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[05/05/15 - 06:52 AM]
BBC America Pulls "Tatau" for Encores of "The Graham Norton Show"
The network had previously shifted the newcomer into the 11:00/10:00c hour.

[04/28/15 - 04:02 PM]
BBC America Flips "The Graham Norton Show," "Tatau" on Saturday Nights
"The Graham Norton Show" will now follow "Orphan Black" at 10:00/9:00c with "Tatau" closing out the evening at 11:00/10:00c.

[09/25/14 - 04:09 AM]
BBC America Announces Cast of New Drama Series "Tatau"
The series follows Kyle (Joe Layton) and Budgie (Theo Barklem-Biggs), two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world.

[07/09/14 - 02:59 PM]
BBC America Announces New Seasons of "Orphan Black," "Broadchurch" and New Drama Series "Tatau" and "The Last Kingdom"
The drama starring Tatiana Maslany has been re-commissioned for a 10-episode order from Temple Street Productions.

[07/09/14 - 07:01 AM]
BBC America Announces New Drama Series "The Last Kingdom"
Stephen Butchard will adapt Bernard Cornwell's best-selling franchise "The Saxon Stories" for the screen.







TATAU (BBC AMERICA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
4/18/15 - 5/2/15
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2014-2015 season)
TIME SLOT:
not on the schedule
SEASON(S):
1 (8 episodes, 5 of which have yet to air)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled
DESCRIPTION:
(from BBC America's press release, September 2014) Joe Layton (New Worlds, Father Brown) and Theo Barklem-Biggs (Silk, The Inbetweeners Movie) have been cast as Kyle Connor and Paul 'Budgie' Griffiths - the lead roles in BBC AMERICA's new drama Tatau. Set in the Cook Islands, the (8x60) series, written by Richard Zajdlic, is co-produced by Touchpaper TV (Being Human) and New Zealand's largest screen production company, South Pacific Pictures, for BBC Three and BBC AMERICA. Tatau follows Kyle (Layton) and Budgie (Barklem-Biggs), two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-style tattoo to celebrate their eventual destination: the Cook Islands.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alex Tarrant as TBA
· Barry Atsma as TBA
· Cian Elyse White as TBA
· Joe Layton as Kyle Connor
· Kirk Torrance as TBA
· Rangimoana Taylor as TBA
· Rawiri Jobe as TBA
· Shushila Takao as TBA
· Tai Berdinner-Blades as TBA
· Temuera Morrison as TBA
· Theo Barklem-Biggs as Paul "Budgie" Griffiths
CREW INFORMATION:
· Chris Bailey as EP
· John Barnett as EP
· John Rushton as PROD
· Matthew Read as EP
· Richard Zajdlic as CRTR/EP
· Rob Pursey as EP
· Wayne Yip as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· BBC Worldwide Productions
· South Pacific Pictures
· Touchpaper TV