Acorn TV has announced the titles that are coming to the AMC-owned streaming service in May. The Acorn TV May 2023 lineup adds to the service’s wide variety of acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries and more.
The Acorn TV May 2023 schedule includes Acorn TV Originals such as Happy Valley Season 3, The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 9, Dalgliesh Season 2, and Balthazar Season 5.
The Acorn TV May 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 MAY 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Balthazar Season 5 (Acorn TV US Exclusive) – New Season Binge Premiere Monday, May 1
Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphaël Balthazar (Tomer Sisley) can make the dead speak like no one else. As a forensic pathologist in Paris, he works with no-nonsense chief inspector Hélène Bach (Hélène de Fougerolles) to solve the city’s most disturbing crimes.
But there’s one case that continues to haunt him–the murder of his wife over a decade ago. (French-language)
The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 9 (Acorn TV US Exclusive) – Season Binge Premieres Monday May 1
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.
Dalgliesh Season 2 (Acorn TV Original) – New Episodes Premiere Mondays Through May 8
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.
Akin to other distinguished detectives, like Holmes and Poirot, this season sees DCI Adam Dalgliesh (Carvel) taking us through 1970’s England as he solves unusual murders ranging from a senior forensic biologist found dead in his lab, to an illustrious but controversial defense barrister found deceased in her chambers, to a young doctor being set on fire in the grounds of his family museum.
Happy Valley Season 3 – Final Season Premieres on Acorn TV and AMC+ on Monday May 22
In the epic and unmissable final season, Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire, Julia, Last Tango in Halifax) discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim, sparking a chain of events that unwittingly leads her straight back to murderer and rapist Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton, McMafia, Little Women).
Catherine’s grandson Ryan (Rhys Connah, The Runaways) is now sixteen and has ideas of his own about what kind of relationship he wants to have with Tommy, the man Catherine still refuses to acknowledge as his father. Still battling the seemingly never-ending problem of drugs in the valley and those who supply them, Catherine is on the cusp of retirement. Will she solve this final case?
ACORN TV SCHEDULE
A look at the full Acorn TV May 2023 premiere schedule.
AVAILABLE MAY 1
Balthazar Season 5 – EXCLUSIVE BINGE PREMIERE
Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphaël Balthazar (Tomer Sisley) can make the dead speak like no one else. As a forensic pathologist in Paris, he works with no-nonsense chief inspector Hélène Bach (Hélène de Fougerolles) to solve the city’s most disturbing crimes. But there’s one case that continues to haunt him–the murder of his wife over a decade ago. (French-language)
Dalgliesh Season 2 (Acorn TV Original) – New Episodes Every Monday
Episode 3:
When controversial barrister Venetia Aldridge is found dead in her chambers, suspicion falls on her colleagues and her daughter’s new fiancé.
Episode 4:
Dalgliesh, Miskin and Tarrant uncover a tragic web of association between the victims and witnesses. But time is running out to save Octavia from a terrible fate.
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 7: “Murdoch and the Sonic Boom”
Murdoch investigates a bizarre death and illness with links to a Terence Meyers operation.
AVAILABLE MAY 8
Dalgliesh Season 2 (Acorn TV Original) – SEASON FINALE
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 5:
When a young doctor is set on fire in the grounds of his family museum, everyone who works there comes under suspicion, including his own siblings.
Episode 6:
After the appalling discovery of a second body, the race is on to find the murderer. Dalgliesh and his team discover a scandalous society at the heart of the museum.
Brokenwood Mysteries, Season 9 – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 5: “Shot of Love”
While Mike’s off getting his divorce papers signed, Kristin and Chalmers are left to uncover the cause of death of a man found dead in a motel room.
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 16 (US Only) – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 8: “I Still Know What You Did Last Autumn”
Murdoch investigates the murder of a young actress that occurred during filming of the killer clown movie.
AVAILABLE MAY 15
Brokenwood Mysteries, Season 9 – SEASON FINALE
Episode 6: “Motorcycle Mamas”
Mike comes up against an all-female motorcycle gang when someone amongst their ranks is murdered.
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 16 (US Only) – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 9: “Honeymoon in Hampshire”
While honeymooning in England, Crabtree and Effie find a hotel guest’s death suspicious.
The Other Wife – EXCLUSIVE BINGE
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.
AVAILABLE MAY 22
Happy Valley, Season 3 – SEASON PREMIERE
In the epic and unmissable final season, Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire, Julia, Last Tango in Halifax) discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim, sparking a chain of events that unwittingly leads her straight back to murderer and rapist Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton, McMafia, Little Women).
Catherine’s grandson Ryan (Rhys Connah, The Runaways) is now sixteen and has ideas of his own about what kind of relationship he wants to have with Tommy, the man Catherine still refuses to acknowledge as his father. Still battling the seemingly never- ending problem of drugs in the valley and those who supply them, Catherine is on the cusp of retirement. Will she solve this final case?
Episode 1:
When Catherine discovers the remains of a murder victim, it bizarrely leads her straight back to Tommy Lee Royce.
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 16 (US Only) – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 10: “Dash to Death”
When an elite athlete is impaled by a javelin, Murdoch suspects one of his competitors.
AVAILABLE MAY 29
Happy Valley, Season 3 – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 2:
Catherine learns of a painful betrayal close to home. Faisal comes under increasing pressure from all sides.
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 16 (US Only) – New Episodes on Mondays
Episode 11: “DOA”
The sudden death of the key witness in the murder trial of a Black Hand henchman leaves Murdoch physically unsettled.
Winter Solstice – EXCLUSIVE BINGE
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.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to cover the latest streaming, movie, TV, and game news.