Separately Syfy is doing a US version of the show.
via press release:
BBC AMERICA ACQUIRES NEW SEASONS OF BEING HUMAN
- Hit sci-fi show back for two U.S. premiere seasons -
BBC AMERICA today announced the acquisition of two new U.S. premiere seasons of the BBC AMERICA co-production, Being Human. The show's highly anticipated second season will premiere in late summer with the third season following shortly.
Being Human (S1, 6 x 60 and S2, 6 x 60) is a Touchpaper Television and BBC AMERICA co-production for the BBC and is distributed by RDF Rights, part of the RDF Media Group.
Being Human premiered on the channel in July 2009 and quickly won over fans, with a sold out crowd at last year's San Diego Comic Con. The Los Angeles Times said it "has not only avoided any sci-fi Three's Company comparisons but wound up with a compelling, self-aware and funny story line. Buffy fans - come out of the Twilight and sink your teeth into this import" with The New York Times noting that "all three characters are highly appealing, but the charm of the show lies in the delicate balance of engrossing drama and disarming humor; the series is not campy or self-conscious, it's witty in an offhand, understated way."
Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow and Aidan Turner return as George, Annie and Mitchell, the three twenty-somethings trying to live as normally as possible despite being a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost. After the death of vampire leader Herrick at the end of season one, the supernatural friends are hoping they can now get on with their lives, but an even greater danger is lurking, within the very human world of which they want to be a part.
Werewolf George is coming to terms with the fact that he has Herrick's blood on his hands, and a girlfriend who knows his horrific secret. Meanwhile, turning down the door of death has implications for ghost Annie, but her confidence is at a peak and she's determined to stand up and be counted in the real world. And, with Herrick gone, Mitchell must appease the vampire world - can he find a way to lead by example?
The entire first season of Being Human is currently available on iTunes and Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
CAST AND PRODUCTION CREDITS
George Russell Tovey
Annie Lenora Crichlow
Mitchell Aidan Turner
Writer Toby Whithouse
Producer Matthew Bouch
Directors Toby Haynes
Alex Pillai
Colin Teague
Executive Producer Rob Pursey (Touchpaper)
BBC AMERICA brings audiences a new generation of award-winning television featuring news with a uniquely global perspective, provocative dramas, razor-sharp comedies, life-changing makeovers and a whole new world of nonfiction. BBC AMERICA pushes the boundaries to deliver high quality, highly addictive and eminently watchable programming to viewers who demand more. BBC AMERICA is distributed by Discovery Networks. It is available on digital cable and satellite TV in more than 66 million homes.
This is actually a very good series. I loved season 1, it was quirky, fun, original (at least for the vampire/wolfman genre). Yeah it’s an acquired taste – but BBC America has had some good sci-fi fantasy stuff.
I don’t know why they are making us wait so long for the second season when it started in the UK a couple weeks ago.
Being Human is alright the ghost adds some nice dimension to the whole wolfman vampire thing. My favorite though on BBCA was Life On Mars which was really good and Ashes to Ashes is probably ok I have yet to watch it however Paradox was a good premise that just failed to deliever. I actually like Primeval so go figure but BBCA usually has a great lineup Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross are great.
Great news. This is by far my favorite show on tv right now. The second season is halfway over and while it’s too gory as not quite as great as the first, still a fantastic show and I’m really enjoying it.
It’s a very good show, whose concept might’ve seemed unoriginal or lame, but they actually pulled it off nicely. And great casting too.
And since Dish Network finally got BBCA on HD, I can now watch the new season of Being Human in proper Hi-Def!!!
The press release says season 2 is 6 episodes long but in the UK we are getting 8 eps (currently half way through). Does that mean the US will only see six of them or is it just a misprint?
Thank god. I was so worried it wasn’t comming back. One if the best shows I’ve seen intge past year.
The second season comprises of 8 episodes and not 6.
I enjoy Being Human but I would like some BBC dramas to finally make it to BBCA: newer seasons of Silent Witness, Waking the Dead, Spooks, Hustle, etc. It seems that all BBCA is acquiring is Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
Jonny, you’re mistaken – BH season 2 has 6 episodes, not 8. Season 2 is more than halfway through.
