What is Humans about?
In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.
Highly developed robotic servants create unsettling domestic drama and cerebral mystery in a parallel present.
Suspenseful. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Pluto TV (free) and Tubi (free).
Humans parents guide
The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a TV-14 usually carries. Beyond that, mild language and some violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Three questions
- Is Humans scary?
- Only a little. Humans has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Humans?
- No gore and some violence. Squeamish viewers are fine here.
- What is Humans rated, and is it OK for kids?
- For teens, mostly: it is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity.
Cast and crew
Created byJonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent
StarringKatherine Parkinson, Gemma Chan, Colin Morgan, Tom Goodman-Hill, Lucy Carless, Emily Berrington
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