This Friday, starting at 12:01 a.m. PT and
concluding at 11:59 p.m. PT everyone can watch Orphan Black
season one using the Amazon Instant Video app for TVs, connected
devices and mobile devices, or online
at Amazon.com/OrphanBlack
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced that Prime Instant Video,
the exclusive home for seasons one and two of BBC AMERICA’s Orphan
Black, will offer season one of the gripping drama for free to all
customers this Friday, April 17. Anyone can watch the first 10
episodes of Orphan Black at no cost using the Amazon Instant Video
app for TVs, connected devices and mobile devices, or online at
Amazon.com/OrphanBlack. Season three of Orphan Black will
premiere Saturday, April 18, 9:00 p.m. ET on BBC AMERICA and its
sister networks AMC, IFC, Sundance TV and WE TV.
“Orphan Black has been extremely popular with Prime members
since the series became available exclusively in Prime Instant
Video—that’s why we’re excited to make season one available to all
customers for free, for a day,” said Michael Paull, Vice President
of Digital Video at Amazon. “We saw an incredible response when we
made our Golden Globe-winning original series Transparent available
to everyone, so we’re giving customers an opportunity to try out
another great series that Prime members already love.”
Matt Forde, EVP, Sales, Co-productions and Digital Distribution,
BBC Worldwide North America said, “For fans of television who have
heard the critical and fan buzz around Orphan Black, but just
haven’t had gotten to it, this offering from Amazon is a treat—and
available to not only existing Prime members but everyone who goes
to Amazon during this 24 hour period. You better cancel all
meetings and take Friday off from work.”
Season one of the Peabody Award-winning drama, co-created by
Graeme Manson and John Fawcett, stars Golden Globe-nominee Tatiana
Maslany as Sarah, an outsider and orphan whose life changes
dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman, Beth, who
looks just like her. While trying to find out more about a woman
who looks just like her, Sarah takes her identity, her boyfriend
and her money. But instead of solving her problems, the
street-smart chameleon is thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic
mystery. She makes the dizzying discovery that she and the dead
woman are clones… but are they the only ones? Sarah quickly finds
herself caught in the middle of a deadly conspiracy, racing to find
answers.
The cast includes Jordan Gavaris (Degrassi) as Felix, Sarah’s
feisty foster brother and her one true confidante; Dylan Bruce
(Arrow) as Paul, Beth’s boyfriend—a decent guy with chiseled
features, but more complicated than he appears; Maria Doyle Kennedy
(Downton Abbey) as Mrs. S, Sarah’s hard-nosed working class foster
mother from across the pond; Michael Mando (The Killing) as Vic,
Sarah’s volatile ex; Kevin Hanchard (Republic of Doyle) as Art, a
veteran detective working alongside Beth who grows suspicious of
her erratic behavior; and Skyler Wexler (Kira) as Sarah’s
seven-year-old daughter. The ten-part clone conspiracy thriller,
produced by Temple Street Productions, is co-created by Graeme
Manson and John Fawcett, with Manson also serving as writer and
Fawcett as director. Orphan Black is produced by Temple
Street Productions in association with BBC AMERICA and Bell
Media’s SPACE. The original drama is executive produced by Ivan
Schneeberg and David Fortier of Temple Street Productions. The
international hit series is distributed by BBC Worldwide and can be
seen in more than 170 countries.
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About Amazon
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About BBC Worldwide North America
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subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) operating
in the U.S. and Canada. The company exists to maximize the value of
the BBC’s assets for the benefit of the UK license payer and
invests in public service programming in return for rights. The
company operates channels, a production arm, consumer products and
a digital business, in addition to handling sales &
co-productions. Under these businesses fall two key brands in the
U.S. – digital cable channel BBC AMERICA and BBC Worldwide
Productions, the production arm responsible for the smash hit
Dancing with the Stars.
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