'The Crow Girl' Flies to Acorn TV in September

It's been over six months since we last heard anything about The Crow Girl, one of the few U.K. series commissioned for the British version of Paramount+ to make it through production without getting canceled, despite the company's near collapse and new ownership. It was apparent when the show debuted in the U.K. in January 2025 that it would not stream on the U.S. version of the service. With the sale of Paramount Global to Skydance in limbo at the time, there was a distinct possibility the series might never see the light of day in the U.S.

However, money changed hands, and enough wheels were greased to complete the merger, which closed on August 7, 2025. Now, it's unclear whether the AMC Networks announcement, arriving exactly a week later, that it will stream The Crow Girl on Acorn TV in September, is directly related to the delays in closing. However, it certainly feels like a blocked pipeline of shows has just restarted operations, and viewers may yet get to see some of the shows that never found a home in the U.S., including One Night and The Serial Killer's Wife.

Based on Erik Axl Sund's* book of the same name, The Crow Girl is another Nordic Noir novel reset in the northern parts of the U.K., not unlike the late lamented Annika. (*"Erik Axl Sund" is the nom de plume used by Swedish writing duo Håkan Axlander Sundquist and Jerker Eriksson.) The novel follows DCI Jeanette Kilburn and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven as they join forces to hunt the killer of young men and into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder. 

Check out the trailer:

Here's the series' synopsis.

The Crow Girl begins with a teenage boy’s discarded body. Determined to find who is responsible, DCI Jeanette Kilburn joins forces with psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven to hunt the killer despite opposition from her superiors including confidant DI Lou Stanley. The investigation takes them into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder. Together they uncover a chain of shocking events involving the disappearance of children that have gone overlooked for decades, as well as evidence of police corruption. As the body count rises and the two women are dragged into the depths of the murders, an intimacy starts to form between them, and so begins a complex, twisted love story. All the while, the killer is inching ever closer to home.

And here are the episode titles:

• Episode 1: “She Sees Herself from Above” (Premiere, Monday, September 8)
• Episode 2: “The Egg She Wishes to Crack” (September 15)
• Episode 3: “She Wishes to Believe” (September 22)
• Episode 4: “The Dirt She Can’t Bury” (September 29)
• Episode 5: “She Shoots for the King” (October 6)
• Episode 6: “I’ll See You There” (Finale, Monday, October 13)

Eve Myles (Torchwood) stars as DCI Jeanette Kilburn, Dougray Scott (Vigil) as her superior officer, DI Lou Stanley, and Katherine Kelly (Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office) as Dr. Sophia Craven. The ensemble cast also includes Clara Rugaard (Black Mirror), Trevor White (Industry), Victoria Hamilton (COBRA), Elliot Edusah (1917), Chloe Sweetlove (Bergerac), Lee Boardman (Brexit: The Uncivil War), Lauren Morais (The Red King), and Ashling O'Shea (Hollyoaks).

Actor-turned-writer/producer Milly Thomas (Doctor Who) penned all six series episodes, with directors Charles Martin (His Dark Materials) and Rebecca Rycroft (We Hunt Together) splitting helming duties, with Andy Mosse producing. Thomas is also an executive producer on the series for Buccaneer Media alongside Tony Wood and Richard Tulk-Hart.

The Crow Girl will debut on Acorn TV beginning Monday, September 8, 2025, and will stream one episode a week on Mondays through mid-October.