Starz has today announced the premiere date for the upcoming fifth season of the original drama series Outlander.
The 12-episode fifth season will premiere on Sunday, February 16 at 8/7c.
The new season finds the Frasers fighting for their family and the home they have forged on Fraser's Ridge. Jamie must find a way to defend all that he has created in America, and to protect those who look to him for leadership and protection - while hiding his personal relationship with Murtagh Fitzgibbons, the man whom Governor William Tryon has ordered him to hunt down and kill. With her family together at last, Claire must use her modern medical knowledge and foresight to prevent them from being ripped apart once again.
The drama stars Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Duncan Lacroix, Richard Rankin, Sophie Skelton, David Berry, John Bell, César Domboy, Lauren Lyle and Maria Doyle Kennedy.
Ronald D. Moore developed the drama based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon. He executive produces with Maril Davis, Andy Harries, Jim Kohlberg, Anne Kenney, Toni Graphia, Ira Steven Behr, Matthew B. Roberts and Marigo Kehoe. Sony Pictures Television, Tall Ship Productions and Left Bank Pictures produce.
