Humans fact file
Here are a few facts about Humans that will make excellent contextual information in the final exam!
- Budget of £12million for the whole of the eight episodes of the first series
- C4s 'highest rated' drama since 1992 (lol)
- Written by Sam Vincent and Jonathon Ratcliffe
- Screened on Channel in the UK, and AMC in America
- American UK co-production. Allows producers to maximise audiences and minimises financial risk
- Cancelled in 2019, four years after starting, due to decline in viewing figures, especially in America
- Commissioned in America due to the success of British exports such as Dr Who and Black Mirror
- Laura had given birth six weeks before film
- A remake of a Swedish show called Real Humans, with many of the same elements, but the sex and violence were significantly toned down for local audiences
- AMC - American Movie Channel. Previously a low-rent basic cable. However, they pivoted to 'serious' prestige TV, including The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Preacher, Mad Men. Humans totally fits in to their ethos of mid-budget prestige TV. A slightly different version of the show was aired in America to correspond to local regulations
- Channel 4. UK commercial TV channel with a reputation for edgy, out-there TV. The Inbetweeners, Broadchurch, Naked Attraction, GBBO, Gogglebox, Big Brother, Hunted, Black Mirror, Top Boy, Brass Eye, Taskmaster
- Aired on Thursdays at 2100. Post watershed, the time when it is accepted that adult shows may be broadcast (self-regulation). Primetime!
