60 minutes – TV series, Fantasy
Originating networks: Space (Canada) BBC America (U.S.A.)
Date of first broadcast: March 30, 2013
Production company: Temple Street Productions, BBC America, Bell Media
Canadian distributor:
Tatiana Maslany stars as Sarah in this original scripted series. She is an outsider and orphan whose life changes dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman who looks just like her. Sarah assumes the woman’s identity, her boyfriend and her bank account. But instead of solving her problems, she is thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery. She makes the dizzying discovery that she and the dead woman are clones… but are they the only ones? Sarah quickly finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly conspiracy and must race to find answers about who she is and how many others there are just like her.
Orphan Black was named Best Dramatic Series at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards, 1 of 10 Awards given to the series.
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