As Humans, Channel 4's series about synthetic androids, reaches its conclusion, here is a selection of other British film and programmes featuring artificial intelligence themes and characters.
Clips and trailers are taken from official YouTube channels:
The Terrornauts (1967)
B-movie from Amicus Productions in which an Earth astronomy picks up a mysterious signal and then is pulled into space. The astronomers are dropped onto an asteroid where they meet an alien robot and strange creatures.
Network Distributing
Robert's Robots (1973-1974)
Written by Rentaghost creator Bob Block, this ITV children's series told the story of inventor
Robert Sommerby who builds life-like robots.
Network Distributing
Red Dwarf (1988-)
From the third series of the sci-fi comedy, "mechanoid" Kryten became a regular aboard the titular mining ship which has drifted into deep space over thrre million years, Although programmed to serve, Lister, the last human on board, teaches Kryten to become more independent and outspoken.
BBC Worldwide
Black Mirror - Be Right Back (2013)
In this episode from Charlie Brooker's dark anthology series, a widow orders a synthetic clone of her late husband with a personality created from his social network and email communications.
Channel 4
The Machine (2013)
In this low-budget British independent film, set during a future cold war, British military scientists work to create cyborgs and androids. The plan unravels when their creations become sentient.
Movieclips Film Festivals and Indie Films
The World's End (2013)
The third film in the "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Peggg and Nick Frost. A group of former school friends go back to their home town for a reunion pub crawl. As the night unfolds, they discover the town has been taken over by alien android clones,
Movieclips Trailers
Robot Overlords (2014)
This British independent sci-fi film is set in a future in which a race of powerful alien robots have taken over the Earth and monitor humans thoughts through brain implants. A group of teenagers fight back against the robots' control.
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