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The BBC’s Pauline McLean visited the Dept. Q set and chatted with Matthew Goode last week –
Is he as grumpy and as irascible as he was in the first season?
“Carl maintains his standard of being pretty grumpy,” he says as we sit at the kitchen table in his flat.
“It’s actually everyone else who starts falling apart in season two and Carl comes across as remarkably restrained.”
A longer extract can be found in the Press Archive for 2026
The official trailer for Matthew’s upcoming movie ‘Fortitude’:-
https://youtu.be/u84eGXw2kxE?si=nMcBQ12jLDZCgd-u
Pauline McLean from BBC Scotland has been visiting the set of Dept. Q season 2.
Matthew was interviewed on the set of Carl’s Edinburgh home:-
The central role of Carl Morck is once again played by Matthew Goode.
Is he as grumpy and as irascible as he was in the first season?
“I don’t want to give too much away but Carl maintains his standard of being pretty grumpy,” he says as we sit at the kitchen table in his flat.
“It’s actually everyone else who starts falling apart in season two and Carl comes across as remarkably restrained.”
He says the Scottish setting and cast allow for an added strand of dark humour.
“There’s intended humour that came across a lot in season one and then there’s stuff that comes from characters and situations and how we play together as actors,” he says.
“There’s a gallows humour that goes within the medium that allows us to be shocked and our coping mechanism as an audience, and in life, is to laugh at things.
“And that’s what makes it slightly different from some of the Scandi stuff which can be ultra bleak. So go Scotland.”
Link to the article and pictures here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7z34vvxvlo
Matthew Goode, Leah Bryne and Alexej Manvelov on location at the CMS Bike School in Aberdeen. Â Filming Dept. Q season 2 –
[CMS Bike School/Press and Journal]
Read whole interview and more pictures here –Â https://issuu.com/exeterschooluk/docs/exeter_school_s_the_1633_alumni_magazine_issue_18_
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Dept. Q Season 2 Cast: Meet the New Sleuths and Suspects
By John DiLilloJune 25, 2026
Dept. Q is getting a little bigger.
As production ramps up on Season 2 of Scott Frank’s hit detective series, DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) is joined by cast members both old and new — and thank god for that, because he’ll need all the help he can get.
Season 1 of Dept. Q saw Morck and his team of misfit detectives solve one of the murkiest unsolved cases in Edinburgh’s history. But that was only the beginning for this intrepid crew. There are plenty more cold cases where that came from, and the work of the department is just beginning. Based on the books by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dept. Q is a dark mystery with a cantankerous, brilliant detective at its center.
“This season, Carl and his band of misfits tackle a terrible crime hidden in the highest echelons of Scottish society,” Dept. Q executive producer Rob Bullock revealed. “It is a story for our times: rich and powerful people who believe they are above the law. Carl, of course, knows otherwise.”
“Season 1 of Dept. Q made us laugh and cry; it shocked and intrigued us; we fell in love with the characters and with the incredibly vivid and iconic world that Scott Frank and his amazing team conjured up in one of our very favorite cities,” said Manda Levin, head of UK scripted development for Netflix. “That it was embraced so wholeheartedly by an audience in Scotland, in the rest of the UK, and across the world, was thrilling. The story of Season 2 is as darkly delicious as you’d expect, and Carl and his glorious gang will have their work cut out pinning down the perpetrators as we launch back in for more!”
Read on to learn more about the new and returning cast of Dept. Q Season 2.
Who’s returning from Season 1 of Dept. Q?
Matthew Goode (The Offer, A Discovery of Witches) reprises his role as DCI Carl Morck, the unlikely head of Department Q. Also returning from Season 1 are the heart and soul of the department:
- Alexej Manvelov (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Top Dog) as Akram Salim
- Leah Byrne (But When We Dance) as Detective Constable Rose Dickson
- Jamie Sives (Annika, Guilt) as Detective Chief Inspector James Hardy
Other returning cast members include:
- Mark Bonnar (Line of Duty, Ludwig) as Stephen Burns
- Kate Dickie (The Witch, Game of Thrones) as Detective Chief Superintendent Moira Jacobson
- Aaron McVeigh (The Cleansing Hour) as Jasper Stewart
- Sanjeev Kohli (Still Game, River City) as Martin Fleming
What new cast members are joining Dept. Q Season 2?
New cast members include:
- Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil, The Nightingale) as Kimmie
- Greg Wise (The Crown, The Buccaneers) as Derek Powell
- Nicholas Rowe (Mr. Holmes) as Thomas Fulton
- Tony Curran (Outlander: Blood of My Blood, Mary & George) as Winnie Calderwood
- Hamish Clark (Monarch of the Glen) as Christopher Herron
- Alex Ferns (Waiting for the Out, The Batman) as Phil Allenbeck
- Ross Anderson (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Rig) as Ricky Daddario
- Rebecca Root (Heartstopper, The Wheel of Time) as June Lovesay
- Isla Johnston (The Queen’s Gambit, The Carpenter’s Son) as Agnes
- Amy Brenneman (The Old Man, Private Practice) as Helen
When will Dept. Q Season 2 be on Netflix?
Production is now underway in Edinburgh, Scotland. Stay tuned for more as the plot thickens.
Dept. Q: Scott Frank, Matthew Goode, Kate Dickie, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne
Sunday 20th September – 15:00
Quirky, quick-witted and quantifiably quality, Dept. Q is quite possibly the hottest crime series on television. The Edinburgh-set show has been a huge worldwide hit on Netflix, and we’re delighted to welcome its creator and stars to Bloody Scotland.
Joining us will be showrunner Scott Frank and stars Matthew Goode (DCI Carl Morck), Kate Dickie (Chief Superintendent Moira Jacobson), Alexej Manvelov (Akram Salim) and Leah Byrne (DC Rose Dickson) . Together, they will discuss how the show has achieved such cult status amongst fans and reveal behind-the-scenes secrets as they take a break from filming Series 2. This is definitely not to be missed!
The session will be chaired by the executive producer of the show, Rob Bullock.
Tickets ÂŁ14.75/ÂŁ13.75 incl bf
Tickets here –Â https://bloodyscotland.com/event/dept-q-scott-frank-matthew-goode-kate-dickie-540214/
