{ "id": "epdjstv88y", "slug": "missions", "title": "Missions", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres", "label": "Genre and subject-scripted series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres.science_fiction_series", "label": "Science fiction television series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres.science_fiction_series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres.science_fiction_series.space-opera-and-space-adventure-series", "label": "Space opera and space adventure series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres.science_fiction_series.space-opera-and-space-adventure-series" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres", "label": "Western Europe · 2001 to 2020: Genre and subject-scripted series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001", "label": "Western Europe · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres", "label": "Genre and subject-scripted series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Missions is a French science-fiction TV series (2017–2022) created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe for OCS, about the first crewed Mars mission becoming a rescue mission; three seasons, ten episodes each.", "snippet": "Missions is a French science-fiction TV series (2017–2022) created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe for OCS, about the first crewed Mars mission becoming a rescue mission; three seasons, ten episodes each.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv_genres.science_fiction_series.space-opera-and-space-adventure-series", "markdown": "# Missions\n\n**Missions** is a French science-fiction television series about the first crewed expedition to Mars, created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe, with Lacombe also directing. It was the first science-fiction series produced by the French pay-TV channel OCS and first aired on 1 June 2017 on OCS City, running for three seasons of ten episodes each until 2022.[1](https://www.cineserie.com/news/series/missions-les-promesses-de-la-saison-2-docs-2398799/) • [2](https://frenchmania.fr/missions-serie-diffusee-sur-ocs/) • [3](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/missions/6LmpwmGlhw5tBb7CIAdOG6/where-to-watch/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Origin | Created by Ami Cohen, Henri Debeurme, and Julien Lacombe; Lacombe directs; produced by Empreinte Digitale for OCS[1](https://www.cineserie.com/news/series/missions-les-promesses-de-la-saison-2-docs-2398799/) • [4](https://www.influencia.net/missions-nouveau-modele-fiction-francaise/) |\n| Broadcast | First aired 1 June 2017 on OCS City; three seasons of 10 episodes, 2017–2022[2](https://frenchmania.fr/missions-serie-diffusee-sur-ocs/) • [3](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/missions/6LmpwmGlhw5tBb7CIAdOG6/where-to-watch/) |\n| Format | Episodes of about 25 to 26 minutes, in French[3](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/missions/6LmpwmGlhw5tBb7CIAdOG6/where-to-watch/) |\n| Budget | 1.5 million euros for the ten 25-minute episodes of season 1[5](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie-21618/critiques/presse/) |\n| Premise | The first crewed Mars mission, funded by philanthropist William Meyer and the ESA, becomes a rescue mission for a rival ship that overtook it and lost contact[6](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D21618.html) |\n| Awards | Discovery Prize at Séries Mania and the TV Critics' Best Series Award at the MIP Drama Screenings in Cannes, both 2017[7](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/missions-amc-shudder-acquires-seasons-135934371.html) |\n| Reception | IMDb 6.6/10 from about 3,600 votes; AlloCiné press average 3.5/5, audience average 3.2/5[8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6445112/ratings/) • [5](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie-21618/critiques/presse/) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D21618.html) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe series opens in a near future in which the first crewed mission to Mars, the European Ulysse expedition, is approaching the red planet after a ten-month voyage. The mission is financed by the eccentric Swiss philanthropist billionaire William Meyer (Mathias Mlekuz) together with the [European Space Agency](https://www.edgepedia.org/european-space-agency), and carries elite scientists and astronauts along with a young psychologist, Jeanne Renoir (Hélène Viviès), responsible for the crew's mental safety.[6](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D21618.html) • [9](https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/67233/marsabenteuerserie_missions_startet_im_juni_im_paytv/) • [10](https://www.canalplus.com/series/missions/h/8598526_40099)\n\nHours before the landing procedure, a rival mission backed jointly by a giant computer multinational and NASA, flying a faster and more modern plasma-propulsion spacecraft, overtakes Ulysse and then loses contact. The crew that expected to be first on Mars becomes a rescue mission for its competitors.[6](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D21618.html) Once on the surface, the expedition finds the survivor of an earlier lost mission, [Vladimir Komarov](https://www.edgepedia.org/vladimir-komarov), and the discovery divides the crew; the first season's ten episodes are titled Ulysse, Mars, Survivant, Pierre, Alliance, Irène, Faute, Phénix, Volodia, and Orage.[10](https://www.canalplus.com/series/missions/h/8598526_40099) The story then moves from realistic near-future spaceflight into supernatural mystery: the first team to land on Mars is pulled into a mystery involving visions, a portal, traces of life in a strange forest, and figures who seem to know the crew.[11](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/Missions?hl=en_US&id=i3EuJJRX1b0.P)\n\n### Seasons and distribution\n\nThe first season aired in France in June 2017 and was sold internationally. In August 2017, AMC's horror- and genre-focused streaming service Shudder acquired exclusive first-window rights for the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the BBC announced a broadcast on [BBC Four](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-four) in October 2017.