Being Human Officially Renewed

[Bob The Skutter]

BBC have announced Being Human has been picked up for a third series.

From BBC Press Office

Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow and Aidan Turner are announced to return for a third series of critically acclaimed hit BBC Three drama Being Human, as the supernatural friends trying to live normal lives despite their unusual afflictions.

The popular drama made by Touchpaper Television, part of the RDF Media Group, will see the housemates relocate from their current home in Bristol to Wales – a move triggered by events in the dramatic climax of the second series (to be shown in February), which launched with an audience of 1.4 million.

Danny Cohen, Controller, BBC Three says: “Being Human is a wonderfully imaginative series from a brilliant team, both in front of and behind the camera. I'm proud to have this very original drama on BBC Three.”

Ben Stephenson, Controller Drama Commissioning says: “BBC Three drama is all about allowing the singular imagination of a writer the room to flourish, and Toby's extraordinary creation of an emotionally rooted yet mythic world personifies this completely. I can't wait to see where Toby and Touchpaper Television’s imaginations will take the story over another eight episodes.”

I'm glad to hear it's getting another 8 episodes. Really enjoyed it so far.

 

[auntiehill]

^ I'm just hoping that the second series will air on BBCA some time this year.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

^I'm sure it will be, it was only a few months between series 1 airing here and on BBCA wasn't it?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Apparently the group is getting bigger in series 3, and there's going to be a new creature in too.

From Digital Spy

"There are some new werewolves," he said. "There are some new vampires. And there's a something else. For years I've heard people saying to me, 'You should put a witch/zombie/demon/banshee/warlock/goblin/fairy/pixie/angel in your show'.

"I think they've got Being Human mixed up with Dungeons and f**king Dragons. Anyway, I've always secretly planned to pop one of them into an episode and it finally happens in season three."

Whithouse hinted that the vampires have been doing something "secret and staggeringly cruel" to werewolves and teased: "Three have become four now, and in the next season they briefly become five."

He added: "As I might have said before, in season one the threat was supernatural. In season two, the threat was human. In season three, the threat comes from within."

 

[OmahaStar]

More Russell Tovey? Sweet!

 

[Bob The Skutter]

^He's also in a show called Young, Unemployed and Lazy starting soon on BBC Three.

 

[marillion]

^I'm sure it will be, it was only a few months between series 1 airing here and on BBCA wasn't it?

I believe it starts after the current season of Doctor Who ends on BBCA.. Sometime in July, I guess.