The Paradise (TV series)

The Paradise
series title over blue wallpaper effect
GenreDrama
Created byBill Gallagher
Based onAu Bonheur des Dames
by Emile Zola
Written by
Directed by
  • David Drury
  • Marc Jobst
  • Susan Tully
  • Bill Gallagher
  • Kenneth Glenaan
Starring
ComposerMaurizio Malagnini
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
  • Susan Hogg
  • Bill Gallagher
  • Rebecca Eaton (for Masterpiece)
ProducerSimon Lewis
Cinematography
  • Alan Almond
  • Simon Richards
  • Peter Greenhalgh
Running time59 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release25 September 2012 (2012-09-25) –
8 December 2013 (2013-12-08)
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Emun Elliott as John Moray

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. It 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]

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.

  1. ^ "Topic Galleries". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.[dead link]
  2. ^ "PBS Fall Season Offers an Array of New Series, Specials and Returning Favorites: PBS". PBS PressRoom. PBS. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Stellar cast announced for Bill Gallagher's glittering new BBC One drama series The Paradise". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  4. ^ "BBC One commissions second series of The Paradise". BBC Media Centre. 31 October 2012.
  5. ^ "The Paradise". BBC Media Centre. 8 October 2013.
  6. ^ "The Paradise cancelled by BBC One after two series". Digital Spy. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.