'Orphan Black' Is In Talks For A BBC America Revival

Most anglophiles know BBC America isn't much like the real BBC, and not just because of the commercials. Despite the name, it only has a few BBC series that air regularly, like Doctor Who, Top Gear, and Planet Earth. There's no Strictly Come Dancing; there's no Pointless, Celebrities or otherwise, and much of the time, the BBC's biggest hits, like The Great British Bake Off and Bodyguard wind up either on PBS or Netflix.

This has left the channel rather to cope, and create its own programming. So far, BBCA has managed two out of the box hits over the last decade. The current one, Killing Eve, returns with Season 2 next month. The original, Orphan Black, aired from 2013-2017, ending after six seasons of Clone Club goodness. The premise, as you may surmise, centered on a young woman, Sarah Manning, who, after attempting to con her way into the life of a woman who looks just like her after witnessing her death, discovers this was no accidental doppelganger. She is one of over a dozen clones created by "Project Leda." The series quickly picked up a cult following, both the performance of star Tatiana Maslany as these dozens of characters, each individually crafted to the point one forgot the same actress played them all, and for the feminist message slyly embedded in the tale.

When the show went off the air in 2017, pop culture was only catching up to Orphan Black's overtly feminist leanings, leaving it a show that came just ahead of its time. However, in a world where reboots and reimaginings are everywhere, not to mention sequels, it's only natural BBC America's parent company, AMC, is looking to bring the series back.