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Scott Frank, Matthew Goode and Chloe Pirrie talk to Pandora Sykes

Dept. Q

Hay Festival 2025, 

Go behind the scenes of Netflix's newest literary adaptation as actors Matthew Goode and Chloe Pirrie join writer and director Scott Frank to launch Dept. Q.


Based on the internationally bestselling series by Denmark's #1 crime writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, the show revolves around Carl Morck (Matthew Goode), a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralyzed and another police officer dead.

In conversation with journalist and writer Pandora Sykes, the trio will explore the art of adaptation, the lure of Nordic Noir, and the power of stories to change the world.

Dept. Q premieres on 29th May, a gripping new 9 part series from Scott Frank, the acclaimed writer and director of The Queen’s Gambit, and produced by Left Bank Pictures, the award-winning team behind The Crown.