Utopia is Coming...
Written by Sam Lister / January 9th, 2013, 11:28am
Channel 4 continues to add to their bank of dark conspiracy dramas with Dennis Kelly's new thriller Utopia, starring Paul Higgins, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Alexandra Roach, Neil Maskell and Oliver Woollford.
When five online strangers are drawn together by the legendary manuscript of a cult graphic novel, they find themselves pursued by a secret and deadly organisation known only as The Network. The online comic book forum agree to meet after gaining possession of the original manuscript for the cult graphic novel 'The Utopia Experiments'. Unbeknown to them however, The Network is in pursuit of the manuscript - and they are prepared to kill to track it down...
Whilst three of the forum members - Ian, an I.T. dropout; Becky, a student; and Wilson, a conspiracy theorist - meet in the pub, another is confronted and killed by two Network henchmen. The only witness to the murder is 11-year-old Grant - the fifth forum member. When Grant flees with the prized manuscript, the henchmen get on the chase.
Meanwhile, Ian and Becky soon find they've been set-up for crimes they haven't committed, while Wilson's hacking skills attract the attention of Network henchmen Arby and Lee.
As the trio's lives begin to fracture, the world of civil servant Michael Dugdale is also torn apart as he is blackmailed by The Network over his affair with a prostitute.
Just as things are looking increasingly desperate for Ian, Becky and Wilson, they come face to face with an enigmatic stranger who claims to offer them a way out.
Utopia starts on Tuesday 15th of January on Channel 4.