Season 10 |
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Three Gold Leaves of Jesus |
3rd Jun 2024 |
5 months ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 10, Episode 6 - "Three Gold Leaves of Jesus" While a visiting theatrical troupe puts on a nativity play at St. Judas, a precious holy relic goes missing, and the actor playing Jesus is killed.
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Network: Acorn TV |
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#5 |
House of Screams |
27th May 2024 |
5 months ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 10, Episode 5 - "House of Screams" A local haunted house becomes a great deal more frightening when a teenager is found dead with a sickle through his neck.
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Network: Acorn TV |
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#4 |
Love You to Death |
20th May 2024 |
6 months ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 10, Episode 4 - "Love You to Death" After local dentist Sonny Lyman is romantically pursued by Jools Fahey, his wife is found dead in an oven – making Jools the prime suspect.
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Network: Acorn TV |
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#3 |
Publish or Be Damned |
13th May 2024 |
6 months ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 10, Episode 3 - "Publish or Be Damned" A writing retreat is interrupted when the event's mentor, Dame Audrey McKinnon, is found floating under a waterfall on the premises.
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Network: Acorn TV |
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#2 |
Day of the Dead |
6th May 2024 |
6 months ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 10, Episode 2 - "Day of the Dead" Brokenwood's Mexican "Day of the Dead" celebration seems like a great idea until an actual dead body becomes part of the festivities.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
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Brokenwood-o-saurus |
29th Apr 2024 |
6 months ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 10, Episode 1 - "Brokenwood-o-saurus" When dinosaur fossils are discovered in the foothills around Brokenwood, locals are thrilled at the prospect of tourism revenue. Unfortunately, the suspicious death of an expert palaeontologist throws a spanner in the works…
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Season 9 |
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Motorcycle Mamas |
15th May 2023 |
1 year ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 9, Episode 6 - "Motorcycle Mamas" The Mama's Angels, an all-women motorcycle club, are in Brokenwood for the wedding of one of their members, until a murder casts suspicion amongst their ranks and throws the town into chaos.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#5 |
Shot of Love |
8th May 2023 |
1 year ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 9, Episode 5 - "Shot of Love" While Mike's off getting his divorce papers signed, Kristin and Chalmers are left to uncover the cause of death of a man found in a motel room, with few signs of trauma to the body or disturbance to the room.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#4 |
Going to the Dogs |
1st May 2023 |
1 year ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 9, Episode 4 - "Going to the Dogs" Mike, Kristin, and Chalmers must determine who wanted a veterinary nurse dead, with the answer seemingly tied to simmering tensions between the twin sisters with whom the victim worked.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#3 |
Nun of the Above |
24th Apr 2023 |
1 year ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 9, Episode 3 - "Nun of the Above" The strangulation death of a nun on her way to chapel poses a challenge for the investigators when they learn members of her order have taken a vow of silence.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#2 |
Old Blood Money |
17th Apr 2023 |
1 year ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 9, Episode 2 - "Old Blood Money" Mike and the team discover more than one dead body, and a significant amount of family rivalry, in the manor house where a pair of aging siblings live.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Brokenwood: The Musical |
10th Apr 2023 |
1 year ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 9, Episode 1 - "Brokenwood: The Musical" A musical theater performance reenacting Brokenwood's history goes horrifically awry when the composer is electrocuted on stage. But was it murder or just an unfortunate accident?
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Season 8 |
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Four Fires and a Funeral |
1st Aug 2022 |
2 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 8, Episode 6 - "Four Fires and a Funeral" The charred remains of a body are discovered in the burned-out remnants of a rural shed, but no one lived there, and no one was meant to be there at all. As Mike and Kristin are tasked with identifying the unidentifiable, it becomes apparent this is the third in a run of "accidental" deaths, all attended by the Brokenwood Fire Brigade. Could one of its members be Brokenwood's first serial killer?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#5 |
Good as Gold |
25th Jul 2022 |
2 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 8, Episode 5 - "Good as Gold" A 160-year-old family feud over gold becomes the main motive for murder when a modern-day cowgirl is gunned down in cold blood.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#4 |
Three Coins in a Fountain |
18th Jul 2022 |
2 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 8, Episode 4 - "Three Coins in a Fountain" When the world champion of the curious sport of Spoofing is found dead in a fountain, the Brokenwood detectives must determine who was willing to commit murder in order to win at all costs.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#3 |
Spark to a Flame |
11th Jul 2022 |
2 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 8, Episode 3 - "Spark to a Flame" In the remote community of beaches at Pateke Point, a local resident ends up bludgeoned to death by an unknown blunt object and locked inside a house not her own.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#2 |
Death n' Bass |
4th Jul 2022 |
2 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 8, Episode 2 - "Death n' Bass" The Brokenwood crime fighters are called in to investigate a murder at a music festival, where it would appear the victim was quite literally killed by sound.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
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From The Cradle To The Grave |
1st Jul 2022 |
2 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 8, Episode 1 - "From The Cradle To The Grave" Mike and the team get a lesson in local history when the Brokenwood museum uncovers a dead body in the most unlikely of places.
