Acorn TV announced today a new two-part Christmas special for the France-set British whodunit series, The Madame Blanc Mysteries.
With a probable nip in the air and possible snow on the ground, the 2025 holiday season brings a new special our way, courtesy of Acorn TV.
In The Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas special, Jean is invited to authenticate a newly-acquired treasure — a rare Ormolu box once owned by Marie Antoinette — at the Musée de Sainte Victoire, where she Dom, Judith, and Jeremy attend an exclusive Christmas Eve event. But the festive mood turns dark when Jean discovers a ticking bomb hidden inside the box. With just 90 minutes until detonation, the museum is sealed shut, the security guard is dead, and the race is on. Jean and the gang must crack the code and defuse the bomb before time runs out and everything goes kaboom.
The Madame Blanc Mysteries two-part 2025 Christmas special premieres in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on Monday, December 15, and concludes on Monday, December 22, exclusively on Acorn TV.
Said Sally Lindsay, creator, co-writer, executive producer, and star of The Madame Blanc Mysteries:
“This is our homage to the classic Christmas film. It stands alone as a plot but has all your favourite characters in a very extraordinary situation. It is a very ambitious concept, but we are beyond thrilled with how it has come out. In fact, I actually cannot wait for all our wonderful fans to watch it. A very Merry Christmas from all of us in Ste. Victoire.”
The special’s ensemble cast includes Sally Lindsay (Scott & Bailey, Still Open All Hours, Cold Call) as antiques dealer and amateur sleuth Jean White, Steve Edge (Starlings, Murder They Hope) as taxi driver Dom Hayes, Sue Holderness (Only Fools and Horses, Still Open All Hours) and Robin Askwith (Strike, Benidorm) as eccentric married couple Judith and Jeremy Lloyd-James, Alex Gaumond (Derry Girls, My Dinner With Hervé) as Chief of Police André Caron, Sue Vincent (Mount Pleasant, Shameless) as mechanic Gloria Beaushaw, and Tony Robinson (Blackadder, Time Team) as Dom’s Uncle Patrick.
Joining them for the holiday special are John Thomson (Cold Feet, Coronation Street), Kacey Ainsworth (Grantchester, EastEnders), Raji James (Hollyoaks, The Man Who Fell To Earth), and Manjinder Virk (Trigger Point, Midsomer Murders).
The Madame Blanc Mysteries, an Acorn TV Original Series, is created by Sally Lindsay with Sue Vincent serving as series co-writer. Clapperboard (The Game, The Good Ship Murder) and Saffron Cherry Productions (The World According to Grandpa) co-produce with Acorn Media Enterprises (Acorn TV) on board as international distributor, holding exclusive rights worldwide except for the UK and Northern Ireland. The Christmas special is directed by Dermot Boyd (The Worst Witch). Myf Hopkins (Little Disasters, The Castaways) is the producer, with Mike Benson, Andy Morgan. and Dermot Boyd serving as executive producers for Clapperboard alongside Sally Lindsay and Caroline Roberts-Cherry for Saffron Cherry. Sue Vincent co-wrote the holiday episodes alongside Sally Lindsay.
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