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BBC America has come on board to co-produce the new six-part drama series The Hour, announced in November by BBC Two. The series, which will premiere in the summer on BBC America, was created and written by BAFTA-winning Abi Morgan (White Girl). It is a spy thriller set behind the scenes of the BBC’s newsroom in London in the mid 1950s and stars Dominic West (The Wire), Romola Garai (Emma) and Ben Whishaw (Bright Star) locked in a highly competitive, sharp-witted and passionate love triangle. Produced by Kudos and BBC America for the BBC, it is distributed by Shine International, which will take the series to MIPTV next month.
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I hope BBC-America starts producing much more series TV. This project is beautifully cast and looks interesting.
Love this news, thanks.
BBC America is such a mystery…with a large number of high quality, proven popular (at least in Britain) shows to pick from, the backbone of BBC America’s primetime is … Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Really?
Really!?
I assume there is some logical rationale (“we tried *all* the decent imports and they *all* failed” or “Our contracts with PBS keep those shows off limits”) but it is very hard to believe that any of a dozen imports can’t outperform SF reruns from *20 years ago*!
Is there a motivation for BBC America to “take a dive” and intentionally tank its own ratings?
It is otherwise difficult to figure out its programming decisions…
It definitely seems like BBCA is trying to do the bare minimum to program UK shows and, in general, keep the channel afloat. BBC Worldwide has a vast catalog of comedies, dramas and documentaries sitting unlicensed in the US, yet BBCA acquire Star Trek, X-Files, the Tudors and movies that have nothing to do with the UK.
I get the sense that BBCA is a slowly sinking ship. The best piece of evidence I can put forth to support this notion is the press release last month that BBC World News America is moving to the BBC World News channel as of late March. The BBCA president gave the laughable reason of “we want to clearly define BBCA as an entertainment channel” to explain the move. And guess what is replacing the news? Repeats of Top Gear!
So, rather than move Star Trek to 7pm and put new UK programming at 8pm, the news is being replaced by yet another daily repeat of Top Gear. BBCA just don’t get that people are going online to “find” their favorite UK shows because BBCA either won’t air them or waits 6 months to air them. And airing 13 episodes of Doctor Who on the same day as the UK isn’t enough to balance out the multitude of horrendous programming decisions.
This is a BBC America co-production but what is BBC Worldwide Productions doing in drama/comedy other than Torchwood? They seem to be very unproductive. They surely cannot justify their very costly existance based purely on DWTS?
I LOVE BBC AMERICA, BUT PLEASE NO MORE STARTRAK. I WANT TO WATCH BRITISH T.V.SHOWS. I LOVE LAW AND ORDER UK