The Strangerers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Strangerers is a comedy science-fiction series written by Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant and centred on a group of evolved vegetable aliens disguised as humans who land on Earth to carry out a secret mission. When their Supervisor is decapitated, two inexperienced Cadets have no idea what the mission entails, but using a mixture of their of own language, and things they have observed in old 1950s movies, they try and get through the crazy world we live in without getting caught by the various shady organisations after them.

Series details

• Title: The Strangerers
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2000-02-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-04-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Sky Showcase
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 19116
• IMDb ID: tt0235944
• TVDB ID: 82614

Cast and credited roles

• Mark Williams — Cadet Flynn
• Jack Docherty — Cadet Niven
• Sarah Alexander — Rina
• Mark Heap — Harry
• Milton Jones — The Supervisor
• Morwenna Banks — The Super-Supervisor
• Paul Darrow — C.D.
• David Walliams — Rats
• John Sparkes — Bilbo
• Doon Mackichan — Galdriel
• Meera Syal — Volunteer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-02-15; final listed air date 2000-04-11; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Strangerers 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.