The Chelsea Detective will proceed to unravel instances. Acorn TV has renewed the crime drama for a fourth season. The collection is about to return with 4 episodes in 2026.
Adrian Scarborough, Vanessa Emme, Sophie Stone, Lucy Phelps, Peter Bankolé, Anamaria Marinca, and Frances Barber star within the collection, which follows Detective Inspector Max Arnold and Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh as they examine crimes within the Chelsea space of London.
“AMC Networks’ fashionable streamer, Acorn TV, and ZDF right this moment introduced a fourth season order from Expectation for the hit British crime drama collection, The Chelsea Detective. Filming has commenced in and round London with Adrian Scarborough (Killing Eve, The King’s Speech, 1917) and Vanessa Emme (Dublin Murders, Three Households) reprising their roles as Detective Inspector Max Arnold and Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh, respectively. Season 4, consisting of 4 feature-length episodes (4×90′), will premiere on Acorn TV in 2026.
Season 4 sees DI Max Arnold (Scarborough) and DS Layla Walsh (Emme) return to sort out 4 new murders throughout the elite world of Chelsea – a trend mogul sinking quick within the trappings of her wealth; an aristocratic dynasty guarding their bloodline with brutal devotion; and a wellness and wonder salon proprietor concealing deadly truths – all falling beneath the relentless scrutiny of our duo. This season additionally contains a cryptic double-murder that begins in Chelsea and spirals outward, drawing our staff into the cut-throat world of structure. The common forged return to crack every case and – whereas a touch of romance is within the air for Max – as ever, the street to justice is something however easy.
Moreover, Sophie Stone (Shetland) returns because the good, if sometimes daunting, Chief Forensics Officer Ashley Wilton, Lucy Phelps (Grace) as analysis and tech queen DC Jess Lombard, Peter Bankolé (Peaky Blinders) as officer DC Connor Pollock, together with Frances Barber (Whitstable Pearl) as Max’s Aunt Olivia, stuffed with joie de vivre as ever.
On the renewal, Don Klees, SVP of Programming, Acorn TV, commented: “We’re completely thrilled to be returning to Chelsea for one more mystery-packed season of The Chelsea Detective, a real fan favourite amongst our passionate subscribers. We’re excited to be again on the case with the proficient Adrian Scarborough and Vanessa Emme because the stakes have by no means been larger for DI Max Arnold, DS Layla Walsh and their staff. The Acorn TV viewers is certain to be titillated this season by the slew of baffling new instances in and round Chelsea.”
Creator and Govt Producer, Peter Fincham, mentioned: “The Chelsea Detective started throughout lockdown in a world of social distancing and Covid exams. It’s wonderful to assume that we’re in regards to the begin filming the fourth collection. Max Arnold, Layla Walsh and their colleagues proceed to find completely different and shocking sides of Chelsea. It’s the right location for a detective collection and there’s a lot extra to return, all because of the good staff on each side of the digicam.”
Ella Kelly, Govt Producer, added: “It’s a pleasure to be again with Adrian, Vanessa, Lucy, Peter and Sophie and the inimitable Frances Barber. It’s a wonderful assortment of individuals, the forged, the unbelievable company, the formidable crew, the writers, Peter, Glen, Liz and administrators Richard Signy & Audrey Cooke. We’ve 4 knotty murders plus one thing fairly particular in retailer.”
The Chelsea Detective, an Acorn TV Authentic Sequence, is created and government produced by Emmy(R) Award-winning Fincham (The Misplaced Prince, Smack the Pony, I’m Alan Partridge) and produced by Kelly (Dying in Paradise, Midsomer Murders). Season 4 episodes are written by Fincham, Glen Laker and Liz Lake. The administrators are Richard Signy and Audrey Cooke.
The Chelsea Detective is produced by Acorn TV’s Acorn Media Enterprises, Germany’s ZDF and the BBC Studios invested indie Expectation. Acorn TV, AMC Networks’ streaming service, house of compelling worldwide crime dramas and homicide mysteries, serves because the unique house for the collection within the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. BBC Studios is dealing with world gross sales.”
The premiere date for season 4 might be introduced at a later date.
What do you assume? Do you get pleasure from this Acorn TV collection? Will you watch season 4 subsequent yr?