BBC ‘Shetland’ Writer David Kane Adapting Denise Mina ‘Morrow’ For TV – Deadline

David Kane, lead author on the BBC’s Shetland, is growing Denise Mina’s Morrow guide collection right into a multi-season TV present.

Set in Glasgow, Morrow, which consists of 5 books, follows DS Alex Morrow, a formidable detective who can’t face speaking to her husband or bear to sleep within the household dwelling following a current trauma. As she investigates a criminal offense with accomplice Bannerman for season one titled Still Midnight, questions come up about whether or not their bold Machiavellian boss McKechnie has their backs.

Morrow doesn’t have a broadcaster hooked up but however Kane envisages it operating for a number of seasons. He is the lead author on hit Scottish BBC collection Shetland, which has run for seven seasons and for which he has been nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award.

Kane and Mina are exec producing Morrow, having mixed on BBC drama cult hit The Field of Blood, which starred Peter Capaldi and David Morrissey and was additionally BAFTA Scotland nominated. Channel 4-backed Freedom Scripted is the indie behind Morrow and Mike Ellen is EP.

“I’m very attracted by the opportunity to present a version of modern multi-cultural Glasgow, but one that doesn’t shy away from the city’s past,” mentioned Kane. “It is different, more diverse, but still has that dark underbelly of crime.”