Entertainment

"Dallas" to hit U.K. TV screens

August 22, 2012 / 12:08 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Actors Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Larry Hagman arrive for the Dallas launch party at a central London venue, Aug. 21, 2012. AP Photo/Jonathan Short

(CBS/AP) The stars of "Dallas" brought their cowboy hats to London to celebrate the show's arrival to TV screens in the U.K.

Stars Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy were at a Southfork Ranch outpost by the River Thames Tuesday night to launch the rebooted soap with a big Texan party.

The younger generation of actors - Jesse Metcalfe, Josh Henderson, Jordana Brewster and Julie Gonzalo - were there, too.

After success in the U.S., the first season of the new "Dallas" TV series will be shown in the U.K. beginning Sept. 5 on Channel 5.

Duffy, who plays Bobby Ewing, says it was British audiences who helped the show become a hit the first time around, when they adopted the night-time soap and made it popular around the world.

He's hoping they'll do the same with the re-launched version.