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To celebrate the release of Under the Vines Series 1 set to arrive on DVD and digital 2 June 2025, courtesy of Acorn Media International, we are giving away a copy of the Series 1 DVD to one lucky winner.

Raise a glass and toast the arrival of the perfect pairing of Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards in the much-loved New Zealand set comedy drama Under the Vines, a fresh and entertaining series full of dry wit and notes of sweetness.

Renowned New Zealand star Rebecca Gibney (Wanted, Packed to the Rafters, The Flying Doctors) and British acting favourite Charles Edwards (The Crown, The Terror, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), are thrown together as two unlikely city slickers who inherit a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand. Despite neither of them having done a hard day’s work in their lives and both despising each other on first meeting, the...

Today, Acorn TV unveiled the trailer and key art for the New Zealand mystery series A Remarkable Place to Die, starring Chelsie Preston Crawford (Underbelly) and acclaimed Australian actress Rebecca Gibney (Under the Vines).

The four-episode original series premieres Monday, February 17 on Acorn TV in the US and Canada, with new episodes released weekly.

A Remarkable Place to Die follows smart and determined homicide detective Anaís Mallory (Preston Crawford) as she returns to her hometown of Queenstown, New Zealand, assuming the role of lead detective and hoping to unravel the truth behind the deaths of her father and sister.

Mallory has a stellar policing career underway after a secondment to Sydney, but she is forced to confront her strained relationship with her mother (Gibney) and the ghosts of her past, including her ex-fiancé Luke, who is now married to her ex-best friend, Maja.

With a new case to solve every episode,...

Acorn TV has announced the titles that will be available on the AMC-owned streaming service in February 2025. The Acorn TV February 2025 slate adds to the service’s various acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries, and more.

The February schedule includes A Remarkable Place to Die, Best Interests, The Gone, Murdoch Mysteries Season 18 and more.

A Remarkable Place to Die photo courtesy of Acorn TV Acorn TV February 2025 Highlights

A Remarkable Place to Die (Acorn TV Original Series) – New Series Premieres Monday, February 17

A Remarkable Place to Die follows smart and determined homicide detective Anaís Mallory as she returns to her hometown of Queenstown, New Zealand, assuming the role of lead detective and hoping to unravel the truth behind the deaths of her father and sister.

Mallory has a stellar policing career underway after a secondment to Sydney, but she is forced to confront her strained relationship with...

Acorn TV has announced the titles that will be available on the AMC-owned streaming service in January 2025. The Acorn TV January 25 slate adds to the service’s various acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries, and more.

The January schedule includes The Catch, Darby and Joan Season 2, The Gone, The Graham Norton Show, and more.

Darby and Joan Season 2 Acorn TV January 2025 Highlights

Darby and Joan Season 2 (Acorn TV Original Series) – New Episodes Every Monday Until Season Finale on January 27

A year after their lives collided on an outback road, retired Australian detective Jack Darby (Emmy-nominee Bryan Brown) and English widowed nurse Joan Kirkhope (Emmy-winner Greta Scacchi) have forged a deep friendship amid shared investigative adventures. But Jack’s story has only just begun – he’s determined to clear his name of the unexplained cloud hanging over his career.

Despite the potential danger – or perhaps because of it...

AMC Networks streaming service Acorn TV today revealed the official trailer for season two of the hit mystery drama Darby and Joan, starring Emmy-nominees Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi. The new season debuts with a two-episode premiere on Acorn TV on December 30, followed by weekly episodes through January 27.

A year after their lives collided on an outback road, retired Australian detective Jack Darby (Brown) and English widowed nurse Joan Kirkhope (Scacchi) have forged a deep friendship amid shared investigative adventures. But Jack’s story has only just begun – he’s determined to clear his name of the unexplained cloud hanging over his career.

Despite the potential danger – or perhaps because of it – Joan insists on helping Jack with his quest. As they travel through Queensland’s picturesque landscapes solving mysteries along the way, Jack and Joan’s relationship with be tested. An escapist adventure where a new mystery awaits around every bend in the road,...

Under the Vines is a New Zealand TV series with a primarily local cast of actors. The Acorn TV show is a dramedy that follows two half-cousins, Daisy Monroe (Rebecca Gibney) and Louis Oakley (Charles Edwards), who are bequeathed a failing vineyard in New Zealand. With no experience in winemaking nor in country life in general, the pair have to work together and with the employees on the land to make the vineyard profitable again. Daisy and Louis deal with problems on the farm and problems in their own life while struggling to see eye-to-eye.

