Hard Sun is a slightly Sci Fi detective drama from Neil Cross, the creator of Luther from the BBC and I think later Hulu. I don’t think they thought the title through very well, as I will be afraid to speak it aloud, lest people think I’m talking about some kind of incest porn. Anyway, it’s pretty good. Spoilers for the end of the first episode to follow, because it’s impossible to talk about the concept without getting into that.

It stars that guy from 21/Cloud Atlas and an androgynous model who I assumed was a lesbian but apparently both the actor and character are into guys, and a comedian who frequently appears on QI who it turns out is still really attractive but less so when she’s not being funny.

The premise is that the government is trying to keep secret the fact that the earth is going to become uninhabitable within 5 years. It’s not about stopping the apocalypse or sending a spaceship somewhere else to save humanity, it’s basically just a setting for cop stories and government conspiracies, and in that it works quite well.