Netflix unveils trailer for new Edinburgh crime thriller based on popular novel series
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Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for an Edinburgh-set police drama, Dept Q.
The series which is set to premiere on May 29, saw streets across the capital be taken over by crews as filming got underway
Starring Line of Duty's Kelly Macdonald and Downton Abbey's Matthew Goode, the series follows a detective leading a cold case unit in Edinburgh.
Based on the novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen, the show also stars Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives, Leah Byrne, Mark Bonnar, Kate Dickie, Alexej Manvelov, Shirley Henderson and Tom Bulpett.
The two-minute teaser introduces Goode's DCI Carl Morck as he speaks to Macdonald's therapist Dr Rachel Irving about the incident. The investigation trail leads them to look into the officers themselves.
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Over the course of 2024, residential and city centre areas were taken over for the crime drama series. Calder Crescent was closed for locals from 8am to 5pm on February 6 2024 while scenes were shot.
Then in march 2024, Melville Street was partially closed as film crews got to work.
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Locals were previously informed: "We are writing to you on behalf of LBM Dept Q Ltd to inform you of our plans to film scenes for a chilling new detective series being made for one of the large streaming channels in and around Edinburgh."
The Netflix description reads: "A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh's cold cases."
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Director Scott Frank previously said: "The fact that I have been a fan of Jussi's novels for a dozen years now combined with my long-standing obsession with old school British procedurals like Cracker and Prime Suspect, made this one irresistible.
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"There are ten novels in all, each one is a terrific mystery with great potential for a great season of television. And Carl Mørck is one of those classic detective antiheroes, funny and dark at the same time, that I can never get enough of. I think audiences will feel the same way.'
You can watch the full trailer here.
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