Silver Spring, MD – A gritty and compelling character study of a man with nothing left to lose, Murphy’s Law: Complete Collection arrives on DVD from Acorn Media on August 30, 2011, featuring all 23 episodes from five series of this BAFTA-nominated dramatic hit. Broadcast on BBC America, this contemporary series stars acclaimed, award-winning actor James Nesbitt (Waking Ned Devine, Bloody Sunday, Match Point, and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit in 2012) as an undercover cop driven to the brink of self-destruction. The Guardian calls Nesbitt “a law unto himself” in the role created especially for him by novelist Colin Bateman (Divorcing Jack), and for which he won best actor at the Irish Film and Television Awards (2003). The 9-volume DVD set makes the complete series available to fans for the first time (www.AcornOnline.com, $99.99).

Detective Tommy Murphy is a broken man. Haunted by the murder of his young daughter in Northern Ireland, he flees to London to work undercover for the Metropolitan Police. Murphy battles his demons with drink and dangerous assignments, using his Irish charm and wisecracking wit to blend effortlessly into London’s seedy underworld. Over the five series in the Complete Collection, Murphy goes deep undercover to pursue the drug dealers, blackmailers, and murderers who menace the streets of London.

Murphy’s Law debuted in the U.K. on BBC One in April 2003. The series ran for five seasons until October 2007 and aired on BBC America in the U.S.

Street: August 30, 2011
SRP: $99.99
DVD 9-Disc Set: 23 episodes - Approx. 23 ¼ hours - 16:9 widescreen – British mystery - SDH subtitles
BONUS: James Nesbitt biography and text interview
Contains adult language, nudity, and disturbing images

Murphy’s Law, Series 1, 2, and 3 are available as DVD 2- and 3-volume boxed sets ($39.99-$49.99). Murphy’s Law Series 4 + 5 is also being released on August 30th as a DVD 2-volume boxed set ($39.99).

Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media U.S. distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British television. 2011 releases include Upstairs, Downstairs: 40th Anniversary Edition; U.S. debuts of new series Vera, Garrow’s Law, Reggie Perrin, Identity, and Single-Handed; more episodes from New Tricks, Doc Martin, Agatha Christie’s Marple and Poirot, George Gently, Murdoch Mysteries, and Midsomer Murders. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.