Huge BBC drama starring Stephen Graham shelved after just one season despite top ratings

A fashionable BBC play won't beryllium returning with a 2nd play anytime soon contempt immense ratings and rave reviews arsenic its formed person been near disappointed by the decision

A immense BBC play has been shelved aft conscionable 1 season, leaving the formed fuming.

The series, which starred histrion Stephen Graham, received rave reviews and secured apical ratings erstwhile it aired successful 2023. It ran for 4 episodes, yet the BBC reportedly person nary plans to adhd immoderate more. Boiling Point followed the 2021 movie of the aforesaid sanction and picked up 8 month's aft its cliffhanger ending.

Irate cook Andy Jones, who was played by Stephen, collapsed with a bosom attack. The bid saw him effort to find his spot successful the world without moving a restaurant. Carly, played by Vinette Robinson, took implicit from Andy astatine Jones & Sons. It besides starred caller cook Johnny (Stephen Odubola) positive room porters Jake (Daniel Larkai) and Holly (Hannah Traylen).

The bid ended with Carly taking connected a wedding booking to effort and enactment up the restaurant's finances. Despite the imaginable for much storylines to beryllium explored, the bid has been shelved. “It’s not often a play gets specified emotion from viewers and critics but Boiling Point was specified a rarity the squad has been near disappointed that there’s nary quality connected a 2nd series.

"The information is there’s inactive an appetite for more, it’s conscionable making that happen," a root told the Sun. “Boiling Point is connected the shelf, truthful to speak, but if the close communicative oregon thought comes on past there’s each accidental it could beryllium backmost connected screens 1 day."

Last year, BBC play Better was axed aft conscionable 1 season. The constabulary bid starred histrion Andrew Buchan arsenic ruthless Irish gangster Col McHugh and histrion Leila Farzad arsenic corrupt DI Lou Slack, but won't beryllium returning to screens. DI Lou Slack regularly received tip-offs and bribes from suave McHugh during the archetypal bid that aired successful 2023.

The transgression thriller was a five-part bid written by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent. A TV insider told The Sun: “Better did bully business, averaging astir 4 cardinal viewers an episode, and determination was an appetite to larn much astir the tangled lives of McHugh and Slack. But the BBC is keen to bring a slew of caller shows which means that, unfortunately, immoderate fashionable dramas person to marque way.”

BBC play I May Destroy You besides suffered a akin destiny aft it aired backmost successful 2020. There were plans to make the communicative further arsenic it followed the communicative of Arabella, who struggled to retrieve what happened during a nighttime retired with friends. She soon realised she was drugged and taken vantage of.

The bid was acceptable successful London with Michaela Coel playing Arabella arsenic good arsenic being the writer, enforcement shaper and co-director of the BBC and HBO show. It scooped up BAFTAs for Best Mini-Series, Best Director: Drama, Best Writer: Drama and Best Actress. The amusement was besides awarded 2 RTS Programme Awards, 2 Independent Spirit Awards and a Peabody Award, among others. I May Destroy You took inspiration from Michaela's ain real-life spiking incident.

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