Misfits (TV series)
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| Genre |
Action Dark comedy Drama Science fiction Supernatural |
| Created by | Howard Overman |
| Written by | Howard Overman Jon Brown Mike O'Leary |
| Creative director(s) | Mollie Sian Smith |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Echoes" by The Rapture |
| Ending theme | "Main Titles" by Vince Pope |
| Composer(s) | Vince Pope |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 37 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Howard Overman Murray Ferguson Matt Jarvis Petra Fried |
| Producer(s) | Kate Crowe Matt Strevens Nick Pitt |
| Location(s) | London |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Clerkenwell Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | E4 |
| Picture format |
HDTV (1080i) SDTV (576i) |
| Audio format | Surround |
| Original release | 12 November 2009 – 11 December 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television show, on E4, about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The show premiered on 12 November 2009 and concluded on 11 December 2013 in its fifth series.
Antonia Thomas, Iwan Rheon, Lauren Socha, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Robert Sheehan are introduced as Alisha Daniels, Simon Bellamy, Kelly Bailey, Curtis Donovan, and Nathan Young respectively. Sheehan left after the second series, replaced in the third by Joseph Gilgun as Rudy Wade. After the third series it was announced that Rheon, Thomas, and Socha had left and would be replaced by new cast members Karla Crome, Nathan McMullen and Matt Stokoe, as Jess, Finn, and Alex respectively. Midway through the fourth series, Stewart-Jarrett left while Natasha O'Keeffe joined the cast as Abbey Smith.
The first series started broadcasting in the U.K. on 12 November 2009 on E4, and was produced by Clerkenwell Films. The show aired in Australia in 2010 on ABC2, and in New Zealand, it screens on FOUR, where its fourth series is currently running. In June 2011, it was made available online in the United States via Hulu, where it became one of the service's most-watched series.
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