As American A-listers recover from the Emmy party circuit, the British are quietly invading -- and they’re armed with their best TV shows.

Starting this summer, more than a dozen collections of classic British shows are arriving on DVD -- some for the first time on U.S. soil -- courtesy the Anglophiles at Acorn Media. The latest arrival, on August 31, is Agatha Christie’s Marple, Series 5. The DVD also includes Agatha Christie’s Garden, a new documentary about the personal side of England’s favorite tweed-loving detective. Acorn looked to Christie to kick off its summer bonanza July 27 with Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Movie Collection, Set 5, which features three new films; and The Agatha Christie Hour, Set 1, which weaves revenge, intrigue and Marple’s nose for crime in adaptations of five classic stories.

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Mysteries make way for power and passion in Monarchy: The Complete Series, in which expert Dr. David Starkey reveals the epic (and often bloody) history of the British royals. Bonus: The DVD collection is the longer, uncut U.K. version that was whittled down for Americans when it aired on PBS. Scandal and romance seep into modern-day stories in Lytton’s Diary Complete Collection, which features fictional journalist Neville Lytton’s knack for finding big stories, and big trouble. Both collections arrived August 3.