ITV Airing Pushing Daisies’ Missing Episode
The British are going to see Dummies after all!
ITV has bowed to pressure from viewers and decided to show a “missing” episode of Anna Friel’s comedy-drama Pushing Daisies on its website. The episode was not aired on TV because ITV did not have enough Saturday nights to show the full series before the Euro 2008 football tournament started. The instalment in question - the second of nine - will be available on ITV’s website from Saturday for a week.
This “was in response to fans wanting to see this episode”, a spokesman said.
“It’s done particularly well with younger audiences and showing it online seemed to make sense,” he said, adding that the streaming of previous episodes online had also “done well”.
Angry reaction
The show features ex-Brookside actress Friel as the sweetheart of a man who can bring the dead back to life by touching them. Ned - played by Lee Pace - revived Friel’s character, Chuck, in the first episode. But there are twists, including one that means Ned would kill her - or anyone else he “revives” - for good if he touches them again.
ITV bought all nine episodes, but had only eight Saturday nights in which to screen them before the month-long football coverage, which begins on 7 June.
Some fans reacted angrily when it was announced the entire series would not be broadcast. However, ITV justified its decision by saying the second episode could be missed without spoiling the overall plot. It will be made available online at 2200 BST on Saturday, directly after the final episode is screened on ITV1.
From BBC News
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