To everyone asking me whether and when The Secret Circle, the new The Vampire Diaries-y teen show, will start to show in South Africa - the answer is no. It isn't. I can categorically state that no broadcaster or TV channel has picked up that show yet.
It's only starting in September in America, might get cancelled so its way to early. When it does of when there's any news, I will spill it first.
But on to what I really want to talk about which is The Hour - a brand-new British drama series so in tune with the times. Especially if you live in Britain, the irony won't escape you: phone hacking, celebrity, media in cahoots with politicians and the government, scandals, corruption, nepotism and a journalist bribing a policeman.
The Hour, a period drama in the style of Mad Men and the soon-to-start Pan Am, just started in Britain. Will we get to see it in South Africa? We'll ... no. I can tell you the BBC does not have The Hour on the schedule for BBC Entertainment (DStv 120) yet, and they work quite a few months into advance. ''There are currently no plans to bring The Hour to BBC Entertainment,'' BBC Worldwide tells me.
The 6 part British drama set behind the scenes of a 1960's BBC TV news show entitled The Hour is produced by Shine and might end up appearing on M-Net or another kind of pay TV channel, but it won't be soon.
