| Record Number |
799439 |
| ISBN |
9781405678964 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
| Title |
The Midwich cuckoos [electronic resource] / [based on the novel by John Wyndham]. |
| Publisher/Date |
Bath : BBC Audiobooks, 2007. |
| Contents note |
Downloadable audio file. |
| Title from: Title details screen. |
| Unabridged. |
| Performer note |
Starring Bill Nighy and Sara Parish. |
| Summary Note |
Driving back from a weekend in London, Richard and Janet Gayford are surprised to find the village of Midwich sealed off because of 'army manoeuvres'. There are no birds singing, the air seems thick and there is a strange sort of music in the air. It soon becomes clear that there is an invisible wall around the village, and everyone within the perimeter is unconscious. When the barrier lifts, the strange occurrence is put down to a gas leak. The villagers seem to have suffered no adverse effects from their 'day out' - until, some months later, there is an epidemic of pregnancies among the women. All the babies are born on the same day, all have golden eyes - and they can all communicate with each other telepathically. As they grow older and their powers grow stronger, the people of Midwich begin to feel threatened. Bill Nighy and Sarah Parish star in this unsettling tale of a village taken over by terrifying, inhuman children. |
| Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Life on other planets -- Drama |
| Human-alien encounters -- Drama |
| Audiobooks. |
| Science fiction radio program. |
| Added Author |
Nighy, Bill, 1949- |
| Parish, Sarah |
| Internet Site |
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