PREVIEW

Scott Frank interviewed for Netflix's Dept Q, which stars Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Kate Dickie, Alexej Mavelov, Leah Byrne, Jamie Sives and written/directed by Scott Frank.

Scott Davis asks the questions.

Plot: DCI Carl Morck is a brilliant cop but a terrible colleague. His razor-sharp sarcasm has made him no friends in Edinburgh Police. After a shooting that leaves a young PC dead, and his partner paralysed, he finds himself exiled to the basement and the sole member of Dept. Q; a newly formed cold case unit. The department is a PR stunt, there to distract the public from the failures of an under-resourced, failing police force that is glad to see the back of him. But more by accident than design, Carl starts to build a gang of waifs and strays who have everything to prove. So, when the stone-cold trail of a prominent civil servant who disappeared several years ago starts to heat up, Carl is back doing what he does best - rattling cages and refusing to take no for an answer.

Dept. Q will be released on the 29th of May, 2025 on Netflix.