Win Mr. Robot: Season One On DVD

Plus watch an exclusive clip with interviews from the cast

By Dan Powell /

Hailed as one of the year€™s best new series MR. ROBOT comes to DVD and Blu-ray on April 11th. Initially winning over audiences at last year€™s South By Southwest Festival in March and earning a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the series from Universal Cable Productions has been repeatedly applauded for being €œclever and strong€. This success was reflected at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards when it won the award for €˜Best Television Series €“ Drama€™ with Christian Slater winning €˜Best Supporting Actor €“ Series, Miniseries or Television Film€™.

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The series centres on Elliot (Rami Malek, The Pacific), who by day is a cyber security engineer but at night operates as a vigilante hacker. When the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group (Christian Slater, Nymphomaniac) approaches Elliott to persuade him to sabotage the firm for whom he is employed to, he finds himself at a moral and ethical crossroads. Struggling to reconcile his own beliefs with his obligation to safeguard the firm, Elliott finds it increasingly difficult to resist the temptation to destroy the CEOs who he thinks are ruining the world.

Without the fear of losing their collections to hard drive crashes, cloud outages or identity theft, fans can now be safe in the knowledge that revisit all 10 episodes on disc. Be sure to check out this hugely addictive series that has had viewers and critics buzzing with excitement.

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MR. ROBOTis out now on Blu-ray and DVD, courtesy of Universal Pictures (UK).

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of Mr. Robot on DVD box set, please submit your competition entries to contest@whatculture.com.

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1)Behaviour -

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