Holmes, Doctor Who), to build the family seafood restaurant into a thriving business.Įighteen years have passed since then, and the restaurant has become an iconic feature of their coastal hometown, Whitstable. Instead, Pearl resolved to pour all her energy into raising her son, Charlie (Rohan Nedd, Safe), alongside working with her mum, Dolly (Frances Barber, Mr. Pearl Nolan (Kerry Godliman, After Life) has always dreamed of becoming a detective, however an unplanned pregnancy in her early twenties left her police career in tatters before it ever truly began. Set beneath huge skies and amid the lengthening shadows of a picture postcard town just miles from London, the friction between the locals and the moneyed arrivals from the city is palpable as centuries of village tradition grates against the inevitable pressure of money and gentrification. The British seaside holiday will never be the same again. When a second body shows up, Pearl finds herself pulled into the seedy underbelly of this picturesque town. Pearl and Mike clash at first, but then Mike becomes the only other person to share Pearl's belief that Vinnie was murdered. Standing in the way of her detective work is DCI Mike McGuire (Howard Charles, The Musketeers), the new Kent police chief who has transferred from London in an attempt to escape from his past. When local celebrity Pearl Nolan, chief proprietor of the eponymous Whitstable Pearl restaurant and a newly formed detective agency, discovers the body of Vinnie, a close family friend, she takes it upon herself to investigate what she believes to be murder. Whitstable Pearl explores the dark undercurrents of murder and debauchery swirling beneath the surface of the picturesque English seaside town of Whitstable, famous for its native oysters and buffeted by the prevailing winds and spray of the North Sea. Based on the much-loved novels The Whitstable Pearl Mystery and Disappearance at Oare by Julie Wassmer (EastEnders), Whitstable Pearl is brought to the screen for the first time by iconic Norwegian filmmaker Øystein Karlsen (Exit, Dag, Lilyhammer). The series will debut day-in-date across Acorn TV internationally in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Starring Kerry Godliman (Ricky Gervais' After Life) as the titular Pearl Nolan, the new six-part British detective drama Whitstable Pearl will make its exclusive worldwide debut on Monday, on Acorn TV, AMC Networks' acclaimed streaming service specializing in British and International television. The six-part British detective drama explores the dark undercurrents of murder and debauchery swirling beneath the surface of the picturesque English seaside town of Whitstable, famous for its native oysters and buffeted by the prevailing winds and spray of the North Sea.ĪCORN TV ORIGINAL SEASIDE MURDER MYSTERY "WHITSTABLE PEARL" DOCKS MONDAY, MAY 24 Acorn TV Original Seaside Murder Mystery "Whitstable Pearl" Docks Monday, May 24
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