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Acorn TV
Following the bizarre and illogical "The Black Tower," the final installment of Acorn-TV’s Dalgliesh, A Taste for Death, mostly delivers, pulling together Dalgliesh’s great loss, his poetry, and his skills as a detective. "A Taste for Death" is set in the infamous Winter
Acorn TV
As a mystery, The Black Tower is full of plot holes, a disappointment after the first book dramatized in Acorn TV’s Dalgliesh series, Shroud for a Nightingale, which was tightly and deftly plotted. The Black Tower, however, is troubling. The big reveal is a surprise — the genre demands it,
Acorn TV
Poet detective Adam Dalgliesh has returned in a new series called, obviously enough, Dalgliesh. It’s the first remake since the acclaimed and long-lived ITV/Masterpiece series aired from 1983 –1998 with Roy Marsden as Dalgliesh. This latest adaptation tackles three of the novels by the late P. D.
Manhunt (2019)
The second season of critically acclaimed crime drama Manhunt, now subtitled The Night Stalker, stars Martin Clunes as DI Colin Sutton in the story of another real-life case, drawing from Sutton's own memoirs, about the crimes of a serial rapist that occupied the London police for almost
Dalgliesh
The Mr. Darcy of Crime is heading to AcornTV. Dalgliesh, P.D. James' famous detective, is getting a new series from the streaming service in conjunction with the U.K.'s Channel 5. James wrote the 14 or so Dalgliesh novels from 1962 to 2008; the ones adapted
Manhunt (2019)
Martin Clunes drama Manhunt is returning for a second season, set to debut on streaming service Acorn TV this October. The first season of the show aired back in 2019 and was a surprising hit for British network ITV, becoming the highest-rated new drama on any U.K. channel
Comedy
Director Roger Golby, and writer Simon Nye, the team responsible for The Durrells in Corfu, join forces again with their former lead actress Keeley Hawes for Finding Alice, the latest offering from streaming service Acorn TV, by way of U.K. network ITV. But where The Durrells was sweet and
Finding Alice
The Keeley Hawes drama Finding Alice is officially coming to the U.S. this Fall. The six-episode series, which was co-created by former The Durrels in Corfu star Hawes, is a contemporary drama that offers a raw and darkly comic look at grief, love, and life after the
Documentary
Over ten years ago, Church of England Curate Cath Vickers (do you see the pun there?) was concerned that her small, Darrowby-like town of Bedale, Yorkshire, was losing its sense of community. People no longer had real contact with their neighbors, and she yearned for the days when a
Jack Irish
The final season of Australian thriller Jack Irish arrives on streaming platform Acorn TV this summer. Subtitled Jack Irish: Hell Bent, Season 3 will premiere on Monday, July 12 with new episodes dropping each week through August 2. Star Guy Pearce reprises his iconic role as Jack Irish for the
Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries
Acorn TV debuted the second season of Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries this week, with the first episode landing on the service on June 7. The series, a spinoff of the beloved cult favorite Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, brings the period piece crime capers forward a
The Drowning
The Drowning is a four-part drama currently available on AcornTV and Sundance Now. It originally aired on BBC’s Channel 5 and its cast is full of familiar faces, including Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones. Written by Tim Dynevor, Francesca Brill, and Luke Watson, and directed by Carolina