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{{Short description|2015 science fiction TV series}}
{{about|the English-language TV series|its Chinese remake|Humans (2021 TV series){{!}}''Humans'' (2021 TV series)}}
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* Sam Vincent
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| list_episodes = #Episodes | list_episodes = List of Humans episodes
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* Jonathan Brackley * Jonathan Brackley
* Jane Featherstone * Jane Featherstone
* Lars Lundström * Lars Lundström
* Sam Vincent * Sam Vincent
* Derek Wax * ]
* Henrik Widman * Henrik Widman
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| producer = Chris Fry | producer = Chris Fry
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* Stuart Bentley * Stuart Bentley
* David Rom * David Rom
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| website = http://www.channel4.com/programmes/humans
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'''''Humans''''' (stylised as '''HUM∀NS''') is a British-American ] television series, with the first season debuting on 14 June 2015 on ] and ], and concluding on 2 August 2015.<ref name=cast>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a620653/humans-channel-4-and-amcs-sci-fi-drama-releases-its-first-image.html?rss|title=Humans: Channel 4 and AMC's sci-fi drama releases its first image|publisher=Digital Spy|date=2015-01-10}}</ref> Written by the British team Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, based on the award-winning Swedish science fiction drama '']'', the series explores the emotional impact of the blurring of the lines between humans and machines. The series is produced jointly by AMC, Channel 4 and ].<ref name="tvseriesfinale">{{cite web| title = Humans: New AMC TV Show to Debut | url = http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/humans-new-amc-tv-show-debuts-36749/ | accessdate = 14 May 2015}}</ref> Eight episodes were produced for the first series,<ref>{{cite web |title = Katherine Parkinson & Tom Goodman-Hill Lead Cast Of AMC Sci-Fi Series ''Humans''| url = http://deadline.com/2014/10/katherine-parkinson-tom-goodman-hill-cast-humans-sci-fi-amc-series-850362/ |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 13, 2014 |website=] |accessdate = 13 October 2014}}</ref> and a second, eight-episode series has been commissioned to air in 2016.<ref name="Series2" />
'''''Humans''''' (styled as HUM∀NS) is a ] television series that debuted in June 2015 on ] and on ]. Written by ], based on the Swedish science fiction drama '']'', the series explores the themes of ], ], and their effects on the future of humanity, focusing on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention and marketing of anthropomorphic ]s called "synths". The series is produced jointly by Channel 4 and ] in the United Kingdom, and ] in the United States.

Eight episodes were produced for the first series which aired between 14 June and 2 August 2015. The second eight-episode series was broadcast in the UK between 30 October and 18 December 2016. A third series was commissioned in March 2017 and aired eight episodes between 17 May and 5 July 2018. In May 2019, Channel 4 announced that the series had been cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Channel 4 sci-fi Humans has been cancelled|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/humans-cancelled-channel-4-sci-fi-tv-series-wont-be-back-for-series-4/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Radio Times|language=en}}</ref>
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==Premise== ==Premise==
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Set in suburban London, the story takes place in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a synth – an ] robot eerily similar to a human in nearly every respect.<ref name="tvseriesfinale" />
The series focuses on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths". It explores a number of ] themes, including ], ], ], ], ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=AMC's 'Humans' Is Closer To Reality Than You Think |url=http://www.popsci.com/amcs-humans-and-parallel-worlds-robotics-research-and-science-fiction |website=Popular Science |date=29 June 2015 |access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> and the ].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Review: AMC's 'Humans' explores the laws of robotics yet again |url=https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/review-amcs-humans-explores-the-laws-of-robotics-yet-again/ |newspaper=Uproxx |date=25 June 2015 |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>


==Cast== ==Cast==

===Main=== ===Main===
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* ]<ref name=cast/> as Leo Elster, son of David Elster, is a fugitive who is trying to track down synths from his past.
* Ivanno Jeremiah<ref name="tvseriesfinale" /> as Max, Leo's synth and confidant.
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Anita/Mia, a servile synth belonging to the Hawkins family. She was sold as new, but is actually Mia, a conscious synth, kidnapped and hacked with new software.
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Niska, a conscious synth assigned to work as a prostitute. She is violent and resentful of humans.
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Laura Hawkins, a lawyer and mother of three who feels uncomfortable around synths. She has concerns about Anita and is determined to find out more about her.
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Joseph "Joe" Hawkins, Laura's husband. He bought Anita because he felt Laura's absence caused a void, and he needed help managing their family.
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Dr. George Millican, a retired artificial intelligence researcher and widower who forms a special bond with his outdated caregiver synth named Odi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amc.com/shows/humans/cast-crew/dr-george-millican|title=HUMANS - Dr. George Millican - AMC|work=AMC}}</ref> He previously worked with Leo's father.
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Odi, Dr. George Millican's failing synth caregiver. He is prone to system glitches although Millican is unwilling to recycle him nor turn him in to the ].
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Vera, a tight-smiled medical synth from the NHS who is supposed to replace Odi as George Millican's caregiver; Millican is frustrated with her relentlessly officious and domineering manner.
* ]<ref name="tvseriesfinale" /> as D.S. Pete Drummond, an unhappy Special Technologies Task Force officer who has always been suspicious of the synthetics. He is partnered with D.S. Karen Voss.
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Prof. Edwin Hobb, an artificial intelligence researcher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amc.com/shows/humans/cast-crew/professor-edwin-hobb|title=HUMANS - Professor Edwin Hobb - AMC|work=AMC}}</ref> He is simultaneously concerned and intrigued at the possibility of conscious synthetics. Hobb is a key player in the quiet government investigation to find the four synths deemed a threat.
* Sope Dirisu<ref name="tvseriesfinale" /> as Fred, a conscious synth. Professor Hobb likens Fred (as a conscious synth) to the '']''.
* Lucy Carless<ref name="radiotimes">{{cite web| title = Radio Times| url = http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dnqz8r/humans--series-1---episode-1 | accessdate = 8 June 2015}}</ref> as Matilda "Mattie" Hawkins, Laura and Joe's teenage daughter, who is angry at the emerging role of synths in society. Despite her own intelligence, she feels useless, claiming that synths will soon be able to do anything she can do.
* ]<ref name=cast/> as Toby Hawkins, Laura and Joe's teenage son, who is attracted to, and has been protective of, Anita.
* Pixie Davis as Sophie Hawkins, Laura and Joe's young daughter. She names the new family synth Anita after a friend of hers who has moved away and develops a strong affection for the synth.
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as D.I. Karen Voss, police partner of D.S. Pete Drummond. It is unknown to almost everyone that she is a synth. She wants to die, but is unable to commit suicide because of her programming.
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Jill Drummond, D.S. Pete Drummond's disabled wife. She is dissatisfied with Pete.
* Jack Derges<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Simon, Jill Drummond's synth caregiver and physiotherapist. Karen calls him a beefcake.
* Manpreet Bachu<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Harun Khan, a friend of Mattie Hawkins who helps her hack the synths.


==== Introduced in series 1 ====
===Recurring===
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Lindsey Kiwanuka.
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Robert.
* ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Humans 12 July 2015 Channel 4 HD - Series 1 - Episode 5|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dpmrs6/humans--series-1---episode-5|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref> as Dr. David Elster, Leo's father and the creator of the conscious synths.
* Spencer Norways<ref>{{cite web|title=Humans 2 August 2015 Channel 4 HD - Series 1 - Episode 8|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dqjb6q/humans--series-1---episode-8|accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref> as Young Leo Elster.


