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?
The director quit, that the reason it was cancelled. “The Ladies Paradise” is the book the series was based on, written by Victor Hugo. Your library should be a able tono get it for you.
The book is even more interesting ,”The Ladies Paradise” by Victor Hugo Tour library should be a able to get it for you.
Boooo, I loved this show.
Read the book! Victor Hugo’s “Ladies’ Paradise”. It has been translated and is probably at your library. But it has been nearly 10 years since it was aired on PBS. Why complain now?
It’s by Emile Zola, not Victor Hugo. Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables!