Acorn TV Confirms 'The Madame Blanc Mysteries' Will Return for Season 4

Acorn TV and Channel 5 have officially announced the commission of The Madame Blanc Mysteries, the antiques-dealer turned amateur sleuth series created by and starring Sally Lindsay, for a fourth season. The cozy crime show has been one of Acorn TV's most successful sleeper hits since the beginning of the 2020s, reaching a point of popularity that it earned itself a coveted "Festive Episode" for Christmas 2023, an honor bestowed by the U.K. networks to only the most watched series on their networks. As a sign of how well that did, the new season will also have a festive special, ensuring the series will return before the end of 2024.

Like most shows that premiere early in the year, the Christmas 2023 episode was technically the premiere episode of The Madame Blanc Mysteries Season 3. This worked better in the U.K., as the show premiered only a few weeks later. However, for American viewers watching on Acorn TV, it was a bit like Call The Midwife, where the Christmas special is the season opener in the U.K. but arrives three months before the rest of the episodes on PBS. 

Acorn TV dealt with that by glomming the special onto the two-episode premiere of Season 3, so anyone who had missed it could catch up. (PBS could take a lesson!) With Season 4 most likely following the same schedule in 2024/2025, fans should expect Acorn TV to do the same for this year's seven-episode Season 4.

As part of the press release, Lindsay said: “I think if you had told me five years ago when I came up with the idea of Madame Blanc that in the not-too-distant future, our show would be not only a hit in the United Kingdom but America, Australia, and Canada (to name but a few), I would have been astounded. But, amazingly, it is! Our team could not be more thrilled to bring you a brand-new season of sunshine, laughs, and antiques. All the gang are back with some more fantastic surprise guests visiting St. Victoire, and we can’t wait for you all to enjoy it soon.”

Here's the Season 4 logline:

Season 4 returns to the wonderful world of Sainte Victoire, packed with unusual antiques and objéts d’art, murder, mystery, sunshine, and laughter. Jean White is navigating a fledgling romance with her sidekick, Dom Hayes. Eccentric married couple Jeremy and Judith Lloyd James also return fo more mystery fun along with Gloria Beaushaw, Chief of Police André Caron, Dom’s Uncle Patrick, and Gloria’s dad, Trevor. 

The core cast returns with creator Sally Lindsay (Cold Call) starring Jean White and Steve Edge (Murder They Hope) as Dom Hayes. Co-writer Sue Vincent (Shameless) returns as mechanic Gloria Beaushaw, Robin Askwith (Strike) and Sue Holderness (Only Fools and Horses) as Jeremy and Judith Lloyd James and Alex Gaumond (Derry Girls) is back as Chief of Police André Caron. Tony Robinson (Black Adder) and Paul Chuckle (Elliott) round out the ensemble. Guest stars for Season 4 will be revealed in due course.

As always, Lindsay and Vincent co-wrote all seven episodes, with director Dermot Boyd helming all installments, which Jake Rollins produced.  Lindsay and Caroline Roberts-Cherry serve as executive producers for Saffron Cherry, with Mike Benson and Andy Morgan for Clapperboard.

The Madame Blanc Mysteries will return in December 2024 with a holiday special, followed by the rest of Season 4 in early 2025.