{"id":97718,"date":"2025-04-07T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=97718"},"modified":"2025-04-07T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:28:26","slug":"quirky-new-zealand-crime-drama-the-brokenwood-mysteries-returns-to-acorn-tv-on-monday-april-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/07\/quirky-new-zealand-crime-drama-the-brokenwood-mysteries-returns-to-acorn-tv-on-monday-april-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Quirky New Zealand Crime Drama, &#8220;The Brokenwood Mysteries,&#8221; Returns to Acorn TV on Monday, April 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quirky, fan-favorite crime drama, <em><strong>The Brokenwood Mysteries<\/strong><\/em>, returns with an all-new season exclusively on Acorn TV in the US and Canada on Monday, April 21. Additional episodes of the series&#8217; six-episode eleventh season drop weekly on Mondays on the platform. Starring Neill Rea (<em>Go Girls, Auckward Love<\/em>) as Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd and Fern Sutherland (<em>The Almighty Johnsons<\/em>) as by-the-book Detective Kristin Sims, the captivating series sees the formidable duo and their team investigate crimes in the sleepy and secret-filled town of Brokenwood, New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VOU95OD3stk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From seemingly supernatural incidents in the idyllic community of Brokenwood to mysterious murders with hidden motives, Season 11 of the series sees Shepherd and his team plunge into a web of deception, greed, and dark secrets, using less than conventional methods to tackle their most perplexing cases yet.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2483064444\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The all-new season of <em>The Brokenwood Mysteries<\/em> also sees the return of Cristina Serban Ionda (<em>Filthy Rich<\/em>) as eccentric pathologist Dr. Gina Kadinsky and Jarod Rawiri (<em>Shortland Street<\/em>) as no-nonsense Detective Constable Daniel Chalmers.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Brokenwood Mysteries<\/em>, an Acorn TV Exclusive Series, is produced by South Pacific Pictures. Tim Balme serves as head writer and producer and wrote the season premiere and finale episodes. Laura Hill and Roy Ward wrote Episodes 2 and 5, Tania Klouwens wrote Episode 3, and Mike Smith wrote Episode 4. Smith also directed Episodes 1 and 4, while Ian Hughes directed Episode 2, Jacqueline Nairn directed Episode 3, Awanui Simich-Pene directed Episode 5, and Katie Wolfe directed Episode 6. The series is executive produced by Sally Campbell, Kelly Martin, and Andrew Szusterman.<\/p>\n<p>\r\n      <table id=\"tmdb-pro\">\r\n        <tbody>\r\n          <tr>\r\n            <td class=\"tmdb-pro-poster\" width=\"20%\" rowspan=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w300_and_h450_bestv2\/\/eWrrFMrBjZXtpXJzAtDz7MfoEQB.jpg\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>The Brokenwood Mysteries<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> TVNZ 1<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Mystery<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 12<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 60<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <\/tbody>\r\n      <\/table>  \r\n    <br \/>\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-26535\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25983\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg\" alt=\"Powered by TMDB.org\" width=\"250\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg 353w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-350x74.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: .4em;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; font: normal 8pt Arial;\">TV &amp; Movie information has been provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\">themoviedb.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quirky, fan-favorite crime drama, The Brokenwood Mysteries, returns with an all-new season exclusively on Acorn TV in the US and Canada on Monday, April 21. 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