Strange (TV series)

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Strange
Richard Coyle as Strange
Genre	Horror Thriller
Creator(s)	Andrew Marshall
Starring	Richard Coyle Samantha Janus Ian Richardson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	7 (including pilot)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Andrew Marshall
Running time	60 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	9 March 2002 - Pilot May 31, 2003 – July 5, 2003
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Strange is a British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Big Bear Productions for the BBC, which aired on the BBC One channel. It consists of a single one-hour pilot episode screened in March 2002, followed by a series of six one-hour episodes broadcast in the summer of 2003. The paranormal storyline involved a priest's mission to destroy demons.

1 Plot
2 Writing and Broadcasting
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The series follows former priest John Strange (Richard Coyle), dismissed from the clergy under mysterious circumstances. He was implicated in a number of gruesome murders, murders that he says were done by demons. Now he seeks those responsible and to clear his name. To help him in his hunt for demons, John has Toby (Andrew-Lee Potts), a technological expert who is in charge of the equipment John uses to sense the presence of demons, and Kevin (Timmy Lang). Kevin can sense the presence of demons and is often an early warning that something supernatural is about to happen in the area. Jude (Samantha Janus), a former scientist who works as a nurse, is interested because she found out that her partner Rich was a demon. With Rich dead her main concern is that the son they had together, Joey, could also be a demon. With her own agenda for uncovering the truth, Jude joins forces with John Strange. John's mission also involves Canon Black (Ian Richardson), who seems intent on denying any acknowledgement of dark forces in his diocese.

[edit] Writing and Broadcasting

All seven episodes of the series were written by Andrew Marshall, a scriptwriter primarily known for his comedy work. It was directed by Joe Ahearne, who had previously been responsible for both writing and directing the World Productions vampire serial Ultraviolet for Channel 4. Broadcast on Saturday nights, the series was hampered by frequent timeslot changes, the long gap between the pilot and the series and the BBC's decision not to repeat the pilot before the series aired. The viewing figures were low, and a second series was not commissioned. However, to mark five years since the original broadcast, creator Andrew Marshall wrote an additional short story entitled 'Ramset.'

In the United States, Strange has been broadcast by the cable television network Showtime, on one of its specialist subsidiary channels.

In 2006, the UK Sci-Fi Channel repeated all seven episodes of Strange.