''The Last Bus'' is a British

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television series created by Paul Neafcy for

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. The series consists of ten episodes and premiered on Netflix on 1 April 2022. The show stars Moosa Mostafa, Phoebe De Silva, Daniel Frogson,

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, Marlie Morrelle,

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and Carys John with guest appearances by

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and

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. The show follows a group of children who are the last people on

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when a famous scientist creates orbs that vaporise everybody on the planet. It received generally positive reviews, with praise for its style, story, casting, musical score, screenplay and emotional weight, but were divided with the acting, characters, and comparisons to

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Plot

A group of mismatched school kids band together to face a fearsome new machine intelligence.

Cast

* Moosa Mostafa as Nasir Roman, a gifted 12 year-old boy who is obsessed with Dalton Monkhouse. * Phoebe De Silva as Sophie Roman, Nas's older sister who always tries to take care of him. * Daniel Frogson as Thomas Little, a lonely boy whose mother hates him and father died when he was 10. *

as Misha Morris, a rebellious girl who is best friends with Sophie. * Marlie Morrelle as Chelsea, a perfect girl who always tries to get everyone to follow the rules. *

as Joshua Collins, a goofy boy who mostly cares about his sick mother. * Carys John as Bethan Conner, a song-loving 12 year-old girl who is best friends with Josh. * Curtis Kantsa as Danny Adeyemi, a bully who is friends with Tom. *

as Dalton Monkhouse, a genius scientist who has his new invention, Genie Orbs, put everyone on the planet in stasis. *

as Mr. Short, a teacher at Braelawn Academy. *

as Lucy Monkhouse, Dalton's 16 year-old daughter whom he abandoned.

Episodes

Production

Development

Pre-production began in August 2020.

Filming

Filming began by September 2020 in Portishead. Filming also occurred at

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, and other locations in

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. Filming began at

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in February 2021. Braelawn Academy was made up of three schools:

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and

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. Filming also took place at The Eden Project,

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, the

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and amusement parks in Brean.

Marketing

On 4 March 2022, Netflix released an official trailer for the series and announced that the series was set to premiere on 1 April 2022.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Bus (Tv Series), The English-language Netflix original programming 2020s British science fiction television series 2022 British television series debuts British adventure television series Buses in fiction Television series about teenagers Television shows filmed in England British science fiction adventure television series Netflix children's programming