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[08/18/25 - 04:01 PM]
"Dept. Q" - Netflix Announces Second Season
Season 2 will be filmed and set in Edinburgh following the success of the location in the first series.

[via press release from Netflix]

DEPT. Q

NETFLIX ANNOUNCES SECOND SEASON

· Netflix today announced a second season of the gripping crime procedural series Dept. Q has been commissioned - 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.

· Matthew Goode will return as DCI Carl Morck along with his team of misfits - Alexej Manvelov as Akram, Leah Byrne as Rose and Jamie Sives as Hardy.

· The renewal follows the success of the show's debut series which captivated audiences with its shocking twists and turns.

· Season 1 spent 6 weeks in the Global Top Ten shows on Netflix.

· Log line:

o DCI Carl Morck heads up the maverick Dept. Q from the basement of an Edinburgh police station. Charged with cases previously deemed unsolvable, this darkly humorous, propulsive show delivers all the pleasures of a procedural, taking us into the complex mysteries not just of the cases but of the detectives themselves.

· Writer, Director: Scott Frank (The Queen's Gambit, Godless)

· Executive Producers: Rob Bullock, Scott Frank and Charlotte Moore

· Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin will oversee as Execs for Netflix

· Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin, Netflix said: "We are raring to return to Carl Morck and his band of glorious misfits at Dept. Q. Scott Frank brought us best-in-class storytelling and thrilled Netflix audiences worldwide. We can't wait to see what Morck and the gang uncover in Season 2... . Edinburgh, we're back."

· Rob Bullock, Executive Producer, Left Bank Pictures said: "So, we are going downstairs to Dept. Q for a second season. We at Left Bank Pictures nervously await what Scott has in store for his alter-ego Carl Morck, and the other enabling members of team do-lally. We salute Netflix's courage to let them loose once again."

· Scott Frank Quote: "I'm grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly."

· Matthew Goode said: "I'd like to thank Netflix for giving us the opportunity to further investigate Department Q's storylines. We have a wonderful cast and crew, headed by our resident genius Scott Frank. I cannot wait to read what comes from his magic quill!"

ENDS

About Netflix:

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films, and games across a wide variety of genres and languages.

About Left Bank Pictures:

Left Bank Pictures, a Sony Pictures Television company, is one of the world's most successful and acclaimed producers of scripted content. Founded in 2007, the company has won numerous prestigious awards, including BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Emmys, for its globally celebrated television dramas and films including The Crown.

Twice named Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards (in 2011 and 2018), Left Bank also won Production Company of the year at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in 2017.

Working with world-class creative talent, Left Bank Pictures delivers distinctive, high-quality storytelling for audiences in the UK and around the world.





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