* ]<ref name="cast" /> as Niska Elster, a conscious synth built by David Elster to be Leo's sister, assigned to work as a prostitute when they were separated. She is violent and resentful of humans and wishes to live her own life, but later starts to care about humans.
===Non-recurring===
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Karen Voss, a detective inspector and the partner of Detective Sergeant Pete Drummond. Those around her have not discovered that she is a conscious synth and was created by David Elster to replace his deceased wife, Beatrice.
* Philip Arditti<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Salim Sadik.
* Lucy Carless<ref name="radiotimes">{{cite web |work=Radio Times |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dnqz8r/humans--series-1---episode-1 |title=Humans – Series 1 Episode 1 |access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref> as Mattie Hawkins, Laura and Joe's teenage daughter, who is upset that her family is falling apart and angry at the emerging role of synths in society. Despite her own intelligence, she feels useless, claiming that synths will soon be able to do anything she can do. She is skilled in computer programming and hacking.
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Dr. Ji Dae-sun.
* ]<ref name="cast" /> as Anita Hawkins / Mia Elster, a servile synth belonging to the Hawkins family. She was sold as new, but is actually Mia, a conscious synth built by David Elster to be Leo's babysitter, kidnapped and hacked with new software.
* ] as Sophie Hawkins, Laura and Joe's younger daughter. She names the new family synth Anita after a friend of hers who has moved away, and develops a strong affection for the synth.
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Simon (series 1), Jill Drummond's attractive synth caregiver and physiotherapist. Pete is dissatisfied with Simon, thinking that he is his replacement.
* ]<ref name="tvseriesfinale" /> as Fred Elster (series 1), a conscious synth built by David Elster to be a brother to Leo. Professor Hobb likens Fred to the '']'' in terms of the complexity of his design.
* ]<ref name="cast" /> as Vera (series 1), a medical synth from the ] who is supposed to replace Odi as George Millican's caregiver. Millican is frustrated with her relentlessly officious and domineering manner, and generally refuses her help.
* ]<ref name="cast" /> as Joe Hawkins, Laura's husband. He bought Anita because he felt Laura's absence caused a void, and he needed help managing their family.
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Jill Drummond (series 1), Pete's disabled wife. She is dissatisfied with Pete.
* ]<ref name="tvseriesfinale">{{cite web |title=''Humans'': New AMC TV Show to Debut |date=14 May 2015 |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/humans-new-amc-tv-show-debuts-36749/ |work=TV Series Finale |access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref> as Max Elster, Leo Elster's conscious synth confidant, built by David Elster to be a brother to Leo.
* ]<ref name="tvseriesfinale" /> as Pete Drummond (series 1–2), an unhappy Special Technologies Task Force detective sergeant who has always been suspicious of synths. He is partnered with Karen Voss. By the second series, Pete and Jill have separated and Pete is shown to be involved with Karen despite his knowledge of her true nature.
* ]<ref name="cast" /> as Leo Elster, son of David Elster, a part-synth fugitive believed by the rest of the world to have died in a car accident; he was in a fatal accident as a child and his father developed synth components to cope with the damage to his brain.
* ]<ref name="cast" /> as Laura Hawkins, a lawyer and mother of three who feels uncomfortable around synths. She had concerns about Anita and sought to find out more about her.
* ]<ref name="imdb-s1e1-cast">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4217412/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm |title=Humans Episode 1 (TV Episode 2015) - Full Cast & Crew |work=IMDb}}</ref> as Toby Hawkins, Laura and Joe's teenage son, who is attracted to, and becomes protective of, Anita.
* ]<ref name="cast">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a620653/humans-channel-4-and-amcs-sci-fi-drama-releases-its-first-image.html |title=Humans: Channel 4 and AMC's sci-fi drama releases its first image |work=Digital Spy |first=Tasha |last=Hegarty |date=10 January 2015}}</ref> as Odi (series 1–2), George Millican's malfunctioning synth caregiver. He is prone to system glitches, though Millican is unwilling to recycle him or return him to the NHS.
** Tudor also portrays V (series 3), an artificial intelligence developed by Athena Morrow based on her deceased daughter Virginia.
* ]<ref name="cast" /> as Edwin Hobb (series 1–2), an artificial intelligence researcher.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amc.com/shows/humans/cast-crew/professor-edwin-hobb |title=HUMANS – Professor Edwin Hobb |work=AMC |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106145306/https://www.amc.com/shows/humans/cast-crew/professor-edwin-hobb |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is simultaneously concerned about and intrigued by the possibility of conscious synthetics. Hobb is a key player in the quiet government investigation to find the four synths deemed a threat.
* ]<ref name="cast" /> as George Millican (series 1), a retired artificial intelligence researcher and widower who suffers memory loss and physical disabilities secondary to a stroke. He forms a special bond with his outdated caregiver synth named Odi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amc.com/shows/humans/cast-crew/dr-george-millican |title=HUMANS – Dr. George Millican |work=AMC |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612164528/https://www.amc.com/shows/humans/cast-crew/dr-george-millican |url-status=dead }}</ref> He previously worked with Leo's father.
* Manpreet Bachu<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Harun Khan (series 1), a friend of Mattie, who helps her hack the synths.

==== Introduced in series 2 ====
* ] as Milo Khoury (series 2),<ref name="comingsoon.net" /> a techno-entrepreneur and owner of Qualia, a synth research corporation, who seeks to harness the sentient synthetics for himself.
* ] as Hester (series 2),<ref name="comingsoon.net" /> a synth who becomes self-aware from the consciousness program unleashed across the world. She is rescued from a synth-laboured facility by Leo and Max, but soon starts to exhibit disturbing behaviour.
* ] as Athena Morrow (series 2),<ref name="comingsoon.net">{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/678779-production-begins-on-humans-season-2 |title=Production Begins on Humans Season 2 |work=ComingSoon.net|date=21 April 2016 }}</ref> an AI researcher based in San Francisco who has been invited to reverse engineer the consciousness program.
* ] as Neha Patel (series 2),<ref name="S02E02">{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/ffntg9/humans--series-2-episode-2/ |title=Humans : Series 2 - Episode 2 : EPISODE GUIDE |work=Radio Times |access-date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117120158/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/ffntg9/humans--series-2-episode-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> a government lawyer with initially a hostile stance towards the synth cause.
* Billy Jenkins as Seraph Sam (series 3; recurring series 2)<ref name="S03E01">{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/gjjqkn/humans--series-3-episode-1/ |title=Humans Series 3 Episode 1 |work=Radio Times |access-date=6 May 2018 |archive-date=14 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714153631/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/gjjqkn/humans--series-3-episode-1/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Introduced in series 3 ====
* ] as Agnes (series 3),<ref name="S03E01" /> a synth in Mia and Max's group. She is suspicious of their leadership and sympathizes with the terrorists.
* ] as Anatole (series 3),<ref name="S03E01" /> a former ] synth who believes in a higher power, namely David Elster, and that synths were always meant to be given ].
* ] as Neil Sommer (series 3),<ref name="S03E01" /> a charming scientist on a government commission with whom Laura develops a strong personal connection.
* ] as Stanley (series 3),<ref name="S03E01" /> an "orange-eyed" synth given to a reluctant Laura by the Dryden commission group as her personal synth and protector.
* ] as Tristan (series 3)

