Electric Dreams TV Series on Channel 4 is a sci-fi anthology series of ten epic, ambitious and moving standalone episodes, each set in a different and unique world. Each episode is inspired by one of Philip K. Dick’s renowned short stories. While the stories may be worlds apart, central to each is the poignant and warm exploration of the importance and significance of humanity.
Electric Dreams TV Series Cast
The anthology series is based on short stories of Philip K. Dick and will have a new cast in each of the episode. The series premiers on 17th September and comes with ten episodes.
Electric Dreams (2017)
Developed By: Ronald D. Moore, Michael Dinner
Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Timothy Spall, Steve Buscemi
Network: Channel 4, Amazon Prime
Release Date: 17 September 2017
Electric Dreams Trailer
Watch this trailer of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams and get ready for the weird and the mysterious.
Electric Dreams TV Series Episodes
Here is a list of episodes of Electric Dreams TV series and the cast of each episode,
Episode 1 – The Hood Maker
This episode of Electric Dreams TV Series is set in a world without advanced technology and where mutant telepaths have become humanity’s only mechanism for long distance communication. But their powers have unintended implications and when the public begin to embrace mysterious, telepath-blocking hoods, two detectives with an entangled past are brought in to investigate.
Cast: Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, Cinderella), Holliday Grainger (The Finest Hours, Cinderella) and Anneika Rose (Line of Fire, Silent Witness) star in “The Hood Maker.”
Episode 2 – Impossible Planet
Two disillusioned, disenchanted and indifferent space tourism employees take up an elderly woman’s (Geraldine Chaplin, A Monster Calls, Doctor Zhivago) request for a trip back to Earth… the existence of which is a long-debunked myth. She appears easily confused, plus she’s rich – so, for the right payment, what’s the harm in indulging her fantasies? As the journey unfolds, however, their scam begins to eat away at them and they ultimately find themselves dealt a bittersweet surprise.
Cast: Jack Reynor (Macbeth, Free Fire, Jungle Book) and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange, The Martian, Top Boy)
Episode 3 – The Commuter
Ed Jacobson, an unassuming employee at a train station is alarmed to discover that a number of daily commuters are taking the train to a town that shouldn’t exist.
Cast: Timothy Spall, Hayley Squires, Tuppance Middleton
Episode 4 – Real Life
Sarah is a policewoman living in the future who shares headspace with George, a brilliant game designer. Each pursue violent killers whose plans could have shattering consequences. In a race against time, sharing a bond that no one else can see, they learn the very thing that connects them can also destroy them.
Cast: Anna Paquin, Terrence Howard, Rachelle Lefevre, Lara Pulver, Jacob Vargas
Episode 5 – Crazy Diamond
As average a man as ever there was, when approached by a gorgeous synthetic woman with an illegal plan that could change his life completely, a smitten Ed decides to help… and then his world really begins to crumble.
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Julia Davis
Episode 6 – Human Is
A woman (Essie Davis) suffering in a loveless marriage finds that upon his return from battle, her emotionally abusive husband (Bryan Cranston) suddenly appears to be a different man – in more ways than one.
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Essie Davis, Liam Cunningham
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