"DEPT. Q" SEASON 2

NETFLIX ANNOUNCES CAST FOR THE SERIES & START OF PRODUCTION IN SCOTLAND

(L-R Jamie Sives as DS James Hardy, Leah Byrne as DC Rose Dickson, Matthew Goode as DCI Carl Morck, Alexej Manvelov as Akram Salim)

Image credit: Jamie Simpson

· Netflix today announced the cast and start of production for Dept. Q Season 2 in Scotland.

· 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.

· The series welcomes new cast: Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil, The Nightingale) as Kimmie, Greg Wise (The Crown, The Buccaneers) 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 Fleming.

· 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.

· Logline: 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, but takes 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.

· 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!"

ENDS

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.

Please head to Tudum.com for further information.