[7](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/missions-amc-shudder-acquires-seasons-135934371.html) • [12](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bbc-boards-french-mission-mars-105519233.html) [AMC Networks](https://www.edgepedia.org/amc-networks) joined as a co-producer for the second season, which was previewed at the Séries Mania festival in Lille in March 2019.[9](https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/67233/marsabenteuerserie_missions_startet_im_juni_im_paytv/) • [1](https://www.cineserie.com/news/series/missions-les-promesses-de-la-saison-2-docs-2398799/) A third season followed, and the series ended with its finale broadcast on 27 January 2022.[3](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/missions/6LmpwmGlhw5tBb7CIAdOG6/where-to-watch/)\n\n## Production\n\nSeason 1 was filmed during the summer of 2016, mainly in a studio at [La Rochelle](https://www.edgepedia.org/la-rochelle) in France, where the spacecraft set was built, with the Mars scenes shot in the Moroccan desert around [Ouarzazate](https://www.edgepedia.org/ouarzazate). Scenes set in 1960s Russia were filmed in the Centre region of France.[2](https://frenchmania.fr/missions-serie-diffusee-sur-ocs/) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D21618.html) According to co-creator and producer Henri Debeurme, the project began almost as a joke by the broadcaster: after a preview of the comedy Lazy Company, an OCS representative asked whether his team would be bold enough to make a series set in space.[6](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D21618.html)\n\nThe budget was small for the genre, 1.5 million euros for the ten episodes of the first season, and French critics noted that the series compensated with restrained direction and strong production design; Télérama praised its elegant staging while faulting uneven acting and dialogue.[5](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie-21618/critiques/presse/) The creators cited the literature of [Isaac Asimov](https://www.edgepedia.org/isaac-asimov) as a principal reference.[1](https://www.cineserie.com/news/series/missions-les-promesses-de-la-saison-2-docs-2398799/)\n\n## Cast\n\nThe lead cast includes Hélène Viviès as the psychologist Jeanne Renoir, Mathias Mlekuz as the billionaire William Meyer, Clément Aubert as commander Simon Gramat, Adriane Gradziel as Eva Müller, Lucas Englander as Peter Kaminski, Barbara Probst as Alice Meyer, Vincent Londez as Ivan Goldstein, and Natasha Andrews as Gemma Williams of the rival Zillion 2 mission.[13](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/missions) • [10](https://www.canalplus.com/series/missions/h/8598526_40099)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe first season won the Discovery Prize at Séries Mania and the TV Critics' Best Series Award at the MIP Drama Screenings in Cannes in 2017.[7](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/missions-amc-shudder-acquires-seasons-135934371.html) On IMDb the series holds a 6.6/10 rating from about 3,600 users, with the unweighted mean of user ratings at 7.5.[8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6445112/ratings/) AlloCiné's press average is 3.5/5 across five reviews, and its audience score is 3.2/5 from 466 ratings.[5](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie-21618/critiques/presse/) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D21618.html) Reviewers highlighted the sound design and the mystery-driven writing as strengths that offset the limited budget and sets.[14](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/missions-s1review/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Missions : les promesses de la saison 2 d'OCS, CinéSérie (Pierre Siclier, 15 March 2019)](https://www.cineserie.com/news/series/missions-les-promesses-de-la-saison-2-docs-2398799/)\n2. [MISSIONS / série diffusée sur OCS, FrenchMania (Pierre Siclier, 29 May 2017)](https://frenchmania.fr/missions-serie-diffusee-sur-ocs/)\n3. [Missions – Where to Watch, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/missions/6LmpwmGlhw5tBb7CIAdOG6/where-to-watch/)\n4. [Missions : un nouveau modèle de fiction française, Influencia](https://www.influencia.net/missions-nouveau-modele-fiction-francaise/)\n5. [Critique presse Missions, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie-21618/critiques/presse/)\n6. [Missions – Série TV 2017, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie%3D21618.html)\n7. ['Missions': AMC's Shudder Acquires Seasons 1 & 2 Of France's Sci-Fi Series, Yahoo Entertainment (24 August 2017)](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/missions-amc-shudder-acquires-seasons-135934371.html)\n8. [Missions (TV Series 2017–2022) – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6445112/ratings/)\n9. [Mars-Abenteuerserie \"Missions\" startet im Juni im Pay-TV, DWDL.de](https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/67233/marsabenteuerserie_missions_startet_im_juni_im_paytv/)\n10. [Missions en VOD, CANAL+](https://www.canalplus.com/series/missions/h/8598526_40099)\n11. [Missions: Season 2 episodes, Google Play TV](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/Missions?hl=en_US&id=i3EuJJRX1b0.P)\n12. [BBC Boards French 'Missions' to Mars, Yahoo Entertainment (9 October 2017)](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bbc-boards-french-mission-mars-105519233.html)\n13. [Missions – watch tv show streaming online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/missions)\n14. [Missions Season 1 Review, The Review Geek (Greg Wheeler, 2 June 2018)](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/missions-s1review/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Genre and subject-scripted series › Science fiction television series › Space opera and space adventure series*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/missions", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/missions.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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