Intergalactic: Cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know

Intergalactic is sci-fi as you’ve never seen it before.

It may be largely set in space and on different worlds, but it also explores human emotion with a dash of humour.

Find out all you need to know about the Sky Max and NOW series.

What is Intergalactic about?

Intergalactic follows Ash Harper, a young cop and galactic pilot who is wrongfully convicted of a treasonous crime.

She’s sentenced to exile on a prison planet and loaded onto a prison spaceship called The Hemlock – but after her fellow convicts stage a mutiny on board, it never reaches its destination 

Mob leader Tula Quik aims to reach the free world of Arcadia, and Ash is the pilot to get them there as they go on the run across the galaxy.

Who’s in the Intergalactic cast?

Ash Harper – Savannah Steyn

Ash is a sky cop for the Commonworld authorities. She was born into the establishment – her mother Rebecca is head of galactic security and her father, Yann, was a Commonworld pilot who died in action when Ash was three… or so she thinks.

Savannah Steyn is a relative newcomer to the acting world, with previous credits including The Tunnel and BBC comedy Mister Winner.

Rebecca Harper – Parminder Nagra

Rebecca is head of galactic security and her world comes crashing down when her daughter Ash is wrongfully imprisoned alongside Dr Emma Grieves, who Rebecca knows from a secret past she thought she had long buried.

Parminder Nagra got her big break when she starred Bend It Like Beckham in 2002, and she has since had an impressive career with roles in the likes of ER, Fortitude, 13 Reasons Why and The Blacklist.

Dr Emma Grieves – Natasha O’Keefe

Dr Grieves is quiet and mysterious – an enigmatic prisoner with her own agenda. The Commonworld claims she is a dangerous terrorist.

Natasha O’Keefe is best known for her roles in Peaky Blinders, Filth and Misfits.

Tula Quik – Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Tula is a dangerous and volatile gangster with one goal – to get to Arcadia – and she’ll do anything to get there.

Sharon Duncan-Brewster’s previous roles include Sex Education and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. She also stars in the forthcoming movie Dune.

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Genevieve Quik – Diany Samba-Bandza

Genevieve has been raised to be a killing machine and she has illegal weaponry in her body.

The role is Diany Samba-Bandza’s TV debut.

Candy Skov-King – Eleanor Tomlinson

Candy is a morally bankrupt drug addict. Born in the Aurean galaxy, Candy is an evolved human with a double tongue.

Eleanor Tomlinson is best known for her roles in Poldark and Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging, and also stars in forthcoming drama The Nevers.

Verona Flores – Imogen Daines

Verona is a reckless cyber-hacker who initially revels in being imprisoned alongside the sky cop who arrested her.

Imogen Daines’ previous credits include Black Mirror and The Witcher.

Drew Buchanan – Thomas Turgoose

Drew is the only prison guard who wasn’t killed during the mutiny. Kind-hearted and naïve, he take a shine to Genevieve.

Thomas Turgoose starred in This Is England (both the film and TV series), Somers Town and Creation Stories.

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Echo Nantu-Rose – Oliver Coopersmith

Space pirate Echo is charming and likeable and blags passage to Arcadia – but can the gang really trust him?

Oliver Coopersmith has previously been seen in Tin Star and Dickensian.

Dr Benedict Lee – Craig Parkinson

Dr Lee is the leader of the Commonworld government. As a brilliant scientist, he knows that Dr Emma Grieves has the answers to the mysteries of New Aurum.

Craig Parkinson is known for his roles in Line of Duty, Misfits and Whitechapel.

Yann Harper – Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Yann plays Ash’s ‘dead’ father – in fact, he’s very much alive, the leader of the rebel forces and the mastermind behind Ash’s imprisonment alongside his ex-love Dr Emma Grieves.

Hakeem Kae-Kazim’s previous acting credits include Black Sails and Hotel Rwanda.

Intergalactic trailer

You can watch the Sky trailer here:

How to watch Intergalactic

Every episode of Intergalactic is available on Sky Max and NOW.