Who is Douglas Henshall? Shetland actor and Narrator of Secret Agent Selection: WW2

He's returned to our screens for the fifth series of BBC's hugely popular Shetland  – here's the lowdown on him…

Who is Douglas Henshall?

Douglas, 52, was born November 19, 1965, in Glasgow and is a Scottish actor.

He is best known for his roles as Professor Nick Cutter in ITV's Primeval and DI Jimmy Perez in crime drama Shetland.

He shot to fame in 1993 in Dennis Potter's television adaptation of Lipstick on Your Collar.

Douglas married his partner, Croatian writer Tena Štivičić, in Las Vegas in February 2010 – they welcomed a daughter in late 2016.

What is Shetland series five about?

Shetland series five deals with a grisly case which unfolds when a jogger finds a severed hand on the beach.

The team then discover a bag containing other body parts at a nearby inlet.

They discover that the victim is a Nigerian man called Daniel but they don't know why he came to Shetland – or who would possibly want to kill him.

Through analysing his social media account and emails DCI Perez hopes to get closer to the truth as suspicion begins to surround the fish factory and local scrap metal dealers.

What other TV shows has Douglas been on?

Doug has appeared in numerous high profile shows including:

  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993)
  • Sharpe's Justice (1997)
  • Psychos (1998)
  • Anna Karenina (2000)
  • Dalziel and Pascoe (2005)
  • Sea of Souls (2007)
  • South Riding (2011)
  • In Plain Sight (2016)

 

What is Secret Agent Selection: WW2 about?

Secret Agent Selection: WW2 is an immersive history series that puts five students through the training programme of one of WW2’s most covert organisations.

The teams will need to use their physical fitness as well as their mental agility in order to get through each test.

In episode one, the students faced SOE's demanding selection process, known as the Student Assessment Board.

The programme charts the beginning of SOE, which started with a handful of agents, in an organisation determined to find a way back into Nazi-controlled Europe.

 

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