Comments on: Werewolves, Vampires and Ghosts, Oh My http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:28:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: clarew http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-2520 clarew Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:20:23 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-2520 good news.. The BBC announced on April 24, 2008 that a six episode series of the show had been commissioned.[ good news.. The BBC announced on April 24, 2008 that a six episode series of the show had been commissioned.[

]]> By: clarew http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 clarew Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:17:44 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-2518 I caught this pilot via a friend in the UK (I am in the US).. it would have been a great show! I hope they change their minds! I caught this pilot via a friend in the UK (I am in the US).. it would have been a great show! I hope they change their minds!

]]> By: Matthew http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Matthew Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:59:21 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-1312 Actually E is wrong and you were pretty much correct. The BBC does not generally make pilots intended for transmission, and certainly doesn't have pilot seasons, like in the US. Occasionally pilots are made for viewing by management before a full series is commissioned (I was in the studio audience for the pilot episode of The League of Gentlemen) and sometimes single dramas become series (The Boys from the Blackstuff being a good example of this) but the general practice is to make a whole series in one go. Because a UK series is typically shorter than a US season, it is much less of a commitment to go straight to series. The Doctor Who "pilot" episode was not, in fact, a pilot. It was the first episode of a fully commissioned series - but when the BBC Head of Drama, Sydney Newman, saw it he told the producer, Verity Lambert and the director, Waris Hussein, to do it again. That is why there are two versions. Actually E is wrong and you were pretty much correct. The BBC does not generally make pilots intended for transmission, and certainly doesn’t have pilot seasons, like in the US. Occasionally pilots are made for viewing by management before a full series is commissioned (I was in the studio audience for the pilot episode of The League of Gentlemen) and sometimes single dramas become series (The Boys from the Blackstuff being a good example of this) but the general practice is to make a whole series in one go. Because a UK series is typically shorter than a US season, it is much less of a commitment to go straight to series.

The Doctor Who “pilot” episode was not, in fact, a pilot. It was the first episode of a fully commissioned series – but when the BBC Head of Drama, Sydney Newman, saw it he told the producer, Verity Lambert and the director, Waris Hussein, to do it again. That is why there are two versions.

]]> By: the TV addict » Blog Archive » TV Talk From Fellow TV Addicts http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 the TV addict » Blog Archive » TV Talk From Fellow TV Addicts Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:11:26 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-1056 [...] Plattie praised the BBC’s Being Human, which features a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost and yet somehow lacks a full series order. (Pop Vultures) [...] [...] Plattie praised the BBC’s Being Human, which features a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost and yet somehow lacks a full series order. (Pop Vultures) [...]

]]> By: Mikey Likes TV » Linkin’ Blogs: The TV Blog Coalition, Mar. 2 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Mikey Likes TV » Linkin’ Blogs: The TV Blog Coalition, Mar. 2 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:11:37 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-1040 [...] Plattie praised the BBC’s Being Human, which features a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost and yet somehow lacks a full series order. (Pop Vultures) [...] [...] Plattie praised the BBC’s Being Human, which features a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost and yet somehow lacks a full series order. (Pop Vultures) [...]

]]> By: TV Blog Coalition - Link Time! Feb. 29 - March 2 | Daemon's TV http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 TV Blog Coalition - Link Time! Feb. 29 - March 2 | Daemon's TV Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:52:54 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-1035 [...] Plattie praised the BBC’s Being Human, which features a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost and yet somehow lacks a full series order. (Pop Vultures) [...] [...] Plattie praised the BBC’s Being Human, which features a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost and yet somehow lacks a full series order. (Pop Vultures) [...]

]]> By: TV Blog Coalition: Feb. 29-March 2 | Pop Vultures http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 TV Blog Coalition: Feb. 29-March 2 | Pop Vultures Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:58:22 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-1033 [...] Plattie praised the BBC’s Being Human, which features a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost and yet somehow lacks a full series order. (Pop Vultures) [...] [...] Plattie praised the BBC’s Being Human, which features a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost and yet somehow lacks a full series order. (Pop Vultures) [...]

]]> By: Plattie http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Plattie Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:43:28 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-1028 E - Really? I genuinely had no idea! I always assumed it was an invention of the American networks. I stand corrected. E – Really? I genuinely had no idea! I always assumed it was an invention of the American networks. I stand corrected.

]]> By: E http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 E Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:56:30 +0000 http://popvultures.com/2008/02/28/werewolves-vampires-and-ghosts-oh-my/#comment-1026 Eh? The BBC has always made pilots- the unbroadcast pilot for Dr Who exists from 1963! American practice indeed. Eh? The BBC has always made pilots- the unbroadcast pilot for Dr Who exists from 1963! American practice indeed.

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