October Acorn TV: Upcoming Mystery/Crime programs

I posted the AcornTV September mysteries, but I should have waited and posted these fine programs coming in October. I do love AcornTV!

AcornTV in October

The Code, Season 2 
(Exclusive U.S. Premiere, beginning Mon., Oct 10)
The Australian political thriller returns with six new episodes starring Ashley Zukerman (Manhattan, Terra Nova, Rush) and Dan Spielman (One Perfect Day), along with new cast members Sigrid Thornton (Wentworth Prison) and Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace, Lantana). The series has won several awards including six Australian Film Institute Awards including Best TV Drama Series, and Australian Writers Guild for original TV mini-series.

Hoping to escape the storm they unleashed at the end of season one Jesse (Ashley Zukerman) and Ned (Dan Spielman) are confronted with the terrifying possibility of being extradited to the US to face serious charges in an American court. Fortunately for the Banks brothers, Australian National Security is sitting on an explosive case they cannot crack, and Jesse might just be the man to do it. Exchanging his hacking skills for their freedom, Jesse and Ned are drawn into a dark world that could not only cost them their lives, but all that they hold dear. (6 episodes)

19-2, Season 3 
(Exclusive U.S. Premiere, Mon., Oct 24)
Winner ‘Best Dramatic Series’ Canadian Screen Awards
“The writing is sublime…in the tradition of shows like ‘The Wire” –The New York Times
On par with the best American police dramas like The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street, the intense, character-driven drama 19-2 returns with 10 new episodes. Stars Adrian Holmes (Arrow, Smallville) and Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Actor Jared Keeso (Elysium, Falling Skies) are captivating as partners in the Montreal Police Department. At the start of Season 3, the squad struggles to recover from the revelation that one of their own was a pedophile and a mole for organized crime. (10 episodes)

 (O.K, this one is not a mystery, but sounds fun!)
Brief Encounters 
(Exclusive U.S. Premiere, beginning Mon., Oct 31)
“A revelation: frank, funny, and full of heart” –The Telegraph
Love. Laughter. Lingerie.
This frank, fresh, and funny six-part British series follows four women striving for happiness and fulfillment. In early 1980s England, Steph (Sophie Rundle, The Bletchley Circle, Peaky Blinders), Pauline (Penelope Wilton, Downton Abbey), Nita (Angela Griffin, Inspector Lewis), and Dawn (Sharon Rooney, My Mad Fat Diary) wrestle with the pressures of family, husbands and making ends meet. However, a chance meeting between Steph and Nita is destined to kick-start a transformation for them all as they grasp the opportunity to become Ann Summers (lingerie and sex toy) party organizers. As wives and businesswomen, the four friends discover hidden strengths, shaking up not just their town but their relationships too. (6 episodes)

Additionally, Acorn Media Enterprises, RLJ Entertainment’s development arm for the Acorn brand, is in production on several recently announced Acorn TV Original Series, including British thriller The Level, Agatha Christie’s The Witness for the Prosecution, and Irish legal drama Striking Out.

Midwinter of the Spirit & 19-2 coming to AcornTV

Acorn TV announces its January U.S. Premieres, including the supernatural British thriller Midwinter of the Spirit, which follows an exorcist in training; and the U.S. debut of one of Canada’s top series with the award-winning, character-driven cop drama 19-2 starring Adrian Holmes (Arrow) and Jared Keeso (Elysium, Falling Skies).

MIDWINTER OF THE SPIRIT
U.S. Premiere beginning Monday, January 11, 2016
Acorn TV features the U.S. Premiere of the new supernatural thriller Midwinter of the Spirit on consecutive Mondays, beginning Monday, January 11, 2016. Based on the novel by Phil Rickman, the three episode ITV crime drama stars two-time BAFTA-Award winning actress Anna Maxwell Martin (The Bletchley Circle, Death Comes to Pemberley, Bleak House) as a country vicar and exorcist-in-training who aids the police in solving a grisly murder. BAFTA-Award winner David Threlfall (Shameless) co-stars as her mentor.

Country vicar Merrily Watkins (Anna Maxwell Martin) is in training to be an exorcist, or “deliverance minister,” for the Church of England. Although guided by the sardonic, no-nonsense Reverend Huw Owen (David Threlfall), Merrily contends with self-doubt in her tough new role. Her faith deeply shaken by her husband’s recent death, she also struggles to raise her teenage daughter on her own. When Merrily is called in to consult on a grisly murder investigation, the inexperienced exorcist finds herself battling supernatural terrors that threaten to overwhelm her.

Midwinter of the Spirit also stars Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones), Nicholas Pinnock (Fortitude), Leila Mimmack (Mayday), Siobhan Finneran (Downton Abbey), and Ben Bailey Smith (Law & Order: UK).




19-2 
U.S. PREMIERE BEGINS MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2016

Acorn TV features the U.S. Premiere of the gripping, Canadian crime drama 19-2, Season 1 beginning Monday, January 18, 2016 with its first two episodes and a new episode every Monday through March 14. In Canada, the series has been a huge ratings and social media hit for Bell Media’s Bravo channel. The intense 10-part character-driven drama stars Adrian Holmes (Arrow, Elysium) and Jared Keeso (Elysium, Falling Skies) as partners in the Montreal Police Department who must put their differences aside as their lives intertwine professionally and personally. An English-language remake of a popular Quebec show, 19-2 has won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for Jared Keeso, and was nominated for numerous other Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Dramatic Series, Best Direction, Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

Officers Nick Barron (Adrian Holmes) and Ben Chartier (Jared Keeso) patrol the urban sprawl of downtown’s 9th Precinct in Cruiser No. 2, working alongside the varied cast of characters that make up the close knit squad of Station 19. With very different temperaments and life experiences, Nick and Ben’s mistrust and antagonism for each other is evident from the outset, but, as season one progresses, moments of mutual respect give way to a wavering chance of a true partnership. As we come to know the team, we see friendship and loyalty, but we also see betrayal as Ben learns of a mole in the squad, whose actions may have fatal consequences.

Season 2 of 19-2 will premiere on Acorn TV later in 2016 and a third season is in production.