I have to admit, I’ve never even heard of this show being in the works until this teaser trailer showed up online (via Blastr). It stars Jamie Bamber of “Battlestar Galactica” fame, and co-stars Hermione Norris from “Spooks”, Eric Mabius, Amy Manson, Langley Kirkwood and Daniel Mays. No word on a premiere date yet, so check your BBC calenders.
Set in 2040 on a recently-discovered planet, this drama tells of the dilemmas, loves and lives of a group of people setting up a new world. This life-sustaining planet is now home to the surviving population from Earth. Here there is a chance to start again, to bring the lessons learned from Earth and to put them into action on a new planet. The series 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 the fresh, unified and courageous new world? And, most importantly of all, how do is a new and better world created?
Yeah, that sounds like a pretty intense synopsis right there. End-of-the-planet shows can be pretty risky.
