How to watch Shetland season 8 online: stream the BBC hit

By David Hollingsworth
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Here's how you can watch Shetland season 8 online from anywhere

Tosh (Alison O'Donnell) and Calder (Ashley Jensen) stand inside a house, both still wearing their outdoor coats, with Calder also wearing a scarf and wool hat, while Tosh's coat is unfastened. Calder has her arms folded as she speaks to an unseen suspect, while Tosh is looking at Calder
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Here's how to watch Shetland season 8 online from anywhere. Shetland has been one of the BBC's biggest hits, with Douglas Henshall starring as DI Jimmy Perez. But Henshall left the show in Shetland season 7 and there's a new cop on the island — DI Ruth Calder, played by Ashley Jensen.

Calder teams up with series regular Detective Inspector "Tosh" McIntosh (Alison O’Donnell).

Setting up the series, Ashley says: "Ruth Calder is called to a London crime scene for a murder which could be connected to gangland crime. The case inadvertently takes Ruth back to the Shetland Isles because the eye witness, Ellen Quinn [Maisie Norma Seaton] is suspected of going on the run there, back to where she’s from. Calder feels an affinity with Ellen – after all she’s a girl who ran away from her life in Shetland and started a new one in the big city.

"Ruth is used to getting things right and this is a complex case which is layered and doesn’t quite go the way she expects it to. There are so many different paths that she ends up going down."

The cast also includes Downton Abbey star Phyllis Logan as Grace Bain, plus regular Steven Robertson is back as DC Sandy Wilson.

It promises to be a brilliant and exciting series. Here's how to watch the six-part series online...

How to watch Shetland season 8 in the UK

Shetland season 8 begins on BBC One on Wednesday 1 November at 9pm. It will also be available to watch on BBC iPlayer. Please note it's not coming out as a whole box set, with episodes dropping weekly. You can stream for free (with a valid TV licence). 

How to watch Shetland season 8 from anywhere

If you're going to be away from your normal TV setup but still want to watch Shetland season 8 you might run into some problems. Thankfully, you can solve this exact issue with a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

A VPN lets you change your IP address to that of the area of what you want to watch, meaning you can tune in to your favorite shows like the X or other content even if you're not there. Our favorite is ExpressVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.

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How to watch Shetland season 8

Good news Shetland season 8 is coming to the US. The bad news is that it doesn't arrive on BritBox until Wednesday, 29 November.

David Hollingsworth
David Hollingsworth
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David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch.

Before working for What To Watch, David spent many years working for TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough. 

David started out as a writer for TV Times before becoming the title's deputy features editor and then features editor. During his time on TV Times, David also helped run the annual TV Times Awards. David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007.

Other than watching and writing about telly, David loves playing cricket, going to the cinema, trying to improve his tennis and chasing about after his kids!