BBC Two Cancels ‘The Hour’

By Patrick Munn - February 12th, 2013 @ 05:06 pm UTC
3 Comments
Category: News / UK News / US News

The HourBBC Two has cancelled its 1950′s newsroom drama series The Hour, TVWise has confirmed.

Created by Abi Morgan, The Hour centers on a BBC current affairs news show in the late 1950′s. The drama series, produced by Kudos Film & TV, stars Ben Whishaw, Dominic West, Romola Garai, Anton Lesser, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Joshua McGuire, Lisa Greenwood, Anna Chancellor, Kelly-Jayne Adams. Burn Gorman, Juliet Stevenson. Tim Pigott-Smith, Andrew Scott and Oona Castilla Chaplin. The decision not to renew the series for a third season comes after the show suffered an audience drop of almost 50% between season 1 and season 2. “We loved the show but have to make hard choices to bring new shows through”, a representative of BBC Two said in a statement.

TVWise’s UK TV Scorecard has been updated with this new information.


Comments (3)

February 12, 2013
Jason

Boo!


February 12, 2013
kamilla

Oh no!!! The show is great!


February 12, 2013
Spicopate

Booo too !
Liked the show ; except for Mad Men, it was the only british one in this category.
It will be missed.
RIP The Hour