FINALLY....coming to CBBC in UK tonight

[X-Maniac]

At last, the BBC's kids' channel starts to air this series, beginning at 18.35 tonight (Sunday)...

 

[Congo Jack]

At last, the BBC's kids' channel starts to air this series, beginning at 18.35 tonight (Sunday)...

I missed it, guess that's what you get for not looking in here. Seen it a while ago on YouTube though. The second episode is on at the same time next week - Personal Plannered that bad boy.

 

[union_jak]

It's come to my attention that this show is (obviously) now available in the UK on BBC iPlayer.

First episode is about to expire, but tomorrow the second will be up for to view.

 

[TheVileOne]

I'm happy for you deserving Brits X-maniac. You guys deserved it, but BBC still betrayed the fans last summer.

 

[union_jak]

In what way?

 

[TheVileOne]

The series was supposed to premiere on BBC last August. It was dropped without explanation and delayed for months until they suddenly decide to show it without any promotion.

 

[union_jak]

Ahh I didn't know that. The BBC rarely promotes anything from overseas (Heroes and The Tudors being the recent expections). The above episode of Wolverine & the X-Men on iPlayer is one of this weeks most viewed shows, so I guess some people know about it.

 

[Retroman]

We don't have the CBBC channel here (BBC iPlayer content is also blocked overseas) and no dutch stations seem to have bought the rights to the show. So i was delighted when i stumbled upon Wolverine and The X-Men in the BBC 2 tv listings a little over two weeks ago.

It's on weekday mornings so i've recorded all of them and after 10 episodes i'm really hooked to the show.t:

As the title suggests Wolverine really takes centre stage here. I was a little worried about that but as the series continues the other X-Men feature just as prominently. There are some good storylines, supporting characters and cool cameos for the fans of the newer characters.

 

[TheVileOne]

What sucks is that they edited a lot of content out in the BBC.

 

[Dread]

Yeah, the UK edited a bit from the episodes. As critical as some were of Thatcher and the Conservative movement in the 80's-90's, the more Liberal movements have actually become stricter in some ways in terms of censorship in Britain.

 

[TheVileOne]

political correctness is a crime committed by liberals .

 

[Retroman]

Ugh...censored? What the hell?

They've done a good job hiding that because the last episode i watched (where the Brotherhood attack the school and MRD) nothing really seemed edited out.

 

[Cyma]

I heard they never showed episode 17 where Silver Samurai shows up.

 

[Retroman]

Thanks for the heads up Cyma.

I wouldn't have known if i didn't come here.

The schedule on BBC's wesbite indeed shows that they're aired episode 16 today and that nr.18 will air tomorrow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/schedules/england/2009/08/10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/schedules/england/2009/08/11

WHY are they doing this??!

 

[Cyma]

[FONT=&quot]Lol. Because sword fighting and Wolvie’s claws popping out is a very bad influence on kids

[/FONT] Be prepared for more cuts. The Wolverine/ Emma dialogue cut at the end of Foresight part 3 annoyed the heck out of me! But thank goodness for torrents

 

[Retroman]

Sigh...(even though i'm against it) i'm going to have to look for a site now where i can download that episode.At least there's the dvd to look forward to.