Channel Seven cancels 'All Saints'?

[Perdita]

Conflicting reports have once again called into question the future of Australian medical series All Saints.

Australia's The Sunday Telegraph claimed that the show is "facing the axe", while The Australian suggested that the long-running drama has not been renewed for 2010.

Earlier this year, Channel Seven attempted to boost flagging ratings by once again giving the 12-year-old series a revamp, this time turning it into a high-octane "medical response unit".

However, the move backfired with viewers and the expensive outdoor shoots and elaborate helicopter stunts have been cited as one of the reasons the series may be cancelled.

Meanwhile, leading Australian TV blog TV Tonight said that a Seven spokesperson had confirmed that while the show will cease production in August, it has not been axed.

Last month, Channel Seven cut the series' episode order from 48 episodes per year to just 22.

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[Perdita]

The BBC is reportedly looking at its autumn schedules in the hope of placing another series of the now-axed Australian medical drama All Saints, I can confirm.

Series five's 43-episode run aired in the UK from July 16 to September 13, 2007.

Shortly after the final episode transmitted, the BBC announced that it had acquired the right to series six and intended to broadcast it during the early part of 2008.

However after a year and a half, the BBC has yet to schedule the next run.

Following the news that Australia's Channel Seven has axed the long-running show after 11 seasons, the BBC says that it's looking at potential spaces in the daytime schedule in which to place season six.

A BBC spokesperson told me: "We're looking at slots across the autumn schedule in which to show the sixth series of All Saints, and won't make any decisions about acquiring the rights for the remaining series until series six has aired."

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