The eight-part series, from the makers of Spooks, Hustle and Life On Mars, is written and created by Ben Richards (Spooks, The Fixer) and tells of the dilemmas, loves and lives of the surviving population from Earth as they set up a new world.

Vice president of the Evacuation Programme on Earth, Berger is en route to Carpathia on board transporter CT9, expecting the power and status he enjoyed on Earth. Find out more about Berger in this character profile clip…