Orphan Black

2013 Canadian science fiction thriller television series

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★ 7.8

A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

Aired: 2013–2017
Seasons: 5 · 50 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Graeme Manson, John Fawcett
Network: Space, BBC America
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Genre: Science fiction Biopunk Drama Thriller
Created by: Graeme Manson John Fawcett
Starring: Tatiana Maslany Dylan Bruce Jordan Gavaris Kevin Hanchard Michael Mando Maria Doyle Kennedy Evelyne Brochu Ari Millen Kristian Bruun Josh Vokey
Theme music composer: Two Fingers
Composer: Trevor Yuile
Country of origin: Canada
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 50 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Ivan Schneeberg David Fortier Graeme Manson John Fawcett Kerry Appleyard
Producers: Russ Cochrane Alex Levine Claire Welland Tatiana Maslany Aubrey Nealon Mackenzie Donaldson Karen Walton Jay Prychidny
Production locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada
Cinematography: Aaron Morton
Editors: Jay Prychidny D. Gillian Truster Brett Sullivan Reginald Harkema Stephen Lawrence
Running time: 43 minutes
Production companies: Temple Street Productions BBC America Bell Media
Network: Space (Canada) BBC America (United States)
Release: March 30, 2013 ( 2013-03-30 ) –, August 12, 2017 ( 2017-08-12 )

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Duration: 43.5
Official website: www.bbcamerica.com/orphan-black
Image: Orphan black 0001 uncropped.jpg

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number of episodes: 50
start time: 2014-05-02
number of seasons: 5
title: Orphan Black
Commons category: Orphan Black
end time: 2017-08-12
social media followers: 251796

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Orphan Black is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, one of several genetically identical human clones, and later on some of the other clones. The series raises issues about the moral and ethical implications of human cloning and its effect on identity.

The series was produced by Temple Street Productions in association with BBC America and Bell Media's Space. The show premiered on March 30, 2013, on Space in Canada, and on BBC America in the United States. On June 16, 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth and final ten-episode season, which ran from June 10 to August 12, 2017. An aftershow, After the Black, began airing in the third season on Space and was acquired by BBC America for the fourth season. In April 2022, a spin-off titled Orphan Black: Echoes was announced, which premiered in June 2024 on AMC. An Orphan Black comic book series was started in 2015, but was cancelled in 2018 before the end of its contract.