Season 2 • Episode 10
LatestThe Colony is a reality television series that is produced by the Discovery Channel. The program follows a group of people who must survive in a simulated post-apocalyptic environment. Casting was done by Metal Flowers Media. The first season had 10 main cast members as well as almost 100 actors who did additional scripted and improvisational work for the show.
Practical Effects
Genuinely impressive jerry-rigged tech from actual engineers and makers.
Production
Convincing ruined set design that fooled some viewers into thinking it was real.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show hired '100 actors' to play hostile outsiders, but many colonists genuinely didn't know who was real and who was planted.
Aired during the 2009 recession and prepper boom, it accidentally captured a very specific American anxiety about institutional collapse.
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