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"The Hour has been renewed for a second series on BBC Two. The channel&amp;#039;s controller Janice Hadlow announced that the show would be returning while speaking at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. The Hour was penned by Brick Lane scribe Abi Morgan and stars Romola Garai, Dominic West and Ben Whishaw in the three lead roles. Hadlow said: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m delighted that Abi Morgan and the team will be bringing back The Hour for a second series. It has been a hugely impactful, much talked about programme, and the potential for plot development is very exciting.&amp;quot; The Hour, which finished its first series with over 1.7m viewers in the UK on Tuesday, focuses on the team working on a current affairs show in the 1950s. Ben Stephenson - Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning - added: &amp;quot;The Hour recommission clearly signals BBC Two&amp;#039;s resurgence as it marks the channels first original British returning drama series since The Cops. &amp;quot;A second series really allows the team to build on the characters and their relationships against the exciting backdrop of their workplace.&amp;quot; Other stars who took part in the first series include Anna Chancellor, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Oona Chaplin. Morgan, who has revealed that she has already planned out a second series, recently apologised after some critics complained about anachronisms in the show. Jane Featherstone, the Creative Director and Executive Producer of The Hour&amp;#039;s production company Kudos Film and Television, further teased: &amp;quot;In series two of The Hour we are going to find out what happens next in the lives of our news team, as they engage with a new year full of old flames, new loves, thrilling stories and plenty of scandal.  &amp;quot;Taking us even deeper into our characters&amp;#039; lives and engaging the viewers with its energy, wit and story, we&amp;#039;re chuffed to bits to be able to keep the world alive.&amp;quot; The Hour is currently airing its first series in the US on Wednesdays at 10/9c on BBC America. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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