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Out There brings us Martin Clunes (The Acid House) as Nathan Williams, a Welsh farmer in what I thought was going to turn into the Tony Martin situation, a farmer who shot and killed intruder Fred Barras, on his land, and then got in a bit of trub over it, as the lad was apparently running away at that point.
But in Nathan’s case, he plans just to kill badgers on his land, but spots a drone being flown around, the first of a few, causing some consternation, but not as much as the fact that some farmers are selling up because there’s just not enough money in it, these days.
Elsewhere in the line-up, his son, Johnny’s (Louis Ashbourne Serkis – Allelujah!) schoolwork is suffering as he spends too much time playing videogames, and getting in with the wrong sort – cue the old plot device of friend Rhys (Gerran Howell – Ludwig) asking him to store something for a while, but not to ask questions what it is.
I’ve only seen the opener so far, and will most likely watch the rest when shown live, but while I can see things are just scratching the surface so far and I’m avoiding spoilers on here, I’ll stick with it. Plus, whoever chose the music deserves a knighthood or damehood, as there’s some great Pink Floyd in there.
However, who keeps coming up with these brief, bland titles for TV dramas? No-one will remember what it’s about based on ‘Out There’.
And if you’re wondering what the end credits track is, it’s Burning Hell by Tom Jones.
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Out There begins tonight on ITV at 9pm, but is already available to stream in full on ITVX now.
It’s not yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD, but when it is, it will be listed on the New DVD, Blu-ray, 3D and 4K releases UK page.
Series Directors: Marc Evans, Philippa Langdale
Producers: Evie Bergson, Philippa Braithwaite
Writers: Marc Evans, Ed Whitmore
Music: Patrick Jonsson
Cast:
Nathan Williams: Martin Clunes
Caleb Williams: Mark Lewis Jones
Johnny Williams: Louis Ashbourne Serkis
Eva Bartosz: Natalia Kostrzewa
DCI Neil Anderson: Jack Parry-Jones
Rhys: Gerran Howell
Scott Foley: Michael Obiora
Pavel: Marcin Zarzeczny
Nazar: Waleed Elgadi
Bunny: Joshua McCord
Sadie: Carly-Sophia Davies
Khalad: Waj Ali
Cakir: Akin Gazi
Hakan: Atilla Akinci
Dan: Garmon Rhys
Krystina: Anka Evans
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