A TRIO of actors from hit BBC One show Vigil will star in another Scottish crime drama, the broadcaster has confirmed.

Stephen McCole, who played politician Patrick Cruden, Jim Sturgeon, who was lead actress Suranne Jones’s onscreen former partner Iain, and Lois Chimimba, who starred as sonar operator Tara Kierly, are all joining the award-winning Shetland for its sixth series, due to be broadcast this autumn.

Douglas Henshall reprises his role as DI Jimmy Perez alongside series favourites Alison O’Donnell, Steven Robertson, Mark Bonnar, Erin Armstrong, Anne Kidd and Lewis Howden.

The six-part series centres on the doorstep murder of a prominent local figure.

Henshall said: “Davy Kane has, once again, created stunning storylines in these two new series for Perez and the team to uncover the truth.”