Agatha Raisin's Ashley Jensen heads north to join the cast of 'Shetland

Ashley Jensen is Agatha Raisin. Photo: Acorn Media Scottish-born Ashley Jensen (May to December, Eastenders, Ugly Betty, After Life, Extras) who stars as the middle-aged public relations agent who sold her Mayfair public relations firm and fled London for the supposedly peaceful cobblestone streets of the Cotswolds and early retirement in Agatha Raisin, is headed north to Scotland to take over for DI Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) in the new series of Shetland. Jensen will portray DI Ruth Calder, a native Shetlander who returns to the isles after 20 years working for the Met in London. Alison O’Donnell (DS Alison ‘Tosh’ McIntosh), Steven Robertson (DC Sandy Wilson), Lewis Howden (Sergeant Billy McCabe) and Anne Kidd (Cora) will return for series 8. On being cast in the series, Jensen said: "I am absolutely thrilled to be joining Shetland as DI Ruth Calder. It’s such a hugely successful show and I am aware I have very big boots to fill since the departure of DI Perez, who was very much

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