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Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Season 7 |
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Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson |
3rd May 2021 |
3 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 7, Episode 6 - "Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson" When Mike mysteriously leaves Brokenwood on other police business, Kristin is left to lead the investigation into a 1970s party where several party-goers wind up dead.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#5 |
Exposed to the Light |
26th Apr 2021 |
3 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 7, Episode 5 - "Exposed to the Light" A fundraising evening at the historic Brokenwood Empire Cinema becomes fatal when a fire breaks out, and after the smoke clears, a businessman is found strangled.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#4 |
Something Nasty at the Market |
19th Apr 2021 |
3 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 7, Episode 4 - "Something Nasty at the Market" Mike, Kristin and the team investigate the murder of a Farmer's Market Owner who staggers into the crowd with a garden implement fatally embedded in her back.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#3 |
Dog Day Morning |
12th Apr 2021 |
3 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 7, Episode 3 - "Dog Day Morning" When four masked men attempt to rob the Brokenwood Savings Bank, it's up to Mike and the team to determine which one of them pulled the trigger and killed the bank manager.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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The Witches of Brokenwood |
5th Apr 2021 |
3 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 7, Episode 2 - "The Witches of Brokenwood" The Brokenwood Health Retreat proves rather unhealthy for one unfortunate visitor, leaving Mike and the team with the very tricky case to solve.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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The Garotte and the Vinklebraun |
29th Mar 2021 |
3 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 7, Episode 1 - "The Garotte and the Vinklebraun" Mike and his team are thrust into a world of antiquities when a TV crew from the hit series 'All Things Old and Beautiful' comes to town, and one of the hosts is murdered.
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Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Season 6 |
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Dead and Buried |
2nd Dec 2019 |
4 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 6, Episode 4 - "Dead and Buried" A suspicious suicide in Brokenwood Women's Prison leads Mike and the team to uncover a complex murder. And for Mike this one is personal — he knew the victim Corina Doyle from his days prior to Brokenwood.As Mike and the team investigate they're brought into contact with several familiar female convicts from the past: Trudy Neilson, Brenda White and Rayleen Hogg. They're all doing their time and all up to no good.And with Corina's passing new information surfaces about an old crime. A secret from her past that will answer a nagging question that Mike has carried for 8 years.However, for that secret to come out, Corina had to entrust it with someone and that someone wants Mike to do a deal.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#3 |
Dead Men Don't Shoot Ducks |
25th Nov 2019 |
4 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 6, Episode 3 - "Dead Men Don't Shoot Ducks" The members of the Brokenwood Duck Stalking Association are set to shoot on the first day of the new season. Fingers are ready on the trigger as the eight hunters wait patiently for ducks to fly. But then the misty morning presents an unusual sight as a lone wildlife protester sails into the duck shooting cove. Ducks fly, shots are fired but only the protester, Leslie Garrett, falls down dead. With nobody prepared to take the blame Mike and the team are led to believe Leslie was shot by a mysterious ninth hunter seen briefly through the mist. Unable to determine who it was, Mike is forced to think more laterally than usual. Was Leslie's death just a case of careless use of a firearm or were the ducks never the target in the first place?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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#2 |
A Real Page Turner |
18th Nov 2019 |
5 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 6, Episode 2 - "A Real Page Turner" World-renowned crime-writing author Jack Rudd visits Brokenwood to give a reading at the local book club from his latest novel ‘Knife in the Back'.He visits — but never leaves, falling victim to a method of murder portrayed in his own book.Jack was a literary rock star — tall, dark and sexually magnetic - and it transpires he cut quite a swathe through the womenfolk of Brokenwood before he met his demise. And one woman in particular has a close personal connection to DSS Mike Shepherd.When Mike and his team delve into the backstory of the book club members it is quickly revealed all of them knew Jack and all had an axe to grind or - was it a knife — in the back?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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The Power of Steam |
