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A local police team investigates crimes within the close-knit island community of Shetland.

Follows the story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the man she then killed in cold blood, her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle to get her release before she was hanged.

Follows detective Matthew Venn as he returns to an evangelical community in which he grew up to attend his father's funeral.

Lives of three siblings are disrupted when their recently widowed mother declares she's in love with a new man. Tangled web of secrets, lies, rivalries and betrayals eventually leads to a murder.

When recently widowed Vivian announces her love for a new man Mark, it throws her adult children into chaos. (ITV description.)

Alex Galbraith is shot dead on the same day as Pérez's mother's funeral. Their investigation is interfered by Fraser Creggan. A pipeline worker Eamon Gauldie informs Pérez that he has evidence on his drone that can identify Galbraith's killer.

Niven and Darren are arrested and brought to the station for interview. Perez finally brings the investigation to a climax - but he has no time to rest when it turns out Donna has one last surprise in store.

After the diving incident, the team searches for link between the two bodies. In the meantime Perez must deal with the return of Donna Killick.

The hunt is on for Sandy's attacker, before a shocking confession causes tensions to boil over and some Islanders take justice into their own hands.

Perez finds that Carrie McAndrew was in debt to Niven Guthrie. Fiona Bedford reveals that her husband is tracking her whereabouts. As Donna grows weaker, she asks Duncan for one last favor.

After the shocking events of the previous night, Perez must piece together what happened before a rampaging and vengeful Creggan finds his target. Eve denies any involvement and has an alibi, while Tosh visits Maurice Ross to find out why Galbraith was paying for his care. At the religious retreat on Whalsay, Sister Carolyn receives a threatening postcard and quickly packs her bags.

Helen, Jake and Natalie are shocked when they discover Vivien plans to sell their childhood home and go travelling with Mark. ITV description.

Vivien and Mark plan their trip to India, but the children's ongoing distrust of Mark starts to put a strain on the couple's relationship. ITV description.

Vivien tries to dismiss her children's fears about Mark, even as serious doubts creep into her mind. Jake's chances of reconciling with Leila suffer a potentially fatal blow. ITV description.

When a body is found on a beach in Devon, DI Matthew Venn and his team search for a way into a case that has no witnesses, no forensics and seemingly no motive. Matthew is also dealing with the death of his father and being thrust back into a community he was forced to leave.

Matthew and the team continue to hunt for clues about the victim, and uncover secrets from the past and theories who might have motive to murder. Connections are made between the victim and the Brethren community when it's uncovered that the victim had started attending meetings, while, closer to home, Matthew and his mother look to build bridges after years of silence.

The prospect of rebuilding a relationship with his mother blurs Matthew's ability to objectively examine the Brethren community, and he wrestles professional and personal issues to solve the case before anyone else gets hurt. Lucy and Gaby can no longer stay quiet as an important silence breaks and the extent of the lies suffocating the communities continues to widen.

Despite key breakthroughs, the team are frustrated until an important piece of evidence sets Matthew on the path to finding the murderer. Through learning to let go of the shame his upbringing taught him, Matthew finds clarity on the true events surrounding the murder at Crow Point. Matthew has a chance to solve the case with the killer in his sights, but he must be careful knowing someone else is in danger. In the clear light of day, the crimes of the past are laid out for all to see.

When Thomas Malone has his murder conviction overturned after 23 years behind bars, DI Perez has to reopen the investigation into the 1994 death of local teenager Lizzie Kilmuir.

Perez is on the trail of an attacker, Tosh investigates an oil company in the hunt for Sally's killer, and DNA testing in the Kilmuir case yields a surprising result.

Perez questions Donna about the DNA results, Tosh arrives in Norway in search of Andreas Hagan, and an unexpected twist leads Perez and Tosh into the murky world of the Norwegian far right.

Ignoring Norwegian secret service warnings to the contrary, Perez and Tosh track down Mathias Søderland, as the murder mystery continues.

Perez must reassess the investigation following Jo's attack, the MIT sets its sights on Malone, while Tosh grows skeptical of Lars.

Troubled by historical DNA evidence results, Perez has to face the fact that Duncan may have been involved in Lizzie Kilmuir's murder and potentially Sally McColl's as well.

A severed hand washes up on a Shetland beach, with further body parts discovered in a holdall that has been dumped at sea. Perez and the team begin a complex murder investigation.