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[03/16/20 - 01:36 PM]
Acorn TV Extends Free Trial to 30 Days for New Subscribers
For those looking for an escape as they are holed up at home during this rough, tumultuous time, Acorn TV will begin offering an extended 30-day free trial for new subscribers (previously seven-day trial) immediately.

[via press release from Acorn TV]

Acorn TV extends free trial to 30 days for new subscribers

For those looking for an escape as they are holed up at home during this rough, tumultuous time, Acorn TV will begin offering an extended 30-day free trial for new subscribers (previously 7-day trial) immediately, so they can start to binge programming from its ever-growing slate of world-class mysteries, dramas and comedies from Britain and other countries. Those interested can sign up at http://acorn.tv. Special code: FREE30

Here's just a sampling of series and categories available:

British murder mysteries: Midsomer Mysteries, Blood, Queens of Mystery, Agatha Raisin, Manhunt, London Kills, Vera, Deadwater Fell (with David Tennant and Cush Jumbo - premiering April 6)

Crime dramas: No Offence, Line of Duty, Keeping Faith, Place of Execution, Taken Down, Deep Water, Accused

British dramedies: Doc Martin, After Henry, Men Behaving Badly, Raised by Wolves, Detectorists, Mount Pleasant, The Good Karma Hospital

Australian essentials: A Place to Call Home, My Life Is Murder, The Heart Guy, Jack Irish, Mystery Road, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Canadian must-see dramas: Slings & Arrows, Murdoch Mysteries

Foreign Language thrillers: Rebecka Martinsson, Oldenheim Twelve, Truth Will Out, Hidden, L'Accident, Balthazar, Sisters, Back Home

Foodie Favorites: Delicious, Lords and Ladles, Whites, Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain, Scotch! The Story of Whisky, Pie in the Sky, Victoria Wood's A Nice Cup of Tea

AVAILABLE ANYTIME ANYWHERE: At Acorn.tv, plus Amazon Prime Video Channels, Apple TV, Roku, YouTube TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Xfinity, iOS (iPhone/iPad), Android, various tablets (More info here)

About Acorn TV: Called a "glorious streaming service... an essential must-have" (The Hollywood Reporter) and "Netflix for the Anglophile" (NPR), AMC Networks' Acorn TV is North America's largest streaming service specializing in British and international television and is now serving more than one million paid subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. Acorn TV adds exclusive new programs every week with a deep library of mysteries, dramas, and comedies with no set end dates or commercials. Subscribers can stream many of their favorite international series and discover new and classic programs previously unavailable to U.S. audiences. Coming up in 2020, Acorn TV will feature a record five commissioned series as well as several returning favorites, including Irish period mystery series Dead Still, British mystery Agatha Raisin, Irish comedy drama The South Westerlies, as well as the return of award-winning Australian drama Mystery Road, Irish thriller Blood, the #1 UK drama of 2019 Line of Duty, and Acorn TV's first feature film with Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears. Acorn TV offers a free trial and thereafter is just $5.99/month or $59.99/year. Facebook: OfficialAcornTV - Twitter @AcornTV





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