Following July’s US Premieres of the newest Welsh noir with HIDDEN Mon., July 16) and charming travel doc,COASTAL RAILWAYS with Julie Walters , Acorn TV, North America’s largest SVOD for British and international TV, announces August slate featuring three exclusive U.S./Canada Premieres, including new hit ABC Australia and Acorn TV Original drama series MYSTERY ROAD on Aug. 20, called “Australia’s answer to ‘True Detective’” (Junkee) and starring multiple Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Judy Davis and AFCA winner Aaron Pedersen (Jack Irish) as detectives in this outback noir. The return of must-see outrageous British police procedural NO OFFENCE, Series 2 Aug. 6, from Paul Abbott (Shameless, State of Play); and new Italian-language drama series TANGLED LIES (Aug. 27).
Acorn TV’s international distribution partners include: FremantleMedia International for NO OFFENCE, all3media international forMYSTERY ROAD, and RAI for TANGLED LIES.
Throughout August, Acorn TV also adds BBC thriller FIVE DAYS: THE TRAIN, starring BAFTA-award winner Suranne Jones (Vanity Fair, Doctor Foster, Coronation Street) and David Morrissey (The Walking Dead); MR. PALFREY OF WESTMINSTER, Series 1-2, a classic 80s British drama seen on PBS and starring Golden Globe nominee Alec McCowen (Gangs of New York); MURDER INVESTIGATION TEAM, Series 1-2, a hit crime procedural revealing the gritty reality of police work from Paul Marquess (London Kills, Suspects); fascinating Soviet spy documentary THE SPY WHO WENT INTO THE COLD; TESTAMENT, a series of seven documentary films telling the story of the Bible told from a historical point of view by writer and archaeologist John Romer; and classic BBC One comedy-drama LOVE HURTS starring Zoë Wanamaker (Harry Potter, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Girlfriends) and Adam Faith (Stardust,musician).
