The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos

The classic 1957 sci-fi novel.
Adaptation by William Ingram
Three 30-minute episodes
BBC World Service, first broadcast betwen 9 and 23 December 1982
Directed by Gordon House
Music by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Episode 1 00:00

The mystery deepens when all the residents of the rural village of Midwich suddenly fall into a state of unconsciousness...

Colonel Bernard Westcott ...... Charles Kay

Richard Gayford ...... William Gaunt

Gordon Zellaby ...... Manning Wilson

Angela Zellaby ...... Pauline Yates

Janet Gayford ...... Rosalind Adams

Ferrelyn Zellaby ...... Jenny Quayle

Alan Hughes ...... Gordon Dulieu

Doctor Willers ...... Hugh Dickson

Vicar Leebody ...... William Ingram

Colonel Latcher ...... Garard Green

Captain Beamish ...... Martin Bansley

Group Captain Harding ...... Peter Tuddenham

Chief Constable ...... Ronald Baddiley

Pilot ...... Alex Jennings
PC ...... David Peart

Base Controller ...... Edward Cast

Episode 2 27:47

There are moral and security issues when all the women of child-bearing age in the village of Midwich simultaneously become pregnant by an alien force.
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Bernard Westcott …. Charles Kay

Gordon Zellaby …. Manning Wilson

Angela Zellaby …. Pauline Yates

Richard Gayford …. William Gaunt

Janet Gayford/Secretary …. Rosalind Adams

Ferrelyn Zellaby …. Jenny Quayle

Alan Hughes …. Gordon Dulieu

Vicar Leebody …. William Ingram

Doctor Willers …. Hugh Dickson

Episode 3 55:52

The mysterious powers of the alien children start to become destructive...

Bernard Westcott …. Charles Kay

Gordon Zellaby …. Manning Wilson

Angela Zellaby …. Pauline Yates

Richard Gayford …. William Gaun

Chief Constable …. Ronald Baddiley

Coroner …. Nigel Graham

Doctor Torrance …. Peter Tuddenham

Mrs Williams …. Katherine Parr

Girl …. Rosalind Adams

Boy …. Jill Lidstone

Man …. Simon Hewitt

Cuckoos lay eggs in other birds' nests....

The rather sleepy village of Midwich finds itself becoming even sleepier when one night in September all those in it – and nearby, within a precise circular boundary – fall suddenly into a state of unconciousness that lasts for over 24 hours. In that time, aerial reconnaissance and photographs reveal not only that the affected area is a hemisphere, but also that, at the centre of it, a strange shape can be seen.

But as suddenly as the village was affected, everything returns – apparently – to normal. It's some weeks before the realisation grows that all the women in the village of child-bearing age are mysteriously impregnated. Nine months pass and the pregnancies run to their natural term, producing 61 "Children" – all with blonde hair, pale skin and golden eyes. As they start to grow at enormous speed, it becomes clear that they all have telepathic abilities.

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