11th Nov 2019 |
5 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 6, Episode 1 - "The Power of Steam" The Brokenwood Aeronauts, a group of Steampunk enthusiasts, are having their annual convivial in a barn that has been kitted out with all manner of rustic Victorian bric-a-brac.Joyous news is in the air when a local festival to celebrate their sub-culture is announced. But not long after, body parts are in the air, too, when an explosion kills one of their members — Lionel Bridges.Mike and his team are taken into a world of dress-up and escapism where all the suspects have alter-egos; the perfect place to hide a motive, evidence or a weapon. Was Lionel the victim of revenge, jealousy or simply an unfortunate accident?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Season 5 |
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The Dark Angel |
19th Nov 2018 |
6 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 5, Episode 4 - "The Dark Angel" On the edge of Brokenwood sits an abandoned mental health facility, an asylum named Brokenwood Downes. Now derelict, the spooky buildings provide a great hideout for local teenagers.But one young couple freak-out when they stumble upon the body of an elderly man in the old hospital wing strapped to a gurney with electrodes connected to his temples. It would seem he was the victim of electrocution by Electroconvulsive Therapy.The victim is Jakob Deschler who used to be the Superintendent of the asylum when it closed in 2011. Recently released from jail for charges of torture it appears that his murder was a revenge for his past cruelty. Mike and the team focus on a group of ex-patients of Brokenwood Downes. The few that have remained in the area are an eclectic bunch of misfits still struggling to reintegrate into the mainstream of society.However, several of them are under the care of local psychotherapist Amy Curnow, whose expertise enables Mike to get a greater insight into the minds of these unique characters. She also has a knack to get Mike to open up about some more personal things about himself. Could it be that our hero is taking a shine to Amy?Mike's interrogation skills will be pitted against the smarts of this crack psychologist. Will it be a case of Mike finally meeting his match – in more ways than one?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Tontine |
12th Nov 2018 |
6 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 5, Episode 3 - "Tontine" Cycling is very de rigueur around the globe and no less in Brokenwood. When one such MAMIL, (Middle Aged Man In Lycra), Lester Nyman, reaches the top of a local mountain after a gruelling ride and suffers a massive coronary, it doesn't seem suspicious. But then Gina reveals his toxicology showed astronomical levels of caffeine in his system and Mike starts to look more closely.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Bride Not to Be |
5th Nov 2018 |
6 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 5, Episode 2 - "Bride Not to Be" The Cream Boat is a charming vessel that chugs its way up the scenic Brokenwood waterways. It carries sightseers and Christmas parties and often Hen Parties. Professional tennis player, Ophelia (Fee) Marley, is one such lucky Hen. Her Bridesmaids have organised a big day migrating from the township via the Cream Boat to the Tidal View Lodge where they stay overnight.The following morning the Cream Boat returns to pick up the girls, but as the captain is about to dock a macabre and ethereal sight greets him. Fee is floating semi-submerged downstream in her wedding dress and veil. At first it may seem a tragic drowning, a result perhaps of too much revelry, but Gina reveals she was in fact dead before she entered the river.Where was Fee's fiancé the night of the murder? And why is Best Man Darryn so reluctant to co-operate? Is he covering for his mate or is it something else entirely? Darryn's reticence is partially explained by the fact that he is deaf. Kristin's knowledge of ‘sign' comes in handy as the team works to solve this mystery.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Scared to Death |
29th Oct 2018 |
6 years ago |
00:30 - 02:16 |
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Season 5, Episode 1 - "Scared to Death" It's the annual Brokenwood A&P show, time for that special kind of Kiwi carnival! Amidst the shearing displays, the ‘Calf Day' competition and wood chopping, is the usual assortment of fun rides and fairground attractions. The sun is shining on happy family entertainment and ever popular this year is the shonky old Ghost Train.But when the surly A&P boss Harold Wilbury takes the minute-long ride as a safety check he gets the fright of his life. Shunted in his carriage through the final curtain, Harold greets daylight wide-eyed and dead. He is quite literally gone in 60 seconds.When a man dies of fright surely there is no question of murder - it's just a case of bad luck. Then again how scary was the Ghost Train ride really? Curiously, Madame Magdalena in the Fortune Teller's tent predicted the tragedy. Was that coincidence or a way of adding credence to her credibility? The Ghost Train operator, Johnny Oades, swears it's nothing to do with him, but there is a question over falsified health and safety checks. And why is Daisy Rose the fairy princess so unhappy?