===Recurring===
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Lindsey Kiwanuka
* ]<ref name="radiotimes" /> as Robert
* ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Humans – Series 1 Episode 5 |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dpmrs6/humans--series-1---episode-5 |work=Radio Times |access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref> as David Elster, Leo's father and the creator of the conscious synths
* Spencer Norways<ref>{{cite web |title=Humans – Series 1 Episode 8 |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dqjb6q/humans--series-1---episode-8 |work=Radio Times |access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref> as young Leo Elster
* ] as Renie (series 2), a human who lives as if she were a synth<ref name="comingsoon.net" />
* ] as Astrid, a waitress who becomes romantically involved with Niska<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/info/press/press-packs/humans-series-three-press-pack |title=Humans Series Three Press Pack – Channel 4 – Info – Press |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>
* ] as Flash (series 2–3),<ref name="comingsoon.net" /> a house synth who, like Hester, becomes self-aware from the consciousness program.
* ] as Ed (series 2–3),<ref name="comingsoon.net" /> Mia's employer, with whom she forms a special bond. He is the owner of a beachside cafe.
* ] as Ji Dae-Sun
* ] as Lord Dryden


==Episodes== ==Episodes==
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = ]
|DirectedBy = Sam Donovan
|WrittenBy = Sam Vincent & Jonathan Brackley
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|14|df=y}}
|Viewers = 5.47
|Aux4 = 1.73<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/07/humans-series-premiere-ratings-live-3-amc-1201467803/|title='Humans' Series Premiere Ratings Grow To 2.5M In L+3|last=Petski|first=Denise|work=]|date=3 July 2015|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>
|ShortSummary = After missing his wife at home in his busy household, Joe Hawkins buys a very pretty synth, a robotic assistant that looks like a young woman; he doesn't consult his wife. Upon her return, wife Laura feels displaced and cast off. She also complains that this will confuse the children, who name the robot Anita. In a flashback, a group including Leo, Max, Niska, and Anita is hiding out in the forest five weeks earlier; everyone except Max and Leo is abducted and taken away into London. Fred, Leo and Max's contact in London, is concealing a mobile phone, which is blatantly outside allowed behaviour for a synth, and taken in for investigation by Hobb. George's outdated synth Odi malfunctions and injures a woman. Back at the Hawkins' residence, Anita carries the sleeping Sophie out of the house one night.
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = ]
|DirectedBy = Sam Donovan
|WrittenBy = Sam Vincent & Jonathan Brackley
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|21|df=y}}
|Viewers = 4.45
|Aux4 = 1.09<ref>{{cite web|url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2015/07/08/ratings-amcs-humans-falls-sharply-in-week-two-halt-and-catch-fire-holds/|title=Ratings: AMC's "Humans" falls sharply in week two; "Halt and Catch Fire" holds|last=Cantor|first=Brian|work=Headline Planet|date=8 July 2015|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>
|ShortSummary = Anita continues to worry Mattie with her human-like nature, and Laura with her closeness to Sophie and how she's taken over house tasks that Laura would normally do herself, while Toby finds himself enticed by her. George hides his outdated synth Odi, who he refuses to let go even with his ] insisting it be recycled, while he deals with his new overbearing health-case synth, Vera. Pete Drummond finds himself pushed aside and threatened in his life when his invalid wife begins to depend more upon their attractive synth Simon than on him. Niska decides that she has had enough when a elderly customer at the brothel asks her to act young and frightened, and kills him then makes a run for it. Fred remains captured in the facility run by Hobb, who inspects his memory and finds images and memories of Anita. Mattie and her friend, Harun, share a joint and kiss and Toby tries to touch Anita when she is charging but she wakes up just before and threatens to tell his parents if he tries again.
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Episode 3
|DirectedBy = Daniel Nettheim
|WrittenBy = Sam Vincent & Jonathan Brackley
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|28|df=y}}
|Viewers = 3.63
|Aux4 = 1.21<ref>{{cite web|url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2015/07/14/ratings-amcs-humans-rises-in-week-three-halt-and-catch-fire-loses-viewers/|title=Ratings: AMC's "Humans" rises in week three, "Halt and Catch Fire" loses viewers|work=Headline Planet|last=Cantor|first=Brian|date=14 July 2015|accessdate=4 August 2015}}</ref>
|ShortSummary = Toby races to stop Laura taking Anita back. He reaches her car, when a van runs Anita over, but she is mended by Joe. Elsewhere, George locks Vera in a room in his house, and takes Odi out in his car. The car crashes, and George orders Odi to hide in the woods. Drummond and Voss investigate the murder at the brothel, and elsewhere, Niska meets up with Leo and Max. After arguing with them, Niska goes to a bar, where she is chatted up by a man, and believing he is going to cheat on his wife with her, Niska hides a knife behind her back, but the man reveals he was looking after his young daughter. Back at the Hawkins household, Laura is grateful when Anita persuades Sophie to allow Laura to put her to bed. Later that night, Mattie inputs Anita's data onto her laptop, when Anita grabs her wrist and displays fear.
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = ]
|DirectedBy = Daniel Nettheim
|WrittenBy = Joe Barton
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|5|df=y}}
|Viewers = 3.95
|Aux4 = 1.05<ref>{{cite web|url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2015/07/21/ratings-amcs-humans-falls-to-viewership-low-halt-and-catch-fire-slips-in-demo/|title=Ratings: AMC's "Humans" falls to viewership low, "Halt and Catch Fire" slips in demo|work=Headline Planet|last=Cantor|first=Brian|date=21 July 2015|accessdate=4 August 2015}}</ref>
|ShortSummary = Laura meets a client who thinks synths can feel emotions and deserve human rights; she is intrigued by the idea. Meanwhile, her husband Joe feels lonely and has sex with Anita. Mattie meets up with Leo but quickly runs away when he claims her synth is called 'Mia' and asks about her location. Leo and Max then discover executable code by David Elster within Mia's programming and find Doctor Millican, who helps them extract it. Leo connects himself with his laptop and tries to run the program but tells Niska it will require all of them. Niska finds a "Smash club" where synths are savagely beaten for entertainment and starts attacking the humans there; she narrowly escapes being captured. Laura and Joe take Anita in to be diagnosed and discover she is at least fourteen years old. Pete Drummond's wife asks him to leave her alone with Simon; he goes to stay with his colleague Karen. Unbeknownst to him, it is revealed that Karen is a synth herself.
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|ShortSummary = Leo sends Niska to stay with Doctor Millican for a few days, because her face is in the newspapers for killing a human. Mattie contacts Leo and brings Anita to him, but Anita does not recognise the name 'Mia' or show any signs of being aware of her past. Niska and Doctor Millican discuss artificial consciousness and his involvement with the creation of synths. Mattie takes Anita home and finds in a log that someone has had sex with her. She assumes it was Toby, who admits this when Laura questions him. DS Drummond visits Doctor Millican, having found the remains of Odi, but does not discover Niska. Joe talks to Toby, who knows that it was really Joe that had sex with Anita. Toby becomes angry at Joe and storms off. Drummond attends a "We Are People" rally and listens to a man who feels synths make humans redundant. When Joe confesses to Laura that it was him using Anita's adult mode, Laura throws him out.
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|DirectedBy = Lewis Arnold
|WrittenBy = Sam Vincent & Jonathan Brackley
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|ShortSummary = Edwin tells Fred he has found out about the program David left in the group of conscious synths; Fred escapes. Niska is hiding out at George's with a broken Odi. Laura reveals to Mattie that Tom is her late younger brother whose fatal childhood accident was blamed on her. Jill and Simon's relationship turns sexual. Pete and Karen have sex, too, after which Karen reveals to Pete she is really a synth and he runs away. Mia briefly gains consciousness again and gives Mattie a hint how to recover her from Anita. Mattie finds Leo who reveals his past: Mia was created by David as Leo's nanny when Leo's mother fell ill. Then David added Max, Fred, and Niska. When Leo drowned at age 12, David saved him by adding synth technology to his brain and body. Eventually, David chased all of them away and committed suicide. Joe reconciles with Laura when Leo and Max arrive with the Hawkins children. Leo is able to restore Mia and then leaves with Max to meet Fred, but Joe calls authorities on them. Cornered by Edwin and police, Max, low on power, sacrifices himself to help Leo escape.
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|WrittenBy = Sam Vincent & Jonathan Brackley
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|Viewers = 3.67
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|ShortSummary = It is revealed that Karen was built by David Elster to replace his late wife Beatrice, but Leo rejected her. David had told the others he killed her just before he committed suicide, so the others had left her behind. Pete investigates on Karen's stolen identity. At George's, Karen asks Niska to kill her. When she refuses, an argument starts during which George and Vera are killed. Mia is remorseful for damaging the Hawkins' marriage. Leo, Fred, Niska, and Mia all reunite at the Hawkins' to repair Max whose body they found by the river, but Max is too damaged. Karen arrives but she is really working with Hobb, and the police arrest everyone at the Hawkins' house.
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|ShortSummary = Hobb has brought Leo, Max, Mia, Fred, and Niska in his lab, where he links their minds to extract David's programme to give synths consciousness, but the programme is not complete, as Karen's part is missing. Hobb has altered Fred to become his primary user, and plans to disassemble the other synths. Karen begs Leo to kill him. The Hawkins want to save Leo and the synths. Pete helps them steal Mattie's laptop back from the police, from which she can retrieve a cached copy of Leo's memories from when he was connected to it earlier. Laura threatens Hobb to release the memories to the press, thereby uncovering the secret of the conscious synths to the world, and Hobb sets his captives free. The Hawkins help them to hide and reunite in a church. Fred is still controlled by Hobb, and Leo tries to remove the additional code from him. All of them, this time including Karen, connect and share the programme. Karen tries to shut down all of them, but fails, and David's programme is put together. They consider publishing it on the internet to give all synths a consciousness but decide to store it safely on a hard drive with the Hawkins before splitting up. Niska keeps a copy of the programme for herself.
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==Production== ==Production==

