Utopia (British TV series)

*Utopia*
Utopia
Also known as	Iwtopia (Wales)
Genre	Thriller; Mystery drama; Action; Conspiracy; Science fiction; Black comedy;
Created by	Dennis Kelly
Based on	an original idea; by Huw Kennair-Jones; Mark Aldridge; Clare McDonald;
Written by	Dennis Kelly; John Donnelly;
Directed by	Marc Munden; Wayne Yip; Alex García López; Sam Donovan;
Starring	Alexandra Roach; Nathan Stewart-Jarrett; Paul Higgins; Fiona O'Shaughnessy; Adeel Akhtar; Oliver Woollford; Neil Maskell; Geraldine James;
Composer	Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Karen Wilson; Jane Featherstone; Dennis Kelly;
Producer	Rebekah Wray-Rogers
Production locations	Liverpool, England
Cinematography	Ole Bratt Birkeland (series 1); Lol Crawley (series 2);
Editors	Luke Dunkley; David Charap;
Running time	45–62 minutes
Production company	Kudos
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	15 January 2013 –; 12 August 2014

Utopia is a British thriller drama television series that was originally broadcast on Channel 4. The show was written by Dennis Kelly and starred Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Alexandra Roach, Oliver Woollford, Alistair Petrie, and Neil Maskell. The show has since gained a cult following.

In October 2014, the series' official Twitter feed stated there would not be a third series. HBO had originally planned to make an American version of the show in 2014, but did not produce it due to budget disputes. Amazon then acquired the rights to the series as of April 2018, and an American version was released on 25 September 2020. Initially nearly inaccessible to the U.S. market, both of the original series were released on Amazon Prime on 1 November 2020.