Acorn TV Announces Upcoming 2018 Slate Featuring Award-Winning New Dramas and Returning Favorites
by Macon Prickett
- Jul 25, 2018
After starting off the year with several must-see Acorn TV Originals including the final season of BAFTA-winning BBC comedy Detectorists, star-studded ITV drama Girlfriends, and Welsh sensation Keeping Faith, Acorn TV announces its content-packed slate for the rest of the year filled with must-see new dramas and returning favorites. North America's largest streaming service specializing in British and international television will feature the U.S. and Canadian premieres of several more Acorn TV Originals, including its first sole commission with Agatha Raisin, Series 2 starring Ashley Jensen (Catastrophe, Ugly Betty); new hit Aussie drama Mystery Road called “Australia's answer to 'True Detective'… Judy Davis is phenomenal” (Junkee); and Irish comedy Finding Joy; plus Welsh drama Bang, Italian drama Tangled Lies and new seasons of Acorn TV favorites 800 Words, Paul Abbott's No Offence, Ackley Bridge, The Heart Guy, and The Brokenwood Mysteries; as well as dates for two of its most popular Australian series with the final season of addictive period drama A Place to Call Home (Sept. 3/Labor Day) and Guy Pearce's return as the late Peter Temple's Jack Irish (Sept. 10, Trailer).
Acorn TV with Acorn Media Enterprises Commission Original British Drama LONDON KILLS Straight-to-Series
by Macon Prickett
- Mar 23, 2018
Acorn TV and Acorn Media Enterprises announce their second series commission and first straight-to-series program with British drama series LONDON KILLS. Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), the UK-based development division for the Acorn brand of RLJ Entertainment, Inc, has partnered with PGMTV to co-produce the new series along with Acorn Media International distributing in all English-speaking territories and international distributor ZDF Enterprises distributing in the rest of the world. Created for television and co-written by Paul Marquess (Suspects, Footballers' Wives), LONDON KILLS is currently casting and will go into production in May with a winter 2018 North American premiere for Series 1. The companies will produce two series back-to-back comprised of five by one-hour episodes. The deal was negotiated with Acorn Media Enterprises Shane Murphy, PGMTV's Paul Marquess, and ZDF Enterprises' VP ZDFE.
Acorn TV Announces First Commision; AGATHA RAISIN Returns for Series 2
by Caryn Robbins
- Jan 15, 2018
During their session for Acorn TV Originals Girlfriends and Striking Out, Series 2 at the Television Critics Association Winter Tour, Acorn TV General Manager Matthew Graham announces Acorn TV's first series commission with the return of one of its most popular series, the fun, mystery series AGATHA RAISIN, Series 2 in 2018.
On Acorn DVD - A Slew of Agatha Christie Adaptations and the Final Season of Rake
by Emily Bruno
- Oct 31, 2017
Coinciding with the Nov. 10 Fox release of the new, star-studded theatrical adaptation of The Murder on the Orient Express directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, Acorn, an RLJ Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, is re-releasing the extravagant television adaptation of the Queen of Crime's most famous novel, AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS on DVD on November 14, 2017.
Acorn TV's Launches New International Co-Production and Original Series With Screentime and Banijay
by Emily Bruno
- Oct 17, 2017
Following several recent Acorn TV Original co-production announcements including BBC's Love, Lies and Records and Detectorists Series 3, RTE's Acceptable Risk, and ITV'sGirlfriends, Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), the UK-based development division for the Acorn brand of RLJ Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLJE), has partnered with Screentime New Zealand (a Banijay Group company) as the North American co-producer of new crime drama Straight Forward. This truly global series is co-produced with Mastiff Denmark (a Banijay Group company), Scandinavian streaming service Viaplay, and New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ.
Acorn TV Co-Producing Final Episodes of BBC One Hit GEORGE GENTLY
by Caryn Robbins
- Apr 19, 2017
Following several recent Acorn TV Original co-production announcements, Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), the UK-based development division for the Acorn brand of RLJ Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLJE), has partnered with all3media International as the North American co-producer of the final series of the long-running hit British detective drama GEORGE GENTLY
LET THERE BE LIGHT: Paule Constable On Risks, Sexism and Having Opinions
by Marianka Swain
- Sep 13, 2016
The latest instalment in our series showcasing Britain's best lighting designers focuses on the four-time Olivier and two-time Tony Award winner Paule Constable. She's worked on numerous landmark theatrical productions, including The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, War Horse and Waves at the National Theatre and the RSC's Wolf Hall, as well as with leading opera and dance companies.
BWW Review: THE LOBSTER is a Quirky, Surreal Satire
by Natalie de la Garza
- Jun 12, 2016
The premise of THE LOBSTER is mesmerizing: In a society where relationships are valued over all else, the unpartnered have forty-five days to find a new mate or they will be transformed into an animal of their choice.
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