Best New British TV Shows on Acorn TV in 2021
by callie_bailey | created - 31 Dec 2021 | updated - 31 Dec 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. A Suitable Boy (2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
A vast, panoramic tale charting the fortunes of four large families and exploring India and its rich and varied culture at a crucial point in its history.
Stars: Tanya Maniktala, Ishaan Khattar, Mahira Kakkar, Danesh Razvi
Votes: 5,688
2. Bloodlands (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick investigates crimes while trying to hide a dark secret from his past.
Stars: James Nesbitt, Lorcan Cranitch, Charlene McKenna, Lola Petticrew
Votes: 7,123
3. Keeping Faith (2017–2021)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Faith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.
Stars: Eve Myles, Bradley Freegard, Mark Lewis Jones, Hannah Daniel
Votes: 5,831
4. Whitstable Pearl (2021– )
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Local restaurant owner Pearl Nolan 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 her close friend Vinnie.
Stars: Howard Charles, Frances Barber, Isobelle Molloy, Sophia Del Pizzo
Votes: 3,449
5. The Real Manhunter (2021– )
Documentary
Ex-Detective Colin Sutton looks back at his most important cases and how they were solved.
Stars: Colin Sutton, Mike Sullivan, Scott Peden, Leda Reynolds
Votes: 152
6. Adrian Dunbar's Coastal Ireland (2021)
90 min | Documentary
A journey along Ireland's glorious coastline with Adrian Dunbar.
Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Barry Britton
Votes: 103
7. Finding Alice (2021)
Not Rated | 46 min | Comedy, Drama
Alice's husband of 20 years, Harry, falls down the stairs and dies soon after the couple move into the dream home he designed. Alice discovers that some men, including her late husband, hide stuff that they don't want to deal with.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Isabella Pappas, Nigel Havers, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 2,163
8. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon
Votes: 39,464
9. The Real Manhunt: The Night Stalker (2021 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
For 17 years, a serial rapist known as 'The Night Stalker' terrorised the elderly population of South London. In this film, senior officers from the case tell the extraordinary story of how... See full summary »
Director: Edward McGown | Stars: Susanna Reid, Colin Sutton
Votes: 14
10. Dalgliesh (2021– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Dalgliesh's crime-fighting career from 1970s England to the present day.
Stars: Bertie Carvel, Carlyss Peer, Jeremy Irvine, David Pearse
Votes: 5,513
11. The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery
Antiques expert moves to France suspicious of how her husband died and uses her skills to become a PI aiding the local police and simultaneously bonding with the town's popular taxi driver.
Stars: Steve Edge, Alex Gaumond, Sally Lindsay, Sue Vincent
Votes: 3,252
12. The Larkins (2021–2022)
Not Rated | Comedy, Drama
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.
Stars: Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan, Lydia Page, Amelia Bullmore
Votes: 2,067
13. Agatha Raisin (2014– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Cotswolds-based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder-mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.
Stars: Ashley Jensen, Matt McCooey, Lucy Liemann, Mathew Horne
Votes: 6,145
14. Balthazar (2018–2023)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Thriller
Facing a series of complex murder cases, new police commander Hélène Bach must learn to work with the brilliant yet exasperating Raphaël, who can make the dead speak like no-one else.
Stars: Tomer Sisley, Yannig Samot, Philypa Phoenix, Côme Levin
Votes: 2,359
15. The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.
Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Cristina Serban Ionda, Nic Sampson
Votes: 7,221
16. Bäckström (2020– )
45 min | Crime, Drama
Unscrupulous and arrogant murder detective Evert Bäckström finds himself with the hardest case he ever had when a skull pierced with bullet holes is found on an uninhabited island in the archipelago.
Stars: Kjell Bergqvist, Agnes Lindström Bolmgren, Filip Berg, Peshang Rad
Votes: 2,095
17. One Lane Bridge (2020– )
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
During a murder investigation at Queenstown's infamous One Lane Bridge, ambitious young Maori Detective, Ariki Davis, inadvertently reawakens a spiritual gift that endangers the case, his career and his life.
Stars: Dominic Ona-Ariki, Phoebe McKellar, Joel Tobeck, Alex Walker
Votes: 1,599
18. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the 1890s, William Murdoch uses radical forensic techniques for the time, including fingerprinting and trace evidence, to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders.
Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 17,481
19. Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2019–2021)
TV-G | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In swinging 60's Melbourne, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea.
Stars: Geraldine Hakewill, Joel Jackson, Catherine McClements, Louisa Mignone
Votes: 2,994
20. The Sommerdahl Murders (2020– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A love triangle between Dan Sommerdahl, his wife Marianne Sommerdahl and their best friend Flemming Torp occurs as they try to solves killings in Helsingør.
Stars: Peter Mygind, André Babikian, Laura Drasbæk, Mathias Käki Jørgensen
Votes: 1,661
21. Jack Irish (2016–2021)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama
Jack is engaged to find a missing person, only to be later framed for his murder. Jack is quickly caught up in a complex web of powerful vested interests that stretches from his home town of Fitzroy to a remote village in the Philippines.
Stars: Guy Pearce, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing, Damien Garvey
Votes: 3,353
22. Doctor Doctor (2016–2021)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
A rising heart surgeon's life takes a turn he never expected and soon everything comes crashing down. He soon finds himself a former big city doctor turned small town doctor.
Stars: Rodger Corser, Nicole da Silva, Ryan Johnson, Tina Bursill
Votes: 3,502
23. My Life Is Murder (2019– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
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.
Stars: Lucy Lawless, Ebony Vagulans, Rawiri Jobe, Joseph Naufahu
Votes: 5,135
24. The Witnesses (2021– )
25 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a 10-year-old girl is kidnapped from the Natural History Museum, the police question 8 key witnesses to uncover the truth and find the girl before it's too late.
Stars: Alexandra Maria Lara, Ralph Herforth, Ceci Chuh, Hanna Plaß
Votes: 270
25. Under the Vines (2021– )
60 min | Comedy
Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards star as two city slickers who inherit a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand.. the only problems are that neither of them has ever done a hard days' work- and they despise one another.
Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Charles Edwards, Trae Te Wiki, Simon Mead
Votes: 1,239
26. The Strange Calls (2012)
30 min | Comedy
Hapless city cop Toby Banks is demoted to night duty in the sleepy beachside village of Coolum, only to find himself investigating strange late night phone calls that reveal the bizarre truth of the town.
Stars: Barry Crocker, Toby Truslove, Patrick Brammall, Katherine Hicks
Votes: 833
27. Candice Renoir (2013– )
TV-G | 52 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
French police Commandant Candice Renoir and her team solve different crime cases in a harbor city of southern France. Candice herself is a divorced mother of four whose daily routine is always packed.
Stars: Cécile Bois, Raphaël Lenglet, Clara Antoons, Ali Marhyar
Votes: 2,157
28. You, Me & Them (2013–2015)
Comedy
Follows the lives of a couple and their families who have a 26 year age gap.
Stars: Anthony Head, Eve Myles, Nigel Betts, Daisy Beaumont
Votes: 360
29. Hinterland (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A noir crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where troubled DCI Tom Mathias solves murders while searching for redemption.
Stars: Richard Harrington, Mali Harries, Alex Harries, Hannah Daniel
Votes: 15,117
30. Republic of Doyle (2010–2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings - not all of them on the right side of the law.
Stars: Allan Hawco, Krystin Pellerin, Mark O'Brien, Marthe Bernard
Votes: 4,615
31. Walking Through History (2013– )
47 min | Documentary
Tony Robinson embarks on spectacular walks through some of Britain's most historic landscapes in search of the richest stories from our past.
Stars: Tony Robinson, Alistair Moffat, Kate Williams, Brian Blessed
Votes: 272
32. Kidnap and Ransom (2011–2012)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
From the first phone call with kidnappers to risky excursions into exotic and dangerous locales, negotiator Dominic King places himself in the line of fire to bring the victims home.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Helen Baxendale, Natasha Little, Scott Sparrow
Votes: 834
33. Mary Berry's Country House Secrets (2017– )
TV-G | 58 min | Reality-TV
In this series, Mary Berry discovers the rich history of our nation's greatest stately homes through the prism of food.
Stars: Mary Berry, A.J. Langer, Nimmy March, Fiona Herbert 8th Countess of Carnarvon
Votes: 71
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