If you’ve been listening to Geektown Radio for the last few weeks, you’ll be aware we’ve been talking about the imminent arrival of the tv show OUTLANDER to Amazon Prime ‘seriously, we need a shorter name’ Instant Video on the 26th March.
I thought it might be good to give you a bit of a round up about the show, and what to expect, so let’s start with the trailer!
What is Outlander about?
The show starts, with army nurse Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), on a second honeymoon in Scotland with her husband after World War II. Unfortunately for the young couple, Claire manages to step through an ancient standing stone circle and wake up in 1743… Scottish rebels save her from an assault by a royal army captain (who happens to be her husband’s ancestor), but the rebels carry her further into the Scottish highlands. She’s then forced to marry Jamie Fraser (is it me, or did that escalate quickly!), a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, igniting a passionate relationship that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Based on the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon, the show was created by RONALD D. MOORE, the man behind the re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica.
The drama is filmed at locations across Scotland, featuring a British & Irish cast, and is the winner of this year’s People’s Choice Awards for Favourite Cable Sci Fi/Fantasy TV Show. The show has an 8.8 out of 10 IMDb rating and has already been renewed for a 2nd season.
Who’s In it?
Caitriona Balfe
Caitriona Balfe – Claire Randall
Caitriona Balfe plays the time travelling Claire Randall.
She was most recently seen in Escape Plan for Summit/Lionsgate, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Other credits for the Irish actress include J.J. Abrams’ Paramount feature Super 8 as well as Bryan Singer and Jason Taylor’s digital series H+.
Sam Heughan – Jamie Fraser
Sam Heughan
Sam Heughan plays the young, chivalrous and hunky Jamie Fraser. Sam is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2003 he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performance for his role inOutlying Islands by David Greig at The Royal Court and Traverse Theatre. He originated the role of Batman in the 2011 DC/Warner Bros. and Water Lane production of Batman Live, an international tour which opened at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and went on tour to Las Vegas, South America and throughout the U.K. and Europe.
Tobias Menzies – Frank Randall/Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall
TOBIAS MENZIES
Tobias plays Claire’s 1945 love interest Frank, and his ancestor Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall…
British actor Tobias Menzies was most recently seen in HBO’s Game of Thrones as heir of Riverrun, Edmure Tully. Internationally, he is best known for his role as Brutus in HBO’s Rome. His other television credits include The Shadow Line alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Stephen Rea, Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, the political satire The Thick of It, and he is currently appearing with Maggie Gyllenhaal in the miniseries The Honourable Woman created by Hugo Blick.
Other cast includes The Hobbit’s GRAHAM McTAVISH, Doctor Who’s ANNETTE BADLAND, GARY LEWIS (Gangs of New York, Filth), LOTTE VERBEEK (The Borgias, The Fault in Our Stars), STEPHEN WALTERS, DUNCAN LACROIX, GRANT O’ROURKE, LAURA DONNELLY, and NELL HUDSON
When is it on?
The first 8 episodes of Outlander season one will be available from Thursday 26th March on Amazon Prime Rib… Sorry… Instant Video in the UK. The remaining episodes will then launch weekly on Amazon Prime Instant Video from Sunday 5th April, each episode being released every Sunday.
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