# Recipes for Love and Murder

Recipes for Love and Murder is a South African/Scottish dark comedy mystery television series based on the Tannie Maria Mystery novels by Sally Andrew. The first two episodes screened at the 72nd Berlinale Series Market. Season 1 began airing on 20 March 2022 on M-Net. Distributed by MultiChoice and Global Screen, and was released internationally on Acorn TV on 5 September. In November 2023, Acorn TV announced that Season 2 would begin filming in 2024.

## Cast
### Main

* Maria Doyle Kennedy as Maria "Tannie Maria" Purvis
* Tony Kgoroge as Khaya Meyer
* Kylie Fisher as Jessie September
* Jennifer Steyn as Hattie Wilson
* Arno Greeff as Regardt Snyman
* Elton Landrew as Piet Kasin
* Bennie Fourie [af] as Dirk Burger
* Daneel van der Walt as Anna Pretorius
* Khadija Heeger as Charlene September
* Alan Committie as Cornel van Wyk

### Supporting

* Richard Wright-Firth [es] as Gordon McClintock
* Tinarie van Wyk-Loots as Martine Burger
* Terence Bridgett [af] as Doep
* Lee Duru as Grace Zihlangu
* Sipho Mahlatshana as Lawrence
* Anele Matoti as Frank
* Kazi Khuboni as Georgie
* Grant Swanby as Marius Rabie
* Stian Bam as Gideon
* Pierre Malherbe as Nigel
* Schalk Bezuidenhout [af] as Jeff
* Kudzi Usaihwevu as Ashwin
* Cintaine Schutte [af] as Natasha
* Rolanda Marais [af] as Candice "Candy" Webster
* Lya du Toit as Sanmarie

### Recurring

* Robyn Scott as Aileen McClintock
* Loren Loubser as Lucille
* Candice van Litsenborgh as Dorette
* Ashley Dowds as Mickey Purvis
* Melissa de Vries as Nurse Christine
* Evan Hengst as Stefan

## Episodes
### Overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 20 March 2022 (2022-03-20) | 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22) |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 January 2025 (2025-01-23) | 13 March 2025 (2025-3-13) |

### Series 1 (2022)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Bereft Woman" | Christiaan Olwagen | Karen Jeynes | 20 March 2022 (2022-3-20) |
| To preserve her job for the local newspaper in the Karoo town of Eden, Tannie Maria Purvis volunteers to work for the paper's advice column. While offering her recipes to solve the local region's problems, one of her first letters comes from a local woman, Martine Burger, struggling in an abusive relationship. Despite the success of her new advice column, Martine is found murdered soon after, with the police, led by Detective Khaya Meyer, on the look for Martine's husband, Dirk, and her best friend, Anna Pretorius. |||||
| 2 | "Sex Cake" | Christiaan Olwagen | Karen Jeynes | 27 March 2022 (2022-3-27) |
| 3 | "Do You Lick Everything?" | Christiaan Olwagen | Karen Jeynes | 3 April 2022 (2022-4-3) |
| 4 | "Operation Vetkoek" | Karen Jeynes | Karen Jeynes | 10 April 2022 (2022-4-10) |
| 5 | "A Shoe Murder" | Karen Jeynes | Karen Jeynes | 17 April 2022 (2022-4-17) |
| 6 | "Breakfast For Dinner" | Karen Jeynes | Karen Jeynes | 24 April 2022 (2022-4-24) |
| 7 | "Enough Sweet Potatoes" | Karen Jeynes | Karen Jeynes | 1 May 2022 (2022-5-1) |
| 8 | "Pomegranate Juice and Vodka" | Christiaan Olwagen | Karen Jeynes | 8 May 2022 (2022-5-8) |
| 9 | "Scrambled Eggs" | Christiaan Olwagen | Karen Jeynes | 15 May 2022 (2022-5-15) |
| 10 | "I Only Wanted Advice, Tannie" | Christiaan Olwagen | Karen Jeynes | 22 May 2022 (2022-5-22) |

### Series 2 (2024)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Once upon a time" | Jozua Malherbe | Karen Jeynes | 23 January 2025 (2025-1-23) |
| 2 | "A little guilt goes a long way" | Karen Jeynes | Karen Jeynes, Anathi Rubela | 30 January 2025 (2025-1-30) |
| 3 | "The heart wants what the heart wants" | Jozua Malherbe | Karen Jeynes, Chase Rhys | 6 February 2025 (2025-2-6) |
| 4 | "His favourite snoek" | TBA | TBA | 13 February 2025 (2025-2-13) |
| 5 | "Crash bang wallop" | TBA | TBA | 20 February 2025 (2025-2-20) |
| 6 | "Home is where the bearnaise is" | TBA | TBA | 27 February 2025 (2025-2-27) |
| 7 | "Come home to roost" | TBA | TBA | 6 March 2025 (2025-3-6) |
| 8 | "Always look after your pots" | TBA | TBA | 13 March 2025 (2025-3-13) |

## Production

The series is produced by Thierry Cassuto's Both Worlds Pictures in association with the Scotland-based Pirate Productions with support from Creative Scotland and Paradoxal. The novel was adapted for television by Karen Jeynes and Annie Griffin, and the show was directed by Christiaan Olwagen and along with Jeynes. Jenny Williams of Pirate produced alongside Cassuto. Executive producers include Jeynes of Both Worlds, Catherine Mackin and Lesley Pemberton of Acorn, and Yolisa Phahle, Allan Sperling, and Jan du Plessis of M-Net.
Principal photography took place on location in Cape Town, Prince Albert in the Karoo region of the Western Cape, as well as in Edinburgh.