Voltron, if you watch season 2 in HD, you might want to have a barf bag handy unless you’re not the squeamish type. Just saying…
I would like to see BBCA get some sitcoms again (besides the ones for teenagers).
They could also compete with USA, FX, TNT with some of their dramas.
Sometimes I wonder which audience they are trying to court.
Thanks for giving stuff away. As impressed as I am that you’ve seen what others haven’t, kindly keep spoilers to yourself.
Being Human is a great series although the Britishness got in the way of the story a few times for me. I generally love these BBCA scifi shows. Maybe BBCA is really the channel for scifi shows. They have more than anyone else right now and do not seem as ashamed of the genre as the former SciFi Channel that has run away from science fiction, prefering reality shows and now soap operas. I do hope the Being Human that Syfy does is not just another soap opera although the show actually is more about the feelings and struggles of these now paranorma room mates attempt to live and survive than anything else which IS almost a SOAP anyway.
I will set my DVR to records the seri8es when it is available.
I really like this show, it’s sweet and funny and creepy all at the same time. I love that you can see British actors in Dr. Who one week and Masterpiece Theater the next, makes them seem like ‘real’ actors, you know? LOL
BBCAmerica has had some great scifi/supernatural shows lately. I wish Syfy could could nab some of the British writers for their shows.
I think that the fact that Syfy is planning on doing a US version tells one what audience is bleeding over to BBCA. Part of it isn’t Syfy’s fault, as they lost Dr. Who to BBCA because they got first dibs on it, I understand. However, Syfy has willingly given up the “Scifi” mantle by showing other programming, and they say they are satisfied with the results, since they are making a profit, and I, frankly, just wish they would quit being disingenuous and admit that they are no longer interested in being in a particular type of programming-period. So, BBCA seems to be doing the capitalist thing and using their resources to meet a demand, and that is for scifi/fantasy programming. They may not produce many at a time, like we do here in the US, but they have the new Dr. Whos coming to the BBCA, and also new Primeval. Also, if Fox Television does produce an American version of Torchwood-albeit a cleaned up version for US primtime-with the added perk that the show will be produced and executed by the original crew and cast, Syfy will have more competition than they dreamed of. Even though both the tv “Terminator” and Dollhouse flopped, perhaps Fringe is doing well enough that Fox will hold onto it, especially if they plan on doing a Torchwood, and try to tap into some of that audience. Of course, even if the CW says its geared toward the female teenybopper set, it has done well with its own scifi/fantasy stable, with Smallville, Supernatural, and the hit Vampire Diaries. So, Syfy, I feel, thought that they could have it both ways, but that isn’t the way the wind seems to be blowing, and the new Caprica series may be a sterling example, in that they are trying to tap into multiple audiences, but not enough people from any group, must less the demo they want, has shown up, at least so far. I don’t really know, of course, because Caprica doesn’t seem to be doing worse than SGU or Sanctuary did, and Syfy, at least publicly, says they are satisfied with them. So, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Right now, I am rooting for BBCA to grow their scifi audience. Since I am an admitted “space cadet” from way back, its kind of a matter of principle.
I am looking forward to S2, enjoyed this series very much.
Looking forward to season 2. I will miss Demons, will watch Survivors. They should air Paradox,Missing, Spooks, Silent Witness, Criminal Justice, and The Fixer
Season 2 definitely has 8 episodes. Episode six airs this week, with episode 7 the next.
Save SciFi, Being Human most certainly is a “soap opera”. It just happens to have characters who are supernatural in nature – rather like the ultimate supernatural soap – Dark Shadows.
Dee, Demons airs on BBC America if you get that channel. I think Spooks does too.
Jonny, not sure where you’re getting your info from since everywhere I’ve read it says season 2 is 6 episodes. But I wouldn’t mind if I’m wrong and you’re right.
John T. Folden, I don’t consider Being Human soapy at all. Soap opera to me is something like Grey’s Anatomy where 90% of the storylines are about the characters’ love lives and BH isn’t like that. To me it’s much more like Buffy was where the supernatural conditions are a metaphor for real life. Toby Whithouse once said in an interview that the characters are metaphors for a alcoholic (Mitchell), a depression-sufferer (Annie), and a bipolar patient (George).