If you're craving a summer getaway, Acorn TV has you covered with its brand new original series, Cannes Confidential. Shot on location in Cannes, a city on the French Riviera that's synonymous with glitz and glamour, as well as the world-famous film festival, this international crime drama is the virtual vacay you've been waiting for.
In fact, thanks to a special partnership with the City of Cannes, it's the first English-language procedural drama to be produced and set on the Cote d’Azur (or French Riviera) since the 1970s. It promises to offer a "rarely seen view of Cannes" — one that will take you "beyond the yachts and A-listers" to show a different part of the city filled with "fishing boats, local tradesmen, and working-class characters."
When Cannes Confidential was announced in 2022, the city's mayor David Lisnard said: "In its exceptional heritage and natural setting – a veritable open-air studio – the city is proud to host the filming of this international series which will be able to take advantage of the brightness and the magic of the living environment of Cannes." 
The six-part series premieres with the first two episodes on Monday, June 26 on Acorn TV, with two new episodes premiering weekly every Monday through July 10.
The cast of Cannes Confidential is led by Jamie Bamber, a British actor you may know from Battlestar Galactica, Law & Order: UK, and Innocent, and French actress Lucie Lucas. Bamber plays Harry King, an international conman with the gift of gab, while Lucas portrays focused local cop Camille Delmasse. This chalk-and-cheese duo team up to solve crimes together, though it sounds as though they don't always see eye to eye. 
You can check out the trailer for Cannes Confidential below.

The show's synopsis teases: "Cannes Confidential is a high-concept detective series centered on the bicker-banter relationship between no-nonsense detective Camille Delmasse (Lucas) and charming international conman Harry King (Bamber).
"Thrown together solving crimes on the French Riviera, Camille and Harry’s relationship lies at the heart of the show against a luxurious Cannes backdrop. Camille and Harry’s chemistry is complicated by Camille's colleague and wing-woman, Léa Robert (Marthe), and a deal they make to free Camille's ex-Chief of Police father from corruption charges."
Cannes Confidential is created by Chris Murray, who also worked on another Acorn TV series, Agatha Raisin. That show stars Ashley Jensen as the exuberant title character, a PR executive who retires early to a quaint village in the English countryside and embarks on a second career as an amateur detective. You can stream all four seasons on Acorn TV.
Murray has also written numerous episodes of Midsomer Murders, the long-running British detective drama that has built a loyal and sizeable following since it premiered in 1997. It follows DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) and then his successor DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) as they solve a surprising array of crimes in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
You can stream 23 seasons of Midsomer Murders on Acorn TV.

To whet your appetite for Cannes Confidential, check out plot descriptions for the first two episodes below.
Episode 1 – “Death of a Jester” – Premieres Monday, June 26 on Acorn TV
Cannes detective Camille Delmasse (Lucie Lucas) is trying to solve the murder of a young street artist known as the Jester. During the investigation with her trusted sidekick Lea Robert (Tamara Marthe), Camille keeps running into the charming, but equally shady art collector Harry King (Jamie Bamber). It appears the dead artist had many enemies. Meanwhile, Camille’s father, the respected former Chief of police Philippe Delmasse is about to be cleared from corruption charges. But there are secrets being unraveled: Harry isn’t really an art collector, and regarding Philippe, Camille’s world is about to be turned upside down. Does Harry know who is behind the framing of her father Philippe? Camille intends to find out.
Episode 2 – “Creatures of Habit” – Premieres Monday, June 26 on Acorn TV
The wife of Casino owner Maxine Beauregard is poisoned to death in front of his friends and assistant. Camille (Lucie Lucas) and Lea (Tamara Marthe) are called to the scene, and all suspicions point toward the blacklisted gambler Roxie Roland. The problem is, there is no proof. After their mutual deal, Camille teams up with Harry (Jamie Bamber), trying to solve the murder. As a conman, there is no one better suited than to take down another con woman. But as the evidence and the suspects pile up, it takes a high-stakes poker game to unravel the truth. With Camille’s father in prison, Harry keeps his end of the bargain and gives Camille the name of the man threatening her father. He is already in Cannes.