Island strife

Against the stunning backdrop of Shetland, Calder and Tosh return to solve another murder

- WORDS: LAURA CARRENO-MÜLLER

DI Ruth Calder and DI Alison "Tosh" McIntosh are back as Shetland celebrates its 10th series with a very fishy mystery.

The new season of the hit BBC crime drama, based on the books written by Ann Cleeves, opens with the detecting duo sharing a rare moment of downtime in their car before Calder and Tosh are called to stop a boat suspected of carrying drugs.

The scene proved a test of endurance for Ashley Jensen, who plays Calder, as she had to rifle through a cart of dead fish after a tip-off. "It was real fish but the smell wasn't as bad as you might anticipate," Ashley said. "It was fresh fish but it was eight in the morning. I was flinging them about and I was getting bits of fish in my face. But I love all that."