Silver Spring, MD — Mixing crime with fish-out-of-water comedy, Hope Springs debuts on DVD from Acorn Media on June 1, 2010. Ex-cons Alex Kingston (ER, Moll Flanders) and Annette Crosbie (Little Dorrit) had planned to escape to a tropical island with their loot, but they instead find themselves stranded in a picturesque Scottish village that harbors its own dark secrets. Set against the backdrop of gorgeous Scottish scenery, Hope Springs is escapist, entertaining fun (DVD 3-vol., 8 episodes, $49.99, www.AcornOnline.com). Hope Springs aired on BBC1 in the UK in 2009, but it’s available to U.S. audiences for the first time with its DVD release.

Ellie, Hannah, Shoo, and Josie have done their time. Now they just want to disappear to Barbados with £3 million stolen from Ellie’s gangster husband, Roy. When a twist of fate leaves them without passports, they flee to a remote village in the Scottish Highlands and a shabby hotel that seems like the perfect hideaway. All they have to do is lie low and plan their escape. But the town of Hope Springs harbors bigger secrets and worse crimes, including unsolved murders. Soon their lives are complicated by small-town nosiness, a shady solicitor, a handsome policeman, and a hit man sent by Roy in search of his money—and the girls.

Alex Kingston leads a colorful cast that includes Annette Crosbie, Sian Reeves (Emmerdale Farm), Paul Higgins (In the Loop), Christine Bottomley (The Street), Vinette Robinson (Waterloo Road), Ronni Ancona (Gideon’s Daughter), and Alec Newman (Frank Herbert’s Dune).

Street: June 1, 2010
SRP: $49.99
DVD 3-Vol. Boxed Set: 8 episodes - Approx. 451 min. - British Drama - SDH subtitles DVD FEATURES INCLUDE biography of Alex Kingston and a photo gallery. Contains nudity and graphic scenes

Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British television. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.