QUIRKY NEW ZEALAND CRIME DRAMA, "THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES," RETURNS TO ACORN TV ON MONDAY, APRIL 21

All-New Season Sees Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd Plunging into a Web of Deception as Mysterious Murders Continue to Plague the Community

NEW YORK - April 7, 2025 - Quirky, fan-favorite crime drama, The Brokenwood Mysteries, returns with an all-new season exclusively on Acorn TV in the US and Canada on Monday, April 21. Additional episodes of the series' six-episode eleventh season drop weekly on Mondays on the platform. Starring Neill Rea (Go Girls, Auckward Love) as Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd and Fern Sutherland (The Almighty Johnsons) as by-the-book Detective Kristin Sims, the captivating series sees the formidable duo and their team investigate crimes in the sleepy and secret-filled town of Brokenwood, New Zealand.

From seemingly supernatural incidents in the idyllic community of Brokenwood to mysterious murders with hidden motives, Season 11 of the series sees Shepherd and his team plunge into a web of deception, greed and dark secrets, using less than conventional methods to tackle their most perplexing cases yet.

The all-new season of The Brokenwood Mysteries also sees the return of Cristina Serban Ionda (Filthy Rich) as eccentric pathologist Dr. Gina Kadinsky and Jarod Rawiri (Shortland Street) as no-nonsense Detective Constable Daniel Chalmers.

The Brokenwood Mysteries, an Acorn TV Exclusive Series, is produced by South Pacific Pictures. Tim Balme serves as head writer and producer and wrote the season premiere and finale episodes. Laura Hill and Roy Ward wrote Episodes 2 and 5, Tania Klouwens wrote Episode 3 and Mike Smith wrote Episode 4. Smith also directed Episodes 1 and 4, while Ian Hughes directed Episode 2, Jacqueline Nairn directed Episode 3, Awanui Simich-Pene directed Episode 5 and Katie Wolfe directed Episode 6. The series is executive produced by Sally Campbell, Kelly Martin and Andrew Szusterman.

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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.

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