Heroes Airs On Terrestrial Television | Gets Debut On BBC2
It may be a bit late to the party, but Heroes finally got it’s terrestrial television debut on BBC2 last night with a double bill of the first 2 episodes. If you haven’t got Cable or Satellite TV and don’t download TV and from the Internet, this will be your first chance to see the show which rocked America last year.
The show is about a group of ordinary people who discover they have some extraordinary abilities, and shows them learning how to deal with them. But it’s much more than that, with connections between the characters, and sub plots and surprises around every corner. You can read my full preview of the show here.
Having watched the whole of the first series already on Cable myself, where it was aired on the Sci-Fi channel, I would urge anyone who missed out to now take their opportunity to catch up. But you must stick with it for at least 5 episodes before deciding whether you like it or not.
I know of a lot of people who gave up on the show, and the premise behind it after 2 or 3 episodes, but the action needs time to kick in. As with all huge American shows with big budgets, there is a period where characters have to be introduced, and back stories explained, but once you get over that, the show kicks ass.
It’ll be shown on BBC2 every Wednesday at 9pm for the duration of the first series. Also, BBC2 will be showing ‘Heroes Unmasked’ a behind the scenes show after every episode of this season.
The 2nd series is due to begin airing in the States on 24th September, with the spin off Heroes: Origins introducing a character a week during the mid season hiatus.
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