ACORN: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Signora Volpe is heading back to Italy.

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Channel 5 are serving up a third season of The Madame Blanc Mysteries.

EXCLUSIVE: Acorn TV and ZDF mystery drama series The Chelsea Detective has a new co-lead for its second season.

EXCLUSIVE: Line of Duty star Craig Parkinson, Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge) and Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Death in Paradise are joining Acorn TV’s four-part mystery drama Mrs Sidhu Investigates. Meera Syal is fronting the four-part series as a crime-solving Indian chef, having voiced the eponymous sleuth in a popular BBC Radio 4 series of the same name.

The AMC Networks family has renewed a pair of shows.

More of P.D. James’ murder mysteries will be turned into TV dramas after AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Paramount Global-owned broadcaster Channel 5 handed drama series Dalgliesh a two-season renewal.

K.J. Yossman British detective drama “Dalgliesh” is set to return after getting a second season order from AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Channel 5.The second season, which will consist of six episodes, will be based on three more P.D.

supports HTML5 videoIf you’re an Ice Age fan, this video of Scrat finally getting his acorn will melt your heart.The last-ever short from Blue Sky Studios was released this week before the animation studio closes down.The much-loved adorable squirrel was a fan favourite in the original franchise and has even appeared in his own shorts.However, one thing he always had trouble with was safely hiding an acorn.The unlucky sabre-toothed creature has always been dedicated to capturing a nut, but his pursuit has seemed never-ending at times as something always goes wrong.But now, in the final Blue Sky animation, he succeeds in what is truly a wholesome piece of cinema.Scrat manages to find the nut, clutches it close to his chest, and holds it high above his head, on guard for someone to steal it or for something catastrophic to happen as it normally does.However, nothingcatastrophic does happen, so he is finally able to eat his precious nut in peace, after which he skips off to conquer his next challenge.Understandably, fans have been emotional wrecks following the release of the animation by Blue Sky, which has been viewed over eight million times.Tweeting the clip, they wrote: ‘In the final days of @BlueSkyStudios, a small team of artists came together to do one final shot. This shot is a farewell, a send-off on our own terms —— Blue Sky Studios.’‘Not me crying over Scrat finally eating his acorn,’ one emosh fan responded.‘This is gold.

Acorn TV, AMC Network’s British programming focused streamer, is to launch in the U.K. at the end of the month.

By Jake Kanter