Anyone grieving over The Paradise's demise now knows exactly where to point the finger of blame!iTV have today announced the re-commissioning of their period drama Mr Selfridge for a third season. Comprising of a further ten episodes, the latest run will continue to depict the tale of Henry Gordon Selfridge (played by Jeremy Piven) and his budding franchise of department stores' rise to fame.
Though we'd imagine that many of our readers veer firmly out of the direction of shows such as these, the announcement is no doubt connected to the BBC's recent cancellation of their fledging period programme The Paradise, which faltered considerably in the ratings war against this particular iTV project last Spring. Even if Mr Selfridge is hardly top-notch viewing in its current state, it's still clearly performing strongly enough to warrant its return next year, and with Downton Abbey looking set to bite the bullet come the end of its fifth season this Autumn, don't be surprised if the studio place more and more of an emphasis of their true-story adaptation from now on.
Mr Selfridge will return for its third season of commercial coercions in January 2015.
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