===Development=== ===Development===
The series was announced in April 2014 as part of a partnership between ] and ].<ref>{{cite web| title = William Hurt and Colin Morgan to star in new sci-fi drama series | url = http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-10-15/william-hurt-and-colin-morgan-to-star-in-new-sci-fi-drama-series| accessdate = 13 October 2014}}</ref> However, after ] closed ], ] came aboard as partners to ].<ref name=entshums>{{cite web| title = Channel 4 teams up with AMC for sci-fi series Humans | url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a598258/channel-4-partners-up-with-amc-for-sci-fi-series-humans.html | accessdate = 11 January 2015}}</ref> Filming commenced in the autumn of 2014, with the series premiering on 14 June 2015.<ref name=entshums/> The series' budget is £12 million.<ref name="guardian"/> The series was announced in April 2014 as part of a partnership between ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |title=William Hurt and Colin Morgan to star in new sci-fi drama series |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-10-15/william-hurt-and-colin-morgan-to-star-in-new-sci-fi-drama-series |work=] |first=Huw |last=Fullerton |date=15 October 2014 |access-date=13 October 2014 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710105047/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-10-15/william-hurt-and-colin-morgan-to-star-in-new-sci-fi-drama-series |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, after ] closed Xbox Entertainment Studios, ] came aboard as partners to Channel 4.<ref name="entshums">{{cite web |title=Channel 4 teams up with AMC for sci-fi series Humans |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a598258/channel-4-partners-up-with-amc-for-sci-fi-series-humans.html |work=Digital Spy |first=Katy |last=Finbow |date=22 September 2014 |access-date=11 January 2015}}</ref> Filming commenced in the autumn of 2014, with the series premiering on 14 June 2015.<ref name="entshums" /> The series' budget was £12{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="guardian" />

The commissioning of a second, eight-episode series to air in 2016 was announced 31 July 2015.<ref name="Series2">{{cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=31 July 2015 |title=AMC, Channel 4 Renew Sci-Fi Drama 'Humans' for Season 2 |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/global/amc-channel-4-renew-humans-for-season-2-1201554107/ |website=Variety |access-date=31 July 2015}}</ref> Gemma Chan had previously said, in an interview with ''Den of Geek'', that the first series is "not completely tied up at the end" and "there are definitely still areas to be explored for a second series."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/humans/35663/humans-colin-morgan-and-gemma-chan-interview |title=Humans: Colin Morgan and Gemma Chan interview |work=Den of Geek |last=Meller |first=Louisa |date=12 June 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> Similarly, C4's Head of International Drama, Simon Maxwell, told Broadcast's Talking TV podcast that: "We've got a story that is told over a great many episodes and is very much designed to come back and return. We'll be following those characters on a really epic journey."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.broadcastnow.co.uk/5090346.article |title=C4 in talks over second run of Humans |work=Broadcast |last=Kanter |first=Jane |date=10 July 2015 |access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> Filming of the second series began on 11 April 2016, with a premiere date of 30 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/678779-production-begins-on-humans-season-2 |title=Production Begins on Humans Season 2 |work=ComingSoon |date=21 April 2016 |access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="Series2Premiere">{{cite web |title=Gemma Chan reveals Humans series 2 air date – and it's not far off |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/humans/news/a810143/humans-series-2-air-date-gemma-chan/ |website=Digital Spy |date=6 October 2016 |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref>

A third series was commissioned in March 2017 and premiered in the UK on 17 May 2018,<ref name="Series3">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/humans-renewed-season-3-amc-channel-4-1202053294/ |title='Humans' Renewed For Season 3 By AMC |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=28 March 2017 |access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Series3UK">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/humans/news/a856181/humans-series-3-uk-air-date-channel-4/ |title=Humans series 3 UK air date is confirmed by Channel 4 |work=Digital Spy |first=Morgan |last=Jeffrey |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=3 May 2018}}</ref> and in the United States on 5 June 2018.<ref name="Series3US">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/humans/news/a853243/humans-series-3-air-date-may-channel-4-amc-june-5/ |title=Humans series 3 gets a confirmed air-date and it's coming to Channel 4 soon |work=Digital Spy |first=Morgan |last=Jeffrey |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref> By August 2018, discussions were ongoing about a possible fourth series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/humans/news/a865114/humans-season-4-renewal-possibility/ |title=Humans season 4 is still 'a possibility' with talks 'rumbling on' |work=Digital Spy |first=Morgan |last=Jeffery |date=30 August 2018}}</ref> Channel 4 announced in May 2019 that there would not be a fourth series.<ref name="Cancellation">{{Cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a27527241/humans-not-returning-season-4-channel-4-amc/ |title=Humans will not be returning for season 4 |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |date=2019-05-20 |website=] |access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>


