Heroes fans from UK, it’s time to celebrate this great news. BBC Two decided to air “Heroes:Origins”.

Heroes spinoff Heroes: Origins will air on BBC Two. The spinoff, which is expected to air on NBC in April, will feature a new cast and introduce a new character in each part of its six episode run.

BBC Two controller Roly Keating told Digital Spy that his channel will “definitely be running it.”

An interactive vote conducted on the show’s official website will determine which of the introduced characters will go on to become a cast regular on Heroes’ third season.

“In America there’s an interactive element and we’d like to do that here, but I don’t know if time will be on our side,” Keating added.

(Source : Digital Spy via UseYourAbility.net)

The (NBC owned) UK Sci-Fi channel has the Pay TV rights to air the show and will be doing so from January 2007. And now the BBC have come in and bought the rights to show the first series on BBC2 straight after it has finished airing on Sci-Fi.

According to show creator Tim Kring, Heroes is mapped out for at least 5 seasons, so with NBC confirming it’s been picked up for at least 1 whole season, the show looks as though it could run for a few years. The series is filmed in Los Angeles and California and has so far generated very good ratings. The pilot attracted over 14 million viewers, the highest for an NBC drama in 5 years, a fact that was clearly realised by BBC2 bosses. Channel controller Roly Keating said “We’re really looking forward to bringing this innovative and compelling fantasy drama to a terrestrial television audience later next year.”