On board Atlas 499, an interplanetary resettlement capsule, two dimwitted strangers find themselves facing a life sentence together.

Series 1, Episode 1: Space, Space, Everywhere

With the importance of the mission failing to dawn on Chris and 'Captain' Mark, they decide to engage in a battle of supremacy: The Pod Olympics. During which, Chris discovers Mark's dirty secret.

Series 1, Episode 2: Close Encounters of the Turd Kind

On board Atlas 499, Chris and Mark begin to decipher the bespoiled manual. Meanwhile, another re-cap sails ever closer, carrying precious cargo: the female of the species.

Series 1, Episode 3: Muppets in Space

Tam and Rebecca must decide whether to dock alongside Atlas 499, or seek male Pioneers in another corner of the deep space dating pool. Will Chris's technical wizardry and Mark's fitness display be enough to entice them?

Series 1, Episode 4: One Small Step for Man

Rebecca and Tam board Atlas 499 and reveal the finer details of the resettlement mission. Alarmed at the galaxy-sized gap in knowledge between them, they give their male counterparts a job that even Chris and Mark couldn't botch: the shopping.

Series 1, Episode 5: Space Invaders

Tam is ready to put the shopping debacle behind her, but Rebecca cannot forgive the boys. Chris lays himself bare, but his apology falls on deaf ears; Mark lays on a massive spread - he's ready to party.

Series 1, Episode 6: In Space, No One Can Hear You

Finally the good times arrive on Atlas 499, as the Pioneers bravely make their way through the array of alcohols from Chris and Mark's shopping spree. Is that romance or regret on the horizon? Or is that another ship?

Series 1, Episode 7: The Space Ball

In 2018, with Earth's destruction imminent, governments take decisive action, evacuating world leaders and relocating them to the International Moon Base. For a desperate population, confectionary giant Mars hastily organise a global raffle, offering seats on board self-sufficient, twin-manned interplanetary resettlement capsules ('recaps') in the hope of finding hospitable planets in far flung corners of the galaxy. Now mankind's very existence may depend on Mark Brenton and Christopher Bolt: the two dimwitted competition winners who found a golden ticket in their Twix. 

Intergalactic sitcom starring Laurence Dobiesz (Outlander), Montserrat Lombard (Ashes to Ashes), Olivia Poulet (The Thick of It) and Thomas Sindall (you've never heard of him). Also featuring James Fleet (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and BBC Radio 6 Music's Shaun Keaveny. Producer: Matthew Mills.

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