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BBC takes latest Spielberg drama
The BBC has secured UK broadcast rights for Steven Spielberg's Into The West, a (6x90') historical drama mini-series that premiered in the US last week.
Produced by Turner Network Television (TNT) together with DreamWorks Television, Into The West tells the tale of two families – one pioneers, the other plains-dwelling Native Americans – as their cultures clash in the years from 1825 to 1892.
Spielberg is executive producer on the series, which debuted on TNT last Friday and will air on BBC2 some time next year, building on the channel's previous dramas taken from DreamWorks – Band of Brother and Taken.
George McGhee, BBC controller of programme acquisitions, said of the deal: "The scale and investment in this magnificent epic is something that we could not reproduce on the BBC, and we are delighted to be able to give viewers the chance to see it in the UK."
Into The West stars Matthew Settle, Tonantizin Carmelo, Skeet Ulrich, Beau Bridges, Josh Brolin, Keri Russell, Sean Astin and Gary Busey.
Jonathan Webdale
13 Jun 2005
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