BEING HUMAN RE-COMMISSION ANNOUNCED

26 February 2009

Being Human Re-commission Announced


BBC Three hit drama to return for an eight-part series


“Being Human – a simply brilliant comedy drama…quirky, gruesome, sassy and poignant. Check it out.” Lorraine Kelly, The Sun


“Kinda Buffy meets This Life… it’s sharp, dead funny and sexy” The Guardian


“An engaging fusion of the very dark and the very funny” The Telegraph


“Gripping, funny and moving… BBC Three’s best ever drama” Heat magazine


Being Human, the critically acclaimed hit BBC Three drama, chronicling the somewhat complicated lives of a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost living in modern day Bristol, made by Touchpaper Television, part of the RDF Media Group has been re-commissioned for another eight-part series.


The eagerly awaited current series, which followed a much-loved pilot of the twenty-something drama, concludes this Sunday 1st March. Starring Russell Tovey (Little Dorrit, Doctor Who, The History Boys) Lenora Crichlow (Sugar Rush, Doctor Who) and Aidan Turner (The Clinic), Being Human attracted a high of over one million viewers and rave reviews. Being Human has also enjoyed multi platform success, being the most watched programme on BBC iPlayer for its first two episodes, as well becoming one of the best performing BBC websites.


Danny Cohen, Controller BBC Three says; “'I'm thrilled that we are re-commissioning Being Human. It's hugely popular with young viewers and earned great critical acclaim at the same time. It's also a very important staging-post in the successful development of home-grown young drama on BBC Three.”


Ben Stephenson, Controller BBC Drama Commissioning added: “I am very excited Being Human is returning for a second series. It's a distinctive modern series that has captured the imagination of the BBC Three audience in terms of strong viewer loyalty and critical acclaim, signalling a real breakthrough for drama on the channel."


Rob Pursey, Executive Producer for Touchpaper Television says: “’We already have some very exciting, very dark new stories up our sleeves, so we’re delighted to have the opportunity to make a second series of Being Human. BBC Three has been a brilliant platform for us to mount an unusual and ambitious drama.”


Being Human is written by Toby Whithouse (Being Human pilot, Torchwood, Doctor Who), produced by Matthew Bouch (The Sarah Jane Adventures, Being Human pilot), directed by Toby Haynes (M.I. High, Spooks Code 9), Alex Pillai (Wire in the Blood) and Colin Teague (Torchwood, Doctor Who), and executive produced by Rob Pursey, Touchpaper Television (City of Vice, Sold) and Julie Gardner, Head of Drama for BBC Wales.


RDF Rights, Part of the RDF Media Group, hold all international rights to series one and two of Being Human and will be launching it internationally at MIPTV next month.