BBC America chief Herb Scannell is going back to 1950s London for his first original scripted series greenlight since he took over the cabler last June.
Toplined by Dominic West, "The Hour" is a six-part drama set in a TV newsroom of the era. Scannell describes the show as "Mad Men" meets a Cold War conspiracy thriller, centered around a love triangle among characters charged with setting up a weekly investigative news program.
Set to bow in late summer or early fall, "The Hour" was created by Abi Morgan ("Brick Lane"), and also stars Romola Garai and Ben Whishaw. The co-production of BBC America, its U.K. counterpart and Kudos Films and Television is part of Scannell's agenda to bring more wholly original programming to BBC America to complement the channel's existing Brit hits including "Doctor Who," "Top Gear," "Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" and "Law and Order: U.K.
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Variety