BBC Buffy Spinoff Confirmed
SciFi Update reports:
The British Broadcasting Corp. will make a spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer centered on the character of Giles (Anthony Stewart Head), as previously speculated, according to a report in the British Observer newspaper and Variety. SCI FI Wire first reported in May that Buffy creator Joss Whedon was talking with the BBC about the spinoff series, which was being considered in part to accommodate Head's desire to be closer to his family in the United Kingdom.
On July 8, the Observer reported that the BBC is planning the series, tentatively called The Watcher, to star Head as Rupert Giles. Twentieth Century Fox, which will produce Buffy for UPN in the fall, will also produce the BBC program, the Observer said.