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"MYSTERY ROAD: ORIGIN" SEASON 2 PREMIERES MONDAY MARCH 23 ON ACORN TV

New York, NY - March 12, 2026 - Mystery Road: Origin, the prequel to the acclaimed Australian crime drama Mystery Road, returns for its second season Monday, March 23 on Acorn TV and AMC+. This six-episode Acorn TV Original Series will drop additional episodes weekly on Mondays.

Mark Cole Smith (Beast of War) returns as a young Detective Jay Swan, who is still reeling from the events of last season and hoping for a fresh start. He and his wife Mary (Tuuli Narkle, Territory) relocate to the remote town of Loch Iris, believing it will give them a chance to rebuild. Instead, the move quickly takes a darker turn when Jay becomes drawn into a decades-old mystery involving secrets, murders, and unexplained disappearances. As his investigation deepens, long-buried truths begin to surface and threaten the present and the future he and Mary are trying to protect.

Clarence Ryan (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) also returns this season alongside a strong ensemble cast, including Robyn Malcolm (The Survivors), Luke Carroll (Scrublands Silver), Aswan Reid (The New Boy), Shantae Barnes-Cowan (The Redemption), Geoff Morrell (Ice Road: Vengeance), Nicholas Bell (Bay of Fires), Alex Malone, Steve Le Marquand (Beast of War), Pippa Grandison (Population 1:1), Rarriwuy Hick (Kangaroo), Tammy Rock, Eloise Hart, Helen Morse and more.

An Acorn TV Original, Mystery Road: Origin Season 2 is produced by Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey for Bunya Productions for the ABC, with major production investment from Screen Australia's First Nations Department in association with Screen West and the Western Australian Screen Fund. Directed by Wayne Blair and Jub Clerc. Executive produced by Ivan Sen, Brett Sleigh, Rachel Okine. And financed in association with Screen NSW, with All3Media International handling international sales.

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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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