After almost four months of shooting, filming for the third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures concluded last week with the cast and crew's annual wrap party! Work will now progress onto the post-production stage, where FX shots will be added to the show and SJA composer Sam Watts can start preparing the scores for each episode.
"None of us can believe how fast it's gone this year!" exclaims Nikki Wilson in a recent DWM article. "I think this series is better and stronger than ever."
And to think, the third series almost became the series that never was, having been considered for cancellation several times whilst it was being reviewed for recommissioning! It's unlikely that the decision to cancel the show would've been taken on ratings alone. It's mainly a matter of budget.
Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary, recently claimed that the Beeb are increasing their spending on imported entertainment at the expense of homegrown and children's content. The cost of imported programming from countries like the US has risen by £11m in the past year. The money has to come from somewhere, and it's assumed that children's shows like SJA are the ones getting the short end of the stick. However, the BBC responded by saying that they've merely concentrated their children's investment on producing "fewer but higher quality original programmes", citing none other than The Sarah Jane Adventures as an example!
"Our quality scores for children's channels have increased since we introduced this 'fewer, bigger, better' strategy and, overall, we are spending £125m a year on children's content."
A BBC Trust spokesman said it had recently reviewed children's programming and was awaiting a response from management on the issues raised, including the budget. They were able to state that "the BBC should remain the cornerstone of high quality UK-produced children's content."
Here, here! With Children's BBC getting a new controller earlier this week - here's hoping changes are brought into place that keep shows like The Sarah Jane Adventures on our screens for a very very long time. :)
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6 comments:
I really hope they do keep it for a very long time.
I wish we had gotten more pictures of filming:( *can't help it is a junkie*
I was such a spoiler junkie last year, too - and it kinda ruined the second series for me. That and the somewhat carpy writing.
I watched the pilot and first series without spoilers and enjoyed all the eppys muchly. I can only assume the same will be true of the third series, thanks to not having had my usual fix of spoilery set pics.
Is it definite that this is the final year for SJA?
I can't help but hope that they find a way to continue this lovely journey.
me too! i think sarah jane is one of the only good children shows on tv. and they would be stupid to stop it.
A fourth series is already being drafted-up in the event that the Beeb give it the green light. It's a virtual certainty that they'll have another series, though - especially now that the BBC have dug themselves into a hole with that statement about producing higher quality programmes and specifically using SJA as an example. Plus it wouldn't have been brought up in DWM at all if they hadn't already decided. At least in my opinion.
I think the CBBC need sarah jane I mean 800,000 people can't really be wrong can they?
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