‘Art Detectives’ Renewed for Season 2 — When Do New Episodes Return?

Meredith Jacobs July 28, 2026, 10:30 am

Nina Singh and Stephen Moyer in Art Detectives — Acorn TV

Art Detectives is coming back — and there’s a bonus for fans.

Acorn TV has renewed the Stephen Moyer-led crime drama for Season 2. The first season launched the streamer’s most-watched new series premiere ever at the time of its debut in June 2025. Production begins in Belfast and across Northern Ireland this July.

“Great art, rare antiques, expensive collections and a battered satchel – what’s not to love about Mick Palmer? I’m really looking forward to filming these eight new episodes and reuniting with the brilliant Nina Singh,” Moyer, who also serves as an executive producer, said in a statement. “This new season is packed with drama, excitement, tension and surprises. I can’t wait to be back in Belfast, working alongside our wonderful production team again.”

Added Paul Powell, co-creator, writer, and executive producer for Black Dog Television, “We are delighted that DI Mick Palmer and DC Shazia Malik are back in the picture for a second season of gripping murder mysteries. Heritage Crime returns, exposing the dark side of the art and antiques world, as our heroes track down stolen artefacts, flush out fakes and solve a series of ingenious murders. Proof that beautiful objects can make people do very ugly things.”

Read on for everything we know so far about Art Detectives Season 2, including when it will premiere and more.

When does Art Detectives Season 2 premiere?

Before the six-episode season premieres in 2027, there will be a two-part special released in December.

Who’s in the Art Detectives Season 2 cast?

Art Detectives stars Stephen Moyer, Nina Singh, and Larry Lamb.

The Acorn TV Original series is produced by Black Dog Television, Dynamic Television, and Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), with additional funding from Northern Ireland Screen. The series is created and written by Dan Gaster, Will Ing, and Paul Powell and directed by Jennie Paddon, Declan Recks, and Sam O’Mahony. Executive producers include Gaster, Ing and Powell for Black Dog Television, Daniel March and Klaus Zimmermann for Dynamic Television, Bea Tammer and Catherine Mackin for Acorn TV/Acorn Media Enterprises, and Stephen Moyer. Candida Julian-Jones is the series producer and Martin Mahon is the producer.

What is Art Detectives Season 2 about?

According to Acorn TV, “Set against a backdrop of Old Master paintings, Banksy street art, rare antiquities and priceless collectibles, Art Detectives centers around the Heritage Crime Unit, a police department consisting of art-loving DI Mick Palmer (Moyer) and straight-talking DC Shazia Malik (Nina Singh). Together, they navigate a rich and colorful world driven by greed, obsession, lust, and revenge to solve murders connected to the world of art and antiques. Larry Lamb returns as Ron Palmer, Mick’s charismatic, art-forging father. He’s now serving time in an open prison for handling the stolen Sickert painting that Mick recovered at the end of Season 1, cleverly hidden behind a portrait of Mick’s mother.”