8.447 minSeason 3 • Episode 8
LatestIn a dramatic showdown, humans and Synths go head-to-head - but will Mia and Max's peaceful protest cost them their lives? Laura, Niska and Mattie face major decisions.
In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.
Acting
Gemma Chan's synth physicality is genuinely uncanny
Production
Near-future design that aged scarily well
Writing
Domestic drama meets Philip K. Dick paranoia
Creators
Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent
Katherine Parkinson
Laura Hawkins
Gemma Chan
Anita / Mia
Colin Morgan
Leo Elster
Tom Goodman-Hill
Joe Hawkins
Lucy Carless
Mattie Hawkins
Emily Berrington
Niska
Ruth Bradley
DI Karen Voss
Theo Stevenson
Toby Hawkins
Pixie Davies
Sophie Hawkins
Ivanno Jeremiah
Max
Billy Jenkins
Seraph / Sam
Ukweli Roach
Anatole
Dino Fetscher
Stanley
Mark Bonnar
Neil
Holly Earl
Agnes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Swedish original Äkta människor came first, but this UK remake leaned harder into class anxiety and Brexit-era British unease.
Gemma Chan reportedly studied movement specialists and Parkinson's patients to develop Anita's unnervingly 'almost human' physicality — watch her blink patterns.
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