The Strangerers

The Strangerers
Genre Comedy-drama
Science fiction
Written by Rob Grant
Directed by Liddy Oldroyd
Nick Wood
Starring Mark Williams
Jack Docherty
Sarah Alexander
Mark Heap
Milton Jones
Morwenna Banks
David Walliams
Paul Darrow
Doon Mackichan
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 9
Production
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time 60 minutes (Episode 1)
30 minutes (Episodes 2–9)
Production company(s) Absolutely Television
Taken for Granted Productions Ltd.
Distributor BSkyB
Release
Original network Sky One
Picture format 4:3
Audio format 5.1 surround sound
Original release 15 February (2000-02-15) – 11 April 2000 (2000-04-11)

The Strangerers is a British television comedy drama science fiction series written by Rob Grant (best known as co-creator of Red Dwarf) and was broadcast on Sky One between 15 February and 11 April 2000.

A single series was made with a total of 9 episodes (the first being 1 hour in length and the rest 30 minutes each). The show ended on a cliffhanger. It has not been released on DVD, nor repeated since its original run.

Plot

The story centres around two alien agents, Cadet Flynn and Pseudo-Cadet Niven. They are incredibly advanced and evolved vegetables on an information finding mission to Earth, where they take on human form. Their supervisor is accidentally decapitated shortly after arrival, leaving the cadets to fend for themselves. Through the course of the series the aliens discover the intricacies of basic needs, like the eating ritual, the sleeping ritual and how to purchase things, usually doing so in their own idiosyncratic manner.

Their exact whereabouts on Earth is something of a mystery. The society in which they find themselves bears some resemblance to both Britain and America, and there are hints that a totalitarian Government is in charge. There are also street gangs parodying those in A Clockwork Orange. Two agents and their apparently psychopathic commander try to capture the aliens. The aliens repeatedly escape, but not without suffering occasional injuries themselves.

Cast

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
Season premiere Last in the series
1 9 15 February 2000 11 April 2000
Overall
number
Episode Director Writer(s) Original air date UK viewers
(million)
1"Space Cadets"Liddy OldroydRob Grant15 February 2000 (2000-02-15)TBA
2"Vegetables"TBARob Grant22 February 2000 (2000-02-22)TBA
3"Crunchy Munchy"TBARob Grant29 February 2000 (2000-02-29)TBA
4"Fargle"TBARob Grant7 March 2000 (2000-03-07)TBA
5"Zap Type Z"TBARob Grant14 March 2000 (2000-03-14)TBA
6"Angels"TBARob Grant21 March 2000 (2000-03-21)TBA
7"The Streets of Laredo"Nick WoodRob Grant28 March 2000 (2000-03-28)TBA
8"Eyepoppers"TBARob Grant4 April 2000 (2000-04-04)TBA
9"The Getawaying"TBARob Grant11 April 2000 (2000-04-11)TBA
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