Originally published on http://io9.com/rob-lowe-stars-in-witty-british-miniseries-about-a-co-1680749966 The apocalypse shows no sign of loosening its grip on mass media. The next end of the world: an eight-mile-wide comet strikes Earth and wipes out all life. But first, a group of surviving humans huddle beneath the English town of Slough and waits for the end, including Rob Lowe.