The series is adapted from the Danish noir thrillers, shifting the story setting to Edinburgh

Matthew Goode will return as DCI Carl Morck in a second series of crime thriller Dept. Q for Netflix.

Set and filmed on locations in Scotland and at FirstStage Studios in Leith, the first series saw the cantankerous, disillusioned Morck employed by the police department of Edinburgh, building a team of misfit investigators played by Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne and Jamie Sives, all of whom return for the second run.

The show is from Left Bank Pictures and is based on a series of Danish crime novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen and a subsequent series of Danish films. Scott Frank is writer/director.

Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin, Netflix, said: “We are raring to return to Carl Morck and his band of glorious misfits at Dept. Q. Scott Frank brought us best-in-class storytelling and thrilled Netflix audiences worldwide. We can’t wait to see what Morck and the gang uncover in Season 2…. Edinburgh, we’re back.”

Rob Bullock, executive producer, Left Bank Pictures added: “So, we are going downstairs to Dept. Q for a second season. We at Left Bank Pictures nervously await what Scott has in store for his alter-ego Carl Morck, and the other enabling members of team do-lally. We salute Netflix’s courage to let them loose once again.”

Frank enthused: “I’m grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly.”