‘The Chelsea Detective’ Returns: Acorn TV & ZDF Order Third Season Of London-Set Mystery Drama Series
EXCLUSIVE: The Chelsea Detective is back for more sleuthing on the glamorous streets of West London.
AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV and Germany’s ZDF have ordered a third season of the mystery drama series set on the glamorous streets of Chelsea, with Adrian Scarborough (Killing Eve, 1917) and Vanessa Emme (Dublin Murders, Three Families) reprising their roles as Detective Inspector Max Arnold and Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh, respectively. A first-look image is above.
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Filming has begun in and around London on a four feature-length episodes in which the duo explore murky crimes such as the tragic death of a 2000s poster, the impenetrable world of the U.S. Embassy, the splendor of Kew Gardens, a classic music academy and a climate scientist found dead in a supercar. Also new is Max embarking on couples therapy with his estranged wife Astrid (Anamaria Marinca) and Layla getting used to living in London as her partner, Jon, resides in Exeter.
Series regulars Sophie Stone, (Shetland), Lucy Phelps (Grace) and Peter Bankolé (Peaky Blinders) are all set to return, along with Max’s Aunt Olivia, played by Frances Barber (Whitstable Pearl).
The show comes from Acorn TV’s Acorn Media Enterprises, ZDF and Clarkson’s Farm maker Expectation, which counts BBC Studios as an investor. It is created and executive produced by Expectation’s co-founder, Peter Fincham. Ella Kelly is also an exec producer. Fincham, Glen Laker, Debbie Oates and Ian Kershaw, and Nicola Wilson are the writers. Lauriel Martin is the producer and Jennie Darnell and Richard Signy are the directors.
“Chelsea is an endlessly fascinating place and Season 3 includes some of the most surprising stories we’ve told and introduces some great guest characters,” said Fincham.
Acorn, described by NPR as “Netflix for the Anglophile,” has rights in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand among others. ZDF will play it in Germany, and BBC Studios has international sales rights elsewhere.
The news comes soon after Acorn and UK network Channel 5 ordered a third season of another UK drama series, Dalgliesh, as we reported first earlier this month.
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