Top 10+ Most Watched TV Series on Acorn TV
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KnowInsiders.com presents Top 10 plus TV Series on the most watched and most popular Acorn TV over the years. Please enjoy and share your thoughts about these TV Series.
1. Happy Valley
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| Happy Valley TV Series |
- Year: 2014
- Running time: 58 min.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Sally Wainwright (Creator), Euros Lyn, Tim Fywell
- Screenwriter: Sally Wainwright
- Music: Ben Foster
- Producer: BBC, Red Production Company
- Genre: TV Series. Drama. Thriller | Cop Movies
- Synopsis:
- TV Series (2014-2023). 3 temporadas. 18 episodios. Catherine (Sarah Lancashire),is a no-nonsense police sergeant who heads up a team of officers in a rural valley in Yorkshire. When a staged kidnapping spirals out of control and turns into a much more brutal series of crimes, Catherine finds herself involved in something significantly bigger than her rank, but unknowingly close to home.
The first series began on BBC One on April 2014, the second on February 2016, and the third on 1 January 2023.
- Rankings Position
- Best TV Series of the 21st century
- Best TV Series in TV history
- Awards
- 2016: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Actress in Drama Series (Sarah Lancashire)
- 2014: Satellite Awards: 2 Nominations including Best Miniseries
- 2016: BAFTA TV Awards: 3 Awards, including Best TV Series - Drama & Actress (Lancashire)
- 2014: BAFTA Awards: Best TV Series - Drama & Best Screenplay
2. Holding (TV Miniseries)
- Year: 2022
- Running time: 60 min.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Kathy Burke
- Screenwriter: Karen Cogan, Dominic Treadwell-Collins. Novel: Graham Norton
- MusicMurray Gold
- Cinematography: Martin Fuhrer, Michael Lavelle
- Producer: Happy Prince, Independent Television (ITV), Port Pictures, Irish Film Board.Distributor: Independent Television (ITV)
- Genre: TV Series. Drama. Mystery. Comedy | TV Miniseries. Cop Movies
- Synopsis
- TV MiniSeries (2022). 4 Episodes. In the insular village of Duneen, West Cork, on the edge of Ireland - a place with its own climate and rhythms - local police officer, Sergeant PJ Collins is a gentle mountain of a man who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work. However, when the body of long-lost local legend Tommy Burke is discovered, PJ is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career. PJ finally has to connect with the village he has tried hard to avoid.
3. The Larkins (TV Series)
- Year: 2021
- Running time: 60 min.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Andy De Emmony
- Screenwriter: Simon Nye, Abigail Wilson. Novel: H.E. Bates
- Cinematography: Darran Bragg
- Producer: Objective Fiction, Genial Productions, Objective Media Group Scotland, All3Media International, Independent Television. Distributor: ITV Hub, Independent Television (ITV)
- Genre: TV Series. Comedy. Drama
- Synopsis:
- TV Series (2021-2022). 2 Seasons. 13 Episodes. A new adaptation of the classic novel The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates following the warm-hearted, wheeler-dealing adventures of the iconic Larkin family in the idyllic Kent countryside.
Canceled after the second season.
4. Anne (TV Miniseries)
- Year: 2022
- Running time: 53 min.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Bruce Goodison
- Screenwriter: Kevin Sampson
- Music: Samuel Sim
- Cinematography: Adam Gillham
- Producer: World Productions
- Genre: TV Series. Drama | TV Miniseries. Family Relationships
- Synopsis:
- TV Series (2022). 4 Episodes. Devastated by the loss of her fifteen year old son, Kevin, at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, Anne Williams fights for the truth about the tragedy. Standing along side other parents who lost children in the match and refusing to believe the official investigation results, Anne seeks her own evidence in a relentless quest for justice.
- Awards: 2023: BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards. 1 nomination
5. Dalgliesh (TV Series)
- Year: 2021
- Running time: 60 min.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Lisa Clarke, Jill Robertson, Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill
- Screenwriter: Stephen Greenhorn, Helen Edmundson. Novel: P.D. James
- Music: Andrew Simon McAllister
- Cinematography: James Aspinall, Angus Mitchell
- Producer: New Pictures. Distributor: Acorn TV, Acorn TV, Acorn TV
- Genre: TV Series. Drama
- Synopsis:
- Follows Dalgliesh's crime-fighting career from 1970s England to the present day.
6. My Life Is Murder (TV Series)
- Year: 2019
- Running time: 60 min.
- Country: Australia
- Director: Mat King, Ben C. Lucas, Jovita O'Shaughnessy, Leah Purcell, Britta Hawkins, Michael Hurst, Kiel McNaughton, Mike Smith, Katie Wolfe
- Screenwriter: Tim Pye, Ainslie Clouston, Chris Hawkshaw, Paul Bennett, Chris Corbett, Matt Ford, Peter Gawler, Claire Tonkin, Monica Zanetti. Play: Tim Pye, Chris Corbett
- Music: Burkhard Dallwitz, Brett Aplin, Joel Haines
- Cinematography: Matthew Temple
- Producer: Cordell Jigsaw Productions
- Genre: TV Series. Drama. Thriller. Comedy | Crime
- Synopsis:
- My Life is Murder follows the adventures of fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe, who solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.
