Watch an Exclusive Sneak Peek of 'Mrs. Sidhu Investigates' Season 1's Final Episode
Meera Syal as Mrs Sidhu in 'Mrs Sidhu Investigates' Season 1
Acorn TV
Acorn TV's latest mystery, the delightful BBC 4 audio drama turned TV series Mrs. Sidhu Investigates, concludes just in time for Canadian Thanksgiving, a proper end for a show about a caterer who goes around feeding everyone as she solves the crimes at hand. The series, conceived by Suk Pannu, stars Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me), reprising her role from the BBC 4 version of the series as the titular Indian Aunty amateur sleuth. Syal costars alongside Craig Parkinson as DCI Burton, the long-suffering detective she's attached herself to, and Naana Agyei Ampadu as his assistant, Sgt. Mint.
The series is Acorn TV's most delectable premiere of 2023. Our reviewer lamented it did not come with a cookbook or little YouTube tutorials to make Mrs. Sidhu's seemingly endless signature dishes. The catering conceit also allows the series to set its mysteries in different locales every week, with episodes ranging from a Rennaissance festival/comic-con type event to last week's hilarious send-up of a new media style tech company. Syal's knack for comedy keeps the mysteries from getting too serious, a welcome change from the trend of dark and gritty.
In this exclusive clip from the show's Season 1 finale episode, Mrs. Sidhu breezes into DCI Burton's latest case at a boxing gym. Check it out below:
Here's the synopsis for Season1's final episode, "On The Ropes":
Boxing fanatic Tez is thrilled about Mrs. Sidhu’s latest catering gig at a major boxing championship match, located in the garden of a luxe Berkshire manor. But when an up-and-coming boxer is kidnapped and held at ransom, Mrs. Sidhu finds herself once again at the heart of an investigation. Cracks begin to show in the boxer’s team as the pressure builds to find the money to free him and bring him home. With Burton involved in a life-threatening accident, Mrs. Sidhu enlists Mint’s help to find the kidnappers and rescue the boxer from his impending death.
Season 1's final episode guest stars Jo Martin (The Marlow Murder Club), Lewis Cope (Emmerdale Farm), Nina Yndis (Peaky Blinders), Chris Charles (Blabbermouth), Tim Dantay (Cold Feet), Tori Allen-Martin (London Kills), Craig Conway (The Irregulars), and Jack Bence (Bad Education). As always, the main cast includes Syal, Parkinson, Agyei-Ampadu, plus Gurjeet Sigh as Mrs. Sidhu's son Ted and Gordon Kennedy as Burton's boss DSU De Vries. Episode 4 was penned by series creator Suk Pannu and Vivienne Harvey, with Ben Kellett directing.
Mrs. Sidhu Investigates Season 1 finale episode streams exclusively on Acorn TV on Monday, October 9, 2023. The first three episodes are available now.
