'The Chelsea Detective' Will Return for Season 3

It's been nearly a year since The Chelsea Detective Season 2 debuted on Acorn TV, and since then, one of the more popular questions we've gotten is people searching for word on a third season. While it took a long time to get here, AMC Networks has finally confirmed that Acorn TV has teamed back up with ZDF to commission a third season, comprised of four feature-length mystery stories, with Adrian Scarborough (Killing Eve), reprising his role as Detective Inspector Max Arnold and Vanessa Emme (Dublin Murders) returning for a second year running as his partner in crime-solving, Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh. With four new thrilling cases, this new season promises to be the biggest and boldest yet.

Even though fans were pretty sure Acorn TV would eventually commission more of the fan-favorite series with Scarborough as Arnold, it was not nearly as confident that Emme would return for another series. Season 1 of The Chelsea Detective starred Scarborough teamed up with Sonita Henry (Midsomer Murders) as DS Priya Shamsie. Why precisely the series decided to swap out Henry for Emme is still unknown, but it gave the show a sense early on that only Scarborough was needed to keep The Chelsea Detective going. For fans, seeing Emme return for a second shift brings more stability to the series and, hopefully, is a good sign of it having a longer life span.

Wirth filming is now underway (and the first image from the new season above), and it seems likely The Chelsea Detective will be back sooner rather than later as well.