There won’t be a second season for historical drama The Game. The UK TV show has been cancelled after a short season of six episodes.
Set in the 1970s, The Game revolves around the complex invisible war waged by the MI5 to protect the country from Cold War threats. The cast includes Tom Hughes, Brian Cox, Paul Ritter, Shaun Dooley, Chloe Pirrie, Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Aris, and Judy Parfitt.
The Game aired on BBC Two in the UK. Here in the United States, BBC America ran the six episodes in November and December 2014.
Series creator broke the news of the cancellation on Twitter via multiple messages, writing, “Sad to confirm that there’ll be no 2nd series of The Game. Very disappointing. But we were overwhelmed by the wonderful response. Thank you. And I have to say thank you to the extraordinary cast and crew. They were all stunning, it was an honour and a joy to work with them. Thank you for all the lovely messages about The Game. It really means a lot to me and everyone involved in the show”.
What do you think? Did you like The Game TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled? Would you have watched a second season?
I loved it. Beyond disappointed.
I would have definitely wanted another series. The drama was well scripted and acted. Shame the BBC decided to cancel it. These are the kind of productions I would love to see more of
Best spy series I have ever seen. Wish there were many more seasons.
The Game was one of the best TV Shows around. The characters were well developed and the plot was credible and it was not like a lot of the junk that is on TV today. Writing like this would make you want to stay home and watch each episode on one night. It is too bad that the talent for this show is not appreciated.
I remember thinking this would be good, but somehow missed it. I’m guessing shows like this cost more to re-air because they fill up a lot of time with that Hells Kitchen or whatever it’s called and other reality shows like that, but shows like this you either catch them or order the DVD later. Damn shame. I thought it would have been pretty good too.
Censored the first name of the actual show…..Really? A word preached from the pulpit with great regularly is somehow to racy for this site. That’s just down right embarrassing that the filters are set that low
We use a plug-in to mask curse words but unfortunately it gets a little over overzealous at times. FYI: The title of the show is Hell’s Kitchen and the filter doesn’t have a problem with that.