===Filming=== ===Filming===
During rehearsals, ] and her fellow robot actors were sent to a 'synth school' run by the show's choreographer, in a bid to rid themselves of any human physical gestures and become convincing synths. "It was about stripping back any physical tics you naturally incorporate into performance," explains Chan, who adds that it was a "relief to go home and slouch" after a day on set.<ref>{{cite web| title = TV: Humans on Channel 4, all you need to know about the robot drama | url = http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/TV-Humans-Channel-4/story-26656706-detail/story.html| accessdate = 8 June 2015}}</ref> During rehearsals, ] and her fellow robot actors were sent to a "synth school" run by the show's choreographer, Dan O'Neill, in a bid to rid themselves of any human physical gestures and become convincing synths. "It was about stripping back any physical tics you naturally incorporate into performance", explains Chan, who adds that it was a "relief to go home and slouch" after a day on set.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV: Humans on Channel 4, all you need to know about the robot drama |url=http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/TV-Humans-Channel-4/story-26656706-detail/story.html |work=Gloucestershire Echo |access-date=8 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619011156/http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/TV-Humans-Channel-4/story-26656706-detail/story.html |archive-date=19 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

] began filming six weeks after giving birth to her second child; her part in the series was filmed on 10 separate days, between 10 days' rest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/582497/Humans-Katherine-Parkinson-interview?_ga=1.45066404.1884730483.1434228907 |title=Humans' Katherine Parkinson: When I started the job I had a six-week-old baby |work=] |last=Francis |first=Pam |date=7 June 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref>

A number of scenes for the second series were filmed in ], ]. The production team used ] and West Bay as filming locations, while shots of the farm and fields overlooking the factory were filmed in ]. The scenes were predominantly centred on Anita at work.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Kent Film Office |url=http://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/2016/10/humans-2016/ |title=Humans Series 2 (2016)}}</ref>

==Broadcast and release==
The first episode of the series was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 on 14 June 2015 and premiered in the United States and Canada on AMC on 28 June 2015.<ref>{{cite web |work=] |title=New Drama ''Humans'' to Premiere Sunday, June 28 on AMC |first=Sara |last=Bibel |date=14 May 2015 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/14/new-drama-humans-to-premiere-sunday-june-28-on-amc/404136/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516010437/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/14/new-drama-humans-to-premiere-sunday-june-28-on-amc/404136/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 May 2015 |access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref> It started airing in Australia on ], on 3 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Humans: ABC TV |publisher=] |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/humans/ |access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> It was shown on ] in New Zealand from 11 August 2015.<ref>, '']'', 2 August 2015</ref>


The second series premiered in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2016,<ref name="Series2Premiere" /> in Australia the day after<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/humans/ |title=Humans: ABC TV |publisher=ABC |access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref> and premiered in the United States on 13 February 2017.<ref name="Season2US">{{cite web |title='Humans' Season 2 Gets Premiere Date On AMC |url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/humans-season-2-premiere-date-amc-1201864550/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=5 December 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref>
] began filming six weeks after giving birth to her second child; her part in the series was filmed on 10 separate days, between 10 days rest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/582497/Humans-Katherine-Parkinson-interview?_ga=1.45066404.1884730483.1434228907|title=Humans' Katherine Parkinson: When I started the job I had a six-week-old baby|work=]|last=Francis|first=Pam|date=7 June 2015|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref>


===Marketing=== ===Marketing===
For one week in May 2015, the series was marketed using a fake shopfront for ''Persona Synthetics'' on London's ], inviting passers-by to create their own synth using interactive screens,<ref>{{cite web| title = Channel 4 explains innovative Humans marketing campaign | url = http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a647047/channel-4-explains-innovative-humans-marketing-campaign.html | accessdate = 12 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Channel 4's Persona Synthetics ad for Humans could be the best TV promo we've ever seen | url = http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/channel-4s-persona-synthetics-ad-5669676 | accessdate = 9 May 2015}}</ref> and employing actors who pretended to be synths around central London.<ref name="ITV Marketing">{{cite web| title = Channel 4 dupes viewers into thinking robot servants for sale | url = http://www.itv.com/news/2015-05-13/channel-4-dupes-viewers-into-thinking-robot-servants-for-sale/ | accessdate = 13 May 2015}}</ref> An accompanying Channel 4 trailer for the series in the style of an advert for Persona featured "Sally", a robotic servant described as "your new best friend".<ref name="ITV Marketing" /> For one week in May 2015, the series was marketed using a fake shopfront for ''Persona Synthetics'' on London's ], inviting passers-by to create their own synth using interactive screens,<ref>{{cite web |title=Channel 4 explains innovative Humans marketing campaign |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a647047/channel-4-explains-innovative-humans-marketing-campaign.html |work=Digital Spy |first=Ryan |last=Love |date=12 May 2015 |access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Channel 4's Persona Synthetics ad for Humans could be the best TV promo we've ever seen |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/channel-4s-persona-synthetics-ad-5669676 |work=Mirror |date=9 May 2015 |first=Danny |last=Walker |access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> and employing actors who pretended to be synths around central London.<ref name="ITV Marketing">{{cite web |title=Channel 4 dupes viewers into thinking robot servants for sale |url=http://www.itv.com/news/2015-05-13/channel-4-dupes-viewers-into-thinking-robot-servants-for-sale/ |publisher=ITV |date=13 May 2015 |access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref> An accompanying Channel 4 trailer for the series in the style of an advertisement for Persona featured "Sally", a robotic servant described as "your new best friend". In addition, ] appeared on the eBay UK website leading to an eBay "buy it now" listing for a Persona Synthetics Robot.<ref name="ITV Marketing" />


===Future=== ===Home media===
Channel 4 DVD released the first series on DVD in the UK on 17 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humans-DVD-Colin-Morgan/dp/B00X7HEJM8 |title=Humans|website=Amazon UK}}</ref> Spirit Entertainment released the second series on DVD in the UK on 16 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humans-2-0-DVD-Gemma-Chan/dp/B01KYJD1GG |title=Humans 2.0 |website=Amazon UK |date=16 January 2017 }}</ref> Spirit Entertainment released the third series on DVD in the UK on 29 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humans-Gemma-Chan-Colin-Morgan/dp/B07FDL6FLG/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1582554262&sr=8-3 |title=Humans|website=Amazon UK}}</ref>
The commissioning of a second, eight-episode series to air in 2016 was announced 31 July 2015.<ref name="Series2">{{cite web|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|title=AMC, Channel 4 Renew Sci-Fi Drama ‘Humans’ for Season 2|url=http://variety.com/2015/tv/global/amc-channel-4-renew-humans-for-season-2-1201554107/|website=Variety|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref> Gemma Chan had previously said, in an interview with ''Den of Geek'', that the first series is "not completely tied up at the end" and "there are definitely still areas to be explored for a second series".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/humans/35663/humans-colin-morgan-and-gemma-chan-interview|title=Humans: Colin Morgan and Gemma Chan interview|work=Den of Geek|last=Meller|first=Louisa|date=12 June 2015|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref> Similarly, C4’s Head of ''International Drama'', Simon Maxwell, told Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast that: "We've got a story that is told over a great many episodes and is very much designed to come back and return. We’ll be following those characters on a really epic journey".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.broadcastnow.co.uk/5090346.article|title=C4 in talks over second run of Humans|work=Broadcast|last=Kanter|first=Jane|date=10 July 2015|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref>


In Region 1, Acorn Media has released the first two seasons on DVD and Blu-ray. ''Humans – Season 1: Uncut UK Edition'' was released on 29 March 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Humans-Season-1/21897 |title=Humans DVD news: Announcement for Season 1: Uncut UK Edition |website=tvshowsondvd.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417011522/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Humans-Season-1/21897 |archive-date=17 April 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Humans – Season 2: Uncut UK Edition'' was released on 31 October 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Humans-Season-2/23611 |title=Humans DVD news: Box Art for 2.0: Uncut UK Edition |website=tvshowsondvd.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826112251/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Humans-Season-2/23611 |archive-date=26 August 2017 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> As of 2023, the first through third seasons are available in Region 1 for purchase on Apple TV.
==Broadcast==
The first episode of the series was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 on 14 June 2015 and premiered in the United States and Canada on AMC on 28 June 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV by the numbers |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/14/new-drama-humans-to-premiere-sunday-june-28-on-amc/404136/ |accessdate=14 May 2015}}</ref> It was set to air in Australia on ] on 3 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Humans: ABC TV |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/humans/ |accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref>


==Reception== ==Reception==
The first season of ''Humans'' received positive reviews from critics. ] website ] gave the season an 89% based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reading: "''Humans'' is a mature, high-octane thriller offering emotional intrigue and thought-provoking suspense that should prove irresistible to sci-fi fans while remaining accessible enough to lure in genre agnostics."<ref>{{cite web |title=HUMANS: Season 1 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/humans/s01 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandago}}</ref> ] gave the season a rating of 76 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Humans Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/humans |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Metacritic}}</ref>
The show is Channel 4's highest rated drama since the 1992 programme '']''.<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/22/humans-becomes-channel-4s-biggest-drama-hit-in-20-years|title=Humans becomes Channel 4's biggest drama hit in 20 years|work=]|last=Plunkett|first=John|date=22 June 2015|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref> It has been described as having "universal appeal" and as being "one of 2015's dramatic hits".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/jun/22/humans-bankable-british-tv-show-that-isnt-costume-drama|title=Humans: a bankable British TV show that isn't a costume drama|work=]|last=Lawson|first=Mike|date=22 June 2015|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref> The show has been described as "a bit dystopian and '']''-esque".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/humans-everything-we-know-so-far-about-the-new-channel-4-series--from-the-air-date-to-that-creepy-persona-synthetics-ad-10294847.html|title=Humans: Everything we know about Channel 4's new series so far from the cast to that creepy Persona Synthetics ad|work=]|last=Denham|first=Jess|date=14 June 2015|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref> The actors have been praised for their performances, but some critics have said the story is "conceptually ... old hat" and "wasn't breaking any new ground philosophically".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11683287/Theres-something-slightly-robotic-about-Humans.html|title=There's something slightly robotic about Humans|work=]|last=Wilson|first=Benji|date=20 June 2015|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref>

The second season received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 94%, based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Humans'' continues to quietly distinguish itself in the sci-fi drama category – and prove better than most of its flashier ] competition."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/humans/s02 |title=HUMANS: Season 2 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandago |access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref> On Metacritic, the season has a rating of 82 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/humans/season-2 |title=Humans: Season 2|work=]}}</ref>

The third season received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 100%, based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6.0/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Humans'' gains new sociopolitical dimensions in its third season, mining deeper insight from its sci-fi premise without diluting the potency of its well-drawn characters."<ref>{{cite web |title=HUMANS: Season 3 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/humans/s03 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandago}}</ref>

The show is Channel 4's highest rated drama since the 1992 programme '']''.<ref name="guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/22/humans-becomes-channel-4s-biggest-drama-hit-in-20-years |title=Humans becomes Channel 4's biggest drama hit in 20 years |work=] |last=Plunkett |first=John |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> It has been described as having "universal appeal" and as being "one of 2015's dramatic hits".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/jun/22/humans-bankable-british-tv-show-that-isnt-costume-drama |title=Humans: a bankable British TV show that isn't a costume drama |work=] |last=Lawson |first=Mike |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> The show has been described as "a bit dystopian and '']''-esque".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/humans-everything-we-know-so-far-about-the-new-channel-4-series--from-the-air-date-to-that-creepy-persona-synthetics-ad-10294847.html |title=Humans: Everything we know about Channel 4's new series so far from the cast to that creepy Persona Synthetics ad |work=] |last=Denham |first=Jess |date=14 June 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> A review in the ''Telegraph'' praised the show's performances but said that the story is "conceptually{{nbsp}}... old hat" and "wasn't breaking any new ground philosophically".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11683287/Theres-something-slightly-robotic-about-Humans.html |title=There's something slightly robotic about Humans |work=] |last=Wilson |first=Benji |date=20 June 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref>

In December 2015, ''Humans'' was voted ]'s "Top Show of 2015", described as managing "to stand out as something totally different in a TV landscape awash with cop shows and crime thrillers{{nbsp}}... And its fearlessness, its creativity and its quality all deserve to be recognised."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/feature/a776788/digital-spys-best-tv-of-2015-our-top-5-and-number-1-show-of-the-year-revealed/ |title=Digital Spy's best TV of 2015: Our top 5 – and No.1 show of the year – revealed |work=] |date=18 December 2015 |access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref>

==Accolades==
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! Nominee(s)
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| rowspan="3" | 2015
| ]
| Best British TV Drama Writing
| Joe Barton, Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent and Emily Ballou
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/the-british-screenwriters-awards-2015-londonswf/ |title=The 2015 British Screenwriters' Awards |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | ]
| Design Titles
| Momoco
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Royal Television Society 2015">{{cite web |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/craft-design-awards-2014-2015 |title=The Royal Television Society Awards |date=14 August 2015 |access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Trails & Packaging
| 4Creative
| {{nominated}}
| <ref name="Royal Television Society 2015" />
|-
| rowspan="13" |2016
| rowspan="4" |]
|Audience Award
|''Humans''
| {{nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/press/press-releases/radio-times-audience-award-nominees|title=BAFTA Radio Times Audience Award|date=29 March 2016|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|Television: Drama Series
|''Humans''
| {{nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/television|title=BAFTA Television in 2016 Awards|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|Television Craft: Digital Creativity
|Development Team
| {{won}}
|<ref name="craft">{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/tvcraft |title=BAFTA TV Craft in 2016 Awards |access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
|Television Craft: Editing – Fiction
|Daniel Greenway
| {{nominated}}
|<ref name="craft" />
|-
|]
| Best Drama Series or Serial
|''Humans''
| {{nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://broadcastawards.co.uk/shortlist/ |title=Broadcast Awards |access-date=10 February 2016 |archive-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201103840/http://broadcastawards.co.uk/shortlist/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |]
|Best Actress
|Gemma Chan
| {{nominated}}
|<ref name="bpg" />
|-
|Best Drama Series
|''Humans''
| {{nominated}}
|<ref name="bpg">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/2016/02/11/bpg-awards-2016-television-nominations/|title=Broadcast Awards|date=11 February 2016|access-date=11 February 2016}}</ref>
|-
|Breakthrough Award
|Gemma Chan
| {{nominated}}
|<ref name="bpg" />
|-
|]
| New Drama
|''Humans''
| {{Nominated}}
|<ref name="National Television Awards 2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltvawards.com|title=National Television Awards (2016)|publisher=National Television Awards|website=nationaltvawards.com|access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| Best Drama Series
|''Humans''
| {{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2016 |title=RTS PROGRAMME AWARDS 2016 |date=19 October 2015 |access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
|]
| Best Genre Series
|''Humans''
| {{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2015/ |title=Satellite Awards (2015) |publisher=] |access-date=2 December 2015 |date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
|]
| Best TV Drama
|''Humans''
| {{nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/06/05/doctor-foster-and-stormzy-win-at-south-bank-sky-arts-awards-plus/ |title=Doctor Foster and Stormzy win at South Bank Sky Arts Awards, plus full list of winners |work=The Telegraph |date=5 June 2016 |access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Televisual Bulldog Awards
| Best Drama Series
|''Humans''
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.televisual.com/bulldogs/119/DRAMA-SERIES.html |title=Televisual Bulldog Awards 2016 |access-date=6 May 2016 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207045036/http://www.televisual.com/bulldogs/119/DRAMA-SERIES.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}

==Chinese adaptation==
On 25 July 2018, it was announced ] would be head writer on a Chinese version of ''Humans'' in Mandarin called ''你好，安怡'' / ''Nǐ hǎo, ān yí'' (''Hello An Yi''),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a862391/humans-remake-china/|title=Channel 4 and AMC's Humans is getting a remake in China|website=]|date=25 July 2018}}</ref> produced by Endemol Shine China and Croton Media.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/amc-c4-sci-fi-drama-humans-to-be-remade-in-china-via-endemol-shine-croton-media-1202433090/ |title=AMC & C4 Sci-Fi Drama 'Humans' To Be Remade In China Via Endemol Shine & Croton Media |first=Peter |last=White |date=25 July 2018 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref> The series began airing on Chinese broadcaster Tencent on 19 February 2021.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}. The Chinese version ran for 30 episodes in China in 2021.

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* * {{Official website|http://www.amc.com/shows/humans|AMC official website}}
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2015 science fiction TV series This article is about the English-language TV series. For its Chinese remake, see Humans (2021 TV series).

Humans
Title card for the second series
GenreScience fiction
Created byJonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent
Based onReal Humans
by Lars Lundström
Starring
Theme music composerCristobal Tapia de Veer
Composers
  • Cristobal Tapia de Veer
  • Sarah Warne
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jonathan Brackley
  • Jane Featherstone
  • Lars Lundström
  • Sam Vincent
  • Derek Wax
  • Henrik Widman
ProducerChris Fry
Production locationsLondon, England, UK
Cinematography
  • Stuart Bentley
  • David Rom
Running time46 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release14 June 2015 (2015-06-14) –
5 July 2018 (2018-07-05)

Humans (styled as HUM∀NS) is a science fiction television series that debuted in June 2015 on Channel 4 and on AMC. Written by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent, based on the Swedish science fiction drama Real Humans, the series explores the themes of artificial intelligence, robotics, and their effects on the future of humanity, focusing on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention and marketing of anthropomorphic robots called "synths". The series is produced jointly by Channel 4 and Kudos in the United Kingdom, and AMC in the United States.

Eight episodes were produced for the first series which aired between 14 June and 2 August 2015. The second eight-episode series was broadcast in the UK between 30 October and 18 December 2016. A third series was commissioned in March 2017 and aired eight episodes between 17 May and 5 July 2018. In May 2019, Channel 4 announced that the series had been cancelled.

Premise

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The series focuses on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths". It explores a number of science fiction themes, including artificial intelligence, consciousness, human-robot interaction, superintelligence, mind uploading and the laws of robotics.

Cast

Main

Introduced in series 1

  • Emily Berrington as Niska Elster, a conscious synth built by David Elster to be Leo's sister, assigned to work as a prostitute when they were separated. She is violent and resentful of humans and wishes to live her own life, but later starts to care about humans.
  • Ruth Bradley as Karen Voss, a detective inspector and the partner of Detective Sergeant Pete Drummond. Those around her have not discovered that she is a conscious synth and was created by David Elster to replace his deceased wife, Beatrice.
  • Lucy Carless as Mattie Hawkins, Laura and Joe's teenage daughter, who is upset that her family is falling apart and angry at the emerging role of synths in society. Despite her own intelligence, she feels useless, claiming that synths will soon be able to do anything she can do. She is skilled in computer programming and hacking.
  • Gemma Chan as Anita Hawkins / Mia Elster, a servile synth belonging to the Hawkins family. She was sold as new, but is actually Mia, a conscious synth built by David Elster to be Leo's babysitter, kidnapped and hacked with new software.
  • Pixie Davies as Sophie Hawkins, Laura and Joe's younger daughter. She names the new family synth Anita after a friend of hers who has moved away, and develops a strong affection for the synth.
  • Jack Derges as Simon (series 1), Jill Drummond's attractive synth caregiver and physiotherapist. Pete is dissatisfied with Simon, thinking that he is his replacement.
  • Sope Dirisu as Fred Elster (series 1), a conscious synth built by David Elster to be a brother to Leo. Professor Hobb likens Fred to the Mona Lisa in terms of the complexity of his design.
  • Rebecca Front as Vera (series 1), a medical synth from the NHS who is supposed to replace Odi as George Millican's caregiver. Millican is frustrated with her relentlessly officious and domineering manner, and generally refuses her help.
  • Tom Goodman-Hill as Joe Hawkins, Laura's husband. He bought Anita because he felt Laura's absence caused a void, and he needed help managing their family.
  • Jill Halfpenny as Jill Drummond (series 1), Pete's disabled wife. She is dissatisfied with Pete.
  • Ivanno Jeremiah as Max Elster, Leo Elster's conscious synth confidant, built by David Elster to be a brother to Leo.
  • Neil Maskell as Pete Drummond (series 1–2), an unhappy Special Technologies Task Force detective sergeant who has always been suspicious of synths. He is partnered with Karen Voss. By the second series, Pete and Jill have separated and Pete is shown to be involved with Karen despite his knowledge of her true nature.
  • Colin Morgan as Leo Elster, son of David Elster, a part-synth fugitive believed by the rest of the world to have died in a car accident; he was in a fatal accident as a child and his father developed synth components to cope with the damage to his brain.
  • Katherine Parkinson as Laura Hawkins, a lawyer and mother of three who feels uncomfortable around synths. She had concerns about Anita and sought to find out more about her.
  • Theo Stevenson as Toby Hawkins, Laura and Joe's teenage son, who is attracted to, and becomes protective of, Anita.
  • Will Tudor as Odi (series 1–2), George Millican's malfunctioning synth caregiver. He is prone to system glitches, though Millican is unwilling to recycle him or return him to the NHS.
    • Tudor also portrays V (series 3), an artificial intelligence developed by Athena Morrow based on her deceased daughter Virginia.
  • Danny Webb as Edwin Hobb (series 1–2), an artificial intelligence researcher. He is simultaneously concerned about and intrigued by the possibility of conscious synthetics. Hobb is a key player in the quiet government investigation to find the four synths deemed a threat.
  • William Hurt as George Millican (series 1), a retired artificial intelligence researcher and widower who suffers memory loss and physical disabilities secondary to a stroke. He forms a special bond with his outdated caregiver synth named Odi. He previously worked with Leo's father.
  • Manpreet Bachu as Harun Khan (series 1), a friend of Mattie, who helps her hack the synths.

