The Circle: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In The Circle, individuals from all walks of life will compete in a popularity contest to win up to £50,000. They will all live in one modern block but separately in individual apartments, interacting with one another exclusively through a bespoke voice-activated social media platform called The Circle.

Throughout the contest the competitors will rate each other with whoever is liked the least running the risk of being ‘blocked' and removed from The Circle. It is only when someone is ‘blocked' that the others will learn about who they have really been interacting with. Will they turn out to be who they said they were? How will each member of The Circle play the game and stay popular and will the other competitors believe their hype?

Series details

• Title: The Circle
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2018-09-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-04-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 66 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37842
• IMDb ID: tt8430234
• TVDB ID: 352575

Cast and credited roles

• Sophie Willan — Narrator
• Emma Willis — Presenter
• Alice Levine — Presenter
• Maya Jama — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-09-18; final listed air date 2018-10-16; episode order: 19.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-09-24; final listed air date 2019-10-18; episode order: 22.
• Season 3: premiered 2021-03-16; final listed air date 2021-04-09; episode order: 21.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Circle on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.