If you've been enjoying The Crow Girl over on Acorn TV, great news - it was just announced today that the series would return for a second season.

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The series follows DCI Jeanette Kilburn (Eve Myles, Keeping Faith) and psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven (Katherine Kelly, Happy Valley) as they join forces to hunt a killer targeting young men.

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Since the synopsis for season 2 contains spoilers (and new episodes are still premiering in the US), we've placed the synopsis at the very bottom of this email for those who wish to read it.

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Are you a fan of the 1995 Pride & Prejudice adaptation with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle? Jane Austen's House did a 30 year anniversary conversation with Andrew Davies (who wrote the screenplay) and Susie Conklin (script editor). You can stream it HERE for free on YouTube.

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What we're...

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• Watching: Slow Horses - Season 5 premiered today, kicking off with a mass shooting in London and a tense mayoral race. If you prefer to wait for all the episodes to be available, you'll need to wait until October 22nd.
• Reading: Bodies from the Library: Lost Tales of Mystery & Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection - I spotted this collection on sale today for 99 cents (still on sale at time of writing) and figured it was worth a try. It includes 16 obscure or never-published stories from authors like AA Milne, Georgette Heyer, and Agatha Christie. I've only made it through a couple so far, but it's nice to have something short to turn to in between longer novels.

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​Acorn TV October US Premieres​

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This Week in British TV...

• On BritBox, new episodes of Sister Boniface Mysteries, The Hardacres, and the Australian Death in Paradise spin-off Return to Paradise continue weekly through October 7th. The 19th brought the premiere of a new season of Escape to the Country, and on the 25th, season 28 of Silent Witness will premiere. They've also updated the schedule to add a date for season 2 of The Change, which will premiere September 24th.
  • ​BritBox September 2025 schedule & descriptions​
• On Acorn TV, new episodes of Summertide continue weekly (2/week), as do new episodes of The Crow Girl. On the 22nd, they added Agatha Christie's Marple, and on the 29th we can look forward to the rest of the seasons of Agatha Christie's Poirot and the premiere of the brand new mystery Murder Before Evensong.
  • ​Acorn TV September 2025 schedule & descriptions​
  • ​Acorn TV October 2025 schedule & descriptions​
• On PBS Masterpiece, Sundays continue to bring new episodes of a couple crime series - season 2 of Marlow Murder Club and season 6 of Unforgotten.
• On Apple TV+, season 5 of Slow Horses premieres on September 24th (2 episodes, followed by weekly episodes through October 22nd).
• On Starz, new episodes of Outlander: Blood of My Blood continue to air weekly on Fridays through October 3rd.
• On Netflix, House of Guinness premieres September 25th. Created by Stephen Knight (Peaky Blinders), the series follows the aftermath of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man behind the famous brewery.
• On AMC+, fans of folk horror will be pleased to see the premiere of The Red King on the 25th.

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​13 British TV Shows Rated More Highly by Americans​

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"Never underestimate the stupidity of criminals. I devoted a whole chapter to it in my book."

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Atticus Pünd, Magpie Murders​

Stream it (US): PBS Masterpiece

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SPOILER for The Crow Girl (Season 2 Synopsis)

Picking up the morning after the events of series 1, Bristol Police Detective Jeanette Kilburn has ended her marriage and found herself in bed with enigmatic psychologist Dr Sophia Craven. Jeanette’s hunt for the killers of young male asylum seekers takes a shocking new turn when a mummified body discovered in a church wall and a body in a freezer reveal a chilling connection.

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As Jeanette digs deeper, Sophia begins to suspect Victoria Burkeman, her mysterious and unstable former patient who has previously been convicted for multiple murders, could be responsible.

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With the case growing darker, Sophia suspects Victoria is more familiar than she thought, and Jeanette must face the terrifying truth: the killer may be closer than she ever imagined.

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