There won’t be a third season of The Hour, the BBC Two TV series. The show aired on BBC America here in the States.
Created by Abi Morgan, The Hour is set in the late 1950’s and revolves around a BBC current affairs news show. The dramatic series stars Ben Whishaw, Dominic West, Romola Garai, Anton Lesser, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Joshua McGuire, Lisa Greenwood, Anna Chancellor, Kelly-Jayne Adams. Burn Gorman, Juliet Stevenson, Tim Pigott-Smith, Andrew Scott and Oona Chaplin.
While The Hour was a success in its first season, viewership dropped significantly in season two. There are just 12 episodes total and the finale aired on BBC America on January 2nd.
A representative for BBC Two said, “We loved the show but have to make hard choices to bring new shows through.”
What do you think? Did you like The Hour? Are you sorry to hear that there won’t be a third season?
I just finished 2nd year of the hour I loved it ,to bad it didn’t go on it as great
A great show. Reconsider and bring on Season 3
Please do a third season of the Hour. It is excellent
So disappointed. I thought the writers did a tremendous job! So very sorry it won’t be back.
It is so hard to believe that this show was cancelled! It is one of THE best televising shows ever aired. What a poor, poor, poor decision!!’
Are they Stupid Great acting Great plot Left hanging what is wrong with them
This is an intelligent and intriguing show that is worthy of PBS viewers. What the hell it was canceled? Makes season three!
I just finished watching the episode where Freddie has just been badly injured, leaving me wondering if he is going to live. Please don’t tell me this is the last episode. This is so disappointing! The Hour is such a unique series with just wonderful characters.
It just aired in Canada and i am hooked! So intriguing! Totally different than any show! It usually WW1 or WW2 or Victorian. This is different! People who make these decisions arw horrible. I dont know who polls and where
Yes, very disappointed about no third season.
Devastated to learn there will be no season 3 — clearly the final episode was designed to continue into another season. This was the best show I’ve seen in YEARS. I’ve been talking it up ever since I found it. The final episode was superb. Maybe, just maybe, it was the BBC’s tepid marketing and PR effort that caused the audience drop. I had never heard of “The Hour” and stumbled upon it purely by accident. Shame on the BBC.
I agree 100 percent! It was fabulous and I too couldn’t believe there wasn’t a season 3,4 or 5!
Fantastic show!! Maybe it was on against a competing top rated show? That’s the only reason I can imagine that caused the ratings to drop. I’m so sad it’s over!
What a show! Oh, it just HAS to continue! How can you leave it hanging there? Fascinating characters. We need a third season…….please!
Love “The Hour”! What an abrupt end to a great show. It serves several more seasons!
Loved the show can’t handle how it ended and I was devastated no 3rd season! Booo
Please please please bring it back