Why did Douglas Henshall leave Shetland as Jimmy Perez?
ok.co.ukShetland returns for season eight with a new six-part tale as Met detective Ruth Calder (played by Ashley Jensen) returns to the Isles on the trail of a vulnerable witness.The newcomer teams up with Tosh (Alison O’Donnell) on a case that will test their fragile, new partnership.
DI Ruth Calder is taking the lead on the much-loved Scottish series just one year after Douglas Henshall announced he would be leaving his role as DI Jimmy Perez.
OK! has everything you need to know about why Douglas quit and who is replacing him. Why did Douglas Henshall leave Shetland as Jimmy Perez?
Douglas Henshall explained he would be leaving Shetland at the end of its seventh series in August 2022. He said in a statement: "After series five of Shetland, David Kane and I decided we wanted to do two more series to complete the story of Jimmy Perez. "So series six and seven were commissioned together to give us time to wrap up Perez's story to a satisfactory end. "It’s been one of the privileges of my career to play Jimmy Perez for almost ten years and to work with so many wonderful people both in front of and behind the camera, and also to spend so much time in Shetland. "The Isles were so much a part of our show and of Perez himself.
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