Misfits (TV series)

Misfits
GenreAction
Black comedy
Drama
Science fiction
Superhero fiction
Created byHoward Overman
Written byHoward Overman
Jon Brown
Mike O'Leary
Creative directorMollie Sian Smith
Starring
Opening theme"Echoes" by The Rapture
Ending theme"Main Titles" by Vince Pope
ComposerVince Pope
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes37 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersHoward Overman
Murray Ferguson
Matt Jarvis
Petra Fried
ProducersKate Crowe
Matt Strevens
Nick Pitt
Production locationLondon
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time45 minutes
Production companyClerkenwell Films
Original release
NetworkE4
Release12 November 2009 (2009-11-12) –
11 December 2013 (2013-12-11)
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Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television show, on E4, about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The show premiered on 12 November 2009 and concluded on 11 December 2013 in its fifth series.

Antonia Thomas, Iwan Rheon, Lauren Socha, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Robert Sheehan are introduced as Alisha Daniels, Simon Bellamy, Kelly Bailey, Curtis Donovan, and Nathan Young respectively. Sheehan left after the second series and was replaced in the third by Joseph Gilgun as Rudy Wade. After the third series, it was announced that Rheon, Thomas, and Socha had left and would be replaced by new cast members Karla Crome, Nathan McMullen and Matt Stokoe, as Jess, Finn, and Alex respectively. Midway through the fourth series, Stewart-Jarrett left while Natasha O'Keeffe joined the cast as Abbey Smith.[1]

  1. ^ "Programmes — Misfits". Channel 4. Retrieved 17 July 2014.