Outland | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | John Richards Adam Richard |
Written by | John Richards Adam Richard |
Directed by | Kevin Carlin |
Starring |
Christine Anu Ben Gerrard Paul Ireland Adam Richard Toby Truslove |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
Release | |
Original network | ABC1 |
Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 8 February – 14 March 2012 |
External links | |
Website | www |
Outland is an Australian television comedy series which screened in 2012 on ABC1. The six-part comedy series was written by John Richards (episodes 1 - 6) and Adam Richard (episodes 1 - 3). It is based on the 2006 short film of the same name.
The first public screening of Outland took place at the science fiction convention Continuum 7, where brief clips of episodes 1 and 4 were shown, on 12 June 2011. The full series was played over two nights at the 16th Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, on 18 and 19 October 2011, where it won an audience award. The series was also screened at the 3rd annual Bent-Con convention in Burbank, California on 2 December 2012.
The first episode screened on Australian television on 8 February 2012, at 9.30pm. In New Zealand, it screened in February–March 2014 on digital channel Choice TV.
Outland revolves around the lives, loves and never-ending dramas of the members of a science-fiction fan club.
Outside of the show itself, the character of Fab had a Twitter feed (@FabXXL) and Adam Richard had a blog in character as Fab, where he talked about what happened in the week's episode and reviewed a science fiction film. Writer John Richards has online commentary tracks that can be synced up to each episode at https://soundcloud.com/outland-commentaries.