scottish crime drama Dept. Q. Alongside the announcement we have our first look at the series’ main cast on set in their now iconic roles.
In season 2, Matthew Goode (The Offer, A Discovery of Witches) will return as DCI Carl Morck along with his team of misfits – 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.
Here’s our first look at Sives, Byrne, Goode and Manvelov on set for season 2:
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 gripping crime procedural series DEPT. Q is an adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels. Season 2 will be filmed and set in Edinburgh following the success of the location in the first series.
The debut series captivated audiences with its shocking twists and turns and spent 6 weeks in the Global Top Ten shows on Netflix.
Dept. Q is written and directed by Scott Frank and produced by Left Bank Pictures for Netflix.
