Netflix has ordered a second season of Dept. Q, its British crime procedural that’s an adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels.
Matthew Goode will return as DCI Carl Morck, as will Alexej Manvelov as Akram, Leah Byrne as Rose and Jamie Sives as Hardy. Like the first season, Season 2 will be filmed and set in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The drama, which spent six weeks in the Global Top Ten shows on Netflix, follows Morck as he heads up Dept. Q from the basement of an Edinburgh police station. The unit is charged with cases previously deemed unsolvable.
Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless) serves as writer and director. He also executive produces with Rob Bullock and Charlotte Moore.
“I’d like to thank Netflix for giving us the opportunity to further investigate Department Q’s storylines,” said Goode in a statement. “We have a wonderful cast and crew, headed by our resident genius Scott Frank. I cannot wait to read what comes from his magic quill.”
Said Bullock in a statement: “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.”