Naman Ramachandran AMC Networks’ British programming-focused streamer Acorn TV has acquired exclusive SVOD and U.S. premiere rights to the new season of “Midsomer Murders” from distributor All3media International.Acorn TV will premiere the first two feature-length episodes of season 22 from April 19 and will bow the remaining four episodes this fall after production concludes.In “Midsomer Murders,” detective chief Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and detective sergeant Winter (Nick Hendrix) investigate homicides, blackmail, greed and betrayal in England’s most murderous county.
The long-running series inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham began in 1997 on U.K. broadcaster ITV and has been a hit for Acorn TV, where the first 21 seasons are also.
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