"Harry Wild" is a hoot! [View all]

It's on Acorn (British), and set in Ireland. It's about a crotchety retired literature professor named Harriet Wild (played by Jane Seymour) who, with the help of a teen who once mugged her, gets lured into solving murders. Her skeptical son, who happens to be a detective in the Garda, slowly begins to realize Mom is pretty brilliant.

It's such a great pairing, the 72-year-old (but still glamorous) Seymour with the black, wise-cracking teen who's also a real find as an actor. And the way Seymour's character goes about solving these horrific murders has a lot to do with literature and books.

The first episode was nominated for an Edgar Award for best teleplay, episodic television.