Under the Vines first premiered in December 2021 with six episodes and the second season premiered over a year later, in January 2023, with another six episodes. The show is beloved for its fish-out-of-water main characters, as Daisy is a socialite from Sydney, unused to hard work, and Louis is a lawyer from England who prefers structure and calmness,...

In the fifth episode of Under the Vines’s third season, titled “Life Is a Driveway,” Daisy (played by Rebecca Gibney) attempts to forge a connection with her future daughter-in-law, Sienna, by accompanying her on a wedding dress-shopping trip. Meanwhile, Louis (Charles Edwards) finds himself out of his comfort zone during David’s stag-do camping trip, and […]

Under the Vines: Life Is a Driveway...

The AMC Networks September 2024 schedule has been announced. It includes the long-awaited return of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol, starring Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride, as well as the thrilling conclusion of the dystopian series Snowpiercer, starring Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly and Grammy and Tony Award-winner Daveed Diggs, both available exclusively on AMC and AMC+.

The month also features several season finales, including Sundance Now’s provocative tennis drama Fifteen-Love, starring Aidan Turner (Poldark), Acorn TV’s romantic dramedy Under the Vines, and Allblk’s breakout drama Kold x Windy, among other new series, films and specials across its suite of targeted streaming services, including AMC+’s inaugural “Mob Month” featuring new original limited series The Tailor of Sin City.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol

All September, AMC+ offers its “Countdown to FearFest” collection of iconic horror classics, priming fans for AMC’s annual “FearFest” celebration.

Acorn TV has announced the titles that will be available on the AMC-owned streaming service in September 2024. The Acorn TV September 2024 slate adds to the service’s various acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries, and more.

The September schedule includes new episodes of Under the Vines Season 3, Candice Renoir Season 10, The Long Shadow, and more.

Under the Vines Season 3 Acorn TV September 2024 Highlights

Under the Vines Season 3 (Acorn TV Original Series) – New Episodes Premiere Every Monday Until the Season Finale on September 16

Former Sydney socialite Daisy Monroe (Rebecca Gibney) and ex-London lawyer Louis Oakley (Charles Edwards) continue to run a small vineyard in New Zealand while navigating their complicated love lives. Six months after we last saw them, Daisy and Louis are trying to oust William, the mysterious stranger who arrived at the end of season two claiming half of Oakley.

But it seems the annoying shanty...

The romantic comedy-drama Under the Vines will premiere its third season on Acorn TV on August 19, 2024, with new episodes dropping weekly. The six-episode season stars Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards as Daisy Monroe and Louis Oakley, who run a small vineyard in New Zealand. Season 3 picks up six months after the events […]

Acorn TV’s ‘Under the Vines’ Returns for Season 3 august 19...

For fans of the New Zealand comedy-drama series Under the Vines, Acorn TV has delightful news! The network has finally announced the premiere date for the shows third season, which was reported to be in development in October 2023. Acorn TV has also unveiled a must-watch trailer as well ahead of the upcoming installments arrival next month. The show stars Rebecca Gibney as Daisy Monroe, Charles Edwards as Louis Oakley, Sarah Peirse as Marissa, Trae Te Wiki as Tippy, Simon Mead as Gus, Cohen Holloway as Vic and Carrie Green as Nic.

AcornTV Australia’s August 2024 lineup will include the third seasons of Under the Vines and Frankie Drake Mysteries. Under the Vines, starring Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards, returns on August 19 with six new episodes. The series follows former Sydney socialite Daisy Monroe and ex-London lawyer Louis Oakley as they deal with their complicated love […]

AcornTV Australia August 2024 Lineup: New Seasons of Under the Vines and Frankie Drake Mysteries...

The AMC Networks August 2024 schedule has been announced. It includes new episodes of Snowpiercer Season 4 and Orphan Black: Echoes, both available on AMC and AMC+.

Sundance Now offers an impressive lineup of thrillers including the provocative new tennis drama Fifteen-Love, starring Aidan Turner (Poldark), a new season of hit Nordic noir Wisting, and the new two-part special Kennedy, Sinatra, and the Mafia. Meanwhile, Acorn TV offers new installments of fan-favorite international series Signora Volpe and Under the Vines.

Other highlights include new episodes of BBC America’s landmark nature series Planet Earth: Mammals, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, and the highly-anticipated second season of Allblk’s breakout drama Kold x Windy, among other new series, films, and specials across its suite of targeted streaming services.

