Acorn TV announced that on May 1st, 2025, it will debut its first annual Murder Mystery May, a month-long event showcasing whimsical mysteries and investigative crime dramas.
The event will feature a wide range of mystery content from the premiere of acclaimed new crime drama The One Who Got Away starring Richard Harrington (Hinterland), White Lies with Natalie Dormer, to new episodes of long-running fan favorites such as Harry Wild, The Brokenwood Mysteries and Murdoch Mysteries, to a slew of thriller and mystery films including Rogue Agent starring James Norton, Gemma Arterton and Sarah Goldberg, Cracks starring Eva Green, Juno Temple and Imogen Poots and Six Minutes to Midnight starring Dame Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent.
Check out the Murder Mystery May schedule below which will consist of new episodes of popular and acclaimed series every Monday:
- Harry Wild (Season 4 Premiere) – Premieres Monday, May 5, with 2 new episodes:
Acorn TV’s hit Irish mystery series Harry Wild returns with Emmy-award winning actress Jane Seymour. Business couldn’t be better at the Wild/Reid Detective Agency as Harry (Seymour, The Kominsky Method, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) and Fergus (Rohan Nedd, Whitstable Pearl) welcome an unexpected client: Charlie Wild (Kevin Ryan, Guilt, Copper). Elsewhere, Harry is hired by a friend and former wild child turned nun; Lola (Rose O’Neill) stumbles upon a dance school mystery; a Dublin literary tour takes a bloody turn; and Fergus’ hopes of going to college at the same time as Lola are threatened when she gets an incredible offer to study abroad.
- Murdoch Mysteries (Season 18) – New Episodes Continue Every Monday:
The new season, consisting of 22 episodes, including the series’ 300th episode and has a bevy of notable guest stars including Countess Luann de Lesseps (The Real Housewives of New York City) and Siobhan Murphy (Cross, Danger Force). Award-winning actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (The Mandalorian, Kim’s Convenience) joins the cast as Inspector Albert Choi who brings a whole new perspective to Station House #4.
This season, Murdoch and his team investigate brand new cases, including the killing of a man during a battlefield re-enactment, the veracity of a ‘Missing Link’ skull, a murder at a Charles Dickens convention, threats to a silent film star throwing Murdoch into a cinematic adventure, and the foiling a theft of the world’s largest ruby. The season also explores social issues of the time, including a worker’s strike at a factory, an early instance of low-income housing, competing public hydro projects and immigrants trying to purchase land in the ‘paradise’ wilds of Canada.
- The Brokenwood Mysteries (Season 11) – New Episodes Continue Every Monday:
From seemingly supernatural incidents in the idyllic community of Brokenwood to mysterious murders with hidden motives, Season 11 of the series sees Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea, Go Girls, Auckward Love) and his team plunge into a web of deception, greed and dark secrets, using less than conventional methods to tackle their most perplexing cases yet.
- The One That Got Away (Season 1) – New Episodes Continue Every Monday:
The dark psychological drama sees DI Ffion Lloyd (Elen Rhys, The Mallorca Files) partnering up with her ex-lover DS Rick Sheldon (Richard Harrington, Hinterland), to find out who is responsible for murdering a nurse in a coastal town in west Wales. The murder opens old wounds in a small-town community, throwing a historic conviction into doubt and raising the horrifying prospect of a copycat killer. Full of twists and turns that lead up to a heart-stopping finale, this is a gripping forensic examination of a town, a killer, and a relationship, past and present.
Bingeable mysteries will bring fresh blood every Monday with the Acorn TV debut of the following series:
- Safe House (Season 1) – Premieres May 5:
Former detective Robert (Christopher Eccleston, Doctor Who) and his wife Katy (Marsha Thomason, Lost) are asked to turn their guest house into a safe house.
- The Light in the Hall (Season 1) – Premieres May 12:
When Cat Donato (Alexandra Roach, Men Up, Anna Karenina) returns to Llanemlyn to try and find out the truth about Ela Roberts’ disappearance 18 years ago, not everyone is happy to dig up the past. Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones, Men Up) and Joanna Scanlan (No Offence, The Larkins) also star. *Welsh and English languages
- White Lies – Premieres May 19:
Set in the wealthy neighborhood of Bishopscourt in Cape Town, South Africa, investigative journalist Edie Hansen (Natalie Dormer, Game of Thrones, The Tudors) gets caught up in the ugly underbelly that lies beneath the picturesque beauty of the city, dragging her back to her turbulent past. Following her estranged brother’s murder in his luxury home, Edie’s world plunges deeper into chaos when her brother’s teenage children become prime suspects for the crime. As Edie investigates, she finds herself at loggerheads with veteran detective Forty Bell (Brendon Daniels, Four Corners), and grapples with the crumbling local police force, a corrupt political system, and the secretive world of extreme Cape wealth.
- Boglands– Premieres May 26:
After fifteen years missing, police officer Conall Ó Súilleabháin’s (Dónall Ó Héalai, Bob Marley: One Love, Monster) murdered mother, Sabine, is found buried in a bog. Forbidden from investigating the crime, he has to join forces with a citizen-journalist to get justice for his mother. *Irish and English languages
Mystery lovers can also enjoy movie nights all month long with hand-picked mysteries and thrillers arriving for the first time on the platform every Friday:
- The Dry – Premieres May 2:
Aaron Falk (Eric Bana, Memoir of a Snail, Dirty John) returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral, but his return opens a decades-old wound–the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
- Cracks – Premieres May 9:
This look at the lives and relationships among girls at an elite boarding school features Eva Green (Casino Royale, Penny Dreadful), Juno Temple (Ted Lasso, Fargo) and Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Green Room).
- Rogue Agent– Premieres May 16:
The extraordinary and chilling story of career conman Robert Freegard (James Norton, Happy Valley, Grantchester), who masqueraded as a MI5 agent and kidnapped countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice. Gemma Arterton (Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) and Sarah Goldberg (Barry) also star.
- Six Minutes to Midnight – Premieres May 23:
UK, Aug. 15, 1939: 17 days before WWII, an English teacher and his camera disappear from a coastal boarding school with 20 German teen girls. Miller (Eddie Izzard, Kaos, Ocean’s Thirteen) gets the job six days later, secretly trying to find out what happened. Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall, Belfast), Jim Broadbent (Ten Percent, Moulin Rouge!) and Nigel Lindsay (The Chelsea Detective, Victoria) also star.
- Force of Nature: The Dry 2 – Premieres May 30:
Five women participate in a hiking retreat, but only four come out the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk (Eric Bana, The Hulk, Memoir of a Snail, Dirty John) and Carmen Cooper (Jacqueline McKenzie, My Life Is Murder, Deep Blue Sea) head into the mountains, hoping to find their informant still alive.
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