The Paradise (TV series)
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The Paradise is a British television costume drama series co-produced by BBC Studios and Masterpiece.[1] The Paradise premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 25 September 2012 and premiered in the United States on PBS on 6 October 2013.[2] The series is an adaptation of Émile Zola's 1883 novel Au Bonheur des Dames which relocates the story to North East England. (Zola's novel itself is a retelling of the story of Aristide Boucicaut, the Bellême-born founder of Le Bon Marché).[3]
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Bill Gallagher |
Based on | Au Bonheur des Dames by Emile Zola |
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Composer | Maurizio Malagnini |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 16 (list of episodes) |
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Producer | Simon Lewis |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
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Network | BBC One |
Release | 25 September 2012 (2012-09-25) – 8 December 2013 (2013-12-08) |
A second series was commissioned by BBC One in late October 2012[4] and was broadcast on 20 October 2013 on BBC One.[5]
On 12 February 2014, the BBC confirmed that The Paradise would not return for a third series.[6] It cited that the programme had lower figures than other relatively new dramas such as Death in Paradise, Sherlock and Silk. Furthermore, its ITV rival Mr Selfridge was performing better.