Acorn TV Announces 'An Autumn to Die For' Mystery Event + The Hairdresser Mysteries

For years, Sally Phillips has been one of those familiar faces on British TV—popping up as a scene-stealer in shows and films like Miranda, Smack the Pony, Bridget Jones's Diary, and many others. Soon, though, she'll be stepping into a leading role.

The BBC’s upcoming The Hairdresser Mysteries will see Phillips leading a six-part crime drama as Lily Petal, a high-end hairdresser who trades the competitive city scene for a village salon. Once settled in, she discovers what every stylist knows: people tell their hairdresser everything. Before long, Lily becomes the keeper of the town’s secrets—and, with a mix of intuition, empathy, and charm, the solver of its mysteries.

Described as a retro-flavored nod to the ’70s with a cosy crime twist, the series is created by Jim Cartwright and produced by the team behind Father Brown and Sister Boniface Mysteries. Filming has just begun, and with Phillips at the helm, it promises to be one of the BBC’s most charming new mysteries of the next year or so.

What we're...

Watching: How to Please a Woman - With the news of Sally Phillips's upcoming new series, I decided to check out this fun film in which she plays an unhappily married woman who starts an all-male cleaning service to spice up her life. You can also catch it on Hulu or Fawesome.
Reading: Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood - I'm technically not reading this one yet, but I will be once the pre-order is delivered to my Kindle sometime around midnight. This is the fourth book in the Death in Paradise creator's Marlow Murder Club series, and it begins when a local woman's husband disappears after an amateur dramatic society event on a pleasure cruiser.

Acorn TV Announces 'An Autumn to Die For' Lineup With 19 Shows & Films

This Week in British TV...

On BritBox, new episodes of Sister Boniface Mysteries and the Australian Death in Paradise spin-off Return to Paradise continue weekly through October 7th. On the 10th, they added the new period drama The Hardacres, and the 19th brings the premiere of a new season of Escape to the Country. On the 25th, season 28 of Silent Witness will premiere.
- BritBox September 2025 schedule & descriptions
On Acorn TV, new episodes of Summertide continue weekly (2/week), as do new episodes of The Crow Girl. Today, they added seasons 1-6 of Agatha Christie's Poirot. On the 22nd, they'll be adding Agatha Christie's Marple.
- Acorn TV September 2025 schedule & descriptions
On PBS Masterpiece, Sundays continue to bring new episodes of several crime series - season 2 of Marlow Murder Club, season 4 of Professor T, and season 6 of Unforgotten. If you have a Passport membership via their website, of course, you can get many series as a binge instead of the usual weekly drip.
On Apple TV+, season 5 of Slow Horses premieres on September 24th (2 episodes, followed by weekly episodes through October 22nd).
On Peacock, Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale premiered on September 11th.
On Starz, new episodes of Outlander: Blood of My Blood continue to air weekly on Fridays through October 3rd.
In theatres: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale premiered in theatres on September 12th.