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Acorn TV is heading backmost into nan world of Art Detectives.
The AMC Global Media streamer has renewed nan Stephen Moyer-led crime play bid for a 2nd play positive an further two-part special.
This comes aft nan show, which debuted past year, became its most-watched caller bid premiere ever.
The bid will return pinch a two-part typical successful December, followed by a six-episode play adjacent year. Production starts successful Belfast and crossed Northern Ireland this month.
Art Detectives stars Moyer arsenic art-loving Detective Inspector (DI) Mick Palmer and centers astir nan Heritage Crime Unit. Joined by DC Shazia Malik (Nina Singh), nan brace must lick murders connected to nan world of creation and antiques. Larry Lamb returns arsenic Ron Palmer, Mick’s art-forging father, who is now serving clip successful an unfastened situation for handling nan stolen Sickert coating that was recovered astatine nan extremity of play one.
The bid was created and written by Dan Gaster, Will Ing, Paul Powell and is directed by Jennie Paddon, Declan Recks and Sam O’Mahony. It is produced by Black Dog Television, Dynamic Television and Acorn Media Enterprises pinch backing from Northern Ireland Screen.
It is executive produced by Gaster, Ing and Powell for Black Dog Television, Daniel March and Klaus Zimmermann for Dynamic Television, Bea Tammer and Catherine Mackin for Acorn TV/Acorn Media Enterprises, and Moyer. Candida Julian-Jones is nan bid shaper and Martin Mahon is nan producer.
Moyer said, “Great art, uncommon antiques, costly collections and a battered satchel – what’s not to emotion astir Mick Palmer? I’m really looking guardant to filming these 8 caller episodes and reuniting pinch nan superb Nina Singh. This caller play is packed pinch drama, excitement, hostility and surprises. I can’t hold to beryllium backmost successful Belfast, moving alongside our awesome accumulation squad again.”
Don Klees, SVP, Programming, Acorn TV, added: “Acorn TV viewers eagerly embraced nan first play of Art Detectives for its compelling characters and unsocial twist connected nan enigma genre. On nan heels of successful, and well-received seasons of You’re Killing Me and Harry Wild, we’re thrilled to beryllium bringing fans different information of investigations that’s judge to support them guessing passim each episode.”
