Acorn TV: Some of the best shows to view

Acorn TV: Some of the best shows to view

There's no denying that British dramas have slowly faded off the TV viewing habits.

Once a staple of TVNZ and Prime, many are now consigned to late night slots, or dumped ignominiously in the graveyard slots of summer TV when viewing figures are at their lowest ebb.

Players like Netflix are more about flashier US binge dramas, but there are still simple pleasures to be had from some of the peak British TV.

Acorn TV appears to be wanting to try and plug that gap, launching a relatively new service into the streaming world, and becoming yet another streaming player clamouring for your money and your viewing time.

Here are some of the best shows currently on the streaming platform to view - if you're an Anglophile.

REBUS

Ken Stott as Ian Rankin's gnarled Scottish detective was an 2000s staple of UK TV. Equally John Hannah's take on the detective in the first series was a good start, but there's something about Stott's crime solving Edinburgh set detective that renders him iconic.

BROADCHURCH

In many ways, the star vehicle that launched Olivia Colman into UK and global sweetheart status, Broadchurch's drama works best in its first season, which is on the service. Paired with the crotchety newcomer in town (played with sharpness by Doctor Who's David Tennant), the hunt to find the killer of a little boy in a seaside town is a horrific crime, but a gripping watch. Even if you do know whodunnit.

HUMANS

Initially the synthetics living among us storyline appeared to be a tired trope rolled out once again. But led by Gemma Chan's doe-eyed robot, the series becomes a commentary on class divides and ethics and mores.

VICTORIA 

The show Jenna Coleman left Doctor Who for, the sweeping piece looks at the Young Victoria and probably benefits from some of the younger take on The Crown. Sumptuously shot, and with some typical British drama, Victoria may appear to have a limited lifespan for its younger cast and storylines, but it's a good way to bring a stuffier period of history and a stuffier monarch to life.

MIDSOMER MURDERS

How this show continues to go is beyond many a comprehension - but its eternal popularity to expose the seedier underbelly of England's smaller hamlets that are clearly riddled with crime is undeniable. Quite why there's never been a nationwide crackdown on the crime-fuelled and crime-filled cosiness is an unfathomable oversight - but it's led to some easy comfort viewing for those who want to spend an hour working out who's been wronged and why.

Acorn TV can be found on acorn.au.tv - a review code was supplied to this blog for purposes of research.