Humans, Channel 4 - TV review: Robots, rogue technology and middle-class angst

What if she’s not pretty? Can we change her if she’s not pretty?” So asked a robot-purchasing little girl in the first episode of new sci-fi series Humans. Don’t worry, little girl, she’s definitely pretty. Anita, the servile home-help robot, or “synth”, is played by ex-model Gemma Chan, a woman whose natural good looks are only enhanced by the glowing green eyes of the synths.