New Pictures\u2019 detective crime drama reboot Dalgliesh has secured a fourth series on Acorn TV, including an entirely original story, Broadcast can reveal.<\/p>\n
The drama, which is produced in association with All3Media International and Northern Ireland Screen, will continue on the AMC-owned streamer without 5 as its co-production partner, after the PSB decided to end its association with the drama. The UK broadcaster had co-commissioned the series with Acorn TV for its past three series.<\/p>\n
Dalgliesh\u2019s fourth run will see Bertie Carvel return as the enigmatic investigator, based on PD James\u2019 best-selling murder mystery novels. However, one episode will be a newly conceived story from The Suspicions of Mr Whicher writer Helen Edmundson, rather than following James\u2019 book plotlines.<\/p>\n
Set in 1982, the six-hour, three-part series will bring further labyrinthine cases for Commander Adam Dalgliesh to untangle with the help of his colleague DI Clive Roscoe (Ludwig\u2019s Sam Swainsbury).<\/p>\n
The first instalment, \u2018A Mind to Murder,\u2019 follows the killing of an officious administrator in an experimental private psychiatric clinic, which puts each of her colleagues in the spotlight and draws light on the questionable treatment of patients. In \u2018Original Sin,\u2019 the mysterious death of an upstart publisher leads to the unravelling of a decades-old mystery, full of dark revenge and heartache.<\/p>\n
Edmundson\u2019s episode has been given the blessing of the PD James\u2019 Estate and will see Dalgliesh investigate a murder of an ex-inmate at a women\u2019s prison in London, the murder draws attention to her aristocratic cell mate and reignites questions about a highly publicised murder trial.<\/p>\n
Dalgliesh comes after the culmination of five-year successful partnership between 5 and Acorn, after the broadcasters tied for a reboot following predecessors on ITV and BBC.<\/p>\n
The debut series of the reboot averaged 3.8m after 28 days to make it one of 5\u2019s highest rating dramas of 2021, with both PSB and Acorn recommissioning a double series order in 2022.<\/p>\n
Series four is written and adapted by Edmundson, and Nick Drake. It is directed by Geoff Sax, Roger Goldby, Ryan Tohill and Andy Tohill. It is produced by Adam Philpott and Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Mackle, and the exec producers are Elaine Pyke and Willow Grylls for New Pictures, and Bea Tammer and Don Klees for Acorn Media Enterprises.<\/p>\n
\u201cDalgleish delivers exactly the type of suspenseful, character-driven drama our audience craves, and we\u2019re thrilled for it to return to our lineup of the very best in crime drama murder mystery,\u201d said Acorn TV\u2019s senior vice-president of programming Klees.<\/p>\n
Pyke, co-founder and creative Director of New Pictures, added: \u201cIt\u2019s a real pleasure returning to the world of Dalgliesh, brought to life by the brilliant Helen Edmundson and Bertie Carvel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dalgliesh S4 will stream on Acorn TV from 2027 in the US, Canada and the UK. Acorn TV will hold the exclusive rights in the US, Canada and the UK with All3MI as the international distribution partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Pictures\u2019 detective crime drama reboot Dalgliesh has secured a fourth series on Acorn TV, including an entirely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-590802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}