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Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Season 4 |
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As If Nothing Had Happened |
20th Nov 2017 |
7 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 4, Episode 4 - "As If Nothing Had Happened" Sunset Manor is a rest home in Brokenwood for the aged and bewildered. The new resident is Edward Alderston. Having recently lost his wife, his family has decided Sunset Manor is the best place for him, especially now that the Alzheimer's is taking hold. Mrs Marlowe is a regular visitor, offering sing-alongs at the piano for the residents. But Edward is hoping for more of an ally than that. He's planning an escape. In fact he's been practicing. The only problem is he can't remember the plan. But when a man is found with a Samurai sword through his back floating in his swimming pool in the neighbouring street, Edward's exact whereabouts becomes of real importance. The man was Mitch Waterson, an ex-finance company high flyer, responsible for the loss of many millions to many people – in particular, he is the one responsible for many elderly losing their life savings. Mitch was responsible but never held accountable. It would seem now that the accountability has been sought. Revenge has been exacted. So when Mike, Kristin and Breen begin searching for motive they need look no further than Sunset Manor. Many of the residents were victims to Mitch Waterson's Ponzi schemes and are thrilled to know he's met a grisly end. However, the problem is not only who might have had the gumption and opportunity to do it but– can they remember doing it?
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Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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The Scarecrow |
13th Nov 2017 |
7 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 4, Episode 3 - "The Scarecrow" Shepherd and his team investigate the death of a farmer found tied up in his field like a scarecrow. Was his murder the result of a feud with neighbors, or something to do with his identical twin brother?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
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Stone Cold Dead |
6th Nov 2017 |
7 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 4, Episode 2 - "Stone Cold Dead" Charity Highmore-Browne is the owner and curator of Brokenwood's Historic Village. A stickler for all things Victorian, Charity lives in a time warp. Her sudden death by an arrow brings Mike and his team into the realm of New Zealand's colonial past as they deal with a blacksmith, a missionary and the local postmaster. Not to be overlooked is Charity's sister who once represented the country at the Olympics, missing out on a bronze medal in archery. As the investigation brings up questions about Charity's lifestyle and the mysterious disappearance of her husband seven years earlier, the team are faced with the possibility that Brokenwood is dealing with its first serial killer. Things are complicated further when Mike is forced out of the office due to a health scare and Kristin takes charge of the case. But can Mike truly hand over the reins?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Fall from Grace |
29th Oct 2017 |
7 years ago |
04:00 - 05:46 |
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Season 4, Episode 1 - "Fall from Grace" When Kristin, Breen, and Gina celebrate Mike's birthday with a picnic in Brokenwood Domain, they are witness to a fatal skydiving accident. To make matters worse, Kristin knows the victim – entrepreneur Andre Barrington, an ex-boyfriend who moved onto another woman – Grace Turner, an adrenalin junkie and fellow skydiver. As the investigation unfolds, an unsettling truth is revealed. Andre's parachute was never going to open as the cords were severed. Was it an elaborate suicide or was Grace having second thoughts about Andre? Then again – Andre's older brother Felix was tired of living in his shadow, and his mother Lorraine's maternal love verged on the side of sinister. Both of them were jumping with Andre too. And what about Andre's business partner Dean Young, who was less than impressed by Andre's work ethic? Mike and his team are forced to confront the old adage: ‘what goes up must come down'… but not always in the way you want.
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Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Season 3 |
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A Merry Bloody Christmas |
21st Nov 2016 |
7 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 3, Episode 4 - "A Merry Bloody Christmas" With December approaching Brokenwood is alive and well with Christmas spirit. That is until a gruesome sight confronts Mike and his team; Santa Claus with his throat slit. Or as Mike insists - 'not Santa, but a man dressed in a Santa suit'.The man is in fact the much-loved local Mayor, Evan Whitestone, who dresses as Santa every year for the Christmas parade. But with local elections looming, attention turns to his four rivals for the mayoral chains. Each of them has an axe to grind with Evan or, in this case - a cut throat razor.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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The Killing Machine |
14th Nov 2016 |
8 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 3, Episode 3 - "The Killing Machine" The annual Riverstone Beach Hop is a colorful festival that brings classic car enthusiasts together from far and wide to celebrate everything petrol powered and chrome plated. But on the morning of the event Charlie Baxter, the Chairman of the Classic Car Restoration Society, is found dead next to his beloved El Dorado with a lungful of gasoline. Was this a petrol siphoning accident or something more deliberate? And does it have anything to do with the unidentified dead body found in Charlie's garage the day before?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Over Her Dead Body |
