Filming of the latest series of popular BBC1 crime drama Shetland is about to begin on the islands within weeks.
Producers of the show are currently scouting out possible locations for filming, including areas in Lerwick – near to where the fictional home of detective Jimmy Perez, played by actor Douglas Henshall.
Film crews are to arrive on the islands in early April for the latest instalment of the series.
BBC One gave Shetland fans an early Christmas present in December by renewing the crime drama for another two series.
Shetland’s sixth series will see Douglas Henshall reprise his lead role as Jimmy Perez – a detective inspector investigating murders on the Scottish islands.
BBC One has not announced an airdate for Shetland’s sixth series.
The seventh series will be filmed in 2021.
Gaynor Holmes, commissioning editor for BBC Drama Scotland, said in December that BBC One viewers are set for “an unmissable series” when it returns next year.
The BBC has confirmed Shetland’s renewal for series six and seven, but nothing has been said about the show’s future beyond that point yet.
Ann Cleeves, the author of the books on which Shetland is based, said in March last year that the eighth Shetland book, Wild Fire, would be the series’ last.
