Art Detectives Two-Part Special Lands on Acorn TV on December 7

Acorn TV will premiere a two-part Art Detectives special on December 7, ahead of the full second season. The date and cast details were reported by Deadline.

Art Detectives is a light crime drama, meaning a police story with a lighter tone than a grim thriller. UKTV and Acorn TV are behind it. In the UK, the show plays on U&Drama, the channel that first commissioned it. Commissioning means a broadcaster pays for a show to be made.

Stephen Moyer plays Mick Palmer, a policeman who loves art. Moyer is also an executive producer, a senior role that oversees the making of a show. Nina Singh co-stars as DC Shazia Malik, alongside him in the special.

Larry Lamb returns as Ron Palmer, Mick's father and an art forger. At the end of Season 1, Ron was tied to a stolen painting that was recovered. He is now serving time in an open prison, a jail with fewer physical barriers where inmates have more freedom of movement during the day.

Season 1 launched in December 2025. It was Acorn's most-watched new series premiere, according to Deadline. That makes the special the next step for a show that already has a following.

The series was created and written by Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Paul Powell. Jennie Paddon, Declan Recks and Sam O'Mahony directed. It is produced by Black Dog Television, Dynamic Television and Acorn Media Enterprises, with funding from Northern Ireland Screen. Filming for Season 2 took place in Northern Ireland.

For viewers, the timing is simple. The two-part special arrives first, and the full second season follows after it.