Acorn TV has announced its upcoming lineup for the month of March, including the highly-anticipated Acorn TV Original series Bloodlands, starring James Nesbitt (The Missing, Cold Feet). Co-executive produced by award-winning showrunner Jed Mercurio, creator of two of the UK’s recent highest-rated dramas, Bodyguard and Line and Duty, this four-part Irish crime thriller premieres in the U.S. a few weeks after its UK launch on BBC One on March 15.
Additionally, Acorn TV viewers can look forward to The Attaché, a Hebrew/French drama from the producers of hit series Shtisel about an Israeli-Moroccan Jewish musician who relocates to Paris with his family for his wife’s new job as Attaché at the Israeli embassy.
Check out the full Acorn TV March 2021 lineup below!
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Monday, March 1
Law & Order UK, Series 3 (U.S. Only)
A host of top British acting talent comes together to form the ensemble of this British adaptation of the seminal Emmy-winning legal and crime drama, Law & Order. Employing the original series’ iconic two-part structure that focuses first on the investigation of a crime at the police level and then shifts in its second half to the prosecution of the suspects, Law & Order: UK approaches the format and characters from a uniquely English perspective. Starring Bradley Walsh (Torn, Coronation Street), Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica), Harriet Walter (Belgravia), Peter Davison (Doctor Who), Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who, Torchwood), and Jessica Gunning (Back). (13 EPS, 2010)
The Cat Hospital
This observational series reveals the cute, cuddly and dramatic daily life at Ireland’s first veterinary hospital catering exclusively to cats. We go behind the scenes at the Cork Cat Hospital and meet the felines and watch their cases unfold, from grooming and neutering to house calls and life and death medical emergencies. We watch cat expert Clare Meade and her team of dedicated professionals at work caring for their adorable animal clientele. (6 EPS, 2019)
Monday, Monday
Sally (Morven Christie, The Bay) wants to move on from the boyfriend who dumped her, so when the company she works for relocates, it’s a chance for a fresh start – even if it is with her incompetent boss, Christine (Fay Ripley, Cold Feet). On her first work night out, she meets the charming Steven (Tom Ellis, Lucifer) but, after being sick on him, she hopes never to see him again. The next day brings an unpleasant surprise -he’s the assistant of the new COO Alyson (Holly Aird, Waking the Dead). Even worse, he’s her boyfriend as well. (7 EPS, 2009)
Monday, March 8
The Strange Calls
Part oddball comedy, part mystery, this unique Australian series paints a lighthearted portrait of a recently disgraced city cop, Toby Banks (Toby Truslove, Bad Mothers, House Husbands), who has been transferred to the seemingly-quiet, idyllic coastal town of Coolum Beach to man the night duty desk. His job is to answer the late evening phone calls from locals – moments of midnight madness that reveal the bizarre truth of the town: a place where people turn into chickens, mermen go to the school dance and a mysterious radio jingle can transform you into a lawn-mowing zombie. Assisted by night security man Gregor (Barry Crocker, The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie), Banks wearily sets out to investigate these “strange calls.” He’s always known he was born to help people, he just didn’t realize it would be these people, in this crazy town. (6 EPS, 2012)
Love My Way, Series 3
This Australian primetime drama centers on a thirtysomething woman (Claudia Karvan, Spirited) who negotiates the web of contemporary relationships, while juggling the priorities of family obligations. From the producer of the Golden Globe-nominated On The Beach and internationally renowned TV series Police Rescue, this Logie Award-winning series is an exploration of the love that binds us, the relationships that define us and the dreams of grownups. Also starring Asher Keddie (The Cry) and Brendan Cowell (The Slap). (8 EPS, 2007)
Monday, March 15
Bloodlands (Acorn TV Original) (1 of 4 episodes, with weekly premieres on Mondays)
