Tonight will have the UK premiere of the BBC’s new big budget sci-fi Drama Outcasts. I’ve been looking forward to this series for some time. This post will summarize the details we could find, showcase pictures and also you can see some video clips.

BBC Outcasts begins airing tonight on BBC One in the UK, episode 2 will premiere tomorrow.

BBC Outcasts will come to the USA on BBC America later year – hopefully sooner rather than later.

We’ll review Outcasts as soon as we have a chance to watch it. Watch this space for our Outcasts review later.

Plot Summary

A group of courageous pioneers face a unique opportunity: the chance to build a new and better future on another planet, as BBC One’s brand new blockbuster sci-fi series Outcasts, created by Ben Richards (Spooks, The Fixer, Party Animals), begins.

A diverse group of individuals – led by President Tate (Liam Cunningham) with his core team of Stella (Hermione Norris), Cass (Daniel Mays) and Fleur (Amy Manson) – left their old lives behind in extraordinary circumstances. Promised a second chance at life, they created a society far away from their home, friends and family … and their pasts. They took charge and settled here first alongside expeditionaries Mitchell (Jamie Bamber) and Jack (Ashley Walters).

Settled in the town of Forthaven on Carpathia, they are passionate about their jobs, confident of their ideals and optimistic about the future. They work hard to preserve what they’ve built on this planet they now call home, having embraced all the challenges that come with forging a new beginning. The planet offers the possibility for both corruption and redemption; whilst they try to avoid the mistakes made on Earth, inevitably our heroes cannot escape the human pitfalls of love, greed, lust, loss, and a longing for those they’ve left behind.

As they continue to work and live together they come to realise this is no ordinary planet. Mystery lurks around them and threatens to risk the fragile peace of Forthaven. Viewers meet the characters at a moment of incredible anticipation.

They’ve lost all contact with Earth but the arrival of the last known transporter signals fresh hopes and dreams. Will Stella’s husband and daughter, who she heartbreakingly left behind, be on board? Why does Tate seem anxious about one particular passenger, Julius Berger (Eric Mabius)? Most nerve-wracking of all, will it land safely and bring a fresh perspective on the new world with it?

Pictures from BBC’s Outcasts

Video Previews and Trailers for Outcasts

Official Trailer for Outcasts

Outcasts Episode 1 Preview

Character Profile: Tipper Malone

Character Profile: Julius Berger

Character Profile: Cass Cromwell

Character Profile: Stella Isen

Character Profile: Fleur Morgan

Character Profile: Jack Holt

Character Profile: Mitchell Hoban

Character Profile: Richard Tate