Scripted series · SVT1
Real Humans
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lisette Pagler
Mimi
20 eps
Andreas Wilson
Leo Eischer
10 eps
Pia Halvorsen
Inger Engman
20 eps
Johan Paulsen
Hans Engman
20 eps
Natalie Minnevik
Mathilda Engman
20 eps
Kåre Hedebrant
Tobias Engman
20 eps
Aline Palmstierna
Sofia Engman
20 eps
Sten Elfström
Lennart Sollberg
20 eps
Alexander Stocks
Odi
20 eps
Anki Larsson
Vera
20 eps
Leif Andrée
Roger
20 eps
Camilla Larsson
Therese
10 eps
Johannes Bah Kuhnke
Rick
10 eps
Fredrik Silbersky
Kevin
20 eps
Marie Robertson
Beatrice "Bea" Novak
20 eps
Eva Röse
Niska
10 eps
Christopher Wagelin
Max
10 eps
Josephine Alhanko
Flash
20 eps
André Sjöberg
Gordon
20 eps
David Lenneman
Fred
10 eps
Saunet Sparell
Marylyn
11 eps
Lisbeht Tammeleht
Siri
1 eps
Claes Hartelius
Gösta
1 eps
Jonas Malmsjö
Luther
1 eps
Ola Wahlström
Ove Holm
1 eps
Anna Sise
Pilar
1 eps
Rennie Mirro
Bo
1 eps
Jennie Silfverhjelm
Maria
2 eps
Özz Nûjen
Jorge
2 eps
Thomas W. Gabrielsson
David
2 eps
Birgitta Sundberg
Brita
2 eps
Johannes Wanselow
Vakt
1 eps
Vincent de Montleau
Advokat (uncredited)
1 eps
Daniel Abreu
Dick
1 eps
Måns Nathanaelson
Jonas
3 eps
Alexander Karim
Douglas
1 eps
Sofia Bach
Åsa
2 eps
Happy Jankell
Betty
1 eps
Emil Almén
Einar
1 eps
Louise Peterhoff
Cloette
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Real Humans actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Real Humans reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Set in a parallel universe, Real Humans imagines a world where robots have become so human that they're barely distinguishable from real humans and follows the resulting emotional effects on two families as well as the trials of a group of robots who have attained free will and want their freedom from human ownership.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
Blind Love
Tobias witnesses an assault and decides to take the law into his own hands. After some bad news, Roger loses his cool at work, but at the same time he is enjoying his new home life with Bea. Granddad Lennart feels alive again in his blossoming romance with the all-too-sunny Solveig.
- Directed by Levan Akin
- Written by Lars Lundström
S01E04
Semi-Human Rights
Therese and Pilar feel humiliated when their hubot boyfriends aren't treated as humans. At the same time, Roger's anti-hubot group begins plotting violence. But why is Bea acting so strangely? And how does she know Niska?
- Directed by Harald Hamrell
- Written by Lars Lundström
S01E01
Break In, Break Loose
A new generation of human-like robots -- "hubots" -- provide all manner of services to the human race. But some of these hubots, known as the "Children of David," free themselves from the control of their masters. Kidnapped by traffickers and separated from other rebel hubots, the hubot Mimi is sold on the black market. Another Child of David, Leo, leaves the protection of the group and goes in search of her.
- Directed by Harald Hamrell
- Written by Lars Lundström
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E10
Episode 10
- Directed by Christopher Panov, Christian Eklöw
- Written by Lars Lundström
S02E09
Episode 9
- Directed by Christopher Panov, Christian Eklöw
- Written by Lars Lundström
S02E08
Episode 8
- Directed by Christopher Panov, Christian Eklöw
- Written by Alex Haridi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Stefan BaronExecutive Producer
- Henrik WidmanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Lars LundströmWriter
- Alex HaridiWriter
Direction
- Kristina HumleDirector
- Christopher PanovDirector
- Levan AkinDirector
- Harald HamrellDirector
- Christian EklöwDirector
Cinematography
- Trolle DavidsonDirector of Photography
Music
- Rikard BorggårdOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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