Film highlights this month include the sequel to IFC Films’ 2020 hit thriller Force of Nature: The Dry 2, starring Eric Bana (Dirty John) and Anna Torv (Fringe); Ghostlight,...

Acorn TV has announced the titles that will be available on the AMC-owned streaming service in August 2024. The Acorn TV August 2024 slate adds to the service’s various acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries, and more.

The August schedule includes Under the Vines Season 3, new Signora Volpe Season 2 episodes, and The Sommerdahl Murders Season 5.

Signora Volpe Season 3 Acorn TV August 2024 Highlights

Under the Vines Season 3 (Acorn TV Original Series) – New Season Premieres on Monday, August 19

Former Sydney socialite Daisy Monroe (Rebecca Gibney) and ex-London lawyer Louis Oakley (Charles Edwards) continue to run a small vineyard in New Zealand while navigating their complicated love lives. Six months on from when we last saw them, Daisy and Louis are trying to oust William, the mysterious stranger who arrived at the end of season two claiming half of Oakley.

But it seems the annoying shanty-singer’s claim might be legitimate,...

Exclusive: Acorn TV, the streaming service aimed at Anglophiles, is getting a new look.

Parent company AMC Networks is giving the streamer a brand refresh with a new logo and tagline ahead of the return of its originals slate. This comes as it prepares for the launch of season three of Harry Wild, the drama starring Jane Seymour.

The series will return to Acorn TV on May 13 and will have a co-premiere on AMC Networks-backed BBC America. Seymour, best known for starring in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Bond film Live and Let Die and Netflix’s The Kominsky Method, plays Harry, who along with Rohan Nedd’s Fergus, is hired to prove the lead singer of Ireland’s hottest boy band didn’t kill himself, find out who decapitated a woman in a busy restaurant, discover who murdered a despotic director on the set of Ireland’s leading daytime soap opera,...

Miriam Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in the “Harry Potter” film franchise, is lending her voice to a new kids project titled “Badjelly,” Variety can confirm.

Based on the Spike Milligan children’s book “Badjelly the Witch: A Fairy Story,” the animated series will bring to life Milligan’s original tale about two siblings who go searching for a lost cow – and stumble upon a cast of magical creatures.

Margolyes is set to play Badjelly in the project, who is described as “the wickedest witch in all the world.” When she bumps into brother and sister Tim and Rose on their adventures in the great black forest high jinks ensue. Tim will be voiced by Malachi Hall (“The Flatshare”) while Ava Diakhaby (“Shortland Street”) plays Rose.

The 13-part series is aimed at 7-11 year old and is set for delivery in 2025. The show is already in production.

“’Badjelly’ delivers a...

Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards are going back Under the Vines, with Acorn TV and Tvnz co-commissioning a third season of the Perpetual Entertainment and Libertine Pictures series. Production is underway in Nz, with all of the main cast returning, including Sarah Peirse, John Bach, Trae Te Wiki and Simon Mead. The third instalment picks up six months since audiences last saw the Oakley family. Desperate to regain their former standing as the ‘sole’ mutual heirs of Oakley, Daisy and...

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Exclusive: Acorn TV is going Under the Vines for a third time.

The lighthearted comedy shot in New Zealand is returning for a third season with leads Rebecca Gibney (Wanted, Packed to the Rafters, Halifax: Retribution) and Charles Edwards (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Crown, Downton Abbey) again attached. You can see a start-of-production shot above.

Also returning are Charles Edwards, Sarah Peirse, John Bach, Trae Te Wiki and Simon Mead.

Synopsis reads: “It’s been a tumultuous six months since we last saw our Oakley family, and much is afoot. Desperate to regain their former standing as the ‘sole’ mutual heirs of Oakley, Daisy and Louis will need to work together to try and oust William in any way they can.”

Erin White is directing Episodes 1-3, with Laurence Wilson on Episodes 4-6. Kelly Lefever, Erin White, Nick Ward, Kathryn Burnett, Harry McNaughton, and Steph Matuku are the writers

Gibney,...

Watching an international version of Taskmaster has the uncanny quality of trying to explain a dream. The sets are the same, but also not. The theme music’s a match, but it’s playing over people and tasks you don’t recognise. The Taskmaster was there, but it wasn’t the Taskmaster, just some other tall man in a suit. And instead of the familiar comedian configuration of ‘two off telly, two off Twitter and one you’ve never heard of’, you (probably) haven’t heard of anybody.

