With fewer U.S. shows during the summer, it’s the perfect time to escape to a beautiful setting with an international TV binge. Acorn TV loves to curate and premiere must-see series from Britain, Ireland, Canada, and Australia. Considered the best value in streaming at only $4.99 a month, Acorn TV features a wide selection of highly bingeable series for fans. So plan your Summer Binge Weekends with Acorn TV with period dramas like Downton Abbey, cop dramas like The Wire, gripping legal dramas, medical dramedies, and more.
Summer Binge Weekends with Acorn TV
With Acorn TV’s current collection of dramas you are spoilt for choice. Pick a legal drama or go back in time with period dramas like Downton Abbey. And if detective mysteries and police procedural are your thing, you have that too.
JANET KING
Janet King (Marta Dusseldorp, A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish) continues to combat civil injustice as a brilliant crown prosecutor. Each standalone, 8-part season features Janet investigating a gripping new case. Series 3: Playing Advantage premieres this Monday, July 3, but you can catch-up with the old epsodes and get ready for the new season with binge watching Janet King Season 1 and 2 16 episodes.
Striking Out
Ireland’s #1 new drama Striking Out (Acorn TV Original Series) stars Irish Film and TV Academy winner for Best Actress Amy Huberman as a successful Dublin lawyer striking out on her own and starting an unconventional private practice. Watch the four episodes from season one and get ready for the new season next year.
A Place To Call Home
Called an Australian Downton Abbey, A Place to Call Home is an epic story of love, loss, and family ties in 1950s Australia. Gorgeously filmed and masterfully acted, this sweeping drama follows nurse Sarah Adams (the charming Marta Dusseldorp, Janet King, Jack Irish), as she maneuvers among the secrets of the wealthy Bligh family, dealing with themes including sexuality, antisemitism, and social class. With Season 5 expected to release in late 2017, it is the perfect time to get up to date with 45 episodes from Season 1-4.
Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall stars Jack Whitehall, Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) and David Suchet (Agatha Christie’s Poirot) in the first-ever TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel. Pick this one if you are in a mood to binge on a few quick episodes.
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The intense character-driven drama stars Canadian Screen award winning Best Actors Adrian Holmes (Arrow) and Jared Keeso (Falling Skies) as partners in the Montreal Police Department who must put their differences aside as their lives intertwine professionally and personally. This one will set you for the entire weekend with complete Season 1- 3, which include 30 episodes and get you ready for the September Season 4 premiere.
Murdoch Mysteries
Set in Toronto during the late 1890s, Murdoch Mysteries follows Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), a methodical detective, who enlists radical new forensic techniques like fingerprinting, ultraviolet light, and trace evidence to solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders. Now this one is for a serious couch potato. You should not try this if you are new at binge watching. Acorn TV brings you the entire 10 seasons with 150 episodes to get all set for the Murdoch TV movie on July 24.
Which one of these do you think you will pick first for your Summer Binge Weekends with Acorn TV?
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