Top 10+ Most Watched TV Series on Acorn TV

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1. Happy Valley

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

Øystein Karlsen (Creator), Chanya Button, David Caffrey, Jon Jones

Screenwriter

Øystein Karlsen, Julie Wassmer, Mike Walden, MyAnna Buring, Rachel Flowerday, Alastair Galbraith

Music

Carly Paradis

Cinematography

Dirk Nel, Vanessa Whyte, Michael Wood

Producer

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

Mark Brozel, Dudi Appleton

Screenwriter

Rachel Cuperman, Sally Griffiths

Music

Anne Dudley

Cinematography

Michael Lavelle

Producer

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

Mike Smith, Murray Keane, Joshua Frizzell, Michael Hurst, Mark Beesley

Screenwriter

Timothy Balme, Philip Dalkin, Greg McGee, James Griffin, Nick Ward

Music

Joel Haines, Jay Neilson

Cinematography

Rewa Harre, Marty Smith

Producer

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

Christiaan Olwagen, Karen Jeynes

Screenwriter

Annie Griffin, Karen Jeynes. Novel: Sally Andrew

Music

Zethu Mashika

Cinematography

Vicci Turpin

Producer

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

Jovita O'Shaughnessy, David Caesar, Ben C. Lucas

Screenwriter

Andrew Anastasios, Paul Bennett, Ainslie Clouston, Beck Cole, Phillip Gwynne, David Hannam, Glenys Rowe, Giula Sandler, Adam Zwar

Music

Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall

Cinematography

John Stokes

Producer

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

Sally Lindsay (Creator), Sue Vincent (Creator), Dermot Boyd

Screenwriter

Sally Lindsay, Sue Vincent

Music

Chris Hague, Joel White

Cinematography

Sean Van Hales

Producer

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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