cancelled.

That's awful. I really liked these characters. The Bletchley Circle was another one that wasn't renewed. Bah humbug.

Seems that any show that tries to recreate the 60's gets lumped into the "Mad Men" comparison. Same thing happened to another wonderful British show, "The Hour," among others.





‘And throughout all Eternity
I forgive you, you forgive me.'

Getting a bit concerned by the number of good programs being dumped. Personally I think it's the dumbing down that has occurred worldwide. No-one can hold a thought for long, delay gratification or enjoy suspense. This series beautifully realised, well cast and good script for starters. Was it aired at the wrong times? How was it publicised? I don't think much marketing went on here or elsewhere perhaps? Not enough word-of-mouth. It may be a quiet binge watch on DVD for those who finally caught on too late. On a final note, did anyone do any research post airing? Any useful analytics from data - assuming it was collected and someone knew what to do with it. Hm.

this is a bummer.... I was also annoyed when I found out that The Bletchley Circle was cancelled, I enjoyed that show when I discovered it earlier this year on PBS.... this cancellation is especially annoying because I was expecting 6 episodes based on this page... so when ep 3 ended, I was expecting all the loose ends to be cleared up in the final 3 episodes, not realizing that PBS apparently combined 6 hour-long episodes into 3 90 minute shows.... finding that out made the ending more perplexing until I saw this thread announcing the cancellation of the series, meaning that obviously the loose ends would be addressed in the next season that we no longer will get....

cancelled? but i want to know what happens with angie, joe, and otto! i just finished the last ep and came here to find out if there will be a season 2.

This show got cancelled because it was terrible. I love British TV, dramas, mysteries, procedurals, and even soaps if well done. This one was sorry. I can't even imagine comparing this to Bletchley Circle, which had interesting and likable characters and compelling mysteries. Breathless had bad writing, no sympathetic characters, and the deadest plot I've seen in quite a while. Both Bletchely and Breathless dealt with past attitudes towards women. Bletchely used it to strengthen its female protagonists but had a bad habit of making men nothing but obstacles for them. Breathless went much farther, essentially portraying women as a servant class. It was a ridiculous bit of retroactive morality that oversimplifies 1960s culture and villifies every man in it. I quit after three episodes and wondered why I lasted that long.

I'm American, and this is arguably the worst example of British television I've ever seen, especially given its A-list cast, high production value, and serious intent.