7th Nov 2016 |
8 years ago |
01:30 - 03:16 |
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Season 3, Episode 2 - "Over Her Dead Body" Brokenwood is in mourning as beloved local poet Declan O'Grady is being farewelled at St Judas Church after being struck down by cancer. But things go from bad to worse when his coffin accidentally falls from the hearse revealing that the corpse inside is not Declan but a young woman identifiable only by a notable scarlet tattoo.Mike, Kristin and Breen set about unraveling a strange set of circumstances. The last to see Declan's body was the hapless funeral director Warren Bugle who leads them back to Wadsworth Manor where a mysterious role playing game was conducted the night before Declan's death. It turns out the tattooed woman may have been a player in what was to ultimately be her final game.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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The Black Widower |
31st Oct 2016 |
8 years ago |
00:30 - 02:16 |
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Season 3, Episode 1 - "The Black Widower" The Frog and Cheetah's publican, Ray Neilson, has branched into tourism with his ‘Lord of the Ringz Tours' tailored to non-English speaking tourists. But when Ray's wife Debbie is discovered dead under a giant foam spider in a supposed film location of Mirklewood things get ‘mirky'. Especially when Debbie's cause of death is revealed to be from New Zealand's only native venomous spider – the Katipo. But if it was, how did one spider administer ten times the lethal dose?Things don't look good for Ray or the nearby arachnologist, Chandra Singh. But then as DSS Mike Shepherd and his team investigate other local tourism operators, they find none of them are particularly sad about Debbie's demise. Her back room deals with the council have seen them banned from the coveted Brokenwood forest. Was her death karma or revenge? Regardless of motive it was definitely murder.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Season 2 |
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Blood Pink |
19th Oct 2015 |
9 years ago |
00:30 - 02:16 |
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Season 2, Episode 4 - "Blood Pink" Holly Collins is not only DSS Mike Shepherd's favourite country musician she's also playing in Brokenwood. Unfortunately it turns out to be her final gig.When she is found electrocuted it appears to be a rock'n'roll suicide. But then again it could have been a drunken accident - or, as Mike suspects, it is perhaps something less obvious.With a careless note scrawled in lipstick the only clue, Mike has to set aside his personal interest in the victim and strike the right note with Holly's dysfunctional band members: Slim Fingers, Waylon Strings and Jesse James.But the more he finds out, the more he needs to know and the less he likes what he learns.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
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Catch of the Day |
10th Oct 2015 |
9 years ago |
23:35 - 01:21 |
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Season 2, Episode 3 - "Catch of the Day" The bucolic coastal waters off Brokenwood support a thriving fishing industry. But when Jared discovers a severed human hand in a crayfish pot it appears to be harbouring something far more sinister. Who does the hand belong to and are they still alive?The finger is pointed at the Keely family; fishermen for generations who are very protective of their patch. But what about the deceased's wife who was out at sea, out of cell phone range and out for a good time? And the volunteer fisheries officer seems to be a man who is doing God's work as much as protecting the marine life.As Mike, Kristin and Breen set about fathoming the dark undercurrents of the coastal sea they will be surprised by what lies beneath.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
Rating: unrated [ Login to vote ]
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To Die or Not to Die |
5th Oct 2015 |
9 years ago |
00:30 - 02:16 |
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Season 2, Episode 2 - "To Die or Not to Die" When a young cast member of The Brokenwood Theatre Society collapses and dies at the end of a performance of Hamlet, the initial belief is that it was from natural causes.However, Mike detects there is ‘something rotten in the state of Brokenwood' when he gets a whiff of a lethal poison.In doing so he uncovers a complex web of ego driven dissention amongst the troupe. Was Ben Faulkner expended to create opportunity for another young rising star? Or can his death be linked to the words of the Bard himself? And how did Jared end up playing the lead role?As Mike and his team investigate the hidden secrets of this curious group of thespians ‘To be or not to be' takes on a whole new meaning.
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
Rating: unrated [ Login to vote ]
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Leather & Lace |
28th Sep 2015 |
9 years ago |
00:30 - 02:16 |
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Season 2, Episode 1 - "Leather & Lace" The Brokenwood Cheetahs are a local rugby team of legendary status. Their losing streak of 50 straight games has broken national records. So when their hapless coach, Arnie Langstone, is found dead - stripped naked and strapped to a goalpost - some think it might be blessing in disguise - perhaps now they might start winning again.But amidst this DSS Mike Shepherd is perplexed by several other issues. Firstly, why was a pair of women's underwear stuffed down Arnie's throat? And what do the neatly embroidered initials ‘G.G.' signify?But then a second body is discovered and Mike and his team are stretched to the limit. Is this the work of a serial killer or merely a puzzling co-incidence?
Type: Scripted |
Network: Acorn TV |
Status: Running |
Rating: unrated [ Login to vote ]
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