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{{short description|British short-lived science fiction comedy-drama television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = The Strangerers title screen.jpg
| caption = Title screen
| genre = [[Comedy drama]] [[Science fiction]]
| writer = [[Rob Grant]]
| creator = [[Rob Grant]]
| director = Liddy Oldroyd Nick Wood
| starring = [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]] [[Jack Docherty]] [[Sarah Alexander]] [[Mark Heap]] [[Milton Jones]] [[Morwenna Banks]] [[David Walliams]] [[Paul Darrow]] [[Doon Mackichan]]
| company = Absolutely Television Taken for Granted Productions Ltd.
| distributor = [[Sky UK|British Sky Broadcasting]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| camera = [[Single-camera setup]]
| runtime = 60 minutes (Episode 1) 30 minutes (Episodes 2–9)
| network = [[Sky One]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2000|2|15|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2000|4|11|df=y}}
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 9
| picture_format = [[Aspect ratio (image)#4:3 standard|4:3]]
| audio_format = [[5.1 surround sound]]
}}
'''''The Strangerers''''' is a [[British television]] [[comedy-drama]] [[science fiction]] series written by [[Rob Grant]] (best known as co-creator of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'') and was broadcast on [[Sky One]] between 15 February and 11 April 2000.

A single series was made with a total of nine episodes (the first being one hour in length and the rest 30 minutes each). The show ended on a [[cliffhanger]]. It has not been released on [[DVD]], nor repeated since its original run.

==Plot==
The story centres around two alien agents, Cadet [[Errol Flynn|Flynn]] and Pseudo-Cadet [[David Niven|Niven]]. They are incredibly advanced and evolved vegetables on a fact finding mission to [[Earth]], where they take on human form. Their supervisor is accidentally [[Decapitation|decapitated]] shortly after arrival, leaving the cadets to fend for themselves. Through the course of the series the aliens discover the intricacies of basic needs, like the [[eating|eating ritual]], the [[sleeping|sleeping ritual]] and how to purchase things, usually doing so in their own idiosyncratic manner.

Their exact whereabouts on Earth is something of a mystery. The society in which they find themselves bears some resemblance to both [[Great Britain|Britain]] and [[United States|America]], and there are hints that a [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian government]] is in charge. There are also [[street gang]]s parodying those in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''. Two agents and their apparently [[psychopath]]ic commander try to capture the aliens. The aliens repeatedly escape, but not without suffering occasional injuries themselves.

==Cast==
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*[[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]] as Cadet Flynn
*[[Jack Docherty]] as Cadet Niven
*[[Sarah Alexander]] as Rina
*[[Mark Heap]] as Harry
*[[Milton Jones]] as The Supervisor
*[[Morwenna Banks]] as The Super-Supervisor
*[[Paul Darrow]] as C.D.
*[[David Walliams]] as Rats
*[[John Sparkes]] as Bilbo
*[[Doon Mackichan]] as Galdriel
*[[Meera Syal]] as Volunteer
*[[Kulvinder Ghir]] as Keith
*[[Mike Hayley]] as Irius Mann
{{div col end}}

==Episodes==
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|Title = Space Cadets
|DirectedBy = Liddy Oldroyd
|WrittenBy = [[Rob Grant]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|15|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
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|Title = Vegetables
|DirectedBy = Liddy Oldroyd
|WrittenBy = Rob Grant
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|22|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Crunchy Munchy
|DirectedBy = Liddy Oldroyd
|WrittenBy = Rob Grant
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|29|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Fargle
|DirectedBy = Liddy Oldroyd
|WrittenBy = Rob Grant
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|7|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Zap Type 'Z'
|DirectedBy = Nick Wood
|WrittenBy = Rob Grant
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|14|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Angels
|DirectedBy = Nick Wood
|WrittenBy = Rob Grant
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = The Streets of Laredo
|DirectedBy = Nick Wood
|WrittenBy = Rob Grant
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = Eyepoppers
|DirectedBy = Nick Wood
|WrittenBy = Rob Grant
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|4|df=y}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = The Getawaying
|DirectedBy = Nick Wood
|WrittenBy = Rob Grant
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|11|df=y}}
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}}

==See also==
*[[2000 in British television]]

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0235944|title=The Strangerers}}
* {{youTube|nW8C0eonilk|Episode 1}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Strangerers, The}}
[[Category:2000s British comic science fiction television series]]
[[Category:2000 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:2000 British television series endings]]
[[Category:Television series about alien visitations]]
[[Category:British science fiction television shows]]
[[Category:Television shows shot at Elstree Film Studios]]
[[Category:Sky sitcoms]]
[[Category:2000s British comedy-drama television series]]

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	~~==See also==~~
	*[[2000 in British television]]

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