Every once in a while you ...
Question: Every once in a while you mention the great programming on BBC America, but it's been a while. This summer they are showing the entire
Sharpe series with
Sean Bean. The last one is a new, never-before-seen one. Did Sean do this one, too? Have you seen or heard anything about the new show coming up called
Hex? Love your column.
Answer: Actually, I filed a
review in May on the BBC America political comedy
The Thick of It, which is one of the funniest things I've seen in ages. The last half of the season has been a little busy with regular network fare, so BBC America fell a bit off my radar for a while. Still love it whenever I get a chance to watch. As for the
Sharpe episodes: Sean Bean is in all of them, to my knowledge. And according to a BBC America press mailer, episodes new to the USA will start airing July 22, with
Sharpe's Regiment. (Episodes previously shown on PBS are already airing on Saturday nights.) The series ends with a new two-parter,
Sharpe's Challenge, filmed entirely in India, that will air on the Sunday and Monday of Labor Day weekend (Sept. 3-4). I hope to be able to look at a few of those. Also need to take a look at
Hex, which premieres this Thursday night with a two-hour opener, about a boarding-school student who develops supernatural powers. I haven't had a chance to watch that one yet, but it sounds like a real change of pace.