7. London Kills (TV Series)
- Year: 2019
- Running time: 60 min.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Craig Pickles, Fiona Walton, Sean Glynn
- Screenwriter: Claire Fryer, Sarah-Louise Hawkins, Paul Marquess, Jake Riddell, Sally Tatchell
- Music: Justine Barker
- Cinematography: Nick Manley
- Producer: Acorn Media Enterprises, PGM TV. Distributor: Acorn TV
- Genre: TV Series. Drama. Mystery | Cop Movies
- Synopsis:
- Drama series following the detectives of an elite murder investigation squad in London.
8. Whitstable Pearl (TV Series)
- Year: 2021
- Running time
- 45 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
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Øystein Karlsen (Creator), Chanya Button, David Caffrey, Jon Jones
- Screenwriter
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Øystein Karlsen, Julie Wassmer, Mike Walden, MyAnna Buring, Rachel Flowerday, Alastair Galbraith
- Music
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Carly Paradis
- Cinematography
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Dirk Nel, Vanessa Whyte, Michael Wood
- Producer
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Buccaneer Media, Acorn Media Enterprises. Distributor: Cineflix Rights, Acorn TV
- Genre
- TV Series. Drama. Mystery. Comedy
- Synopsis:
- Follows local restaurant owner Pearl Nolan 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, Vinnie.
9. Signora Volpe (TV Series)
- Year: 2022
- Running time
- 80 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
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Mark Brozel, Dudi Appleton
- Screenwriter
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Rachel Cuperman, Sally Griffiths
- Music
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Anne Dudley
- Cinematography
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Michael Lavelle
- Producer
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Route 24, Cattleya. Distributor: Acorn TV
- Genre
- TV Series. Drama. Mystery | Spy Film
- Synopsis:
- Sylvia, a disillusioned British spy turned detective starts a new life in the beautiful heart of Italy. She soon finds out trouble follows her wherever she goes.
10. The Brokenwood Mysteries (TV Series)
- Year: 2014
- Country
- New Zealand
- Director
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Mike Smith, Murray Keane, Joshua Frizzell, Michael Hurst, Mark Beesley
- Screenwriter
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Timothy Balme, Philip Dalkin, Greg McGee, James Griffin, Nick Ward
- Music
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Joel Haines, Jay Neilson
- Cinematography
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Rewa Harre, Marty Smith
- Producer
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South Pacific Pictures. Distributor: All3Media International
- Genre
- TV Series. Mystery | Cop Movies
- Synopsis:
- Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent from Auckland to Brokenwood to assist the local police with a possible murder investigation. Brokenwood is a seemingly quiet country town, where Shepherd, who has an unconventional approach to his task, works with local Detective Constable Kristin Sims, who is precise and efficient at her job, to solve murder mysteries. As the series progresses the working relationship between the two moves from rocky to functional as the two get to appreciate each other's talents.
11. Recipes for Love and Murder (TV Series)
- Year: 2022
- Running time
- 60 min.
- Country
- South Africa
- Director
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Christiaan Olwagen, Karen Jeynes
- Screenwriter
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Annie Griffin, Karen Jeynes. Novel: Sally Andrew
- Music
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Zethu Mashika
- Cinematography
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Vicci Turpin
- Producer
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Acorn TV, Both Worlds Pictures, M-Net. Distributor: Acorn TV, Global Screen, A&E, Multichoice Studios
- Genre
- TV Series. Mystery. Thriller. Drama | Crime
- Synopsis:
- Tannie Maria sees food as "medicine for the body and heart". She envies romance as much as she enjoys cooking and eating. But it's death that shakes up Tannie Maria's life, when one of the correspondents to her column is brutally murdered.
12. Darby and Joan (TV Miniseries)
- Year: 2022
- Running time
- 44 min.
- Country
- Australia
- Director
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Jovita O'Shaughnessy, David Caesar, Ben C. Lucas
- Screenwriter
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Andrew Anastasios, Paul Bennett, Ainslie Clouston, Beck Cole, Phillip Gwynne, David Hannam, Glenys Rowe, Giula Sandler, Adam Zwar
- Music
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Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall
- Cinematography
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John Stokes
- Producer
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CJZ, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland. Distributor: Acorn Media
- Genre
- TV Series. Mystery. Drama | TV Miniseries
- Synopsis:
- TV Mini-Series (2021). Two lone strangers trekking on the road - a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and widowed English nurse - meet each other and embark on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia.
13. The Madame Blanc Mysteries (TV Series)
- Year: 2021
- Running time
- 60 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
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Sally Lindsay (Creator), Sue Vincent (Creator), Dermot Boyd
- Screenwriter
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Sally Lindsay, Sue Vincent
- Music
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Chris Hague, Joel White
- Cinematography
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Sean Van Hales
- Producer
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Channel 5 Television, Clapperboard Studios, Saffron Cherry TV, Acorn TV, Malta Film Commission. Distributor: Channel 5 Television
- Genre
- TV Series. Drama
- Synopsis
- Jean White is an antiques dealer who runs a successful business with her husband, Rory. But when he suddenly dies and leaves her nearly penniless, Jean relocates to their one remaining asset - a cottage in French antiques hub Saint Victoire - and begins investigating Rory's mysterious death.
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