The Handmaid’s Tale Season 1
Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, this series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the United States. Gilead is ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate. In a desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world, the few remaining fertile women are forced into sexual servitude. One of these women, Offred, is determined to survive the terrifying world she lives in, and find the daughter that was taken from her.
First episode date: 26 April 2017
Genres: Drama, Sci fi
Network: Hulu
Adapted from: The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel
Awards: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series,.
Writers: Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder.