The Fades, Series One: superior, darkly comic sci-fi, and one of the best shows of 2011
The Fades, Series One Created by Jack Thorne (whose previous writing credits include Skins, This Is England and Shameless), this six-part supernatual horror series which originally aired in the UK on BBC3 last year, has now arrived on BBC America. Perhaps half-inspired by the success of E4’s superhero drama Misfits, The Fades marks BBC3’s next …