The War of the Worlds (2017)

Duration: 57'31''

Synopsis

Melissa Murray's two part dramatisation highlights the questions Wells poses: What if we were the colonised? How would we fare if a vastly superior technological invader attacked us? How would we behave? Starring Blake Ritson.

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The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 1

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Melissa Murray's two part dramatisation highlights the questions Wells poses: What if we were the colonised? How would we fare if a ...

The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 2

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The Martians continue their merciless invasion, transforming the landscape and decimating the population. Stars Blake Ritson.

The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 1

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2017 | 57'31''

Melissa Murray's two part dramatisation highlights the questions Wells poses: What if we were the colonised? How would we fare if a ...

The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 2

The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 2

2017 | 56'34''

The Martians continue their merciless invasion, transforming the landscape and decimating the population. Stars Blake Ritson.

The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 1

The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 1

2017 | 57'31''

Melissa Murray's two part dramatisation highlights the questions Wells poses: What if we were the colonised? How would we fare if a ...

The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 2

The War of the Worlds (2017) | Episode 2

2017 | 56'34''

The Martians continue their merciless invasion, transforming the landscape and decimating the population. Stars Blake Ritson.
Other Archive resources
The War of the Worlds  | BBC Radio 5 | 1938

The War of the Worlds (1938)

Orson Welles' classic radio version (unexpurgated) of H.G. Wells' novel, first broadcast in America on Hallowe'en, 1938. It caused widespread panic across an America anxious about Hitler's movements in Europe and the possibility of life in outer space.
The War of the Worlds  | BBC Two | 2006

H.G. Wells: War with the World

Drama telling the story of the father of science fiction, H.G. Wells, and his messianic ambition to create a World State and avert mankind's headlong course towards self-destruction.