<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Paradise is a British television costume drama series co-produced by BBC Worldwide America and Masterpiece . The Paradise premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 25 September 2012 and premiered in the United States on PBS on 6 October 2013 . The series is an adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Au Bonheur des Dames that relocates the story to North East England . (Zola's novel itself is a retelling of the story of Aristide Boucicaut, the Bellême - born founder of Le Bon Marché .) </P> <P> A second series was commissioned by BBC One in late October 2012 and was broadcast on 20 October 2013 on BBC One . </P>

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