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PhiloA small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.
Elsewhere, ordinary Midwich residents are overloaded with soapy backstory until it verges on Midsomer Cuckoos. Still, there’s much to savour. The onset of the macabre blackout is handled beautifully – disturbed horses; swooping birds…
TV reviewTelevision & radio.Unless you live in a certain English village in Winshire called Midwich. Then, my dears, you are stuck. Sky’s new seven-part drama The Midwich Cuckoos is the latest adaptation (by David Farr, who did the same…
The Midwich Cuckoos, legendary science-fiction writer John Wyndham’s 1957 novel, has twice been adapted for the screen before, both times under the more sensational title, Village of the Damned.
