What is Acorn TV? UK price, free trial and what to watch
There's crime afoot!
From the very best of British drama – everything from Line of Duty to Foyle's War to Agatha Christie - to unsung gems from around the globe, there's a ton to watch on streaming platform Acorn TV.
Available to watch on most devices whether at home or on the go, Acorn TV will always have something new to tickle your fancy, or your favourite oldie but a goodie to settle in to watch. Always ad-free, available to watch via Amazon Prime Video, and with a free trial to test it out, we're not quite sure what's not to like!
We've put together a handy guide on Acorn TV, from what exactly it is and how much it costs, to signing up for your free trial and the titles to watch. Here's all the essential info.
Get your Acorn TV 14-day free trial now or sign up to Amazon Prime for £8.99 per month and benefit from a 14-day free trial of Acorn TV.
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What is Acorn TV?
Do you love a good crime drama? If so, Acorn TV is well worth a look as they have some of the biggest and best crime dramas going. With many homegrown shows from the UK and other dramas added from international markets, it's a great place to go if you need to get a bit of a crime fix!
Some of the top titles include Baptiste, The Great Train Robbery and London Kills. They also have original shows including Whitstable Pearl, Signora Volpe and Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries.
But it's not purely crime on offer, as you will find other genres on there too. For instance Irish drama The Clinic which follows the work and private lives of doctors and staff in a Dublin clinic, as well as Under the Vines, based in rural New Zealand.
How much does Acorn TV cost in the UK?
Here in the UK, Acorn TV will cost you £4.99 a month, or £49.99 for an annual subscription – not bad at all with the content that they have on offer. And even better, you can trial it for 14 days free!
If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can also get Acorn TV on Prime Video for £4.99 per month. Sign up now and get a 14-day free trial.
How to get an Acorn TV free trial in the UK
You can try before you buy with an Acorn TV 14-day free trial so you can see all that the streamer has to offer - easily enough time to get a couple of shows blitzed. Simply sign up online and get watching.
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How to download the Acorn TV app
Acorn TV is compatible with smart TVs, PCs, fire sticks, tablets and smartphones - just search your app store for Acorn TV and install it. You can also access it if you are a member of Prime Video or have Apple TV, where it is available as one of the add-on channels that you can add to your current subscription.
Sign up to your 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime and get access to a 14-day trial of Acorn TV
Acorn TV shows: what can you watch on Acorn TV in the UK?
The library of original shows keeps on growing for Acorn TV and on top of everything that's currently available, there's always more on the way! From mystery episodes of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries to the gripping series of Balthazar, you can find a list of all Acorn TV shows on Acorn.tv. We've listed just some of the titles below:
- 50 Shades of Green
- 800 Words
- A Nightingale Calling
- A Place to Call Home
- A Woman of Substance
- Acceptable Risk
- Aftertaste
- Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
- Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution
- Agatha Raisin
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Alibi
- And Then There Were None
- Balthazar
- Black Snow
- Blinded Those Who Kill
- Blood
- Butterfly Breath
- Cannes Confidential
- City of Vice
- Close to the Enemy
- Cold Call
- Collision
- Crownies
- Dead Still
- Deadwater Fell
- Deep Water
- delicious
- Doc Martin
- England's Forgotten Queen
- Family Business
- Finding Joy
- Foyle's War
- George Gently
- Girlfriends
- Golden Years
- Half Broken Things
- Happy Valley
- help
- Hidden
- hinterland
- Injustice
- Innocent
- Jack Taylor
- Janet King
- Keeping Faith
- Kingdom
- Ladies of Letters
- Line of Duty
- Love and Marriage
- London Kills
- Made in Belfast
- Martin Clunes Manhunt
- Mayday
- Midsomer Murders
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
- Missing
- Mr. and Mrs. Murder
- Murdoch Mysteries
- Newton's Law
- No Offence
- Outlier
- Pie in the Sky
- Place if Execution
- Poldark
- Sando
- Seachange
- Short Film Showcase
- Small Claims
- Straight Forward
- Striking Out
- Suspects
- Taken Down
- The Best of Us
- The Brokenwood Mysteries
- The Chase
- The Clinic
- The Code
- The Cry
- The Drowning
- The Fall
- The Gulf
- The Indian Doctor
- The Larkins
- The Lost King
- The Poison Tree
- The Slap
- United
- Wartime Farm
- White Teeth
- Winter
- Wreckers
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