HOLLYWOOD - The BBC is set to create a spin-off of the extremely popular U.S. television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, according to the British Observer. Titled The Watcher, the show will concentrate on the character Rupert Giles, the librarian who guides Buffy in battling the demons. British actor Anthony Stewart Head will reprise his role in the new British version.The series original creator Joss Whedon will work with the BBC project, the paper said.
"Joss has pitched it as a slightly more adult show," Head was quoted in the Observer as saying.
Buffy ended its fifth season with the death of Buffy, but more episodes are planned.
"After Buffy died, I asked him whether there was much more for me to do and he said, 'Look, you know, this show is not called The Watcher, it is about Buffy but how would you feel if there was a show called The Watcher and we made it in Britain.' I will still be playing Giles. But there will not necessarily be so many vampires around."