For most streamers, fall is the season to debut Oscar-bait movies like Netflix’s history-making La Bola Negra with Penélope Cruz or Emmy-worthy shows like Hulu‘s Phony with Connie Britton.
But Acorn TV isn’t like any other streamer out there, and the British-based subscription service is celebrating spooky season with a touch of class … and lots of murder.
Us Weekly can exclusively reveal that on Thursday, October 1, Acorn TV will bring back “An Autumn to Die For,” a monthlong programming event that celebrates everything the streamer specializes in: binge-worthy murder mysteries with clever detectives and crafty criminals, true crime stories that will keep you up at night and character-driven series that bring all the drama and romance you’ll need in life.
So what can you expect to see in this year’s edition of “An Autumn to Die For”? Below is a guide to all the new shows that are set to debut in October.
‘Signora Volpe’ Season 3
Premieres Monday, October 5; Episodes premiere weekly until the season finale on October 19.
Former British spy Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox) has mentally and physically recovered from her abduction at the end of Season 2 and is back to enjoying her life in Italy. But she’s still waiting for answers from her ex-husband, Adam Haines, about his past dealings with her kidnapper. Season 3 sees Sylvia investigating the murder of the owner of a local winery, and probing the mystery of a beautiful young man found dead in the bed of a power couple who claim never to have seen him before. Meanwhile, Sylvia’s relationship with Carabinieri captain Giovanni Riva deepens, but the finalization of Riva’s divorce and his desire to set down roots in Umbria threatens Sylvia’s sense of independence.
‘The Assassin’
Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore in The Assassin. AMC+/Prime Video/Two Brothers Pictures/All3Media Intl. / Courtesy Everett Collection
The Assassin‘s season finale drops on October 5.
From Harry and Jack Williams comes a new thriller starring Keeley Hawes as a retired hitwoman living on a remote Greek island. When her estranged son Edward (Freddie Highmore) arrives seeking answers about his past, Julie’s violent history resurfaces, forcing them to flee together across Europe. As they uncover a dark conspiracy, their fractured relationship is tested by secrets, betrayal and a threat that could destroy them both.
‘This is Not a Murder Mystery’ Season 1
New series premieres Monday, October 12; Episodes premiere weekly until the season finale on November 16.
Set in England during the 1930s, world-renowned Surrealist artists, including young Dalí and Magritte, find themselves trapped in a lavish mansion with a mysterious serial killer on the loose and Scotland Yard on the case. But is everything what it seems? Starring Stephen Tompkinson, Pierre Gervais, Lauren Versnick, Jonathan Delaney Tynan, Florence Hall, Iñaki Mur and Donna Banya.
‘Blue Murder Motel’ Season 1
Season finale drops on October 12.
Married couple Vanessa (Michala Banas) and Peter Coleman (Brett Tucker) leave their cop careers behind to run a motel in a sunny beachside New Zealand town, believing their hardest days are behind them. But plans soon collapse when a dead body is discovered in Unit 3, just one week after opening. The retired detectives’ instincts resurface as they are drawn back into investigation mode. And the town’s friendly charm begins to crack, revealing hidden secrets and unresolved grudges.
‘The Red King’
Series premieres Monday, October 19; Episodes premiere weekly until the season finale on November 23.
After reporting a fellow officer for assaulting a suspect, by-the-book police sergeant Grace (Anjli Mohindra) is ‘reassigned’ to an isolated island in this folk thriller created by Toby Whithouse(Being Human). But what begins as a punishment quickly turns into something far more sinister. A year after a teenage boy vanished without a trace, Grace reopens the cold case – only for his remains to surface in a place no one expected. As she digs deeper, the island’s eerie past begins to unravel: whispers of a secretive religious sect founded by an enigmatic leader, strange rituals and a string of unexplained deaths. The series also stars James Bamford, Mark Lewis Jones, Marc Warren and Adjoa Andoh.
‘Wolf’
Premieres Monday, October 26.
Based on Mo Hayder’s acclaimed Jack Caffery novels, the series follows DI Jack Caffery (Ukweli Roach), a young detective plagued by nightmares and obsessed with the neighbor he believes murdered his 10-year-old brother in the ’90s. Jack finds himself trying to right the wrongs of others – but at what cost? Meanwhile, in an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves the victims of a psychopath’s cruel games, trapped and terrorized. When the two narratives collide, it’s a thrilling, nail-biting and deeply disturbing race against time. Also starring Sacha Dhawan, Iwan Rheon and Sian Reese-Williams.
‘The A-Z Killer’
Premieres Monday, October 5
In 1992, Rachel Nickell was murdered on Wimbledon Common, triggering one of the UK’s biggest investigations. A wrongful arrest derailed the case while the real killer, Robert Napper, continued undetected. Decades later, the closest to the investigation reveals how crucial clues were missed and how advancing forensics finally exposed the real killer.
‘The Flight Attendant Murders’
Premieres Monday, October 12.
This captivating true crime series unravels the chilling chronicles of four flight attendants brutally murdered in Texas during the 1970s and 1980s, investigating whether the wrong man was put behind bars and if the victims’ families will ever get justice. Expert investigators and legal minds pore over evidence and reconstruct timelines as modern DNA and policing techniques come into play, seeking the truth behind each woman’s fate.
‘Wrongly Accused’
Premieres Monday, October 19.
Investigative reporter Louise Shorter revisits some of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British criminal history. Uncovering what it’s like for an innocent person to be sent down for murder and how the real killers were eventually caught.
‘The Hunt for the Chameleon Killer’
Premieres Monday, October 26.
After a headless, handless body is discovered in a Florida canal in 1990, law enforcement begins a search for the killer that takes them all the way to London before the trail goes cold. What ensues is a string of stolen identities, wrongful accusations and a twelve-year cat-and-mouse chase across multiple countries as authorities close in on the most wanted woman in the world. Exploring all the crimes of Elaine Parent, The Hunt for the Chameleon Killer uncovers every potential victim and determines whether law enforcement is correct in their belief that she was a serial killer.
