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The Cloan Party Dances On

The Cult sensation that has taken two nations by storm and has illustrated the amazing acting powers of Tatiana Maslany has been renewed by BBC for a 3rd season. Orphan Black is an critically hailed sci-fi series starring Tatiana Maslany as several identical people who are revealed to be clones. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, a woman who assumes the identity of one of her clones, Elizabeth Childs, after witnessing Childs' suicide. The series raises issues about the moral and ethical implications of human cloning and its effect on issues of personal identity. Orphan Black has become a hit series for BBC and is the benchmark for the network as it expands with more scripted programming. 

JK Rowling's book gets a Mini-Series

Published in 2012, Casual Vacancy centers on Pagford, a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty façade, however, is a town at war: Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils. BBC along with HBO will co-produce, JK Rowling's newest novel The Casual Vacancy into a three hour mini series . Even when JK Rowling isn't trying she makes money lol. The Casual Vacancy mini-series