{"id":8078,"date":"2017-08-01T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4-to-air-season-two-of-the-handmaids-tale\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T12:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T16:56:02","slug":"channel-4-to-air-season-two-of-the-handmaids-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/channel-4-to-air-season-two-of-the-handmaids-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 to Air Season Two of The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 is bringing the second season of <em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em> to U.K. audiences when the dystopian drama returns in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, <em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em> performed as Channel 4\u2019s biggest acquisition since <em>Homeland<\/em> and attracted a current series average consolidated audience of 2.3 million viewers per episode. 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