On DVD June 25th and available now upon request, Brit TV specialist Acorn has the U.S. debuts of a gritty Irish detective series in addition to new episodes of one of its bestselling series.
New noir thriller Jack Taylor stars Iain Glen (most recently seen as Daenerys Targaryen’s loyal retainer Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones) as a self-destructive, pig-headed, and highly-entertaining ex-cop trying to earn a living as a private detective in western Ireland. Taylor has burned a lot of bridges, but he still has a knack for uncovering ugly truths.
Jack Taylor captures a country in transition, caught between the certainties of the past and the anxieties of a post-bubble future. Those same strains play out in the life of Jack Taylor, a man seeking to reinvent himself in a community with a long memory and an uneasy attitude towards change. In his new trade, Taylor finds evil at every turn: the serial murders of young female factory workers, a vicious vigilante group executing summary justice, and a sadistic nun dubbed “Lucifer” by her former charges.
Jack Taylor also stars Nora-Jane Noone (The Magdalene Sisters), Tara Breathnach (The Tudors), Frank O’Sullivan (Michael Collins), and Liam Carney (Angela’s Ashes).
Also debuting this month is Season Nine of Britain’s highest-rated TV drama (and PBS hit), New Tricks, which features retired cops solving cold cases. Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman), the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad’s beautiful, younger boss, the old dogs have solved cold cases with classic policing skills for years. This season, the gang copes with a new member (Denis Lawson), after Jack Halford (James Bolam) retires. New Tricks has run on the BBC for nine seasons since 2003 and has already been renewed for a tenth season. The series has enjoyed ongoing broadcast exposure in North America on select PBS stations; however the DVD set features the unedited UK edition, which includes more than five minutes per episode not seen on public television, plus a bonus behind-the-scenes featurette (10 episodes, $39.99),
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