BBC4 to air 'Mad Men' season two in 2009

BBC Four has confirmed it will air the second season of critically-acclaimed US show Mad Men next year.

The next run of the series, set in the 1960s New York ad industry, will begin on US cable channel AMC in July.

According to BBC Four, it will "continue to blur the lines between good and bad, perception and reality" while "the private life of ad exec Don Draper (Jon Hamm) becomes complicated in a new way".

BBC Four controller Janice Hadlow said: "We're very proud to have shown the first series of Mad Men on BBC Four, and are delighted to be able to bring the second series of this stylish and captivating series to its many British fans too."

The first season won awards including Golden Globes for best TV drama series and best performance by an actor for Hamm.