December 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Acorn TV highlights include The Light in the Hall, The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Inside and Steeltown Murders.
December 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – AMC+ highlights include Rectify, Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale and G.R.I.T.S.
December 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Shudder highlights include Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Influencers and The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors.
December 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – HIDIVE highlights include Dusk Beyond the End of the World, Food Wars and Girls Under Panzer.
ACORN TV
The Light in the Hall – Acorn TV Exclusive Series
Season 2 Two-Episode Premiere Monday 1 December Exclusively on Acorn TV and AMC+; New Episode Premieres Weekly
A controversial plan to expand a nearby reservoir reignites old tensions – a story that piques the interest of young journalist Caryl (Siân Reese-Williams, Wolf). As familial secrets and mysteries resurface, doubts are raised about the imprisonment of Rhys Owen (Mark Lewis-Jones, Gangs of London) for the murder of his cousin during the 1995 protests against the reservoir’s expansion.
The Madame Blanc Mysteries – Acorn TV Original Special
Two-Part Christmas Special Premieres Mondays 15 and 22 December on Acorn TV and AMC+
In the all-new Christmas Special, Jean (Sally Lindsay), Dom (Steve Edge), Judith (Sue Holderness) and Jeremy (Robin Askwith) attend an exclusive Christmas Eve event at the Musée de Sainte Victoire. Jean is invited to authenticate a newly acquired treasure – a rare Ormolu box once owned by Marie Antoinette. But the festive mood turns dark when Jean discovers a ticking bomb hidden inside.
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.
This is Jean’s most perilous challenge yet – can she save the day? 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) join the ensemble cast for the festive special.
Inside – Acorn TV Exclusive Series
Two-Episode Season 2 Premiere Monday 1 December Exclusively on Acorn TV and AMC+
The new season of Welsh prison drama continues to explore the lives of those on both sides of the prison walls and how the new dynamics affect their relationships and survival. Inmate Barry is trying to maintain control as new staff and inmates disrupt his unit, while a new, dangerous inmate named Kit Brennan arrives and forms a tentative alliance with Barry.
Steeltown Murders
New Miniseries Premieres Monday 22 December on Acorn TV and AMC+
It’s 2002 in Port Talbot, Wales, and on hearing that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are looking to reopen two sexually motivated murder cases from 1973, DCI Paul Bethell (Philip Glenister, Calendar Girls) jumps at the opportunity to lead the investigation.
Following two vividly different timelines, we also revisit the tragic events of ’73 to see both a small Welsh community devastated by grief, and Paul as a junior officer who is adamant not to make the same mistakes that he and the force had made once before.
AMC+
Rectify
Seasons 1-4 Binge Premiere Monday 1 December on AMC+
When Daniel Holden (Aden Young) is released after nearly 20 years of complete isolation on Death Row, he returns as an outsider to his family, to his community, and to the times. Somehow, he survived the mental and emotional strain of his imprisonment, but now the walls have suddenly come crumbling down and Daniel is set free in a world he no longer understands.
Daniel’s unexpected presence not only throws his family into disarray, it ripples out to all the people connected to his case – the prosecutor who rode the notoriety to become a State Senator, the Sheriff who pushed the boundaries of the investigation, and the entire town of Paulie, GA, that blamed him for killing one of their own.
Like a deadly spark, Daniel’s release reignites the mystery, the power plays, and the questionable justice that condemned him.
Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale – AMC+ Original Series
Season 1 Binge Premiere Friday 26 December on AMC+
Set in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real, the story takes place in the idyllic English town of Sanctuary, where for hundreds of years witches have lived peacefully, as valued members of society. Until now. At the heart of the tale is Sarah Fenn (Elaine Cassidy), Sanctuary’s resident witch, on whom the town relies to solve their problems when conventional remedies have failed.
When local teen rugby star, Dan Whithall, dies tragically in an apparent accident, his death exposes a terrifying undercurrent of suspicion and fear towards Sarah and her teenage daughter, Harper (Hazel Doupe). Mother of the dead boy, Abigail (Amy de Bhrun), once Sarah’s closest friend, is wracked with grief, and to avenge her son’s death, launches a modern-day witch-hunt to get “justice”, no matter what the cost.
