June will feature a solid line-up of world-class riches new to Acorn TV, the premium streamer specialising in British and international television. Search no further for bingeable, acclaimed English, international and foreign language dramas, offbeat comedies and documentaries.
HIGHLIGHTS
MS. FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES – SERIES 2
Monday, 7 June 2021
Eps. 1 & 2 with a new episode every Monday through July 19
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“Vivacious” – Indiewire
“Clever crime fare” – The New York Times
A spinoff of the wildly popular Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, the swinging 1960s crime series, Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, follows the fearless and spirited Peregrine Fisher (Logie Award-nominated Geraldine Hakewill, Wanted, Wakefield), the niece of world-class adventuress and private detective Phryne Fisher, as she inherits a windfall from her famous aunt and sets out to become an exceptional sleuth in her own right.
As murders continue to plague the streets of 1964 Melbourne, daring detective Peregrine Fisher tackles her trickiest assignment yet: juggling her career, the busy life of an Adventuress and her romance with Detective James Steed (Joel Jackson, Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, Deadline Gallipoli). Playful but never mocking, exuberant but never naive, Peregrine Fisher continues her mission to do the legacy of her famous aunt justice, to find her way in changing times and to make a difference in the world.
In the second series, while Peregrine investigates cases at an air hostess school, a dog show and a bowling alley, Birdie Birnside (Catherine McClements, Wentworth) reignites her spying career with an old flame and Violetta (Louisa Mignone) and Samuel (Toby Truslove) struggle to contain their passion. Despite their busy lives, the gang have Peregrine’s back – because the modern road to happy-ever-after isn’t always rosy and staying true to oneself can sometimes mean hurting those you love.
MS. FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES – SERIES 1 is available to binge now on Acorn TV.
WHITSTABLE PEARL – SERIES 1
Monday, 7 June 2021
Ep. 4 with a new episode every Monday through June 21
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Cold death is served up alongside warm fish and chips in this seaside murder mystery series based on Julie Wassmer’s (EastEnders)much loved series of novels.
Whitstable Pearl follows big-hearted local restaurant owner Pearl Nolan (Kerry Godliman, After Life, Derek) who sets up a local detective agency after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She is soon embroiled in her first case when she discovers the body of close friend. Pearl forms an unlikely partnership with DCI Mike McGuire (Howard Charles, The Musketeers, The Red Line), a new local police chief who has transferred from London to escape his past. When a second body shows up, Pearl finds herself pulled into the dark underbelly of the picturesque town she calls home.
THE SOMMERDAHL MURDERS – SERIES 2
Monday, 21 June 2021
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“Grounded and emotionally compelling” – Mystery Tribune
Detective Chief Inspector Dan Sommerdahl (Peter Mygind, Last Christmas, Flame & Citron) returns for a second season of trouble in paradise, in the beautiful Danish coastal town of Helsingør.
The workaholic chief investigator in the homicide department of Elsinore police finds himself in the deepest crisis of his life as the season kicks off only hours after the ending of Series 1. Marianne still lives in the house and Dan on his boat – can they resurrect their marriage, or will Marianne find happiness in the arms of Flemming?
The Sommerdahl Murders is based on the bestselling book franchise of family-oriented Nordic noir from Danish author Anna Grue, whose inspiration to become a crime writer came from her psychiatrist mother.
MIDSOMER MURDERS – SERIES 21
Monday, 14 June 2021
“TV gold” –Entertainment Today
“Delightful in a murderously charming way” –Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy
Homicide, blackmail, greed and betrayal: just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer County, which boasts a staggering murder toll of over 300 deaths.
Set in the deceptively idyllic fictional village of Midsomer, the English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this long-running hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Based on the award-winning Inspector Barnaby novels by mystery writer Caroline Graham, bucolic settings harbour macabre crimes and eccentric characters are no match for detective DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon, Life of Riley) and his eager assistant, DS Jamie Winter (Nick Hendrix).
FULL SCHEDULE
Monday, 7 June 2021
MS. FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES – SERIES 1, EPISODES 1 & 2
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WHITSTABLE PEARL – SERIES 1, EPISODE 4
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PLACE OF EXECUTION
In this “absorbing [and] ingenious” (Variety) mystery, journalist Catherine Heathcote (Juliet Stevenson, Queens of Mystery, Emma) is making a film about the 1963 disappearance of a schoolgirl when events force her to re-examine the original investigation, led by DI George Bennett (Lee Ingleby, George Gently). Based on the acclaimed novel by Val McDermid, this award-winning miniseries also stars Greg Wise (The Crown).
ROUX THE DAY: A GOURMET DETECTIVE MYSTERY
Famed culinary consultant Henry Roth is hired to authenticate and purchase a long lost and very valuable recipe book. Soon Henry and Detective Maggie Price find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within a treasured book have dire consequences for all who own it.
Monday, 14 June 2021
MS. FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES – SERIES 1, EPISODE 3
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WHITSTABLE PEARL – SERIES 1, EPISODE 5
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MIDSOMER MURDERS – SERIES 21
AGATHA CHRISTIE: 100 YEARS OF POIROT AND MISS MARPLE
It has been 100 years since the publication of Agatha Christie’s first novel, ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’. In a one-off celebratory programme with access to the Christie estate archives, Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple explores ten of the best-selling author’s most iconic works in chronological order. From ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ to ‘And Then There Were None’ and ‘Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case’, these timeless depictions remind us of another age and the brilliance of Christie’s literature.
Monday, 21 June 2021
MS. FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES – SERIES 1, EPISODE 4
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WHITSTABLE PEARL – SERIES 1, EPISODE 6 (SEASON FINALE)
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THE SOMMERDAHL MURDERS – SERIES 2
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Monday, 28 June 2021
MS. FISHER’S MODERN MURDER MYSTERIES – SERIES 1, EPISODE 5
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CANDICE RENOIR – SERIES 2 (French with English subtitles)
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A mother of four children resumes her job as a policewoman after having stopped for ten years following a layoff in this beloved, long-running French crime drama.
AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES – MOVIES 7-14
Candace Cameron Bure (Full House, Fuller House) stars as librarian Aurora Teagarden, known around her small town as a master sleuth, in the second series of these popular Hallmark Movies.
DARK ANGEL
Based on the true story of Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton (Golden Globe®-winner Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey, Liar, The Commons), Dark Angel follows the exploits of what may have been England’s first female serial killer. Sowing a trail of death across the North East, Mary Ann’s modus operandi sees her marry unsuspecting men, poison them with arsenic, cash in on her victim’s life insurance and move on to the next one. As the body count slowly increases, Mary Ann’s social and financial situation improves, but so does the risk that her murderous ways will be uncovered.
