Department Q (TV series)

Department Q is an upcoming American crime thriller television series created by Scott Frank, based on the book series of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen.

Former top-rated detective Carl Morck tackles a cold case while turning an Edinburgh basement office space into a well-oiled machine full of misfit officers dedicated to cracking whatever seemingly impossible cases come across their desks.

• Matthew Goode as Carl Morch, an emotionally scarred detective charged with setting up cold case unit, Department Q.
• Kelly Macdonald as Dr. Rachel Irving, the police therapist.
• Chloe Pirrie as Merrit Lingard, a ruthless and ambitious prosecutor.
• Alexej Manvelov as Akram Salim, a Syrian cop forced to flee to Europe and ultimately becomes part of the new department.
• Leah Byrne as Rose, a cadet shaken by a breakdown and looking for a chance to prove herself in DCI Morck’s team.
• Mark Bonnar as Stephen.
• Jamie Sives as DS Hardy
• Shirley Henderson as Clare Marsh
• Kate Dickie as Miora

On April 27, 2023, Scott Frank was set to develop an English eight-episode TV series adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q book series with Frank co-writing with Chandni Lakhani, Left Bank Pictures producing the series for Netflix.^[1] On February 6, 2024, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane were revealed to be writing with Frank & Lakhani, while Frank will direct the first 2 episodes.^[2]

On February 6, 2024, Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, Kelly Macdonald, Mark Bonnar, Shirley Henderson, Jamie Sives and Kate Dickie were cast in the series.^[2]

On April 27, 2023, the TV series adaptation was set to film in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] Filming took place in Edinburgh in February and March 2024.^[3][4][5]

• Department Q at IMDb