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Blogger Narin Bahar has unearthed what a SyFy US boss has to say about transposing Being Human to the States

When news first broke that Being Human – a show arguably as English as a nice cup of tea and a jammy dodger (albeit one made by a ghost in a grey cardie) – was to be given an American makeover courtesy of Syfy, even the reassurances of Lord Toby of Whithouse himself didn’t quell the pangs of fear amongst some of fandom worried that our favourite ghost/vampire/werewolf triumvirate was going to be stripped of all the things that made them brilliant (the smut, the swearing, the humour, the horror) in the move.

In an interview with ifmagazine.com which may as well have been headlined “stating the bleeding obvious” Howe said: “I think it’s very difficult to adapt. It seems easy, but so much of that show depends on the chemistry and execution and otherwise it could really easily go off the rails. We hired some great writers and they are in the midst of adapting it and we’re hoping to have it on the air in the summer.”

Dave is a TV and film journalist who specializes in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He's written books about film posters and post-apocalypses, alongside writing for SFX Magazine for many years.