Editing Shetland (section)

=== Films and television ===
[[Michael Powell]] made ''[[The Edge of the World]]'' in 1937, a dramatisation based on the true story of the evacuation of the last 36 inhabitants of the remote island of [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]] on 29 August 1930. St Kilda lies in the Atlantic Ocean, {{cvt|64|km}} west of the [[Outer Hebrides]] but Powell was unable to get permission to film there. Undaunted, he made the film over four months during the summer of 1936 in Foula and the film transposes these events to Shetland. Forty years later, the documentary ''[[Return to the Edge of the World]]'' was filmed, capturing a reunion of cast and crew of the film as they revisited the island in 1978.

A number of other films have been made on or about Shetland including ''A Crofter's Life in Shetland'' (1932),<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/711399/index.html "A Crofter's Life in Shetland"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121194620/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/711399/index.html |date=21 November 2008 }}, screenonline.org.uk, Retrieved 12 October 2008</ref> ''A Shetland Lyric'' (1934),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419101/ "The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208130927/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419101/ |date=8 February 2017 }}, IMDb, Retrieved 12 October 2008</ref> ''[[Devil's Gate (2004 film)|Devil's Gate]]'' (2003) and ''[[It's Nice Up North]]'' (2006), a comedy documentary by [[Graham Fellows]]. The [[Screenplay film festival]] takes place annually in [[Mareel]], a cinema, music and education venue.

The [[BBC One]] television series ''[[Shetland (TV series)|Shetland]]'', a crime drama, is set in the islands and is based on the book series by [[Ann Cleeves]]. The programme is filmed partly in Shetland and partly on the Scottish mainland.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 April 2015|title=Street Closed for Filming Television Crime Series|url=http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/04/09/street-closed-for-television-crime-series-filming|newspaper=Shetland Times|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-date=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417000223/http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/04/09/street-closed-for-television-crime-series-filming|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2 March 2013|title=Scottish actor Douglas Henshall on the perks of filming new BBC crime drama Shetland ... in and around Glasgow|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/scottish-actor-douglas-henshall-perks-1738133|newspaper=Daily Record|location=Glasgow|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213212334/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/scottish-actor-douglas-henshall-perks-1738133|url-status=live}}</ref>