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The Handmaid’s Tale is coming to Channel 4

Following weeks of speculation, it has been confirmed that The Handmaid’s Tale has found a UK home.

The much-buzzed series, based on the award-winning best-selling novel from Margaret Atwood, will broadcast in the UK on Channel 4. The Handmaid’s Tale stars Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Samira Wiley, Max Minghella, Yvonne Strahovski, O-T Fagbenle, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer and Ann Dowd.

The Handmaidā€™s Tale is the story of life in the dystopian Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly part of the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birth rate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commanderā€™s (Fiennes) household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world.

In this terrifying society where one wrong word could end her life, Offred navigates between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.

Jay Hunt, Channel 4ā€™s Chief Creative Officer said: ā€œThe Handmaidā€™s Tale is a chilling and frighteningly topical exploration of a world where women are subjugated. I’m delighted that Channel 4 viewers will get to see this critically-acclaimed take on a classic novel.ā€

The 10-part series was created for television by Bruce Miller (The 100), who serves as the seriesā€™ showrunner. It is executive produced by Miller, Warren Littlefield (Fargo), Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears and Illene Chaiken.

Fans will be able to see the show when it airs on Channel 4 later this month.

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