While Mr. Selfridge has supposedly been renewed, BBC1 has pulled the plug on The Paradise. There won’t be a third season for the period drama.
The Paradise revolves around the people who work and shop at the first English department store. Set in 1875, castmembers have included Emun Elliott, Joanna Vanderham, Elaine Cassidy, Sarah Lancashire, Matthew McNulty, Peter Wight, David Hayman, Stephen Wight, Sonya Cassidy, Ruby Bentall, Finn Burridge, and Patrick Malahide.
Of the cancellation, a BBC spokesperson said, “We are incredibly proud to have made two successful series of period drama The Paradise for BBC1. However, in order to make room for new dramas to come through, The Paradise won’t be returning.”
The show airs on PBS here in the US and only the first season has been shown. That ended in November and there’s been no word of airing the second season yet.
What do you think? Have you seen The Paradise? Would you watch season two? Are you sorry it’s been cancelled?
I am so so sad it was cancelled. Loved it
Loved the show and was looking forward to Season 3.
Loved it. So sorry there is no more.
So sad love the show
My wife and I love the show! Superb acting, very good writing, excellent directing, etc., etc.
I love both seasons and I’m very heartbroken to hear it has been cancelled.
I am so sad that the Paradise has been cancelled. It was a well made show with great actors and actresses. The writers did a winderful job with well thought out plots. The costumes were beautiful and spot on for the time period. I will miss it so.
There is the book this was based on. It is interesting.
What is it called?
I am extremely disappointed to find out this extraordinary series has been cancelled, due to a very poor ill-reflection of a shows quality based solely on numbers and ratings, which do not reflect the show’s character. There needs to be a better scale of determining the status of a show, especially when there are thousands of shows to watch, We all cannot watch the same things at once, and we all have different tastes, for instance there are numerous shows I still have yet to watch, ehich doesn’t mean they are not good, just because I haven’t watched them yet.… Read more »
ACtually, several of the creative people quit. However, you can red the book to see how it all turns out.
I absolutely loved watching Paradise on Neflix. I started watching the first series and could not stop till I completed series 2. Please bring this wonderful continue the series!!!!
You should have gone on and had more of this series. That was not a good decision to cancel!
I watched this and finished it in a couple of days. Absolutely loved it. The writing was excellent and the acting from the entire cast was superb! The premise for the show was historically correct, we forget that employers used to provide lodging and meals. I am really sad that it has been cancelled.
I loved the show. I watched both seasons in two days. I’m so disappointed that it has been canceled. Please bring it back
I loved this series in Netflix. I could not stop watching, I hate it won’t have a 3rd season!
Please bring this series back. My husband and I have become ardent fans and are very disappointed that it has been cancelled. Recently we have turned to Public TV and Netlex for programming and have been impressed with British entertainment.
Sorry there won’t be more of The Paradise. I was sad to watch the last episode. I enjoyed it.
I too am sad that this was cancelled. This was one of good shows, I would have like to have seen how it ended for all of the characters.