A Scottish chaplain embarks on an epic journey through space. Based on Michel Faber's 'The Book Of Strange New Things'.
Acting
Richard Madden cries beautifully into space static.
Production
Alien planet looks like expensive screensaver, works anyway.
Director
Kevin Macdonald
Richard Madden
Peter
Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Bea
Moshidi Motshegwa
Lily
Aislín McGuckin
Vivian Hades
Jonjo O'Neill
David Morgan
Lemogang Tsipa
Male Nurse
Haley Joel Osment
Sy
Antje Traue
Sara Keller
Mark Addy
Halloran
Michael James Shaw
B.G
Anil Kapoor
Vikram Danesh
Maureen Sebastian
Alicia Reyes
Michael Shaeffer
Phelps
Zawe Ashton
Severin
Stephen Jennings
Baker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amazon commissioned this as a series pilot then ghosted it like Peter ghosted Bea. The full 60 minutes exists in limbo.
Michel Faber's novel was his farewell to fiction written while his wife was dying — the Bea/Peter correspondence mirrors his own goodbyes.
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