# Dept. Q Season 2 Is Filming Now in Edinburgh — And It Just Landed a Major New Cast Member

URL: https://technosports.co.in/dept-q-season-2-is-filming-now-in-edinburgh/  
Published: 2026-06-25  
Updated: 2026-06-25  
Author: Reetam Bodhak

If you were hooked by *Dept. Q* Season 1 and have been desperately waiting for news on what’s next, here’s your update — and it’s a good one. Production on Season 2 is officially underway in Scotland, and the first big new cast addition has just been confirmed. Things are moving fast, and the show’s getting even stronger.

| Detail | Info |
| --- | --- |
| **Title** | Dept. Q — Season 2 |
| **Platform** | Netflix |
| **Filming Location** | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| **Filming Period** | June 1 – October 11, 2026 |
| **Episodes** | 8 (confirmed) |
| **Expected Release** | 2027 |
| **Director** | Scott Frank (*The Queen’s Gambit*) |
| **Producers** | Left Bank Pictures & Sony Pictures Television |

## **The New Face Joining Department Q**

Scottish actor **Ross Anderson** has been cast as **Ricky Daddario** in Season 2 — and this is a genuinely exciting addition. Anderson is best known to Netflix audiences as Domnal in *The Last Kingdom* and its feature follow-up *Seven Kings Must Die*. He has also appeared in *Des*, *Shetland*, and the Kevin Hart heist film *Lift*.

What makes this casting even more intriguing is the sheer weight of his upcoming projects — he’s set to appear in Amazon’s *Apollo Has Fallen*, Channel 4’s *The Siege*, and as Ser Humfrey Hardyng in HBO’s *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight*. In short, Anderson is very much a rising star, and landing him for *Dept. Q* Season 2 is a real coup.

![Dept. Q](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/dpeette.jpg)

## **Returning Cast & What to Expect**

The core team is back. **Matthew Goode** returns as the brilliant but tormented Detective Carl Morck, joined by **Alexej Manvelov** (Akram), **Leah Byrne** (Rose), and **Jamie Sives** (Hardy). Scott Frank is back in the director’s chair, maintaining the atmospheric, slow-burn Nordic noir tension that made Season 1 so gripping.

Season 1 ended with Department Q rescuing Merritt Lingard, but the deeper conspiracy surrounding gangster Eugene Errington — and the unsolved Leith Park shooting that left Morck’s partner paralysed — remains wide open. Season 2 will likely dig into another cold case from [Jussi Adler-Olsen’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussi_Adler-Olsen) acclaimed novel series, while those festering threads from Season 1 continue to unravel.

## **Production Timeline at a Glance**

| Milestone | Date |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-production began | Late May 2026 |
| Principal photography started | June 1, 2026 |
| Filming wraps | October 11, 2026 |
| Expected on Netflix | 2027 |

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## **FAQs**

### **Q: When will *Dept. Q* Season 2 release on Netflix?**

With filming running through October 2026, Season 2 is not expected to land on Netflix before sometime in **2027**.

### **Q: Who is Ross Anderson, the new cast member in *Dept. Q* Season 2?**

  
Ross Anderson is a Scottish actor known for *The Last Kingdom*, *Seven Kings Must Die*, and *Lift*, now playing a character named Ricky Daddario in Season 2.