Heroes Season 2 on BBC2
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008I… I will be king. And you… You will be queen.
The first season of Heroes was a great success, blending the multi-strand piecemeal plot elements of TV shows such as 24 and Lost, with a pulp comic book feel which at times seemed to nod to works such as Watchmen,
The show was first broadcast in the UK last February on the Sci Fi channel (Sky 129, Virgin Media 135), and then later on BBC2 where it pulled in an audience of 4.3 million.
The second series has got off to a fairly rocky start in the
“We assumed the audience wanted season one - a build up of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. They wanted adrenaline. We made a mistake - we took too long to get to the big-picture story, The message is that we’ve heard the complaints and we’re doing something about it.”
Without wanting to give too much away for those who have not yet sat through the DVD box set, the second series follows on four months after the climactic finale of the previous series (the first episode is called ‘Four Months Later’) and details how the survivors attempt to return to ordinary lives and come to terms with their abilities. Hopefully we’ll be able to figure out what that bloody symbol means.
Heroes will again take pride of place on BBC2 starting this month, and hopefully, follow-up episodes will run over on BBC3 immediately after the terrestrial broadcast.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Does anyone know if it going to be shown on BBC HD?
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I imagine so, seeing as the first series was shown on BBC HD. Seeing as it’s meant to be staring this month, there’s very little information on the BBC website!
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Digital Spy say it starts on April 24th, moving from Wednesdays to Thursdays.
April 8th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I’ve heard it isn’t very good but season 3 will be much improved. I think it suffered because of the writers strike. They had to rush production to get some episodes out before the strike hit. One of the guys from ‘The Wire’ will be in it which will be interesting.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:32 am
I’ve not seen the Wire; I’ve heard very good things about it though. It’s meant to be a pretty accurate picture of a certain side of Baltimore and I heard the plot is pretty labyrinthine… kinda like Heroes in a way I suppose.