Channel 4’s new eight-part sc-fi drama “Humans” will premiere Sunday 14 June at 9pm.

“Humans” is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ — a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart. In the hope of transforming the way they live, one strained suburban family purchases a refurbished synth only to discover that sharing life with a machine has far-reaching and chilling consequences.

Starring Colin Morgan (“Merlin,” “The Fall”), William Hurt (“A History of Violence,” “Damages”), Katherine Parkinson (“The IT Crowd,” “The Honourable Woman”), Tom Goodman-Hill (“The Devil’s Whore,” “Mr Selfridge”), Rebecca Front (“The Thick Of It,” “Just William”), Neil Maskell (“The Mimic”) and Gemma Chan (“Fresh Meat”).