Guardians (TV series)

Guardians is a British satirical superhero television series created by Adam Campbell-Sing, broadcast by the BBC since 2026. The show follows the eponymous team of immortal superpowered beings as they defend Earth from the evil army known as the Celestials, and 16-year-old Nate Norman, who is caught in the middle of the war after accidentally gaining superpowers, and subsequently finds himself struggling to balance his personal life and duties as Champion of the Guardians.
Guardians premiered its first season of eight episodes on BBC One in 2026. A second season premiered in 2027, with the third season following in 2028. 
==Premise==
==Characters==
===Protagonists===
*Nathan Donald "Nate" Norman / Normie: The central character of the series, a 16-year-old student at Woodlane High School in London who develops superhuman powers and abilities after being exposed to Guardanium in a freak accident. He can manipulate and transform matter through physical contact. Throughout the series, Nate discovers the harsh realities of being a superhero while struggling to fulfil his purpose as the Guardians' champion, and eventually learning that the true reason for his powers were a result of a family connection to a long-lost Guardian.
*Guardians: Near-immortal superpowered beings created by the Elder Gods in the Life Forge and sent to various habitable planets across the galaxy to protect their respective civilisations against the threat of the Celestials. The group of Guardians on Earth are managed, sponsored, and monetised by Olympia International, after more Guardians were sent to Earth over the years, and required governance. Of the initial line-up of Guardians, six of the Guardians who specialise in physical combat (Atlas, Spartan, Tempest, Torpedo, Inferno, Destroyer, Battleaxe) were considered the team's group of Fighters, while the remaining six who focus on either ranged combat or non-combative purposes (Oblivion, Robot, Predator, Ice, Enigma, as well as, on an unofficial basis, Nate) were more of the Thinkers.
**Introduced in Season 1:
***Atlas: The powerful leader of the Guardians and the world's first and most revered superhero, who can fly and project cosmic energy beams from his eyes; he was the first Guardian to be sent to Earth by Ashrihem thousands of years ago, and over the years, he was incorporated into ancient Greek mythology. Beneath his public image as the sworn protector of mankind for centuries, he has earned a reputation for being very obsessed with his job by the book and caring very little about the wellbeing of the team, which often generates mixed feelings from the other Guardians.
***Battleaxe: An elite warrior Guardian who wields an interchangeable staff that can be altered into any melee weapon with cosmic energy. She and Spartan are the third Guardians to be sent to Earth, having arrived there at the start of the 5th Century BC, and she served as the basis and inspiration for Vikings and Medieval-era soldiers.
***Destroyer:
***Enigma:
***Ice:
***Inferno:
***Oblivion: An arrogant and incorrigible Guardian who can engage in telekinesis, mind control, and telepathy. One of many Guardians sent to Earth in 1997, his outspokenness and self-centred attitude has earned the ire of Olympia, and is often looked down upon by the other Guardians as not being a reliable team player, as demonstrated for his frequent arguments with other Guardians (namely Predator), and using his mind control abilities for his own personal gain.
***Predator:
***Robot: An intelligent, unigender robotic humanoid Guardian, who serves as Earth's embodiment of the Elder Gods' nigh-omnipotent Supreme Intelligence. Serving as the team’s co-benefactor, It was the second Guardian sent to Earth by Ashrihem, and is a weapons and technology inventor, responsible for many notable inventions and technological advancements throughout human history.
***Spartan: An elite warrior Guardian and the co-benefactor of the Guardians with master swordsmanship skill and peak athleticism. He and Battleaxe are the third Guardians to be sent to Earth, having arrived there at the start of the 5th Century BC, and he served as the basis and inspiration for Greek, Roman, and Celtic soldiers during that period. In battle, Spartan wields two swords in battle, whose blades are formed directly from his cosmic energy.
***Tempest: A sex-crazed, drug-addicted Guardian who can create cosmic energy projectiles from her hands. Obsessed with publicity, she was one the most recent Guardians to be sent to Earth, and is a target for tabloids due to her socially inappropriate attitude, and as a result, she is often caught breaching Olympia guidelines, most notably when she decides to launch a brand of beauty products named after herself.
***Torpedo: A Guardian who can move at superhuman speeds, whose only fluent spoken language is French. He is one of the more recent Guardians to be sent to Earth, and is determined to maintain his position as the fastest man in the universe, which leads to him becoming addicted to Guardanium.
**Introduced in Season 2:
===Allies===
* Olympia International:
** Abraham Prometheus: The wise and spiritual founder and CEO of Olympia International, who possesses the ability to communicate with the Elder Gods and inducts Nate at the start of his tenure as the Guardians' champion.
** Dominic Ferguson: A high-ranking Olympia official who serves directly under Abraham Prometheus.
** The Referee: An unnamed referee who monitors and scrutinises the actions of the Guardians, and possesses the ability to teleport, enabling him to announce the team's arrival.
* Elder Gods:
** Ashrihem:
** Other Elder Gods:
===Antagonists===
* Celestials:
** The Master:
==Episodes==
=== Series 1 ===
=== Series 2 ===
=== Series 3 ===
==Production==
==Release==
== See also ==
Category:Television series
Category:BBC
Category:BBC Studios
Category:Superhero television series
Category:Black Comedy
Category:Drama
Category:Satire
Category:TV-MA