The Strangerers is a British television comedy-drama science fiction series written by Rob Grant (best known as co-creator of Red Dwarf) and was broadcast on Sky One between 15 February and 11 April 2000.

A single series was made with a total of nine episodes (the first being one hour in length and the rest 30 minutes each).

They are incredibly advanced and evolved vegetables on a fact finding mission to Earth, where they take on human form.

Their supervisor is accidentally decapitated shortly after arrival, leaving the cadets to fend for themselves.

The society in which they find themselves bears some resemblance to both Britain and America, and there are hints that a totalitarian government is in charge.