G.R.I.T.S. – AMC+ Exclusive Series
New Episodes Premiere Thursdays Until Season Finale on 18 December Exclusively on AMC+
G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South) follows Keisha (Jasmine Sargent), Ty (Ashanti Harris) and Francis (Aja “Slimeroni” Canyon), three young women coming of age in Memphis. Determined to define the next chapter in their lives, they find solace in their favorite pastime: roller skating.
As they navigate grief, love, hustle and the underbelly of the city threatening to pull them down, a skating competition with life-changing prize money offers a glimmer of hope.
In a world where the rink is their escape and survival is a full-time job, they rely on sisterhood and skating to outrun their past and build something real. When all else fails, lace up and skate until you can’t skate anymore.
SHUDDER
Reflection in a Dead Diamond – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 5 December
When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
Influencers – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 12 December
In the sun-drenched countryside of southern France, CW (Cassandra Naud) lives a quiet idyllic life with her girlfriend Diane (Lisa Delamar), hiding a dark obsession with murder and stolen identities. During an anniversary getaway, they cross paths with Charlotte (Georgina Campbell), a bold, alluring influencer whose curiosity quickly turns intrusive.
When CW acts on a violent impulse, the consequences spiral out of control, and as Diane begins to suspect the truth, CW’s carefully constructed life threatens to collapse around her.
The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors – Shudder Original Special
New Special Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Tuesday 16 December
From The Boulet Brothers (The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula) and David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Late Night with the Devil) comes The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors, a chilling holiday-themed horror special produced by Boulet Brothers’ Productions and Good Fiend Productions.
The film features four original shorts, each written and directed by a different genre powerhouse: The Boulet Brothers, Dastmalchian, Akeela Cooper (Malignant, M3GAN), and Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House). Starring Bonnie Aarons (The Nun), Steve Agee (Peacemaker), and Tracie Thoms (Death Proof), the anthology blends atmospheric horror, practical gore, and haunting holiday imagery into a new seasonal classic.
HIDIVE
Dusk Beyond the End of the World
Dub Premiere Wednesday 17 December Exclusively on HIDIVE
The futuristic world of the new original anime and not-to-be-missed sci-fi drama simulcast Dusk Beyond the End of the World will debut in English dub on staring December 17, with new dub episodes streaming every Wednesday thereafter.
The world is on the verge of changing from an old-fashioned society to a new world, due to issues such as gender, race and compliance along with technological innovations such as an evolving AI.
Even in this world where black and white is now gray, we believe that “love” will always exist but in myriad forms and not just between people. This includes love between human and robot and its unique expression. The beauty of these emotions will be shown sometimes beautifully, sometimes brutally, and sometimes comically.
How long can this love last? When a robot outlives its human partner, can their love hope to endure? Dusk Beyond the End of the World is directed and written by Naokatsu Tsuda along with character design by Yoshiko Saito and produced by P.A.Works.
Food Wars!
Seasons 2 and 3 Premiere Tuesday 9 December on HIDIVE
Yukihira Soma is a middle school student determined to surpass his father’s culinary skills. One day, his father decides to close down their family restaurant to hone his skills in Europe. Before leaving, he enrolls Soma in an elite culinary school that is extremely difficult to enter with a graduation rate of only 10 percent. Will Soma be able to improve his skills, or will the kitchen prove to be too hot?
Girls Under Panzer
Full Franchise Binge Premieres Tuesday 16 December on HIDIVE
The world has evolved into something different from Japan as we know it. Traditional Japanese girls are expected to have “tank skills” as well as flower arrangement and tea ceremony skills, and every school has a “tank club.” Miho, a first-year at a girls’ school, joins the feeble tank club by coincidence.
The club, however, is faced with closure unless they win the next national tournament. Can the club mates, in their dilapidated tanks, win the tournament?
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December 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE
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Acorn TV is the definitive global streaming service for sophisticated and well-crafted mysteries and dramas from Britain and beyond including a raft of Acorn TV Originals including Harry Wild, Signora Volpe, Recipes for Love and Murder, The Chelsea Detective, The Madame Blanc Mysteries and many others. Acorn TV offers a free trial and thereafter is just $6.99 per month or $69 for an annual subscription. Sign up at https://au.acorn.tv
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