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So the reason they cancelled it was because.......

posted 8 years ago by mikekaraoke23
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ITV announced it was cancelling the show and there would be no third season. A network spokesman said that despite the show's success, "the ITV commissioning team continues to refresh the channel's drama portfolio, hence the decision not to commission a further new series." A campaign to resurrect the show was launched after the cancellation was announced.

That spokesman is a fool, He should of done one more series to do a proper conclusion with the characters

[–] caviar1234 8 years ago

It should be made a golden rule for TV industry that when they decide to cancell a show ending with a cliffhanger, they should at least make a TV movie to give closure to the storyline.

[–] mikekaraoke23 8 years ago

Yea exactly or he could of made just one more mini series of 6 episodes, I mean that wouldn't of been to hard to ask would it

[–] laura1-07 8 years ago

I hate it when they cancel a series which has ended on a cliffhanger. 

[–] mikekaraoke23 8 years ago

Exactly Laura it drives me mad, If he knew it would be last series though the viewing figures were still really good-He could of made a conclusion there + then or made just one more series

So why cancel it without storylines being resolved makes no sense

[–] !!!deleted!!! (41638798) 8 years ago

What a shame.

Another "Lilies." Except, worse. This new fictional aspect of writing tv series with major cliffhangers as though they are spreading ONE series over 4 years with only 4-6 episodes per series is becoming very tiresome.

And in my view, if I now see a series I like and it ends on a cliffhanger, using this new format? I'm done. I won't be back for a second, just to have this sort of thing happen.

Further in this terrible new "system," novelists are doing it, too.

Yes I'm looking at YOU Jeffrey Archer. And all the rest who write simply one story now and spread it over multiple novels, forcing folks to buy numerous books online or otherwise simply to finish one, simple story.

It's a very poor format that has infected many novelists these days who literally write a huge cliffhanger on the last page--only to wait another year to read more of the same story.

"The Pallisers" or "The Forsyte Saga" were okay. They were written as familys sagas over decades, etc. But they didn't abuse the privilege of getting the reader to come back with cheesy, cheap cliffhangers.

And now, with "Fifty Shades of Gray" anybody who saw that one, and realized it ended with a complete NON-ending that made no sense whatsoever to those who hadn't read the book--that has to be concluded with two additional movies. Even though I think the books only covered about a year or two at most. This has badly infected even films now, where FSOG producers are milking three films out of one story that covers a very short period of time and could easily have been one well-done film.

What next? Every play with a cliffhanger? And you have to go back to the theatre three years running to see one play? Seriously, LOL.

I think "Home Fires" suffered from this obsessively cliffhanging (one story spread over several years to maximize profits) format used in many dramas these days--and it's bitten them in the bum.

If any show ends this way in future, I thinking I won't be back to it again for a second series. If it goes longer, fine. Can always catch up in a year or two if it actually finishes.

[–] randommovies2002 8 years ago

The BBC left Garrow's Law hanging, too.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (41638798) 8 years ago

Yes! Garrow's Law was fantastic!

I love the way ITV and BBC b.s. their reasons too. They always have the boilerplate "we have SO many new dramas to consider and we always need to make room for new programs..."

But, if something that's way past its sell-by date can pull 9.5 million on Sunday night, no matter how twee and tired it is...well then....ha. Suddenly all those wonderful dramas in the pipeline can wait.

I seem to recall, perhaps wrongly, that when Call the Midwife first came out and began pulling in 9 million or so, suddenly it seemed ITV and BBC made that the boilerplate necessity to retain a Sunday night slot?

It seemed that some other fine program a year or two later was reported on Sunday at 9 having "only 7 million viewers..." and was kind of derided as a moderate failure.

The bar seems to have risen for Sundays the last few years....

Julie Summers must be crushed. The foreward to the reprint of her book "Jambusters" retitled "Home Front" for reprint told of her excitement being involved in the writer's room of the show and being on set (even having her own Hitchcock-like cameo!)

[–] randommovies2002 8 years ago

Other programs that recently were not renewed:

Dickensian - (BBC) no cliffhanger, but the writer had something like 5 more series mapped out, and given the enormous money and effort put into the sets, this is a real shame.

Jericho - (ITV) no cliffhanger, but I'm a little bit bummed about this one. I won't claim it was great, but I did enjoy it for what it was. Prematurely axed, imo.

Indian Summers - (Channel Four) no cliffhanger, but there are a couple story lines that were not carried out to fruition.

Mapp & Lucia reboot - (BBC) I'm not sorry about this, as I whole-heartedly believe the original was a thousand times better.

Tommy & Tuppence - (BBC) I'm not sorry about this one, either. What a disappointing snooze-fest. JR was a total bore: no chemistry, no charisma, too bland. Zzzzzz

Our Zoo - (BBC) after s1 completed, I had heard that it might get recommissioned but later read that BBC bailed on it. Too bad! It had a lot of potential. It was light entertainment, but enjoyable enough.

The Paradise - (BBC) I suspect BBC had decided prior to s2 that two series were all it was going to get, as they did sort of tie up their loose ends, but much too quickly imo to give the audience a satisfying ending.

Upstairs, Downstairs reboot - (BBC) Loved the first series, hated the second. If they hadn't ruined several characters, I would have been very disappointed to see it end. But after all those unforgivable character assassinations of s2, I barely made it through the end of the series.

Recommissioned series:

The Durrells - (BBC) I'm a little surprised about this one, given the number of complaints regarding alterations from the books, and the expense of filming outside the UK

Looking at this list above, I can understand the reasoning behind most of the alterations in the recent Poldark, plus the Aidan Turner beefcake being on display. Debbie Horsfield snd Co. wanted to pull out all the stops to keep their program on the air.

[–] filmfancy 8 years ago

Indian Summers was canceled! I really enjoyed that series. Julie Walters was so good in it.

I'm watching the first season of Home Fires here in Canada and liking it. Now I discover it's also been canceled! Wondering if it's worth watching the second season then.

And all the pieces matter (The Wire)

[–] randommovies2002 8 years ago

Don't give up. I think it is worth it.

[–] gorbals406 8 years ago

Julie Summers...being on set (even having her own Hitchcock-like cameo!)

Can you please tell me what part she played and in which episode? Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 8 years ago

The same thing was done with Crimson Fields. It was an excellent series!