Acorn TV has announced the titles that are coming to the AMC-owned streaming service in April. The Acorn TV April 2023 lineup adds to the service’s wide variety of acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries and more.
The Acorn TV April 2023 schedule includes Acorn TV Originals such as The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 9, Murdoch Mysteries Season 16, Happy Valley Season 2, and Dalgliesh Season 2.
The Acorn TV April 2023 titles are available at Acorn.TV and on Prime Video Channels, Apple TV, Roku, YouTube TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Xfinity, iOS, Android, Cox, and more.
ACORN TV APRIL 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 9 (Acorn TV Exclusive) – New Season Premieres Monday April 3
This quirky New Zealand mystery follows DI Mike Shepard, who arrives to the seemingly peaceful town of Brokenwood with classic car, a country music collection and an indeterminate number of ex-wives.
His assistant, DC Kristin Sims, is a by-the-book investigator 15 years younger than her boss’s car. Shepard soon discovers that Brokenwood is full of secrets and suspicions.
Murdoch Mysteries Season 16 (Acorn TV Exclusive) – New Episodes Premiere Mondays
The internationally-acclaimed series continues to explore the personal and professional developments in the lives of Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), Dr. Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy), Inspector Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Constables George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Henry Higgins-Newsome (Lachlan Murdoch), and Detective Llewellyn Watts (Daniel Maslany).
In Season 16 of the series, they tackle Toronto’s toughest mysteries, from the serious and historic to the comical and unusual.
Happy Valley Season 2 – Full Season Available Monday, April 10 (Catch up before an all-new season 3 debuts in May)
Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire). Also starring James Norton and Siobhan Finnerman.
Dalgliesh Season 2 (Acorn TV Original) – New Season Premieres Monday April 24
The new season is based on three more P.D. James novels – Death of an Expert Witness, A Certain Justice and The Murder Room — with Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell) reprising his role as the enigmatic chief investigator.
ACORN TV SCHEDULE
A look at the full Acorn TV April 2023 premiere schedule.
AVAILABLE APRIL 3
Brokenwood Mysteries, Season 9 – SERIES PREMIERE
This quirky New Zealand mystery follows DI Mike Shepard, who arrives to the seemingly peaceful town of Brokenwood with classic car, a country music collection and an indeterminate number of ex-wives.
His assistant, DC Kristin Sims, is a by-the-book investigator 15 years younger than her boss’s car. Shepard soon discovers that Brokenwood is full of secrets and suspicions.
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 16 (US Only) – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 3: “The Write Stuff”
When a writer is murdered at a literary event, Brackenreid finds a drinking buddy in fellow monarchist Rudyard Kipling and Ogden befriends Edith Wharton, but Crabtree is snubbed by former protégé Lucy Maud Montgomery.
The Clinic, Season 7 – BINGE
Long-running medical drama set-in modern-day Dublin, The Clinic follows a group of dedicated medical professionals working in a busy city health clinic. This fast-paced and contemporary drama explores the journey of each member of the clinic ‘family’ – their joys and sorrows as they confront the frailty of human life, their hidden longings, personal ambitions, and tender moments.
The patients, much like the area in which they live, are a mixed bag. All of their staff has attained a considerable degree of success in their careers due to their total dedication — but at what cost to their personal lives? Starring Aidan Turner (Poldark) and Amy Huberman (Harry Wild).
The Larkins, Season 2 – SEASON FINALE
Episode 5: “Pop in Prison”
Primrose and her newspaper editor Harvey dig up more evidence of Jerebohm’s dodginess, and Ma has enlisted the help of Angela Snow’s eminent but ancient QC father.
Episode 6: “Vengeance”
Norma confesses to Ma that Pop was set up by the Jerebohms who blackmailed the magistrate Sprague. Ma organizes her own sting operation against Pinkie, helped by PC Harness who is desperate to make amends with Pauline.
AVAILABLE APRIL 10
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 16 (US Only) – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 4: “Promising Young Ladies”
A racy burlesque show thrills audiences at Violet Hart’s salon, but after a patron is found murdered, the investigation reunites Crabtree with old flame Nina Bloom. Brackenreid contends with morality-minded citizens irate over the bawdy show.
Happy Valley, Season 2 – BINGE
Yorkshire police sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire, Julia) pursues the man (James Norton, Grantchester) who assaulted her late daughter, unaware he is now part of a secret kidnapping plot in this BAFTA-winning drama. Also starring Siobhan Finnerman.
Brokenwood Mysteries, Season 9 – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 2: “Old Blood Money”
Mike and the team discover more than one dead body, and a significant amount of family rivalry, in the manor home of a pair of aging siblings.
Injustice – BINGE
Though he looks like a perfectly happy and successful man, defense barrister William Travers (James Purefoy, Hap and Leonard, Rome) has yet to recover completely from a traumatic series of events that left him without faith in the legal system.
Despite this, he returns to the courtroom when an old friend, Martin Newall (Nathaniel Parker, The Beast Must Die), finds himself facing murder and conspiracy charges while being investigated by spiteful detective DS Mark Wenborn (Charlie Creed-Miles, The Fifth Element). This psychological thriller examines morality and the question of what a defense barrister is to do after finding out that his client is guilty.
AVAILABLE APRIL 17
Brokenwood Mysteries, Season 9 – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 3: “Nun of the Above”
The Brokenwood detective team must navigate a group of nuns, who have taken a vow of silence, when one of their order is strangled on their way to chapel.
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 16 (US Only) – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 5: “Murdoch Rides Easy”
Murdoch suspects foul play after a motorbike enthusiast plunges to his death over a cliff during a demo of his superfast machine. He enlists inventors William Harley and Arthur Davidson to assist the investigation by reassembling the motorbike.
Candice Renoir, Season 6 (US Only) – EXCLUSIVE SEASON PREMIERE | BINGE
After 10 years abroad, Candice Renoir (Cécile Bois) is back in the south of France and back on the case as a police commandant. Newly divorced with four kids, Candice feels rusty at work and her skeptical colleagues don’t help.
Determined to prove her so-called weaknesses are strengths, she solves complex cases with common sense, acute observations, and a practical nature honed by the life of a busy mom. (French-language)
AVAILABLE APRIL 24
Dalgliesh Season 2 (Acorn TV Original) – EXCLUSIVE SEASON PREMIERE
The new season is based on three more P.D. James novels – Death of an Expert Witness, A Certain Justice and The Murder Room — with Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell) reprising his role as the enigmatic chief investigator.
Episode 1: Episode 1
When a senior forensic biologist is found dead in his lab, Dalgliesh is called to East Anglia, where the murderer is lying in wait to strike again.
Episode 2: Episode 2
After another body is discovered, Dalgliesh and Miskin untangle a web of infidelities in this rural community, unearthing a killer with secrets to hide and tracks to cover.
Brokenwood Mysteries, Season 9 – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 4: “Going to the Dogs”
Mike, Kristin and Chalmers must determine who wanted a local vet nurse dead when she uncovers a doping scandal at her place of work and is murdered for her knowledge.
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 16 (US Only) – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 6: “Clean Hands”
While teaching at a rural clinic, Ogden is surprised when a badly injured man is brought in, abandoned, and then dies. After Murdoch determines it was blunt-force trauma, the couple go undercover at a Mennonite colony to investigate the killing.
Collison – BINGE
A devastating car crash has far-reaching consequences. In the aftermath of the collision, all those involved – including those investigating the accident – find their lives intertwining and secrets being revealed. Starring Douglas Henshall (Shetland).
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