![]() ![]() “The fact that my character was a man in the original and at the centre of this incredibly female story is very telling and it just wouldn’t seem right to make it in that way now.” Now there’s a fresh adaptation of the story in the form of a brand new TV show, which brings Wyndham’s creepy sci-fi bang up to date: “It’s prime for an adaptation and a modern retelling,” says Hawes who plays Dr Zellaby, a child psychologist which, in the original novel, was a male character. It becomes clear the children of this phenomenon are not of this world As the children of the phenomenon grow, it becomes clear they are not of this world. ![]() A strange enough occurrence, which only gets stranger when it soon becomes apparent that every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. The Midwich Cuckoos tells the story of the quiet commuter town of Midwich where one evening everyone within a set area of the town falls unconscious. Indeed, considering John Wyndham’s classic novel has been adapted numerous times since it was first published in 1957 (with probably its most famous adaption being Wolf Rilla’s 1960 horror, The Village Of The Damned), the story of the creepy kids from a remote village is certainly popular! “Creepy kids are always good aren’t they?!” Keeley Hawes laughs when we speak to her about her new series, The Midwich Cuckoos. ![]()
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