All to know about Netflix's Scottish crime drama Department Q

With the new show only days away from being available to stream, here is everything you need to know.

What is Department Q all about?

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Department Q follows former top-rated detective, Carl Morck, as he transforms an old Edinburgh basement into a "well-oiled" crime-solving machine dedicated to cracking seemingly impossible cases.

When does Netflix's newest crime drama, Department Q, premiere?

Department Q will come to Netflix on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

New programmes are usually added to the streaming platform at around 12am Pacific Time, meaning it will most likely be available to watch after 8am in the UK.

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See the full cast list for Department Q on Netflix

Here is the cast for the new Scottish crime drama Department Q on Netflix.

• Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey, Stoker) as Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck
• Chloe Pirrie (The Game, An Inspector Calls) as Merritt Lingard
• Jamie Sives (Annika, Guilt) as Detective Chief Inspector James Hardy
• Mark Bonnar (Operation Mincemeat, Unforgotten) as Stephen Burns
• Alexej Manvelov (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Chernobyl) as Akram Salim
• Leah Byrne (Nightsleeper, The Last Bus) as Detective Constable Rose Dickson
• Kate Dickie (The Witch, Game of Thrones) as Detective Chief Superintendent Moira Jacobson

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• Shirley Henderson (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) as Claire Marsh
• Kelly Macdonald (No Country for Old Men, Gosford Park) as Dr. Rachel Irving
• Tom Bulpett (Father Brown, Casualty) as William Lingard

Department Q is set to be released on Thursday, May 29, 2025.