The Aliens (2016)

Directed by

Jonathan van Tulleken, Lawrence Gough

Genre

science fiction television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set 40 years after aliens landed in the Irish Sea and were integrated into British society, a border guard discovers he is half-alien and gets pulled into the criminal underworld of a fictional city.

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What happens

The Aliens is a British science fiction television series created and written by Fintan Ryan. It is set 40 years after aliens land in the Irish Sea and are reluctantly integrated into British society in the fictional city of Troy. Border guard Lewis Garvey, played by Michael Socha, is caught up in the criminal underbelly of Troy as he learns he is himself half-alien. The six-episode series also stars Michaela Coel, Michael Smiley and Jim Howick, and is produced by Clerkenwell Films for E4. The first episode was released on 8 March 2016. Ryan had previously written BBC shows Never Better and In the Flesh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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