Utopia (UK TV series)
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| Genre | Thriller, drama, action |
| Created by | Dennis Kelly |
| Based on | An original idea by Huw Kennair-Jones Mark Aldridge Clare McDonald |
| Written by | Dennis Kelly John Donnelly |
| Directed by | Marc Munden Wayne Che Yip Alex Garcia Lopez Sam Donovan |
| Starring |
Alexandra Roach Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Paul Higgins Fiona O'Shaughnessy Adeel Akhtar Steven Robertson Oliver Woollford Neil Maskell Paul Ready Geraldine James Stephen Rea Ian McDiarmid James Fox Michael Smiley Emilia Jones |
| Composer(s) | Cristobal Tapia de Veer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Karen Wilson Jane Featherstone Dennis Kelly |
| Producer(s) | Rebekah Wray-Rogers |
| Location(s) | Liverpool |
| Cinematography | Ole Bratt Birkeland (season 1) Lol Crawley (season 2) |
| Editor(s) | Luke Dunkley David Charap |
| Running time | 45–61 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Kudos Film and Television |
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| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 15 January 2013 – 12 August 2014 |
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| Utopia (Original Television Soundtrack) | |
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| Soundtrack album by Cristobal Tapia de Veer | |
| Released | 7 October 2013 |
| Label | Silva Screen Music |
Utopia is a British thriller drama action television series that was broadcast on Channel 4 from 15 January 2013 to 12 August 2014. The show is written by Dennis Kelly and stars Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Alexandra Roach, Oliver Woollford, and Neil Maskell. A second six-episode series was commissioned by Channel 4 and went into production in late 2013. Series 2 started airing with a double-bill spread over two nights on Monday 14 July and Tuesday 15 July 2014. It ended on 12 August 2014.
On 9 October 2014, it was revealed by the official Utopia Twitter feed (and later by Channel 4) that there would not be a third series. An American adaptation was planned for HBO, but budget disputes between HBO and director David Fincher led to the project being cancelled in July 2015.
The story follows a small group of people who find themselves in possession of the manuscript sequel of a cult graphic novel called The Utopia Experiments, which is rumoured to have predicted the worst disasters of the last century. This leads them to be targeted by an organisation known as The Network, which they must avoid to survive. Using the manuscript, they must uncover the meaning hidden in its pages before the disasters depicted become reality.
In April 2012, Channel 4 announced that it had commissioned a 6-episode drama series titled Utopia. The series was written by Dennis Kelly and produced by Kudos Film and Television. Marc Munden was chosen as the director, Rebekah Wray-Rogers the producer, and Dennis Kelly, Jane Featherstone and Karen Wilson the executive producers.
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