Emmy-Nominated Actress Ashley Jensen (Extras, Catastrophe, Ugly Betty) Returns as Sassy Sleuth Agatha Raisin In New Movie Installments of Popular Comedic Mystery

ACORN TV ORIGINAL Series
AGATHA RAISIN

Exclusive World Premiere of Series 3 in U.S. & Canada beginning Monday, February 10, 2020 on Acorn TV

“Fun cross between Bridget Jones and Midsomer Murders” –The Times (UK)
“Miss Marple meets Absolutely Fabulous…breezily entertaining” –The Mail on Sunday (UK)
“The delightful snoop played with a wink and a grin by Ugly Betty‘s Ashley Jensen is back” –TV Insider
“The sleuthing skills of a Jessica Fletcher…and the slapstick comedy of Lucille Ball” – Tribune News Service

 

Emmy and SAG-nominated actress Ashley Jensen (Extras, Catastrophe, Love, Lies and Records) is back in the P.I. business as she resumes the comic antics, crafty know-how, and chic fashions of the charismatic sleuth in the acclaimed Acorn TV Original series, AGATHA RAISIN — a quintessentially British village mystery based on the bestselling comedic novels by M.C. Beaton. Brimming with the show’s trademark frolicsome adventures and colorful, eclectic characters, Series 3 will unveil its World Premiere on Acorn TV on Monday, February 10, with three movie-length installments to premiere weekly. Called a “glorious streaming service… an essential must-have” (The Hollywood Reporter), AMC Networks’ Acorn TV is North America’s most popular streamer focused on British and international television.

As a former high-powered London PR guru who retired early to a small, picturesque village in the Cotswolds (as beautiful as “chocolate-box England,” as Jensen describes it), Agatha had found a second calling as the sassy amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder. She has resorted to unorthodox and amusing methods to help solve crimes in her newly-adopted deceptively devious town – Agatha Raisin has stayed all night in haunted houses, pretended to work on reality TV shows, donned flattering disguises and much more! She has also found herself topping a list of suspects and has had to race to prove her innocence.

In series 3 of this contemporary mystery, Agatha is now an official private investigator and operates her first detective agency, where pressures are high to keep new business flowing. In addition, she’s now living with on/off again beau and British history author, James Lacey (Jamie Glover, Waterloo Road).

• In Agatha Raisin & the Deadly Dance (February 10), Agatha investigates a death threat to a young woman about to get married– however, the case takes an unexpected turn when the would-be assassin is found dead.
• In Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell (February 17), James vanishes after a blazing row with Agatha; leaving behind only a trail of blood and a dead body, everyone is left fearing the worst.
• Finally, in Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns (February 24), Agatha takes a relaxing trip to a traditional winter festival with her team to temporarily leave her troubles behind, but her plans are quickly derailed when a gruesome discovery leaves all of Carsely in the Cotswolds fearing for their safety.

Returning actors in AGATHA RAISIN Series 3 include eager Detective Constable Bill Wong (Matt McCooey, Skins); Agatha’s former PR assistant, Roy (Mathew Horne, Gavin and Stacey, Drunk History UK); the charming Sir Charles Fraith (Jason Merrells, Emmerdale, Waterloo Road), her friend, Sarah (Lucy Liemann, Rev), and Agatha’s new assistant, Toni (Jodie Tyack, Noughts & Crosses.)
 

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV is North America’s largest streaming service specializing in British and international television with over 1 million paid subscribers in the U.S and Canada. Acorn TV adds exclusive new programs every week with a deep library of mysteries, dramas, and comedies with no commercials. In 2020, Acorn TV features several commissioned series including the return of Agatha Raisin starring Ashley Jensen, period mystery Dead Still, Irish comedy drama The South Westerlies, New Zealand thriller The Sounds, and Irish comedy Finding Joy; as well as the return of Irish thriller Blood and Essie Davis in Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears; and a growing catalog of popular bingeable dramas A Place to Call Home, Detectorists, Jack Irish and Foyle’s War; among much more. Facebook: OfficialAcornTV – Twitter @AcornTV