'Granite Harbour' Season 2 Comes in Cold for August

Granite Harbour was originally commissioned in May 2022, with two rising stars, Romario Simpson (Small Axe) and Hannah Donaldson (Annika). Though, on the surface, the series seems like a bit of a clone of the popular, long-running Shetland, unlike that series, which is a fish-out-of-water for non-Scottish people, Granite Harbour is part of a move by the BBC creating shows filmed in Scotland for a Scottish audience, with BBC One taking the second run. It worked, as the show did well enough to merit a second season, which BritBox once again brings over to help cool down the summer heat.

The series features the unlikely pairing of an ex-Royal Military policeman, DC Davis Lindo, and a down-home Scottish police sergeant, DS Lara ‘Bart’ Bartlett, solving cases of the week together that add up to one larger story. Season 1 was tracking down the murder of a billionaire; Season 2 will take on organized crime by introducing the drug-smuggling McFadden family. However, as Granite Harbour is billed as a drama rather than a mystery, fans and our main leads will have plenty of outside distractions to worry about.

Season 2 once again debuted to high ratings across the pond when it arrived in May 2024; now, BritBox is bringing the new story over right in the middle of the dog days of summer, once again in the Thursday berth, as BritBox seeks to colonize the old British mystery night old PBS fans still miss, even if that mystery wants to insist it's a drama.