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John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos

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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 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 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. . 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 The mysterious powers of the alien children start to…

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. The Midwich Cuckoos - Episode 01

    No date given · No. 1 · 28 min

  2. The Midwich Cuckoos - Episode 02

    No date given · No. 2 · 28 min

  3. The Midwich Cuckoos - Episode 03

    No date given · No. 3 · 28 min

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  1. John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos 1982

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