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Amazon brings Christian Slater’s Mr Robot to UK

Prime Video will feature all ten episodes of the first season of Mr. Robot, which originally aired on the U.S. network in the US.

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All 10 episodes of the acclaimed series will be available for streaming from Friday, October 16, Digital Spy can exclusively reveal.

“Robot” stars Rami Malek as an antisocial hacker hoping to overthrow society and Christian Slater as the leader of the hacker group hoping to help him to do just that”, THR notes.

One of the biggest US TV hits of the year is coming to the United Kingdom – but it’s Amazon that have snapped up Mr Robot for its Prime Video service rather than one of the traditional channels.

The show now holds a 98% ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, and has been one of the most-buzzed about new series since its debut in June. “Rami Malek delivers a mesmerizing performance and leads a great cast with an intriguing story full of dark twists”. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about.

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Under the pact, Amazon Prime will become the exclusive subscription streaming home for Mr. Robot beginning this spring. It also stars Portia Doubleday (“Her“), Carly Chaikin (“Suburgatory“) and Martin Wallström (“Simple Simon)”. Sam Esmail (Comet) is creator, writer and executive producer. Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin (“True Detective“) and Chad Hamilton (“Breakup at a Wedding“) also serve as exec producers.

Amazon brings Christian Slater's Mr Robot to UK