About Misfits
Misfits is a British supernatural series that follows a group of young offenders sentenced to community service in a rundown London estate. When a freak electrical storm strikes during their first day picking up litter, each of them is left with a strange and often inconvenient superpower. Rather than turning them into polished heroes, their abilities tend to amplify their flaws, fears and desires, setting the tone for a show that blends grounded social realism with wild genre invention.
The original ensemble includes the loud and irreverent Nathan Young, the streetwise Kelly Bailey, the quiet outsider Simon Bellamy, the former athlete Curtis Donovan and the confident Alisha Daniels. Their powers, from immortality to telepathy to invisibility to time manipulation, become both a curse and a coping mechanism as the group repeatedly stumbles into trouble, covers up accidental deaths and clashes with other storm-affected people who have gained far more sinister gifts.
Across five series the cast evolves significantly, with new community service recruits joining as original members depart, yet the core formula remains intact: ordinary, often overlooked young people forced to navigate extraordinary circumstances. Praised for its sharp writing, dark humour and refusal to glamorise its characters, Misfits became a cult favourite and a defining piece of late-2000s British genre television, earning critical acclaim including a BAFTA for Best Drama Series.