On ACORN TV in April 2024:

• For Her Sins (Acorn TV Exclusive Series)

Series Binge Premiere Monday, April 1

Laura Conroy (Jo Joyner, Shakespeare & Hathaway) has a loving husband, two beautiful children and a successful career as a lawyer. She appears to have it al but this perfect life is marred by cracks. After befriending Emily Furness (Rachel Shenton, All Creatures Great and Small), a charismatic stranger she meets in the school playground, her life begins to spiral out of control. Laura’s husband Rob often works abroad, leaving a stressed Laura to deal with the children alone while juggling returning to work after the birth of their son. The beguiling, ever-helpful Emily is a real savior in Laura’s eyes. However, all is not what it seems… Laura has unwittingly led down an increasingly dangerous path as Emily begins infiltrating her life and poisoning it from the inside. But why? Unknown to Laura, these two women are bound by a shared secret; one Laura has tried to keep buried. But nothing stays a secret forever and Emily is here to make sure this one is exposed, no matter the price.

• The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 10 (Acorn TV Exclusive Series)

New Season Premiere Monday, April 29

The 10th anniversary season of The Brokenwood Mysteries sees Detectives Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea), Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland) and Daniel Chalmers (Jarod Rawiri) continue to wrestle with the alarming murder rate in Brokenwood. With the help of their curious pathologist, Dr Gina Kadinsky (Cristina Ionda), they use all manner of unconventional methods to solve the town’s more macabre and unusual crimes. From a brutal murder with a Jurassic twist to a spooky crime scene amidst the Day of the Dead, a lovestruck dental patient and a vicious visit to a House of Horrors, this seasons’ homicides capture the quirky spirit of New Zealand’s deadliest town. 

• Murdoch Mysteries Season 17 (Acorn TV Exclusive Series)

New Episodes Continue Every Monday 

The new season begins with William Murdoch and Julia Ogden racing to discover the true intentions of their mysterious captors in order to escape and resume their lives in Toronto. Constable Crabtree and Effie will find their domestic bliss interrupted by an urgent mission that emerges from Crabtree’s past and Station House #4 will be in a state of tension as Brackenreid’s place in the constabulary remains in question. Llewellyn Watts resumes work as a detective, determined to live his truth and pursue happiness on his own terms, while Violet Hart will thrive in her new romance with Isaiah Buchanan — but the future of the Star Bright Club hangs by a thread, as does Violet’s fortune when she is brought to court by the family of her dead husband. 

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Monday, April 8th

National Treasure
Binge | Four Episodes
Paul (Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter, GoldenEye), once something of a national treasure, is a star of fading relevance but enduring popularity, the less successful half of a once beloved comedy double-act. As he settles into the twilight years of his life, an allegation of two counts of sexual assault, each some 20 years previous, shakes him and his family
to their core. Also features Julie Walters (Mama Mia, Harry Potter films) and Andrea Riseborough (The Regime, Birdman).

The Battle of Britain
Documentary Film
This program looks at how the Battle of Britain evolved into four distinct phases before it fizzled out during the early months of 1941 as the threat of invasion receded and Hitler turned his attention to the impending invasion of Russia.

Monday, April 15th

Faithless – Acorn TV Exclusive
PREMIERE | Binge | Six Episodes

Called “the best comedy in a decade” (Extra.ie), this sharp-witted tale tells the story of three young sisters living in Dublin and their Irish/ Egyptian dad who, after a tragic incident, is raising them alone. That is until his irresponsible younger brother moves in to ‘help’ and never leaves. Meet the Amin family —the new fighting Irish. Faithless takes
a close look at the ways the family cope with the vacuum left behind and realize that, regardless of age or seniority, everyone has to grow up fast. Using black comedy, it shines a light on some uncomfortable truths about gender roles, grief, identity, acceptance, faith and happiness.

Kiri
Binge | Four Episodes
A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her white foster family,
and the trail of lies, blame, guilt and notoriety which follow. Features Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley, Julia), Lia
Williams (The Crown, His Dark Materials), and Lucian Msamati (Gangs of London, See How They Run).

Monday, April 29th

The Vanishing Triangle
Binge | Six Episodes
After a series of disappearances of young women, newspaper reporter Lisa Wallace sets out to find the man responsible who she believes is the same man who murdered her mother almost twenty years earlier.