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Thursday, March 5, 2026

#SmallScreenScenes Tensions Rise in the Official Trailer for New British Mystery Series The Feud on Shelbury Drive

Acorn TV, the leading streamer for compelling international crime dramas and murder mysteries, today released the trailer and key art for the all-new suspenseful mystery series The Feud on Shelbury Drive, created and written by Aschilin Ditta (Doc Martin). Season one consists of six episodes and premieres Monday, March 30 exclusively on Acorn TV in the US and Canada, with subsequent episodes releasing weekly on Mondays.

Emma (Jill Halfpenny) and John (Rupert Penry-Jones) live a seemingly idyllic life on Shelbury Drive. But when Emma decides to add on to the kitchen in her home, neighbors’ resistance leads to rising tensions, obsession, and fear as life-threatening secrets emerge. The series also features Ray Fearon, Amy Nuttall, Tessa Peake-Jones, Larry Lamb, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell and Alex McQueen.

The Feud on Shelbury Drive is written and created by Ditta and directed by Andy de Emmony.

The series is produced by Lonesome Pine Productions in association with North East Screen for Channel 5, with Banijay Rights handling international distribution. Executive producers include Ditta, de Emmony, Paul Testar for Channel 5 and Simon Cox for Banijay Rights.

About Acorn TV

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV is the leading streaming service for brilliant mysteries and suspense-driven dramas. Experience the world’s best stories, from the criminally cozy to the daringly dark and get wrapped up in brilliant mysteries as Acorn TV adds exclusive programming every week to a deep library – all commercial-free. Acorn TV’s recent slate is comprised of acclaimed commissioned and original series including popular UK detective drama Harry Wild (Jane Seymour), Signora Volpe (Emilia Fox), The Chelsea Detective (Adrian Scarborough), New Zealand detective series My Life Is Murder (Lucy Lawless), acclaimed Irish crime thriller Bloodlands (James Nesbitt, co-executive produced by Jed Mercurio), British crime drama Whitstable Pearl (Kerry Godliman), Kiwi romantic comedy Under the Vines (Rebecca Gibney, Charles Edwards) and British detective drama Dalgliesh (Bertie Carvel), to name a few. Current and upcoming Acorn TV Original Series include crime drama Art Detectives (Stephen Moyer), Irish Blood (Alicia Silverstone), Murder Before Evensong (Matthew Lewis), You’re Killing Me (Brooke Shields) and many more. The above add to a growing catalog of popular bingeable dramas including Jack Irish (Guy Pearce), Doc Martin (Martin Clunes), Deadwater Fell (David Tennant, Cush Jumbo) and all 24 seasons of fan-favorite Midsomer Murders, among others. 

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