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Shetland

BBC Scotland crime drama television series, 2013–
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Shetland

Summary

Shetland is a television series[1]. Shetland ranks in the top 2% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shetland's instance of is recorded as television series[3].
  • Shetland's composer is recorded as John Lunn[4].
  • Shetland's genre is thriller television series[5].
  • A cast member of Shetland was Douglas Henshall[6].
  • A cast member of Shetland was Angus Miller[7].
  • A cast member of Shetland was Alison O'Donnell[8].
  • A cast member of Shetland was Steven Robertson[9].
  • A cast member of Shetland was Ashley Jensen[10].
  • Shetland's director of photography is recorded as Q138731665[11].
  • The original language of Shetland was English[12].
  • Shetland's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC One[13].
  • Shetland's original broadcaster is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[14].
  • Shetland's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[15].
  • Shetland comprises Shetland, season 1[16].
  • Shetland comprises Shetland, season 2[17].
  • Shetland comprises Shetland, season 3[18].
  • Shetland comprises Shetland, season 4[19].
  • Shetland comprises Shetland, season 5[20].
  • Shetland comprises Shetland, season 6[21].
  • Shetland comprises Shetland, season 7[22].
  • Shetland began on March 10, 2013[23].
  • Shetland's official website is recorded as http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/shetland/[24].
  • Shetland's film editor is recorded as Q137041758[25].
  • Shetland's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+50'}[26].
  • Shetland's title is recorded as Shetland[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Cast members include Douglas Henshall[6], Angus Miller[7], Alison O'Donnell[8], Steven Robertson[9], and Ashley Jensen[10].

Publication

The original language of Shetland was English[12]. Shetland's genre is thriller television series[5].

Why It Matters

Shetland ranks in the top 2% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,116 views/month).[2] Shetland has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Shetland is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Scotland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 2396135
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 2396135, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  2. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Start time → —
    Has part(s) → Shetland, season 1, Shetland, season 2, Shetland, season 3 +4
    Instance of → television series
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14813]]: 144792, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269251|batch #269251]]"
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