Acorn TV Slates The Chelsea Detective Season Three

Acorn TV has slated the third season premiere of The Chelsea Detective for April 7 in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Starring Adrian Scarborough (Killing Eve, The King’s Speech, 1917) and Vanessa Emme (Dublin Murders, Three Families), the new episodes see DI Max Arnold and DS Layla Walsh again delve into the darker side of Chelsea as they investigate the discovery of an ex-soldier’s body in an allotment, the brutal murder of an antiques dealer and the case of a climate scientist found dead in a stolen car.

Anamaria Marinca (Deadline), Sophie Stone (Shetland), Lucy Phelps (Grace), Peter Bankolé (Peaky Blinders) and Frances Barber (Whitstable Pearl) reprise their roles alongside Scarborough and Emme. Alex Kingston (A Discovery of Witches, Doctor Who, ER) guest stars in the debut episode of season three.

The Chelsea Detective is created by Peter Fincham (The Lost Prince, Smack the Pony, I’m Alan Partridge). Three feature-length episodes are written by Glen Laker (Vera, Prime Suspect), Debbie Oates and Ian Kershaw (Cold Feet, Medici) and Nicola Wilson (Call the Midwife, Good Karma Hospital). The directors are Jennie Darnell (Payback, Trigger Point) and Richard Signy (Death in Paradise, Silent Witness).

The series is produced by Acorn TV’s Acorn Media Enterprises, Germany’s ZDF and the BBC Studios-invested indie Expectation.