Yay! Earlier than i expected...so fingers crossed any time from maybe end of September (by the time they've finished editing and doing their magic) to Christmas time, before December 1st (which is a Sunday, so theoretically you could list every Sunday from the theoretical end of September til December 1st)

Thought it started TXing before that Domino?? End of December wasn't it?

I'd be surprised if the Beeb would start the second series that close to Christmas; they don't generally like splitting shows across that period. More likely to either start early and finish the week before Christmas or start on the weekend after...

My bad, you're right Kat I was muddling up my premieres with my end of the series! the final episode of series 1 aired on 24th Feb in uk, the first episode on December 30 December 2012, and it premiered on 19th Jan 2013 on BBC America. still a 2 week gap.

Mid-November would work if it's a 6 episode series as it would bring the finale up to Dec 22nd. And if they run it directly after the Strictly results show then they could garner some extra viewers.

Doesn't give them much editing time for the final block though...

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Mid-November would work if it's a 6 episode series as it would bring the finale up to Dec 22nd. And if they run it directly after the Strictly results show then they could garner some extra viewers.

Doesn't give them much editing time for the final block though...

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Agree Kat - and won't it be on at the same time as Downton Abbey?  Not a good move for the audience ratings. It's also going to be 8 weeks long.

I'd love to see Damien & Ripper Street this Autumn, but it all seems rather rushed. It's so unusual to push a big series forward. They're usually put back to give it more publicity.

 

I was on Google trying to find more info and found this link. Ripper Street is a co-production with BBC America so mabe they were given the choice to show it first.

tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/01/29/ripper-street-renewed-for-second-season-by-bbc-america/167238/

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The ongoing Ripper St saga crossing over the Atlantic!

Exactly! That is why I said that it might be early so that RS could be all done and dusted before DW starts - even the Xmas edition.

 

I know he won't be a star of RS but he might be of DW or something else in the pipeline which we don't know about.

-- Edited by Pearl24 on Saturday 27th of July 2013 04:29:18 PM

BBCA posted the link to their press site on twitter yesterday, strongly suggesting there is no mistake in the date, the BBC America premiere is 1 December!

 

 

 

Here's a roundup of all of today's #BBCAmerica show announcements at #TCAs13 http://t.co/y0NB5s2d2w

— BBC AMERICA (@BBCAMERICA) July 26, 2013

Well, not meaning to rain on anyone's parade but airing Ripper Street 'early' won't be anything to do with Damien's star status. He won't be the star this time around, there's Matthew MacFadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, MyAnna Buring and Charlene McKenna in this too. More than likely it will air earlier than series one because series one was more successful than they ever dreamed of and perhaps they want to capitalise on it. But still, Damien on a BBC1 hit drama with viewing figures several times over those of Being Human is excellent for him. It will get him noticed (noticed more!)

We don't know the duration of Damien's role in S2. Is he a new regular, a new recurring, is his storyline just for this series and if it's the latter and he's offered Twelve, if he wants it and the Who bods want him, he could slot in just nicely. I don't think it would be weird at all. It's not unknown for actors to be all over the place and in everything for a short period of time, this is down to television programme scheduling and out of the control of the actors. If Damien were to get Twelve, we'd see a glimpse of him at Christmas (depending on when in the ep Twelve would be introduced, Eleven was intro'd right at the end of Tennant's farewell ep) and episode one of Twelve proper won't be transmitted til next summer at the earliest, so plenty of time. :)