Crew Member Dies on Edinburgh Set of Netflix Series Dept. Q

A crew member working on the Netflix series Dept. Q has died after being seriously injured at a film studio in Edinburgh.

Police were called to FirstStage Studios on Thursday after a man was badly hurt. Emergency services attended the site, but the man died. Police Scotland said the death is not being treated as suspicious. Inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.

The series is produced by Left Bank Pictures. The company said it was deeply shocked and saddened by the death of a member of its Dept. Q crew. It said its thoughts were with the crew member's family, friends and colleagues, and that it was offering support to everyone affected.

The Health and Safety Executive, the UK body that oversees workplace safety, said it knew about the incident and was working with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Police Scotland. The Crown Office is Scotland's public prosecution service, and it also looks into deaths in the country. Netflix, which commissioned the show, referred questions about the death to Left Bank Pictures.

Dept. Q is based on the novels by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen. Matthew Goode stars as DCI Carl Morck, a detective chief inspector, which is a senior police rank in the UK. The series comes from writer-director Scott Frank. He executive produces it alongside Rob Bullock and Charlotte Moore. An executive producer oversees a show's business and creative direction without usually working on set each day.

Film and TV productions depend on large teams, from actors and camera operators to lighting, set-building and transport staff. When one of those people dies at work, the whole team is affected, and the people who knew them often carry it longest. Police and safety investigators will now work out what happened. Until they do, the details of the death remain unknown.