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There are few TV shows that light up social media quite like Line of Duty. At the core of the action is Northern Irish police officer Ted Hastings, played by Adrian Dunbar, a celebrated film and television actor from Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.
Hastings isn’t the only copper hailing from Northern Ireland on our screens in recent years.
Before the return of Line of Duty, Bloodlands filled its coveted Sunday 9pm slot on BBC One. A crime drama set in Northern Ireland, the ghosts of the Troubles hang over Jimmy Nesbitt’s DCI Tom Brannick as he attempts to solve a case that eluded him during the peace proceedings. Before that, one of the most talked-about television crime dramas was The Fall. Starring Gillian Anderson, Met officer Stella Gibson is sent to fix a bungled investigation in Belfast.
The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 7.
Check out the full Acorn TV April 2021 lineup below!
Friday, April 2
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 14 (Episodes 1-6)
Set in Toronto at the dawn of the 20th century, this one-hour drama series explores the intriguing world of William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), a methodical and dashing detective who pioneers innovative forensic techniques to solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders. This top-rated series produced in Canada continues to explore the personal and professional developments in the lives of Detective William Murdoch, Dr. Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy), Inspector Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Constables George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Henry Higgins-Newsome (Lachlan Murdoch), and Detective Llewelyn Watts (Daniel Maslany) as they tackle Toronto’s toughest mysteries, from the serious and historic to the comical and unusual. Inspired by Maureen Jennings’ novels, Murdoch Mysteries has garnered 45 Gemini® and Canadian Screen Award
‘Bad Trip’ raunchy prank antics run wild; cable TV preview
Tim Riley
04 April 2021
‘BAD TRIP’ TV MOVIE ON NETFLIX
Johnny Knoxville has been on hiatus for several years from the idiocy of the wild pranks of the “Jackass” franchise, but until the next installment arrives the vacuum can be filled by others making a hidden camera movie.
We are long past the days of Allen Funt’s “Candid Camera,” and for the uninitiated, clips of classic episodes of this landmark television series from the Fifties and Sixties may be glimpsed on YouTube.
To fill the void until Knoxville returns, Netflix steps into the breach with “Bad Trip,” a raunchy prank-filled adventure thankfully devoid of a political agenda or social commentary.
Bloodlands named by Time magazine as top five shows in 2021 to date It’s just a chilly, thoughtful, well-written and superbly acted
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