Daniel Mays as Cass

ALL may not be as it seems when you watch the first episode of new BBC1 sci-fi drama Outcasts.

There are secrets and lies to be uncovered, along with things the human race has never encountered before.

Just who are the outcasts? What lies beyond the boundaries of frontier town Forthaven? And what exactly happened back on Earth after the Shanghai Uprising?

Jack Holt (Ashley Walters) and Stella Isen (Hermione Norris)

“WHAT we’re facing goes beyond everything we know.”

The first media screening of Outcasts in London last night.

We saw episode one of BBC1’s new eight-part series – due on screen next month – plus a long press showreel of what follows.

Outcasts stars Liam Cunningham, Hermione Norris, Daniel Mays, Jamie Bamber, Amy Manson, Ashley Walters, Michael Legge and Eric Mabius.

A group of pioneering humans has created a new home in the settlement of Forthaven on the planet Carpathia.

Hermione Norris (Stella) and Ashley Walters (Jack) in Outcasts

A rainy night in London town this evening for a special BBC Drama event.

Launching both its autumn and winter season, as well as a vision of the future.

Many actors, writers, directors and producers were there.

Including Sherlock and Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat, Daniel Mays, Jamie Bamber, David Morrissey and Anne Reid.