When an expensive car containing a possible suicide note is pulled from the sea, veteran Northern Ireland police detective Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt, The Missing, Cold Feet, The Hobbit) instantly sees the connection to an infamous cold case that holds enormous personal significance for him. It seems someone is trying to force the police to re-open their investigation into a notorious and long-buried series of mysterious disappearances over 20 years ago during a dark period in Northern Ireland history. This intense Irish crime thriller follows Brannick’s obsessive campaign to identify and unmask the legendary assassin behind these events, a semi-mythical figure nicknamed Goliath: it’s an explosive cat-and-mouse game where the stakes have never been higher. Bloodlands will premiere on BBC One prior to its North American launch on Acorn TV. Co-executive produced by Jed Mercurio, creator/EP of Bodyguard and Line of Duty. (1 EP, 2021)
In Deep, Series 1
Life as an undercover detective is demanding. One slip-up can result in disaster, something that Liam Ketman (Nick Berry, EastEnders, Heartbeat) and Garth O’ Hanlon (Stephen Tompkinson, DCI Banks, Drop the Dead Donkey) know only too well. The pressure of leading complicated double lives means that sacrifices must be made for the job and the impact on their personal lives is immense. (6 EPS, 2001)
Law & Order UK, Series 4-5 (U.S. Only)
A host of top British acting talent comes together to form the ensemble of this British adaptation of the seminal Emmy-winning legal and crime drama, Law & Order. Employing the original series’ iconic two-part structure that focuses first on the investigation of a crime at the police level and then shifts in its second half to the prosecution of the suspects, Law & Order: UK approaches the format and characters from a uniquely English perspective. Starring Bradley Walsh (Torn, Coronation Street), Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica), Harriet Walter (Killing Eve), Peter Davison (Doctor Who), and Jessica Gunning (Back). (14 EPS, 2011)
Monday, March 22
The Attaché (Acorn TV Exclusive, Foreign language, Hebrew/French)
From the producers of hit series Shtisel: The series creator, director, and writer Elie Ben David (Anachnu BaMapa, Buba Shel Layla) based this story on his personal experiences of living in Paris during the past few years. Ben David portrays an Israeli Jewish man of Moroccan descent, a successful musician who relocated to Paris for his wife’s new job as the Attaché to the Israeli embassy in Paris. His wife becomes a busy Parisian career woman, wittier and busier than ever before. There in the eternal capital of romance, he has a marital crisis, a personal immigration crisis in the heart of Europe, and a crisis of masculinity and fatherhood. (10 EPS, 2019)
Bloodlands (Acorn TV Original) – Episode 2 of 4
Saving Britain’s Worst Zoo
When the animal-loving Tweedy family bought a zoo in West Wales, all their dreams had come true. Borth Wild Animal Kingdom came with over 300 animals including lions, monkeys, snakes, and a leopard. With plenty of enthusiasm but no experience, Dean and Tracey Tweedy were about to become real-life Durrells. But when a lynx escaped, the dream life quickly descended into a never-ending nightmare of court actions, death threats, and spiraling debts. Shot with incredible access as everything unfolded, this spellbinding and emotional series tells the real behind-the-scenes story of an event that made international headlines. (4 EPS, 2019)
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Monday, March 29
The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 7 (Acorn TV Exclusive) (Episode 1 of 6, new episodes Mondays through May 4)
Regarded by many as the New Zealand version of Midsomer Murders, this acclaimed detective series filmed amid the beautiful landscape of the country’s North returns with six feature-length, standalone mysteries featuring compelling characters, dry humor, and piquant wit. After transferring from a big city to the quiet, little, murder-ridden town of Brokenwood, Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea, Go Girls) and Detective Kristin Simms (Fern Sutherland, The Almighty Johnsons) uncover more macabre goings-on and investigate murderous rivalries and lethal grudges. (1 EP, 2021)
Bloodlands (Acorn TV Original) – Episode 3 of 4
The Gods of Wheat Street
An intimate journey into the lives, hearts and humour of the Freeburns – a modern Aboriginal Australian family of local legends – this series is about letting go of the past, with the aid of a little magic and enough deadpan humor to tackle the future. During the six-part series, we follow the trials and tribulations of Odin Freeburn and his family as they rise above obstacles that would bring mere mortals to their knees – and get on with the important matters of love, family and football. It boasts a cast of some of Australia’s finest Indigenous actors including Kelton Pell (Stoned Bros), Ursula Yovich (Australia), Lisa Flanagan (Look Both Ways), and Logie Award-winning Shari Sebbens (Redfern Now). (6 EPS, 2013)
In Deep, Series 2
