Outlander is a historical fantasy television series based on the book series of the same name by Diana Gabaldon. The show premiered on August 9, 2014, on Starz. It stars CaitrĂona Balfe as Claire Randall, an English former World War II military nurse in Scotland who, in 1945, finds herself transported back in time to 1743. There, she encounters and falls in love with a Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser, a tacksman of Clan Fraser of Lovat.