Sky 1 HD today announces that the highly anticipated, multi Golden Globe & Emmy Award-winning 24 will premiere with a double episode on Wednesday 7th May at 9pm. For 24 superfans, the show will also transmit simultaneously with Fox’s US East Coast transmission on the morning of Tuesday 6th May at 1am.
Set and shot in London, the heart-stopping 12 episode event series will once again follow the exploits of heroic agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). Four years ago, Jack was a fugitive from justice, now in exile; he nevertheless is willing to risk his life and freedom to avert yet another global disaster.
Tracking Jack are CIA head Steve Navarro (Benjamin Bratt), CIA agent Kate Morgan (Yvonne Strahovski), who is both resourceful and ruthless; Jordan Reed (Giles Matthey), a smart and sophisticated CIA computer tech; and Erik Ritter (Gbenga Akinnagbe), a sharp, strong and arrogant field operative. British national treasure and lifelong 24 fan Stephen Fry also joins the cast as British Prime Minister Trevor Davies.
Calling the shots is James Heller (William Devane), now President of the United States and flanked by his Chief of Staff Mark Boudreau (Tate Donovan), who is married to Heller’s daughter and Jack’s former flame, Audrey (Kim Raver). Meanwhile, a hardened Chloe O’Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub), Jack Bauer’s former CTU confidante, is now working underground with high-profile hacker Adrian Cross (Michael Wincott).
24: Live Another Day also stars Charles Furness as Peter, an elite young hacker and member of a “hacktivist” organization based in Britain. John Boyega will play a computer tech who flies drones for the military and Michelle Fairley, Tamer Hassan and Colin Salmon also star.
24: Live Another Day comes to Sky 1 HD on Wednesday 7th May at 9pm.
24: Live Another Day premieres in UK same time as US
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April 7, 2014 at 9:54 ampredictor32
April 7, 2014 at 1:39 pmSnooze
April 7, 2014 at 4:06 pm24bauerfan
April 7, 2014 at 5:07 pmThe Sopranos, The Wire and now Breaking Bad are usually touted as the best TV dramas of all time. They’ve all completed their runs. Hoping to join that very, very tight list are Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire. Those two, IMO, are currently the best shows on TV now that The West Wing, 24 and Breaking Bad are gone. We’ll see what happens when LAD premieres. Is it my favorite show of all time? I don’t know. Still need to see a couple more shows before I decide on that.
XAM
April 7, 2014 at 5:55 pmI tend to roll my eyes at pseudo-intellectual cable snobs who go on repeatedly about how superior shows like Breaking Bad and True Detective are… but all things considered they’re right. But for just kicking back, embracing your testosterone and enjoying the thrill ride, nothing has been able to touch 24 in that department at least
24bauerfan
April 7, 2014 at 7:48 pmIt’s so obvious that at this point cable programming is better than network shows that if anyone I knew thought otherwise I’d declare them clinically insane.
Btw, so many great contradictions with that phrase. Cable TV is available to pretty much everyone at this point. Everyone plus the internet of course. So it’s not something that only snobs like. A lot of normal people loved True Detective. A lot of normal people (I myself was shocked when I found this was true) love Mad Men. Boardwalk Empire is a very underseen show, unfortunately. It’s hard to be a snob when content is so freely accessible.
24 Spoilers
April 7, 2014 at 9:57 pmA show like True Detective for example had only eight episodes and didn’t need to worry about commercial breaks or what storylines would be allowed, or how to boost ratings, or editing each episode to a very specific length. There is complete creative freedom on a channel like HBO that broadcast networks simply cannot match.
Trevor
April 7, 2014 at 10:45 pmThat said, they are two very different shows. And it takes the first two seasons and then some to even reach the number of episodes in a single season of 24. So it really is too tough to compare.
But am I ready to say that I love a show more than 24? No. 24 will probably always be my number one, simply because it was my love for so long. 24 was my first REAL show. Started it when I was 8, and I was basically done watching Thomas and Spongebob once I saw the pilot for 24. So… It will always be a special one for me, no matter what follows it.
Gerry Mander
April 7, 2014 at 7:59 pmThe only recent show that has come close to ’24’ in sheer compelling watchability is ‘Breaking Bad’ which was a masterpiece of television storytelling, albeit one that was a slow-burner punctuated by occasional acts of propulsive action, whereas propulsive action is ’24’s raison d’etre. I’ve also watched ‘Person of Interest’ from the beginning, and for sure it’s an excellent series that is a cut above most other procedurals, but I just can’t bring myself to LOVE it like I do with ’24’, it’s very good but not truly great… ’24’ was truly great frrom the moment it started, and continued that way until it ended (most of Season 6 notwithstanding).
Gerry Mander
April 7, 2014 at 8:18 pmAs you were…
Gerry Mander
April 7, 2014 at 8:35 pmpredictor32
April 8, 2014 at 3:52 pmMoszeUsz
April 7, 2014 at 1:47 pmDRod
April 7, 2014 at 7:23 pmChlojack
April 7, 2014 at 9:34 pmXAM
April 7, 2014 at 10:18 pmChlojack
April 7, 2014 at 10:28 pmChlojack
April 7, 2014 at 10:35 pmOn Amazon (HD & SD):
http://amazon.com/gp/product/B00JIL4HLA/
On iTunes:
(HD) https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/24-live-another-day/id845398792
(SD) https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/24-live-another-day/id845398792? showLC=true
Gerry Mander
April 7, 2014 at 10:55 pmGerry Mander
April 7, 2014 at 11:00 pmruth hirt
April 8, 2014 at 9:39 am