EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the trailer for the upcoming two-part special Art Detectives, the UKTV and Acorn TV light crime drama starring Stephen Moyer (The Night Agent) as art-loving policeman Mick Palmer.
We’ve got the news that the special, which comes ahead of the full second season, will premiere on the AMC Global Media streamer on December 7, starring Moyer alongside Nina Singh (Silent Witness) as the straight-talking DC Shazia Malik.
The trailer shows the team, who are part of the Heritage Crime Unit, on the trail of a new case set in the rich and colorful world of art and antiques, where greed, obsession, lust, and revenge drives people to murder. Larry Lamb is returning as Mick’s art forger father, Ron Palmer, who is serving time in an open prison for handling a stolen painting recovered at the end of Season 1.
Season 1 of the show launched in December 2025 as Acorn’s most-watched new series premiere. In the UK, it plays on U&Drama, which originally commissioned the show. Filming on Season 2 took place in Northern Ireland.
The series was created and written by Dan Gaster, Will Ing, Paul Powell and is directed by Jennie Paddon, Declan Recks and Sam O’Mahony. It is produced by Black Dog Television, Dynamic Television and Acorn Media Enterprises with funding from Northern Ireland Screen.
It is executive produced by Gaster, Ing and Powell for Black Dog Television, Daniel March and Klaus Zimmermann for Dynamic Television, Bea Tammer and Catherine Mackin for Acorn TV/Acorn Media Enterprises, and Moyer. Candida Julian-Jones is the series producer and Martin Mahon is the producer.