The Midwich Cuckoos

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John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos: Episode 2

John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos

Episode 2

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The alien children born in the rural village start to make their presence felt.

The alien children born in the rural village start to make their presence felt. Stars Charles Kay and Pauline Yates.

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. 

John Wyndam's classic 1957 sci-fi novel.

Starring Charles Kay, William Gaunt and Pauline Yates.

Dramatised by William Ingram.

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

Music specially composed by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Director: Gordon House

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in December 1982.

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Classic science fiction tale by John Wyndham

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