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Monday 17 April 2023

Acorn TV May 2023 Highlights


Series 5 Binge Premieres Monday, 1st May 2023


BALTHAZAR SERIES 5
UK PREMIERE
ACORN TV EXCLUSIVE

"Sexy French crime drama with a charming Parisian lead" – The Times

Tomer Sisley returns as the suave, smart and somewhat strange titular forensic pathologist in this Acorn TV fan favourite.  Series 5 opens with Balthazar wanted by the French police and on the run.  With his team suspended and his brother and nemesis Alexendre nowhere to be found, it's not long before an especially diabolical killer emerges and forces Balthazar out of hiding. (French-language)


Miniseries Binge Premieres Monday, 15th May 2023


ROSAMUNDE PILCHER'S THE OTHER WIFE
ACORN TV EXCLUSIVE

Rebecca Kendall, a beautiful ex-ballerina, has it all – a stunning house, two wonderful daughters, and a handsome, loving husband, Richard. Richard's time is divided between England and Canada. When Richard is killed in a plane crash, Rebecca slowly learns the full extent of her husband's lies and deceit. Battling with her grief, she discovers that not only has Richard left her family penniless, but he also has a second family on the other side of the Atlantic, a wife Natalie and five-year-old son Jared. When the two women meet, they discover that they have more in common than they could have imagined. Based on the work of Rosamunde Pilcher, the miniseries stars Rupert Everett and John Hannah.

 
Full Series Binge Monday, 22nd May 2023


HALIFAX: RETRIBUTION
ACORN TV EXCLUSIVE

With a serial killer terrorising the city, Jane Halifax returns to the field to help police track down the murderer. Twenty years ago, Jane was working as a police forensic psychiatrist, uncovering the truth behind the most diabolical criminal minds but since then she's been enjoying life as a university professor, in a stable relationship with her musician partner Ben, and as a loving stepmother to his daughter Zoe. Despite her misgivings, she's lured her back to the job she left behind as the case suddenly gets very personal.

 
Miniseries Binge Premieres Monday, 29th May 2023


ROSAMUNDE PILCHER'S WINTER SOLSTICE
ACORN TV EXCLUSIVE

Elfrida Phipps (Sinead Cusack) has recently lost her husband. Moving into a new cottage, she begins to make friends with her neighbours, the Blundell family. Joined by her niece Carrie (Sophie Schütt) Elfrida seems to be putting her life back in order, a process that is interrupted when a tragic accident befalls the Blundells. As they all retreat to a Scottish estate for Christmas to get over their grief, a chance acquaintance from Carrie's past and a sense of belonging that the friends thought they had lost forever leads to the best Christmas of their lives. Based on the novel by Rosamunde Pilcher. Also starring Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons and Geraldine Chaplin.

 

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