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Jun 2014
1h 21m

Orphan Black

Ben Blacker
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Graeme Manson and John Fawcett, creators of Orphan Black, talk about the long gestation period of their clone saga, how the show works, what each of them brings to the project, what happens in the room, and lots more. PLUS: a not-so-great recording (sorry!) of the Q&A that followed the screening of season 2's eighth episode, Variable and Full of Perturbation.

Moderated by Variety's Laura Prudom at ATX Television Festival in Austin on June 7, 2014.


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