This post details a new Acorn TV crime drama. An 8 part detective series starring Jane Seymour as Harriet “Harry” Wild.
2 new episodes are being released every Monday throughout April on UK Acorn TV. Episodes are also available on US Acorn TV. I’ve included details of all 8 episodes in season 1, listed in order.
For more top new crime drama for 2022, see my posts below.
Harry Wild New on Acorn TV
Harry Wild Series 1: Literature professor Harriet “Harry” Wild (Jane Seymour) is adjusting to retirement when she’s mugged. While recovering at the home of her son (Kevin Ryan), a detective in the Dublin police, Harry gleans a clue for his current case. But when she’s rebuffed, Harry decides to solve the crime herself. Recruiting an unlikely young sidekick (Rohan Nedd), she finds a new path as a private investigator. [Source: Acorn TV]
1. When Harry Met Fergus
UK Release: April 4 2022 | IMDb rating: 6.9 (47).
Plot: When retired literature professor Harriet “Harry” Wild is mugged, it sets off a chain of events that leads her to try to find a killer, with aid from a surprising source.
2. Samurai Plague Doctors Kill for Kicks
UK Release: April 4 2022 | IMDb rating: 7.5 (33).
Plot: Harry and Fergus try to help a desperate woman find out how her husband died, but the case puts them on to a deadly gambling operation… and straight into danger.
3. Mincemeat
UK Release: April 11 2022 | IMDb rating: 8.0 (22).
Plot: When a body is pulled out of the river near Harry’s local pub, something about the dead man feels familiar to her. She and Fergus go undercover to find the truth.
4. An Unhappy Happy Is a Dangerous Thing
UK Release: April 11 2022 | IMDb rating: 8.0 (18).
Plot: Harry and Fergus agree to help a local loan shark named Happy find out who murdered his employee, but in doing so, Harry draws the attention of a fledgling serial killer.
*Watch Harry Wild online on UK Amazon and US Amazon with Acorn TV.
5. A Corpse in My Soup
UK Release: April 18 2022 | IMDb rating: 8.4 (9).
Plot: When a vomiting bug ruins a dinner party that Harry is attending, the cause is found to be a dead body in the well. With Charlie away, Harry becomes the prime suspect.
6. Best Laid Schemes
UK Release: April 18 2022 | IMDb rating: 8.8 (9).
Plot: Trapped in a pub by a violent storm, Harry, Fergus, and Lola face even more peril when they discover a kidnap victim and realize the kidnapper must be hiding among them.
7. The Mystery of Granny Susan’s Fun Time Wig
UK Release: April 25 2022 | IMDb rating: 8.6 (12).
Plot: When a wealthy matriarch is strangled to death during a video call with her relatives, the woman’s daughter employs the services of the Wild/Reid Detective Agency.
8. No One Here Gets Out Alive
UK Release: April 25 2022 | IMDb rating: 7.5 (7).
Plot: Zoe McCann is a recovering addict fighting each day to slay her demons; when she is abducted only to wake up in a forest wearing a vintage ballgown, her sanity and resolve are pushed to the limit.
Series Review: Harry Wild is a fun, surprisingly saucy and thrilling mystery drama! Definitely not your typical cozy mystery. And Jane Seymour plays the savvy, quick-tongued sleuth, Harry Wild perfectly!
*Watch Harry Wild online on UK Amazon and US Amazon with Acorn TV.
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