"Art Detectives" Returns on Acorn TV for a 2-part special in December plus a 6-part Season 2 in 2027

Acorn TV Original Series Set in the World of Historical Art Returns with a Two-Part Special in December, Followed By a Full Six-Episode Season in 2027 

Production to Commence in Belfast and Across Northern Ireland This July 

NEW YORK – July 28, 2026 – AMC Global Media's Acorn TV, the leading streamer for compelling international crime dramas and murder mysteries, Black Dog Television and Dynamic Television today announced that the Acorn TV Original hit crime drama Art Detectives has been renewed for a second season. The series' critically acclaimed first season, starring Actor Awards®-nominee Stephen Moyer (The Night Agent, The Forsytes, True Blood) as the art-loving Detective Inspector (DI) Mick Palmer, launched as Acorn TV's most-watched new series premiere ever at the time of its debut. Production on Art Detectives season two begins in Belfast and across Northern Ireland this July and will premiere with a two-part special this December, followed by a full six-episode season in 2027.  

Set against a backdrop of Old Master paintings, Banksy street art, rare antiquities and priceless collectibles, Art Detectives centers around the Heritage Crime Unit, a police department consisting of art-loving DI Mick Palmer (Moyer) and straight-talking DC Shazia Malik (Nina Singh, Dalziel and Pascoe, Virdee). Together, they navigate a rich and colorful world driven by greed, obsession, lust, and revenge to solve murders connected to the world of art and antiques. Larry Lamb (Gavin & Stacey, EastEnders) returns as Ron Palmer, Mick's charismatic, art-forging father. He's now serving time in an open prison for handling the stolen Sickert painting that Mick recovered at the end of season one, cleverly hidden behind a portrait of Mick's mother.