<P> The Paradise is a British television costume drama series co-produced by BBC Studios 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> <P> On 12 February 2014, the BBC confirmed that The Paradise would not return for a third series . They cited that the programme had lower figures than other relatively new dramas such as Death in Paradise, Sherlock and Silk . Furthermore, its ITV rival Mr Selfridge was performing better . The BBC also commented that the show was enjoyable: "However, in order to make room for new dramas to come through, The Paradise won't be returning ." </P> <P> Series 1 begins in 1875, and portrays the lives and loves of the people who work, shop and trade, in and around the first English department store . The owner of The Paradise department store is widower John Moray . Moray was once a draper's boy in Emersons, the small shop that grew under his managership into The Paradise, which has come to dominate the high street to the detriment of small shopkeepers nearby . </P>

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