Dept. Q is arriving on Netflix today, with Downton Abbey’s Matthew Goode starring as an arrogant detective who must lead a team of misfits in cracking an Edinburgh cold case

Dept Q lands on Netflix tonight(Image: AP)

Brand new crime drama Dept. Q is landing tonight (Thursday 29 May) on Netflix – with Downton Abbey’s Matthew Goode starring in this adaptation of a Nordic hit. Based on the book series by Jussi Adler-Olsen, which has been adapted into numerous Danish films, the new series follows a detective as he’s tasked with opening a cold case unit after leading an investigation that went horribly wrong.

With the likes of Line of Duty’s Kelly Macdonald, The Game’s Chloe Pirrie and Harry Potter’s Shirley Henderson taking on roles in this new Netflix offering, the nine-part thriller will give crime fans something to dig their teeth into this evening.

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Dept. Q, Netflix

Downton Abbey actor Matthew Goode stars as a bristly detective in this new crime drama, adapted from a successful series of Danish novels. The action has been translated from Copenhagen to Edinburgh, where we meet DCI Carl Morck (Goode), a gifted crime solver, whose arrogance has got the better of him.

Morck and his partner made the mistake of visiting a murder scene that wasn’t ever assigned to them. After belittling the uniformed officers holding the fort there, they examined the body, without realising that the killer was lurking in the shadows. As a result, a young copper died on the job, and Morck’s partner was left paralysed. Morck managed to make a physical recovery, but is haunted by every detail of that day and determined to seek justice.

When he returns to the station, his whispering colleagues don’t want to talk to him and getting back to work isn’t as easy as he’d hoped. His boss is under pressure to improve the public image of the force, and is strongarmed into opening a cold case unit, called Department Q. It’s a PR exercise rather than a legitimate new arm of the force, and much like Slough House in Apple TV’s hit Slow Horses, this is somewhere to shove employees who have fallen out of favour. It’s the perfect assignment for Morck – he may be unpopular, but his intellectual brilliance and unique approach could solve a few impossible cases. Also starring Kelly McDonald as Morck’s spiky therapist, Dr Rachel Irving.

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Alan Carr is back in Interior Design Masters(Image: (Image: BBC))

Britain Under The Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation, Channel 4, 8pm

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Interior Design Masters With Alan Carr, BBC1, 8pm

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Emmerdale, ITV, 7.30pm

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