Homeland is an American psychological thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, based on the Israeli series Hatufim, also known as Prisoners of War, which was created by Gideon Raff.[1] The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA operations officer who has come to believe that an American Marine, who was held captive by Al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, was turned by the enemy and now poses a significant risk to national security.
The pilot episode has received universal acclaim, scoring a Metacritic rating of 91 out of 100 from 28 critics.[27] Hank Stuever of The Washington Post gave the pilot episode an A-, saying "What makes Homeland rise above other post-9/11 dramas is Danes's stellar performance as Carrie—easily this season's strongest female character" and that "The latter half of the first episode is exhilarating. I'm hooked."
Showtime renewed the series for a second season of 12 episodes, with production scheduled to begin in spring 2012.
Looks like it will be fairly brilliant
Channel 4 are showing it over here, not sure when.