What? Stephen for free? Yes he is, but only to those of you living in the UK. You can now see all 6 episodes of Ultraviolet for free on youtube via channel 4. Unfortunately for us in the US and Canada we can only see it if we buy the dvd.
Synopsis: The series stars Jack Davenport, Idris Elba and Stephen Moyer and depicts a clandestine war between a secretive government organization and vampires on the streets of Britain. The series goes to significant lengths to downplay the sillier parts of the myth, with greater attention paid to the scientific side of the concept. The series is notable for its fairly grim tone and the extreme ambiguity of the characters, with it not being entirely clear which side is in the ‘right’, with the vampires claiming to have suffered religious persecution for centuries for just being different whilst the agency claims that vampires are evil ‘leeches’. Of course, the agency is also funded by the Vatican…
For reasons never understood, series creator Joe Ahearne chose not to do any further series. Don’t get me wrong, Ultraviolet tells a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end, but it also left the the door open for potential sequels.
And though he’s in but a tiny fraction of it, the sheer joie du mal that Steven Moyer brings to Jack makes any scene he’s in utterly riveting.
Do I get Stephen with these video..
I would love for this to happen here in the US. Why can’t we get HBO, or a network for that matter to show more of Stephen Moyer’s work? A week long Stephen Moyer marathon woud be incredible.
That would be so cool MBB. Steve has a lot of work out there and a day in front of the tube watching him would be just divine.
I remember watching the original series on tele years ago and it was recently on our cable, but I did not realise it until too late! Luckily for our cable, things repeat every 6 months or so!