BBC America On Board Outcasts

NEW YORK: BBC America is on board as a co-producer on Outcasts, the futuristic Kudos Film & TV series for the BBC starring Battlestar Galactica’s Jamie Bamber.

Created by Ben Richards (MI-5), the series also stars Eric Mabius, Liam Cunningham and Hermione Norris. The eight-part Kudos, BBC America and BBC co-pro will be distributed by BBC Worldwide.

Being shot in South Africa, the show is set in 2040 on a recently-discovered planet and tells of the dilemmas, loves and lives of a group of people setting up a new world. Executive producers are Jane Featherstone, Simon Crawford-Collins and Faith Penhale from Kudos and Matthew Read for the BBC.