True Blood Creator Alan Ball on season two: sink your teeth into this

Tonight sees the new series of True Blood premiere on FX. So what should we expect? Creator Alan Ball lets us into a few of Bon Temps' secrets, explains that sex and vampires always go together, and why ad breaks are never a good idea …

Alan Ball: 'If this show was on a network then Bill and Sookie's relationship would be perfect'

• Excited about season two? Check back after the show to find the latest installment of Rebecca Nicholson's True Blood episode blog …

• Still got season one of True Blood stacked up on your PVR waiting to be watched? Be warned: there are spoilers below

We're about to start season two of True Blood here in the UK. Can you tell us what to expect?

I'm totally in season three now so I'll have to go back. What can we expect? Just... more. We're definitely going to meet some new kinds of supernatural creatures, we're going to meet some new vampires. We'll meet the oldest vampire we've ever met. Sookie and Bill are together now, a couple, so let's see how difficult it is to have a vampire-human relationship. We're going to see what it's like to be a brand new vampire through the eyes of Jessica. I love her.

read on Guardian UK