Once you have your bearings though, free Taskmaster! Multiple new-to-you episodes to fill the gap while we wait for series 16. And it’s good stuff. The New Zealand version is particularly strong, with an excellent choice of Taskmaster’s Assistant and consistently funny comedians. Also, thanks to (the show’s own) joke that New Zealand has a population of just eight people,...

Under the Vines blends comedy and drama, investing time in character development and engaging individual episodes while exploring the trials and tribulations of the wine business. Season 2 of the series tackles more than its predecessor, allowing for emotional development among the growing cast and leaving storytelling possibilities open for future seasons. Each episode of Under the Vines season 2 introduces new challenges and developments, from crumbling relationships to vineyard crises, offering a variety of engaging storylines that keep viewers hooked.

The New Zealand-based dramedy Under the Vines thrilled during its first season, and the Acorn TV exclusive was given a second in 2023. The series concerns two estranged half-cousins, Daisy (Rebecca Gibney) and Louis (Charles Edwards) who suddenly find themselves the co-owners of Oakley Wines in rural New Zealand. Playing off of the typical fish-out-of-water premise, Under the Vines invests most of its time into the characters who crackle with life despite their rather cartoonish predicaments.

Stars: Matt Whelan, Luciane Buchanan, Zara Nausbaum, Ascia Maybury | Written and Directed by Scott Walker

Set in 1978, The Tank opens with Ben getting some news about his deceased mother. It appears his father left her coastal property in Hobbit’s Bay Oregon that she never told anyone about. He also finds out that rather than dying in a car accident, his father and sister drowned in said bay. Of course, you or I know better than to go near something like that because it never ends well. Ben, of course, packs up his wife Jules and their daughter Reia (Zara Nausbaum; The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith) and goes to check it out.

Writer/director Scott Walker does throw a switch at viewers by having the house actually look like it’s been abandoned for decades. Boarded up, weathered, and overgrown with vines and other vegetation on the outside,...

Exclusive: Red, White & Brass is the debut feature from director Damon Fepulea’i and we’ve got the first trailer for the Taika Waititi-exec produced inspiring underdog tale. Check it out above.

Based on a true story, the film follows a community of passionate Tongans led by Maka, a superfan who will do whatever it takes to get tickets to the Tonga vs France 2011 Rugby World Cup game – even if that means promising to deliver a brass band for the pre-match entertainment. The only problem is, the band doesn’t exist and Maka has four weeks to create one.

The cast includes John-Paul Foliaki (Popstars), Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi (Panthers), Ilaisaane Green (Brutal Lives), Onetoto Ikavuka, Mikey Falesiu (Toke), Lupeti Finau, Lotima Pome’e (Under the Vines) and Haanz Fa’avae-Jackson (Savage).

Fepulea’i co-wrote the script with co-producer Halaifonua (Nua) Finau. The film hails from the producers behind such New Zealand-produced features as The Breaker Upperers,...

Exclusive: Travis Jeffery (Unbroken), Neil Sandilands (Sweet Tooth), Sara Wiseman (One Of Us Is Lying), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The Clearing) and Lydia Peckham (Cowboy Bebop) have signed on for roles in 20th Century’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The actors join an ensemble which also includes Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Kevin Durand and Eka Darville, as previously announced.

While specifics as to the film’s plot are under wraps, it’s a continuation of the storied Planet of the Apes sci-fi franchise which goes all the way back to Franklin J. Schaffner’s 1968 same-name film. We understand that it will pick up many years after the conclusion of the most recent entry in the franchise, 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes.

Specifics as to the new actor’s roles haven’t been disclosed. But Wes Ball (Maze Runner franchise) is directing from a script by Josh Friedman,...

Exclusive: Richard Flood (Grey’s Anatomy) and Acushla-Tara Kupe (Mr Corman) have been cast as leads in The Gone, a mystery drama series for RTÉ and New Zealand’s Tvnz that brings together Irish and Māori culture. The pair will front the series, which goes into principal photography on location in Auckland and Te Aroha, New Zealand this week, with further shooting taking place in Ireland’s capital Dublin late this year.

New Zealand’s Kingfisher Films and About Joan co-producer Blinder Films are co-producing, in association with another Kiwi firm, Southern Light Films. Te Puna Kairangi, the New Zealand Government’s Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund and New Zealand’s Screen Production Grant; Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann; Nz On Air; and the Bai Sound & Vision Fund have all supported the production. Red Arrow International Studios has the distribution rights.

The Gone stars Flood as Theo Richter, an Irish detective...