The Office's Stephen Merchant has opened up about his new BBC One comedy thriller The Outlaws, explaining how it tries to look beyond 'demonising' its characters.
The Bristol-set show follows seven different strangers from all walks of life who are forced together for a Community Payback sentence, and stars the likes of Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson, Killing Eve's Darren Boyd and actual Christopher Walken.
Speaking to Digital Spy and other media, co-creator Merchant – who also stars – explained how the show tries not to display a political agenda. Related: The Office's Stephen Merchant in first-look at new BBC crime series"To me it's important that the show doesn't announce what its political agenda is," he said.
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