{"id":13854,"date":"2020-10-02T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-commissions-british-crime-drama-whitstable-pearl\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T13:58:00","slug":"acorn-tv-commissions-british-crime-drama-whitstable-pearl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-commissions-british-crime-drama-whitstable-pearl\/","title":{"rendered":"Acorn TV Commissions British Crime Drama Whitstable Pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acorn TV has ordered the new British crime drama <em>Whitstable Pearl<\/em> with Acorn Media Enterprises from Buccaneer Media (<em>Marcella<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Based on the novels <em>The Whitstable Pearl Mystery<\/em> and <em>Disappearance at Oare<\/em> by Julie Wassmer (<em>EastEnders<\/em>) and brought to the screen for the first time by Norwegian filmmaker \u00d8ystein Karlsen (<em>Exit<\/em>, <em>Dag<\/em>, <em>Lilyhammer<\/em>), the new six-part series will feature Kerry Godliman (Ricky Gervais\u2019<em> After Life<\/em>) in the lead role as Pearl Nolan.<\/p>\n<p>The story explores the dark undercurrents of murder and debauchery swirling beneath the surface of the picturesque 16th century English seaside town of Whitstable, famous for its native oysters and buffeted by the prevailing winds and spray of the North Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed internationally by Cineflix Rights, the Acorn TV original series will begin production in Whitstable on October 26. The series will exclusively premiere on Acorn TV in North America, New Zealand, Australia, and the U.K. in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Julie Wassmer said, \u201cI am absolutely thrilled that the dream team of Buccaneer and Acorn is about to begin shooting the TV series based on my <em>Whitstable Pearl Mystery<\/em> crime novels and that a wealth of talent is involved in the entire production\u2014in which Whitstable itself will have a starring role alongside the brilliant Kerry Godliman!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kerry Godliman said, \u201cI\u2019m over the moon to be portraying Pearl Nolan in <em>Whitstable Pearl<\/em>. Her character has such a big heart and I can\u2019t wait to get stuck into bringing Julie\u2019s vision of Pearl\u2019s life juggling Whitstable, murder, seafood and romance to life!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Mackin, Managing Director, Acorn Media Enterprises, noted, \u201cAcorn Media Enterprises is excited to commission television adaptations of Julie Wassmer\u2019s popular seaside mysteries. We\u2019re thrilled to have Kerry Godliman in the lead role and are sure our subscribers worldwide will love this character, picturesque seaside setting and intriguing mysteries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Wood and Richard Tulk-Hart, joint CEOs of Buccaneer Media, said \u201cBuilding a show with Acorn has been a terrific experience and has led to so many exciting collaborations, behind and in front of the camera. We\u2019re delighted to be bringing Julie\u2019s hugely-loved world to the screen for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acorn TV has ordered the new British crime drama Whitstable Pearl with Acorn Media Enterprises from Buccaneer Media (Marcella).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":13855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[179,873],"class_list":["post-13854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-acorn-tv","tag-buccaneer-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Acorn TV Commissions British Crime Drama Whitstable Pearl - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-commissions-british-crime-drama-whitstable-pearl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Acorn TV Commissions British Crime Drama Whitstable Pearl - 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