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"Channel 4 has won the rights to air the second series of hit French drama The Returned, Digital Spy has learnt exclusively. The channel will air the second run of the show in 2014, following a rights deal to broadcast the series in the UK.  The supernatural thriller - which draws to a conclusion on Sunday (July 28) - will begin production on its second series in early 2014, with a UK broadcast on Channel 4 expected to land later in the year. On average, some 1.8 million UK viewers have tuned into the show&amp;#039;s debut series each week, with a 7.1% audience share during its 9pm Sunday slot. Series two will consist of eight hour-long episodes once again, but additional details about the plot are unknown at this time.   The Returned, written by Fabrice Gobert, Emmanuel Carr\u00E8re and Fabien Adda, follows a group of men, women and children in a small Alpine village who suddenly emerge, unaware that they have been dead for several years. Channel 4 celebrated the beginning of its first subtitled series in 20 years by airing a full advertisement break in the French language last month. Watch a trailer for The Returned&amp;#039;s first series below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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