The Paradise (2012)
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Cast & Crew.
Joanna Vanderham
Denise Lovett
Emun Elliott
John Moray
Stephen Wight
Sam
Sonya Cassidy
Clara
Matthew McNulty
Dudley
Elaine Cassidy
Katherine Weston / Katherine Weston / Katherine Glendenning
Finn Burridge
Arthur
David Hayman
Jonas Franks
Sarah Lancashire
Miss Audrey
Ruby Bentall
Pauline
Patrick Malahide
Lord Glendenning
Peter Wight
Edmund Lovett
Ben Daniels
Tom Weston
Bill Gallagher
Creator / Writer
Lisa Millett
Myrtle
Steve Ellingworth
Grip
Adrian Scarborough
Fenton
Sarah Barton
Writer
Émile Zola
Novel
Edie Whitehead
Flora
Branka Katić
Clémence
Sarah Brown
Writer
Katie Moore
Susy
Simon Richards
Director of Photography
Nick Dance
Director of Photography
Marc Jobst
Director
David Drury
Director
Susan Tully
Director
Ben Drury
Editor
David Head
Editor
Roy Sharman
Editor
Kevin Lester
Editor
Tim Marchant
Editor
Gaby Chiappe
Writer
Katie Baxendale
Writer
Laura Power
Lucille
Jenna Russell
Mrs. Ballentine
Helen Bradbury
Mrs. Harkness
Olivia Hallinan
Jocelin Brookmire
Mark Bonnar
Peter Adler
Media.
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Release DateSeptember 25, 2012
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes16
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Filming LocationsLambton Castle, United Kingdom
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The Paradise is a British television costume drama series co-produced by BBC Studios and Masterpiece. The Paradise premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 25 September 2012 and premiered in the United States on PBS on 6 October 2013. The series is an adaptation of Émile Zola's 1883 novel Au Bonheur des Dames. It relocates the story to North East England. (Zola's novel itself is a retelling of the story of Aristide Boucicaut, the Bellême-born founder of Le Bon Marché).
A second series was commissioned by BBC One in late October 2012 and was broadcast on 20 October 2013 on BBC One.
On 12 February 2014, the BBC confirmed that The Paradise would not return for a third series. It cited that the programme had lower figures than other relatively new dramas such as Death in Paradise, Sherlock and Silk. Furthermore, its ITV rival Mr Selfridge was performing better.