BBC Green Lights New Deep Space Drama

It must have been a couple of years ago now that we first heard rumours about Outcasts, a deep space SF show being developed by Kudos, the production company Life On Mars and Spooks. But then everything went a bit quiet and we assumed the project had quietly been shelved.

Then today, out of the blue the BBC issued the following press release. Exciting or what?

"Set in 2040, Outcasts begins on the day the last known transporter from Earth arrives, prompting great excitement on the new planet: Who is on board? Friends and loved ones? Important supplies and news from Earth? But also many questions: Will the new people bring the problems of Earth with them? Will the mistakes that destroyed Earth be repeated? Will the arrival of a new, would-be leader, rock the fragile and precarious equilibrium of our fresh, unified and courageous new world?

Simon Crawford Collins, joint MD of Kudos and executive producer of Outcasts, said: 'We have a long and highly-successful working relationship with the BBC forged on such shows as Spooks, Hustle and Life On Mars and are really excited about continuing this on Outcasts. Outcasts is as original, contemporary and compelling as our past shows but will take viewers into a new world, literally, as it explores humans' drive for power, politics and sex in this new post-Earth era."

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