Waking The Dead Axed by the BBC
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Waking the Dead
atuffen — 15 years ago(November 01, 2010 07:35 AM)
BBC controller of drama commissioning Ben Stephenson told
The Sun
newspaper "It is always hard bringing successful series to an end, but like
Ashes to Ashes
and
Mistresses
we wanted to end on a high. Several months ago we asked the production team to script the last series with this in mind."
Back in January of this year, the controller of drama commissioning at the BBC, Ben Stephenson, warned that some of the corporations longer running dramas could be culled to make way for newer, innovative dramas. Stephenson has said though that the final series of
Waking The Dead
will be shocking and compelling.
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willson_x — 14 years ago(April 08, 2011 08:54 PM)
hahahahahahah, they've always been wankers.
I think they should rename the rest of the channels to the same name: BBC groundhog, cause you keep gettin the same lame programs and sub-par dramas and mindless game shows over and over again. Waking the dead was ace, they are stupid if they axe it.
Also why is this the only good british crime drama on tv?? the rest of them are imported: The Killing, that french one and Wallander are about the best and all we have to offer is Waking the dead? come on boys and girls, we can do better!! dont even mention Spooks, that show was weak -
tomk1of1 — 12 years ago(July 07, 2013 01:58 PM)
i think luther is a good series..although i didn't see the last yr..i love the waking dead,watching on netflex for the 2nd time after a 3 yr wait. but they are only offering 5 yrs..? somethimes the drama is a bit contrived,but that is very commom..i wish netflex would obtain the rest of the series. the american broadcasters seem to cancell all the wrong programs too..there are prob so many things we will never be privy to of course..so this isn't something isolated to the bbc..i am partial tho the british crime dramas,well most of the british farein general.
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james_89 — 15 years ago(December 05, 2010 01:33 PM)
Ridiculous.
Waking the Dead only gets better and better, there is absolutely no need to end it when it continues to be so amazing.
Do they not give a toss about the millions of loyal viewers?
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hellsbells265 — 15 years ago(January 08, 2011 03:12 AM)
Oh no! I hadn't heard this, now I'm bummed out. I hate that they cancel good shows but keep making rubbish reality ones. They had better make the last series awesome!
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msvat02 — 15 years ago(March 15, 2011 05:01 AM)
How can they do that?!?! It's by far one of the best TV series I've seen. No magic, simple deduction and logic. I live in Brazil, very far away from BBC if one considers a marked flooded by American shows. I just discovered the series on DVD and I'm in love with it. It's brilliant! Back to trash, again
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diayag — 15 years ago(March 23, 2011 10:08 PM)
I beg to differ with all of you. I am slogging through this series mostly out of nostalgia for what it once was, but it had gotten pretty bad last series and I'm surprised they put out another one. Someone has a pronounced heterophobia at BBC, not to mention reveling in darkness and misery; so much of what they are pumping out is pure **** (fill in your favorite expletive). I went off Being Human after season 1, sick of seeing Russell Tovey's arse in nearly every episode. Obviously aimed at a specific audience. Waking the Dead was that way last season, with sympathetic poor homosexual son and compassionate dad who was all accepting and everything, and yet and this season you have a murderous mother in the first two parter, a murderous and incestual "family" in the second. Clearly the only good life and good people are NOT heterosexual, NOT married and NOT procreating. And children's caregivers must have a nasty agenda or covering guilt. How relevant and uplifting. Programming to a small audience may be part of the BBC remit, but no one should be shocked when the rest of us get sick of it. If they are giving Tara a spin-off,it better be more interesting than her role has been in this series or it'll be a one-off. Her role has been so limited. Her bug farm was the first spark of life her character had, and it's been missing so far this season.
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Sleepin_Dragon — 15 years ago(March 24, 2011 10:00 AM)
I am sad to see it go, as grudginly as i am to admit it I agree with you series 8 was poor by the series standards, ive loved the first two eps of this series, back to form it seems, I disagree strongly about Eve, the character is great much better then the previous, and she is a strong (very) actress. It is still better then Law and Order UK, Taggart, currently Midsomer and every similar programme on, maybe exception of last series of Silent Witness, come on Beeb reconsider please. You think a drama about a bug farm will be any more cheerful, that I seriously doubt.