TV Industry - Humans Ep 1 S1

- Eyes are bright green - are these people human or something else
- The robot warehouse is clean ans sterile like a hospital
- Colours in the warehouse are cold (blues and greens)
- Music signifies that something is wrong
- Low key lighting signifies mystery
- Episodic structure - pulls us in
- In the Humans title screen the A is upside suggesting that something isn't right, Humans but not quite
- Relationship between the mother and daughter seems strained
- Mother is the worker of the house whilst the father stays at home and looks after the children which switches the gender roles
- When they name Anita it further pushes the idea that the Synths are slaves
- When Anita greets the mother when she gets back from work, Anita faces the mother with a spray bottle, almost like shes pointing a gun at her
- The Synths are very distinctive such as their blue blood and green eyes

- Shown at 9pm on a Sunday which plucks audiences from different channels to tune in to the show
- 9pm watershed shows that adult content may be shown
- Colour scheme shows that this is a sci-fi

Original broadcaster : CH4, aMC
- Co-production between CH4- commissioned Kudos Film and TV, distributors Shine Ltd and aMC in the US
- Based on Swedish series 'Real Humans' which ran for 20 episodes across 2 seasons
- CH4's highest rated TV drama since 1992, 3 series of 8 episodes


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