Chilling Hit Detective Drama, Inspector Ellis, Starring Sharon D Clarke Returns to Acorn TV on Monday, July 6

Season 2 of the Critically-Acclaimed Acorn TV Original Series Stars Three-Time Olivier Award-Winner and BAFTA Award-Nominee Clarke as the Tenacious Inspector Ellis

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"…[Inspector] Ellis is officially back with a top-notch twist and a compelling mystery" - Digital Spy

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NEW YORK - June 3, 2026 - AMC Global Media's Acorn TV, the leading streamer for compelling international crime dramas and murder mysteries, today announced that the gripping hit crime drama, Inspector Ellis, returns with an all-new, four-episode second season on Monday, July 6 in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Additional episodes will premiere weekly on the platform. The riveting series stars three-time Olivier Award-winner and BAFTA Award-nominee Sharon D Clarke (Mr Loverman, Showtrial, Lost Boys & Fairies, Rocketman) as Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Ellis, who along with her right-hand man Detective Sergeant (DS) Harper (Andrew Gower - The Winter King, Carnival Row, Outlander), fight a system rife with flaws while tackling failed investigations across the north of England.

Season 2 sees DCI Ellis (Clarke), who together with her colleague DS Harper (Gower), face a new wave of fractured communities and suspicious deaths that test not only her forensic brilliance but her resilience. This season takes them from a rural village, where the suspicious death of a beloved community leader exposes long-nursed resentments, to the industrial shadow of a stoneworks, where the death of a young woman reveals a hidden network of coercion and exploitation. Every case peels back layers of silence, ambition, and betrayal.

Inspector Ellis also stars Charlotte McCurry (Say Nothing, Dalgliesh) as Detective Constable (DC) Kate Trent and Allison Harding (Malpractice, Dalgliesh) as Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) Alison Leighton.

From Company Pictures,in association with All3 Media International and Northern Ireland Screen, Inspector Ellis was created by Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre with Paul Logue. The series is executive produced by Michele Buck, Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and Lucy Raffety for Company Pictures, Bea Tammer and Lesley Pemberton for Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), Sebastian Cardwell and Paul Testar for 5, as well as Louise Pedersen and David Swetman for All3 Media International. Producer is Martin Mahon and co-producer is Ana Ture. Episodes 1 and 2 were written by Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and directed by Ed Bazalgette, while Episodes 3 and 4 were written by Ollie Frampton and directed by Max Myers. All3 Media International handles the international distribution.

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AMC Global Media's Acorn TV is the leading streaming service for brilliant mysteries and suspense-driven dramas. Experience the world's best stories, from the criminally cozy to the daringly dark, and get wrapped up in gripping mysteries as Acorn TV adds exclusive programming every week to a deep library - all commercial-free. Acorn TV's robust slate is comprised of acclaimed original and commissioned series including the highly anticipated murder mystery You're Killing Me(Brooke Shields), the record-breaking thriller Irish Blood (Alicia Silverstone), hit crime drama Art Detectives (Stephen Moyer), popular parish mystery Murder Before Evensong (Matthew Lewis), fan-favorite UK detective drama Harry Wild (Jane Seymour), critical darling Inspector Ellis (Sharon D Clarke), Italy-based Signora Volpe (Emilia Fox), The Chelsea Detective (Adrian Scarborough), New Zealand detective series My Life Is Murder (Lucy Lawless), British crime drama Whitstable Pearl(Kerry Godliman), lauded British detective drama Dalgliesh (Bertie Carvel), gritty Australian whodunit Mystery Road: Origin (Mark Coles Smith) and many more. The above add to a growing catalog of popular bingeable dramas including Jack Irish (Guy Pearce), Doc Martin (Martin Clunes), Deadwater Fell (David Tennant, Cush Jumbo) and all 25 seasons of fan-favorite Midsomer Murders, among others. 

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