Acorn TV Teams with RTÉ for Period Mystery Dead Still

RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises have partnered to commission Dead Still, an Irish period mystery.

Set in 1880s Ireland in the Victorian era heyday of “postmortem photography,” the six-episode period drama follows a renowned memorial photographer as he investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects. It is written by John Morton and directed by Imogen Murphy (Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope; Red Rock) and Craig David Wallace (Slasher, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, Murdoch Mysteries).

Acorn Media Enterprises has secured all rights in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and the U.K.; co-premiere rights in Canada; and secondary rights in Ireland. ZDF Enterprises will distribute the series in the rest of the world.