Netflix crime drama Department Q to return for second series

Netflix has confirmed hit crime drama Department Q, which was set and filmed in Edinburgh, will return for a second series.

The streaming giant said Matthew Goode will again play DCI Carl Morck, a damaged and shambolic detective who heads up the department of misfits in the basement of a police station.

The show follows the team as they are charged with solving cases which were previously deemed unsolvable.

The new season will see Morck reunited with team members Alexej Manvelov as Akram, Leah Byrne as Rose and Jamie Sives as Hardy.

Department Q is based on a book series by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen.

But Scandi noir became Tartan noir after the show's director set foot on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh while scouting locations.