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Acorn TV's twisty Irish thriller Bloodlands was one of the streamer's more surprising (and most watched) arrivals in recent years, a seemingly average procedural that turned out to be anything but when it was revealed its primary character, supposed good guy DCI Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt)
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Acorn TV is getting deeper into the business of picking up shows that do well for it when the initial network that greenlit it drops the ball. The streamer, well-known among fans of shows like Ms. Fisher and Agatha Raisin, which Acorn rescued from oblivion, has announced it is taking
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The doldrums of winter are a time when it gets dark early and stays that way. It's perfect TV watching weather, made even more so these days with coronavirus variants and flu threatening to take out those who aren't careful. If you're looking to
Drama
The final episode of Bloodlands Season 1 reveals the answers to some, but not all, of our questions. It’s been a twisty, sometimes confusing, journey but before we get to all that, let’s remind ourselves of what transpired last time. Tom Brannick heads the investigation into the disappearance
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After last week’s jaw-dropping cliffhanger, Bloodlands’ Tom Brannick has a lot of track covering (and perhaps some finger-pointing misdirection) to do to get out of the mess he’s made. Let’s refresh our memories on the wild ride that transpired in episode two, shall we? The remains discovered
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Acorn TV’s Bloodlands continues and, as promised, the series' second episode turns up the tension with twists, turns, and head-scratching cliffhangers. But before we get into all of that messiness, let’s review what occurred last week. DCI Tom Brannick (played by James Nesbitt) has been called in
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It's official, crime thriller Bloodlands, which just arrived in America by way of streamer Acorn TV this month, has been renewed for a second season. The series, which stars James Nesbitt as DCI Tom Brannick, a veteran detective who delves into his own dark past to try and
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Welcome to the first of four episode recaps for the new Acorn TV thriller, Bloodlands. We’re promised a twisty cat-and-mouse game that also ponders moral questions about the balance between justice for past crimes and protecting peace in the present. The first episode has quite a lot of exposition,
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When you hear the name James Nesbitt, you may think of any one of the Northern Irish actor's dozens of film and television roles over the past three decades, including Cold Feet, Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, Waking Ned Devine, and The Missing. His career has
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As the streaming wars in the U.S. heat up, the big beneficiaries are the viewers who love overseas shows. Content is king, and American studios can only make so many shows a year. That means several streamers are turning to British shows to fill the gaps; Netflix, for example,
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Between the success of Line of Duty and Bodyguard, Jed Mercurio has become one of the U.K.'s leading purveyors of thriller television. His latest, Bloodlands, is the first produced under his own company, Hat Trick Mercurio Television. The series is referred to as an "Irish noir&
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The trailer for the new crime drama Bloodlands has arrived, in which The Missing star James Nesbitt plays a veteran Irish detective who must dig into his own dark past to hunt for the serial killer who murdered his wife. And - despite the fact that it's yet