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Daily Mirror
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
BBC axe critically acclaimed drama after just one series despite plans for future episodes
BBC have surprisingly axed a hit drama on the channel after just one series, despite the creator admitting he had already planned future episodes of the show The BBC have axed a hit show - which was loved by critics - after just one series. Despite the creator revealing he had plans for future episodes of the show, it has been revealed that the BBC will not be renewing the show for another series. This Town, penned by Peaky Blinders ' creator Steven Knight, was a hit with viewers and critics but the BBC has confirmed it will not be commissioning a second series. The show was set in Birmingham and Coventry and followed the story of four young people who found themselves heavily involved in the 80s music scene. There had been hopes that This Town would be as successful as Peaky Blinders but it has now been confirmed there won't be a second series. It comes after ITV fans accused Alan Titchmarsh of 'ruining' a garden as foster parents were left sobbing. Last March, Steven said he had plans for new episodes. He shared: "I certainly have enough ideas for more episodes going forward. I hope we are with these characters for a long time to come." This Town won the Royal Television Society Award for Limited Series or Single Drama last year and amassed 3.2million viewers in its premiere. A BBC spokesperson said: "We're hugely grateful to Steven Knight and the cast and crew for bringing This Town to life — in no small part due to Steven's passion for the West Midlands. "We look forward to working with him on new projects in the future, and we're in talks about what's next." However, Steven has landed another huge job - he will pen the next James Bond film. It is believed that the new Bond film won't air until at least 2027 or even 2028 but Steven will be kept busy by a special film he is working on around the Oasis reunion tour and he co-created Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? There is also a Netflix feature film adaptation of Peaky Blinders and Netflix historical drama series House of Guinness he is working on, as well as the new Bond movie - which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, which was announced last month. Speaking about his personal connection to This Town, Steven revealed of his inspiration behind the series: "I wanted to do something partly from my own experience, as I grew up in an environment not entirely dissimilar. "The music was around at the time and for us it was 'other', it was different and everyone liked it. I'm not trying to set out to make a political or social point at all, but at this time a particular thing happened where a particular type of music attracted equally black and white people. They danced to and made that music together, not in order to prove a point and not as a consequence of any sort of pressure but because that's just what happened. I thought that was quite an important thing to illustrate."
Scottish Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
BBC axe drama after just one series in huge surprise to show's Oscar nominated creator who believed it could ‘run & run'
The series has won a number of awards but lost more than a million viewers over its six-week run OFF AIR BBC axe drama after just one series in huge surprise to show's Oscar nominated creator who believed it could 'run & run' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) STEVEN KNIGHT is a man in demand, with a James Bond movie script to deliver and Oasis' tour documentary to oversee. So hopefully his busy diary will soften the blow of the news I can reveal that the BBC has axed his critically-acclaimed drama This Town after just one series. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 The BBC has axed Steven Knight's critically-acclaimed drama This Town after just one series Credit: PA 3 Knight is a man in demand, with a James Bond movie script to deliver and Oasis' tour doc to oversee Credit: Getty The saga was the writer's love letter to the music scene that flourished in his native West Midlands in the 1980s and featured songs from Birmingham and Coventry bands, such as UB40 and The Specials. Steven saw it as his next massive hit after Peaky Blinders and felt it could run and run, in the same way the Brummie gangster epic did. He made no secret of wanting to film more episodes of This Town, commenting at the time the first series aired: 'I certainly have enough ideas for more episodes going forward. 'I hope we are with these characters for a long time to come.' But cancelling the drama, a BBC spokesman said: 'We're hugely grateful to Steven Knight and the cast and crew for bringing This Town to life — in no small part due to Steven's passion for the West Midlands. 'We look forward to working with him on new projects in the future and we're in talks about what's next.' This Town won the Royal Television Society Award for Limited Series and Single Drama earlier this year. But it lost more than a million viewers over its six-week run, having pulled in more than 3.2million for the first episode at the end of March last year. A BBC insider confirmed that Steven's busy schedule, which also includes writing ten-episode World War Two epic Roads To Freedom, was not a reason for the decision. Neither can the blame be placed on the cast, which included Michelle Dockery, not being available. Iconic TV channel axe all UK music production after almost three decades as it becomes latest casualty of streaming The decision to kill it off represents a rare failure for the man with the golden laptop, who created wartime thriller SAS: Rogue Heroes and six series of Peaky Blinders, as well as being co-creator of quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. Perhaps he could Phone A Friend and revive This Town in the future. TEENS ON TOAST, PLEASE IN my day, teenage dinners meant takeaway pizza, beans on toast or a trip to the local kebab shop. But it seems that youngsters now are far more accomplished in the kitchen than I was. 3 Casting has opened up for any eager youngsters to feature on Come Dine With Me So much so that E4 has launched its first ever teen special of Come Dine With Me. Continuing celebrations in the show's 20th anniversary year, Come Dine With Me Teens will see five teenagers try their hand at cooking up their own menu and hosting their own dinner parties over five nights. The 16 to 19-year-old competitors will score each other's efforts with a mark out of ten, like in the main show. And the overall winner will scoop a £1,000 prize. Casting has opened up for any eager youngsters in Greater Manchester. For more information, go to NEW mockumentary The Paper will pick up where the US version of The Office left off. Coming to Sky Max on September 5, it follows the documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch as they tackle a new subject – a historic Midwestern newspaper.
