Humans returns to Channel 4 later this month.
From its creators and cast, heres what the third series has in store…
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Bold white lettering on a bright red background beneath an image of a Synth street-cleaner.
Thats the flyer on every seat of the screening room at theHumansseries three press launch.
Turn it over and youll see a call to Join the movement!
and a personally signed message from Claudia Nowak, head of anti-Synth pressure group We Are People.
From new characters to new threats, heres what else to expect from the shows third run… Each series ofHumanshas had its own distinct theme, explain Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley.
Series one was about two very different familiesor one very ordinary human family and one completely extraordinary Synth family.
Series two was sort of about pair relationships and different kinds of matches between human and Synth.
What approach is the right thing to do?
[Mia] is weighing up all those options and goes in a direction thats not necessarily expected.
Viewers can also expect political parallels with real-world situations.
We take a stab at be relevant a year in advance!
As it turns out, division is still a thing!
Dont expect a political polemic though, says Vincent.
We see the emergence of a terror cell within that.
There are scenes where Joe makes a convincing argument for Waltringham and whats good about rejecting Synths.
We try and come at every side of it.
Division is a huge theme, obviously, of the third series, says Vincent.
Theres the global human-Synth divide, explains Vincent, but also familial division.
Exploring it on the smallest, most human level, and also on the biggest canvas possible.
Expect to meet a large number of new Synths, both green-eyes and orange eyes, promise the writers.
We needed to show a range of different Synthetic characters.
Theres also a new human character played by the brilliant Mark Bonnar (Catastrophe,Line Of Duty).
Hes a behavioural scientist with an extraordinary ambivalence towards Synths who shares scenes with Katherine Parkinsons Laura Hawkins.
Anti-Synth protest groupWe Are Peoplebecomes more prominent in series three, as does their leader Claudia Nowak.
Well see how that turns out.
We can also expect the return of Sam Palladios Ed, the human who betrayed Mia in series two.
Whether Will Tudors Odi, or Carrie-Anne Moss Dr Athena Morrow will also return is yet to be confirmed.
that has elected to be Synth-free.
Series three sees Joe having made the move.
Hes got to think about what that means for him in the future.
There are a few contenders, but the writers answer is a bit more abstract.
If theres a villain in this piece its division, says Jon Brackley.
Tom Goodman-Hill expands on the idea, I think the villain is the situation.
If were lucky enough to get recommissioned, says Sam Vincent, he and Jon Brackley have ideas.
We cant help but imagine where it goes next.
