The BEST Acorn TV shows of all time

Every Acorn TV show, ranked

We've compiled the average episode rating for every Acorn TV show to compile this list of best shows!

Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries
star
7.14
144 votes

#1 - Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries

In swinging 60’s Melbourne, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea. Peregrine must prove herself brilliant enough to become a world class private detective in her own right.

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Signora Volpe
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7.06
71 votes

#2 - Signora Volpe

After years as an MI6 operative, Sylvia winds up in a village in Umbria visiting her sister Isabel and becomes involved in a murder investigation.

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Agatha Raisin
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7.04
354 votes

#3 - Agatha Raisin

Over the course of the fun and vibrant series, Agatha will attempt to solve a number of mysteries in the Cotswolds, from the death of a local witch to the demise of a flirtatious young vet. The will-they-won’t-they relationship between Agatha and on-off love interest James will continue, meanwhile, as the pair pose as a married couple in order to solve a crime.

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Queens of Mystery
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6.96
78 votes

#4 - Queens of Mystery

Matilda Stone is a perennially single female detective whose three aunts are well-known crime writers that help her solve whodunit style murders as well as set her up on blind dates.

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Harry Wild
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6.84
126 votes

#5 - Harry Wild

A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.

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The Chelsea Detective
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6.75
161 votes

#6 - The Chelsea Detective

London's Chelsea neighborhood is a beautiful borough for beautiful people, but it has a dark underside of deception, violence, greed-and murder. Bodies have a way of showing up, and things are rarely what they seem. DI Max Arnold and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie, must root out the truth and bring those responsible to justice, no matter their wealth or status.

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Whitstable Pearl
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6.74
128 votes

#7 - Whitstable Pearl

With her son grown, single mum Pearl pursues her lifelong dream and starts a private detective agency, which she runs from her family restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all kinds of cases. But when a friend dies suspiciously, Pearl finds herself in conflict with gruff new cop in town DCI Mike McGuire.

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Dalgliesh (2021)
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6.71
155 votes

#8 - Dalgliesh (2021)

Adam Dalgliesh takes us through 1970’s England as he solves unusual murders ranging from a nursing student poisoned during a training demonstration, to a homeless man and recently resigned Tory MP whose throats were slashed in a London church to suspicious deaths at a mysterious home for the disabled.

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London Kills
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6.61
139 votes

#9 - London Kills

London Kills tells the story of a team of top murder detectives, shot like a documentary. Each episode features a different murder in addition to a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife.

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The Sounds
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6.38
60 votes

#10 - The Sounds

This twisty thriller follows a married couple trying to start a new life in an idyllic New Zealand town, but when the husband goes missing, dark secrets begin to surface.

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Dead Still
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6.38
101 votes

#11 - Dead Still

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.

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Under the Vines
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5.52
31 votes

#12 - Under the Vines

When Sydney socialite Daisy Munroe heads to New Zealand for a vacation at her recently deceased stepfather’s winery, which she intends to sell, little does she know that the vineyard has a co-owner: Grumpy UK-born lawyer, Louis Oakley, who also travels to New Zealand to escape a spiraling series of unfortunate events in his life. Despite neither having done a hard days’ work in their lives and both despising each other, Daisy and Louis must somehow make the vineyard successful so they can sell up.

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