Top new London-based police TV show, The Chelsea Detective an Acorn TV original. Started February 2022, with a new episode dropping every Monday.
DI Max Arnold polices the streets of Chelsea, London’s richest borough. It’s a beautiful place for beautiful people hiding a dark side of deception, greed, and murder.
This British mystery stars Adrian Scarborough and Sonita Henry. Created and co-written by Peter Fincham. Only on Acorn TV from 7th February 2022. I’ve included below the official Acorn TV trailer for the show plus details of each episode so far, listed in order of release.
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The Chelsea Detective
The Chelsea Detective Series Overview: London’s Chelsea neighbourhood is a beautiful borough for beautiful people, but it has a dark underside of deception, violence, greed and murder. Bodies have a way of showing up, and things are rarely what they seem. DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough) and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie (Sonita Henry), must root out the truth and bring those responsible to justice, no matter their wealth or status.
Season one has four episodes, each 90 minutes long. Airing every Monday starting from Februay 7 2022.
1. The Wages of Sin
First Aired: February 7 2022.
Plot: Stonemason Andrew Knightley is pushed under a London Underground train during the morning rush hour. DI Max Arnold and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie, together build a picture of a lonely, devout, and troubled man who believed a spirit was leaving him vengeful Biblical messages. But the killer is flesh and blood, and a more earthly explanation may be found in the truth of Knightley’s life.
2. Mrs. Romano
First Aired: February 14 2022.
Plot: Robyn Romano, social media sensation and wife of restaurateur Julia Romano, is reported missing. As the race to find Robyn alive pivots to a murder investigation, Max gets a taste of the combustible Romano clan, whose longstanding tensions and disagreements over the running of their eponymous Chelsea eatery may reveal how Robyn Romano met her fate.
3. The Gentle Giant
First Aired: February 21 2022.
Plot: A well-liked security guard is found stabbed to death, leaving behind his terminally ill wife. Could this pillar of the community have been killed in a drug deal gone wrong, as the evidence initially suggests? Max and Priya discover that the victim had an unsavory past filled with violence, racism, and hooliganism, and that his death is the latest tragedy in a decades-old cycle of violence.
4. A Chelsea Education
First Aired: February 28 2022.
Plot: At first glance, Oliver Cowie-devoted family man, respected educator, all-round good guy-seems an unlikely murder victim, until he’s found in a pool of blood, bludgeoned to death in his study. But scratch the surface and it turns out there’s no shortage of suspects, ranging from his own wife to feuding colleagues, a vengeful ex-pupil, disgruntled parents, and a rather too-familiar family cleaner.
*The Chelsea Detective available on UK Amazon Prime Video and Acorn TV.
About Acorn TV
Acorn TV is an online TV streaming subscription service. Serving up classic and new cozy mysteries, comedies and docs. Mainly from the BBC and other British productions, plus programmes from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and more.
How to watch Acorn TV
Stream direct from Acorn TV’s website on your computer. Or on your tablet and phone through Acorn TV’s Android/iOS/Fire app. You can also watch Acorn TV through Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video or Roku. Free trial available through all of these channels.
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