BBC AMERICA today announced the acquisition of two new U.S. premiere seasons of the BBC AMERICA co-production, Being Human. The show’s highly anticipated second season will premiere in late summer with the third season following shortly.

Being Human (S1, 6 x 60 and S2, 6 x 60) is a Touchpaper Television and BBC AMERICA co-production for the BBC and is distributed by RDF Rights, part of the RDF Media Group.

Being Human premiered on the channel in July 2009 and quickly won over fans, with a sold out crowd at last year’s San Diego Comic Con. The Los Angeles Times said it “has not only avoided any sci-fi Three’s Company comparisons but wound up with a compelling, self-aware and funny story line. Buffy fans – come out of the Twilight and sink your teeth into this import” with The New York Times noting that “all three characters are highly appealing, but the charm of the show lies in the delicate balance of engrossing drama and disarming humor; the series is not campy or self-conscious, it’s witty in an offhand, understated way.”

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Some good news for our friends across the pond crept out over the weekend: the BBC Three’s “Being Human” is being renewed for its third season. And not only that, but the three housemates are relocating to Wales!

The BBC’s Press Office confirmed that stars Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow, and Aidan Turner will all be returning to their roles of supernatural friends trying to live normal lives despite their unusual afflictions (i.e., being a werewolf, ghost, and vampire, respectively).

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The new series of the BBC Three drama Being Human is to be relocated in Wales, it has been announced.

The drama, which chronicles the lives of a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost follows Casualty, which is moving from Bristol to Cardiff.

Piers Wenger, head of drama at BBC Cymru Wales said it is “thrilled” that an editorial opportunity has arisen for the show to come to Wales.

BBC Wales is to build a new TV production centre in Cardiff Bay,

The relocation to Wales will be explained in the show by events to come at the end of the second series, which launched with an audience of 1.4m.

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Aidan Turner has revealed that an upcoming sex scene on Being Human sees him “covered in blood”.

The 26-year-old actor, who plays vampire Mitchell on the supernatural drama, told Gay Times that he is unfazed about taking his clothes off for the camera.

“I had a scene last week where I’m completely covered in blood and naked. There’s got to be one scene, it’s in our contracts…” he said.

Turner added that fans of the show often ask him to sign their bodies, saying: “Getting to sign peoples’ bodies is weird. I haven’t had any t*ts in my face to sign but when people say, ‘Sign my arm’, you’re going, ‘This is permanent..’”

Being Human continues Sunday at 9pm on BBC Three.

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With all its gore and melodrama, you may not expect BBC Three’s surprise hit Being Human – which follows the travails of a werewolf, a ghost and a vampire trying to make their way in the human world – to be the happiest set, but that’s exactly what it is.

In the series, George (the werewolf, played by Russell Tovey), Annie (the ghost, played by Lenora Crichlow) and Mitchell (the vampire, played by Aidan Turner) are beset on all sides and can never tell who they can trust. Always watching their backs in case their true identities are found out by the humans around them, they are just as disliked by their fellow supernatural beings.

Although initially horrified his mate has let his ladies’ man status out of the bag, Turner – who has a gorgeous Dublin accent and easy charm – admits playing a vampire has helped with the opposite sex. “Bloody hell, he’s getting me in trouble, isn’t he?” he laughs. “Well, you know, vampires are all the craze these days. It doesn’t do me any harm, that’s for sure.”

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Thanks to Jack at Glamour for letting me know Aidan is featured in it

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Where does series two pick up?
LC: “A few things have changed: Nina’s moved in and she’s kind of with George, Annie’s visible having confronted all of her stuff, and Mitchell is back on the wagon. Their friendships are really cemented now, so when things starts happening to them as individuals, it really changes the dynamic of the house. There’s a lot more at stake now that they’re friends.”
SK: “It picks up 27 days after we left series one. George has killed Herrick, Annie has got her mojo back, and Mitchell feels he’s moved away from the vampire lot. Meanwhile, upstairs in the bathroom Nina’s discovering a couple of scratches she didn’t have before and panicking! Certainly from Nina’s point of view this first episode kicks off with is she/isn’t she…”

The first series had the vampire mythology as the overriding theme. Is there a big theme this time?
SK: “The overriding theme – certainly the threat last time – was vampire. This time it’s human and all the more scary for it in a way. It’s human – all about the humans.”

What can you tell us about the end of series two?
LC: “It’s very exciting where Annie ends up and it’s definitely not a happy ending! There’s a really exciting end and a massive twist. It happens to Annie but it has ramifications for everybody…”

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What can we expect from this series?
Aidan Turner (Mitchell): This series sets off in close proximity to where we left the last season. Herrick’s obviously been killed by George’s character and there’s massive repercussions to pay for that and Mitchell has to pick up the pieces, because he’s the only guy who can truly do it.

Vampires are very fashionable at the moment, do you think that helped the success of the show?
Aidan: We’re always ahead of the game. I had this discussion with Toby Whithouse, the writer/creator a few days ago because this question comes up a lot.

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Don’t even think of dismissing it as a British True Blood knock off. Being Human, which follows the misadventures of a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost in a Bristol flatshare, is far more than that – it’s Britain’s best homegrown cult drama, and BBC3’s biggest-ever hit. And this Sunday it kicks off its second series. You can keep up the action via our in-depth episode blogs that will be posted after the shows – but to tempt those of you who missed the first series, here’s five reasons why Being Human is unmissable television.

1. You already know it will be good
What do you mean, this recommendation alone is not enough? Being Human’s very existence stems from a online petition, and when the controllers listened to their public, they found themselves with a BBC3 audience that regularly edged towards an unprecedented 1m viewers. Not convinced? There’s a Facebook group where 38,000 people follow the finest details of its production. When the cast went to Comic-Con last year expecting a low-key launch for series one on BBC America they found a panel audience of 6,000 who already knew the show intimately (a US remake is in the pipeline). And it’s still on BBC3, meaning that unlike Gavin and Stacey, and Torchwood, Being Human is not a dirty sellout.

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