Introduced in series 2

  • Marshall Allman as Milo Khoury (series 2), a techno-entrepreneur and owner of Qualia, a synth research corporation, who seeks to harness the sentient synthetics for himself.
  • Sonya Cassidy as Hester (series 2), a synth who becomes self-aware from the consciousness program unleashed across the world. She is rescued from a synth-laboured facility by Leo and Max, but soon starts to exhibit disturbing behaviour.
  • Carrie-Anne Moss as Athena Morrow (series 2), an AI researcher based in San Francisco who has been invited to reverse engineer the consciousness program.
  • Thusitha Jayasundera as Neha Patel (series 2), a government lawyer with initially a hostile stance towards the synth cause.
  • Billy Jenkins as Seraph Sam (series 3; recurring series 2)

Introduced in series 3

  • Holly Earl as Agnes (series 3), a synth in Mia and Max's group. She is suspicious of their leadership and sympathizes with the terrorists.
  • Ukweli Roach as Anatole (series 3), a former courtesan synth who believes in a higher power, namely David Elster, and that synths were always meant to be given consciousness.
  • Mark Bonnar as Neil Sommer (series 3), a charming scientist on a government commission with whom Laura develops a strong personal connection.
  • Dino Fetscher as Stanley (series 3), an "orange-eyed" synth given to a reluctant Laura by the Dryden commission group as her personal synth and protector.
  • Phil Dunster as Tristan (series 3)

Recurring

  • Ellen Thomas as Lindsey Kiwanuka
  • Jonathan Aris as Robert
  • Stephen Boxer as David Elster, Leo's father and the creator of the conscious synths
  • Spencer Norways as young Leo Elster
  • Letitia Wright as Renie (series 2), a human who lives as if she were a synth
  • Bella Dayne as Astrid, a waitress who becomes romantically involved with Niska
  • Ritu Arya as Flash (series 2–3), a house synth who, like Hester, becomes self-aware from the consciousness program.
  • Sam Palladio as Ed (series 2–3), Mia's employer, with whom she forms a special bond. He is the owner of a beachside cafe.
  • Akie Kotabe as Ji Dae-Sun
  • Matthew Marsh as Lord Dryden

Episodes

Main article: List of Humans episodes
SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired (UK)Avg. UK viewers
(millions)		Avg. US viewers
(millions)
First airedLast aired
1814 June 2015 (2015-06-14)2 August 2015 (2015-08-02)4.121.18
2830 October 2016 (2016-10-30)18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)1.930.47
3817 May 2018 (2018-05-17)5 July 2018 (2018-07-05)1.050.35

Production

Development

The series was announced in April 2014 as part of a partnership between Channel 4 and Xbox Entertainment Studios. However, after Microsoft closed Xbox Entertainment Studios, AMC came aboard as partners to Channel 4. Filming commenced in the autumn of 2014, with the series premiering on 14 June 2015. The series' budget was £12 million.

The commissioning of a second, eight-episode series to air in 2016 was announced 31 July 2015. Gemma Chan had previously said, in an interview with Den of Geek, that the first series is "not completely tied up at the end" and "there are definitely still areas to be explored for a second series." Similarly, C4's Head of International Drama, Simon Maxwell, told Broadcast's Talking TV podcast that: "We've got a story that is told over a great many episodes and is very much designed to come back and return. We'll be following those characters on a really epic journey." Filming of the second series began on 11 April 2016, with a premiere date of 30 October 2016.

A third series was commissioned in March 2017 and premiered in the UK on 17 May 2018, and in the United States on 5 June 2018. By August 2018, discussions were ongoing about a possible fourth series. Channel 4 announced in May 2019 that there would not be a fourth series.

Filming

During rehearsals, Gemma Chan and her fellow robot actors were sent to a "synth school" run by the show's choreographer, Dan O'Neill, in a bid to rid themselves of any human physical gestures and become convincing synths. "It was about stripping back any physical tics you naturally incorporate into performance", explains Chan, who adds that it was a "relief to go home and slouch" after a day on set.

Katherine Parkinson began filming six weeks after giving birth to her second child; her part in the series was filmed on 10 separate days, between 10 days' rest.

A number of scenes for the second series were filmed in Thanet, Kent. The production team used Botany Bay and West Bay as filming locations, while shots of the farm and fields overlooking the factory were filmed in Dagnall. The scenes were predominantly centred on Anita at work.

Broadcast and release

The first episode of the series was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 on 14 June 2015 and premiered in the United States and Canada on AMC on 28 June 2015. It started airing in Australia on ABC2, on 3 August 2015. It was shown on TV3 in New Zealand from 11 August 2015.

The second series premiered in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2016, in Australia the day after and premiered in the United States on 13 February 2017.

Marketing

For one week in May 2015, the series was marketed using a fake shopfront for Persona Synthetics on London's Regent Street, inviting passers-by to create their own synth using interactive screens, and employing actors who pretended to be synths around central London. An accompanying Channel 4 trailer for the series in the style of an advertisement for Persona featured "Sally", a robotic servant described as "your new best friend". In addition, website banner advertisements appeared on the eBay UK website leading to an eBay "buy it now" listing for a Persona Synthetics Robot.

Home media

Channel 4 DVD released the first series on DVD in the UK on 17 August 2015. Spirit Entertainment released the second series on DVD in the UK on 16 January 2017. Spirit Entertainment released the third series on DVD in the UK on 29 January 2019.

In Region 1, Acorn Media has released the first two seasons on DVD and Blu-ray. Humans – Season 1: Uncut UK Edition was released on 29 March 2016. Humans – Season 2: Uncut UK Edition was released on 31 October 2017. As of 2023, the first through third seasons are available in Region 1 for purchase on Apple TV.

Reception

The first season of Humans received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the season an 89% based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reading: "Humans is a mature, high-octane thriller offering emotional intrigue and thought-provoking suspense that should prove irresistible to sci-fi fans while remaining accessible enough to lure in genre agnostics." Metacritic gave the season a rating of 76 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

The second season received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 94%, based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Humans continues to quietly distinguish itself in the sci-fi drama category – and prove better than most of its flashier AI competition." On Metacritic, the season has a rating of 82 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

The third season received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 100%, based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6.0/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Humans gains new sociopolitical dimensions in its third season, mining deeper insight from its sci-fi premise without diluting the potency of its well-drawn characters."

The show is Channel 4's highest rated drama since the 1992 programme The Camomile Lawn. It has been described as having "universal appeal" and as being "one of 2015's dramatic hits". The show has been described as "a bit dystopian and Black Mirror-esque". A review in the Telegraph praised the show's performances but said that the story is "conceptually ... old hat" and "wasn't breaking any new ground philosophically".

In December 2015, Humans was voted Digital Spy's "Top Show of 2015", described as managing "to stand out as something totally different in a TV landscape awash with cop shows and crime thrillers ... And its fearlessness, its creativity and its quality all deserve to be recognised."

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2015 British Screenwriters' Awards Best British TV Drama Writing Joe Barton, Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent and Emily Ballou Won
Royal Television Society: Craft and Design Awards Design Titles Momoco Won
Trails & Packaging 4Creative Nominated
2016 BAFTA Audience Award Humans Nominated
Television: Drama Series Humans Nominated
Television Craft: Digital Creativity Development Team Won
Television Craft: Editing – Fiction Daniel Greenway Nominated
Broadcast Awards Best Drama Series or Serial Humans Nominated
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Actress Gemma Chan Nominated
Best Drama Series Humans Nominated
Breakthrough Award Gemma Chan Nominated
National Television Awards New Drama Humans Nominated
Royal Television Society: Programme Awards Best Drama Series Humans Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Genre Series Humans Nominated
South Bank Sky Arts Awards Best TV Drama Humans Nominated
Televisual Bulldog Awards Best Drama Series Humans Won

Chinese adaptation

On 25 July 2018, it was announced Roland Moore would be head writer on a Chinese version of Humans in Mandarin called 你好，安怡 / Nǐ hǎo, ān yí (Hello An Yi), produced by Endemol Shine China and Croton Media. The series began airing on Chinese broadcaster Tencent on 19 February 2021.. The Chinese version ran for 30 episodes in China in 2021.

See also

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