It appears that plans for season three of BBC’s Atlantis have sunk. The TV show, which airs on BBC America here in the States, has been cancelled after two seasons.
On Atlantis, a young man named Jason (Jack Donnelly) goes in search of his long-missing father and ends up on the shores of ancient Atlantis. He’s befriended by a pair of unlucky locals — former prize fighter Hercules (Mark Addy) and intellectual Pythagoras (Robert Emms) — as well as a revered Oracle (Juliet Stevenson). Others in the cast include Sarah Parish, Aiysha Hart, and Jemima Rooper.
BBC announced the show’s cancellation this way: “The final seven episodes of Atlantis will transmit on BBC One in spring. We would like to thank Urban Myth Films and all the cast and crew but the series will not be re-commissioned. We are very proud of both series but to keep increasing the range of BBC One drama we have to make difficult decisions to bring new shows through.”
Six of the 13 episodes of season two have aired so far in the US. No word on when they’ll be released here.
What do you think? Do you like the Atlantis TV show? Do you think that it should have been cancelled or renewed for a third season?
Please BBC, we need a season 3…pleace We Loved Atlantis….Please …Please ….
I loved Atlantis, I just finished the second season hoping for a third
It is a real shame that this show was cancelled. Enjoyed the series thoroughly, but the last few episodes were a let down knowing that the show was going to end. Bring on season 3 BBC!
Jason and Medea final ending (Greco-Roman mitology) – One of several versions of the myth. Jason, the Greek hero who captured the Golden Fleece after making a great journey to the East. In later Greco-Roman religious practice, this hero somehow acquired a series of temples across the East as well as a mountain in Iran, Mt. Jasonium (Strabo, Geography, 11.13-14). He was also recognized as the conqueror of Armenia before the Trojan War (Strabo, Geography, 11.14; Justin, Epitome, 42.2-3). Pompeius Trogus that Jason “set out on a second voyage for Colchis, accompanied by a numerous train of followers (who, at… Read more »
I love mythology. Great post.
Thus we read in Strabo that temples and cult of Jason were spread over the whole do Asia, Media, Colchis, Albania, and Iberia, and that Jason enjoyed divine honors also in Thessaly and on the Corinthian gulf. Justin tells us that nearly the whole of the east worshipped Jason and built temples to him, and this confirmed by Tacitus (Annals vi,34). Thus, the healer and savior god Jason was worshipped widely throughout the Roman Empire long before the purported advent of “Jesus Christ.”
Please BBC, we need a season 3, we need to prove to the fans of Jedea that Atlantis will end with Jason and Ariadne together.
Better the cliffhanger than such an ending.(unhappy ending)
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what a disappointment, to not find out what will happen …to finish the series just like that.. it is bad very bad, may have to boycott BBC shows from now on if they cannot give us a decent ending to Atlantis.
Why… everyone I’ve refered this show to love it… I’m starting to hate bbc. They end every show badly except Merlin. Which merlin could of had another few seasons too but at least it ended with answers
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You dont have to end it that way please!
What a poor way to end a great show. At least they should have let us see the end of everything. Please do renew it, because we are expecting season 3
Another great show lost with no ending! I’m so sick of these networks not at least giving shows so kind of closure to the fans that were watching and to the cast and everyone who worked on it. They tend to make the wrong decisions all the time. Even a half season will do. Six or seven episodes to give us and the show an ending.
Most viewers do not want a shortened version! Who cares about a shortened version? Viewers or those who have earnings from it?
I really feel sad when I learned that there will be no season 3. I just finished the last episode of season 2 and so excited about their voyage to find the golden fleece.
Please, please do not end Atlantis like this. My husband and I watched this together, we couldn’t get enough of it and to get to the final show in season 2 and find out it has been cancelled, so disappointing… BBC please reconsider at least one more season to finish it.. The show was exciting, the characters were wonderful, I loved Jack Donnelly and Mark Addy was great. It will definitely give us a better feeling for BBC, right now not feeling too happy with them, but plenty of time to redeem themselves one for season, PLEASE!!!
I’m so sad to read about this. I just discovered this show on hulu and can’t stop watching it. It is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. I’ve got one episode left and I’m very sad to read that there will not be a season 3. Please reconsider. Mark Addy is one of my favorite actors, but in this show I even found myself liking the villains at times. Great show!!!
The Jason as a man out of time thread has petered out, and the mythical creatures we saw something of in the first series have been in very short supply in the second. Now the series has been cancelled, we won’t see any monsters during an Argo voyage either. I have probably been spoiled by films like Jason and the Argonauts, but the BBC budget will not stretch to anything similar.
Examples: Clash of the Titans 2010 Budget: $125 million, Wrath of the Titans 2012 Budget: $150 million, Hercules 2014 Budget: $100 million
Game of Thrones: Between 2012 and 2015, the average episode’s budget grew from US$6 million to “at least” 8 million.The budget for the sixth season was over $10 million per episode, totaling over $100 million for the full season and setting a new high for the series.
I love this Show please let it be a season 3,4,5,6
Yes, Yes – let it be a season 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 !!! Personally It would be Jason and Medea only reason being she’s way more interesting and curious and also I think quite attractive unlike Ariadne.I don’t like Ariadne as a character but I felt sorry for in the last episode.Ariadne is a big part of the problem. Jason’s wife is famously the most epic woman of Greek myth, enchantress Medea.The whole idea of Pasiphae being Jason’s mother to be a very stupid move which doesn’t make much sense.This should be changed ! In Greek mythology Ariadne is in fact Pasiphae’s daughter.Jason’s… Read more »