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ACORN TV'S HIT IRISH MYSTERY SERIES "HARRY WILD" RENEWED FOR A FOURTH SEASON
Starring and Executive Produced by Emmy-Award Winning Actress Jane Seymour, Production Has Resumed in Dublin, Ireland
NEW YORK, NY - July 30, 2024 - Acorn TV, AMC Networks' acclaimed streaming service specializing in international mystery, dramas and comedies, today announced the renewal of Harry Wild for a fourth season. Star and executive producer Jane Seymour (The Kominsky Method, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, B Positive) will reprise her role as Harry Wild, the titular amateur detective in the Irish mystery series that was a breakout success for Acorn TV in its first season and has maintained its status as a top performer for the platform in its second and third seasons. Production has just begun in Dublin, Ireland.
"We're thrilled to be kicking off production on a fourth season of Harry Wild with our fantastic cast and crew in Ireland," said Catherine Mackin, Managing Director, Acorn Media Enterprises. "With this series, the delightful Jane Seymour has become a beloved member of the Acorn TV family, we can't wait to see what Harry has up her sleeve this season and what mysteries she will solve in her own unique way."
Season four picks up a year after season three, and business couldn't be better at the Wild/Reid Detective Agency as Harry 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 more. Meanwhile, Fergus' hopes of going to college at the same time as Lola are threatened when she gets an incredible offer to study abroad.
Also reprising their roles are Samantha Mumba (The Time Machine, Evolution), as Fergus' mother Paula Kenny, and Paul Tylak (Kin) as Glenn Talbot.
Harry Wild is produced by Dynamic Television. Acorn Media Enterprises co-produces alongside ZDF. Season Four is created and written by David Logan, along with writer Jo Spain, directed by Robin Quinn, and executive produced by Logan, Spain, Jane Seymour, Daniel March, Klaus Zimmermann, James Gibb, David McLoughlin, Catherine Mackin and Bea Tammer. Frank Seyberth and Claus Wunn executive produce for ZDF.
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About Acorn TV
AMC Networks' Acorn TV is North America's largest streaming service specializing in premium British and international television. Acorn TV adds exclusive programming every week to a deep library of revered mysteries, dramas, and comedies - all commercial-free. Acorn TV's recent slate is comprised of critically acclaimed commissioned and original series including popular New Zealand detective series My Life Is Murder (Lucy Lawless), acclaimed Irish crime thriller Bloodlands (James Nesbitt, co-executive produced by Jed Mercurio), British crime drama Whitstable Pearl (Kerry Godliman), Kiwi romantic comedy Under the Vines and British detective drama Dalgliesh (Bertie Carvel), to name a few. Current and upcoming Acorn TV Original Series include UK detective drama Harry Wild (Jane Seymour), Signora Volpe (Emilia Fox), The Chelsea Detective (Adrian Scarborough) and many more. The above add to a growing catalog of popular bingeable dramas including Jack Irish (Guy Pearce), Doc Martin (Martin Clunes), Deadwater Fell (David Tennant, Cush Jumbo), all 24 seasons of fan-favorite Midsomer Murders and highly-rated drama The Nest, among others.
"glorious streaming service... an essential must-have" - The Hollywood Reporter
"Netflix for the Anglophile" - NPR
Acorn TV is available for $7.99/month or $79.99/year. Facebook: OfficialAcornTV - Twitter: @AcornTV - Instagram: @Acorn_tv
About Dynamic Television
Dynamic Television is an independent production and distribution company with a global strategy to bring premium television programming to worldwide audiences. Dynamic just wrapped production on HARRY WILD Season 3 starring Jane Seymour for Acorn and ZDF and recently delivered the critically acclaimed DROPS OF GOD for AppleTV+. Dynamic is also in production on Netflix's GINNY & GEORGIA, now in Season 3 and the highly rated crime procedural THE SOMMERDAHL MURDERS in Season 5. Previous series include VAN HELSING and DAY OF THE DEAD for Syfy; the hit Icelandic series TRAPPED; and ABC Australia's #1 new show SAVAGE RIVER starring Katherine Langford.
About ZDF
ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) is Germany's national public television broadcaster. It is run as an independent non-profit corporation under the authority of the Länder, the sixteen states that constitute the Federal Republic of Germany.
The nationwide channel ZDF has been broadcasting since 1st April 1963 and remains one of the country's leading sources of information. Today, ZDF also operates the two thematic channels ZDFneo and ZDFinfo. In partnership with other public broadcasters, ZDF jointly operates the internet-only offer funk, the German channels PHOENIX and KiKA, and the European channels 3sat and ARTE.
https://www.zdf.de/zdfunternehmen/factsandfigures-100.html
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