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The Midwich Cuckoos is a British science fiction television series on Sky Max, created by David Farr.[1][2] It is based on the 1957 book of the same name by John Wyndham. It stars Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley. It began airing on 2 June 2022,[3] and all episodes became available on Sky On Demand. In Australia, the entire series is available on Stan.[4]

The Midwich Cuckoos
Genre	Horror drama Science fiction
Created by	David Farr
Based on	The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
Starring	Keeley Hawes
Composer	Hannah Peel
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Neil Blair Robert Cheek David Farr Ruth Kenley-Letts Marc Samuelson Rick Senat Alice Troughton
Producer	Pat Karam
Running time	60 minutes (except first episode: 75 minutes) including adverts.
Production companies	Snowed-In Productions DayOut Productions Route 24
Release
Original network	Sky Max
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)

Synopsis

The Midwich Cuckoos is a sci-fi drama in which all of the titular town's child-bearing aged women inexplicably fall pregnant. As these women give birth, Midwich begins to realise these children are unlike any other.[5] Each child resembles their mother (unlike the book where they all have golden eyes, dark blonde hair, and pale, silvery skin). They have their mother's DNA, but with alien additions. And some male, implying a Y chromosome. The government takes an immediate interest and imposes secrecy, paying the parents for their cooperation.

Cast

• Keeley Hawes as Dr. Susannah Zellaby
• Max Beesley as DCI Paul Haynes
• Aisling Loftus as Zoë Moran
• Ukweli Roach as Sam Clyde
• Synnøve Karlsen as Cassie Stone
• Samuel West as Bernard Westcott[6]
• Lara Rossi as Jodie Blake
• Indica Watson as Evie Stone
• Hannah Tointon as Rachel Saunders
• Alex Brock as John Lancaster
• Adiel Magaji as Nathan Blake
• Kimia Lamour as Olive Randall
• Aditi Pothuganti as Young Sunny Chohhan

Soundtrack[7]

1 Hive Mind

2 Cuckoo

3 Help Me

4 Ward 300

5 Hive Scream

6 Seen

7 Underground

8 Midwich School

9 Midwich Cuckoos

10 The Blackout

11 Awakenings

12 Pregnant

13 Scared

14 The Keys

15 If and When

16 No Leaving

17 Waking

18 A Pattern

19 Come Out

20 It’s Over

Episodes

No. overall	Episode	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
1	Bad Things	Alice Troughton	David Farr	2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)	1.50
2	In This Together	Alice Troughton	David Farr	2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)	N/A
3	The Hive	Jennifer Perrott	David Farr and Sasha Hails	2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)	N/A
4	Hide and Seek	Jennifer Perrott	David Farr and Laura Lomas	2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)	N/A
5	Why Are You Lying?	Jennifer Perrott	David Farr and Namsi Khan	2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)	N/A
6	Not An Ice Cream	Börkur Sigþórsson	David Farr	2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)	N/A
7	Departure	Börkur Sigþórsson	David Farr	2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)	N/A

Reception

The series received mixed reviews. Lucy Mangan of The Guardian gave the first episode two out of five stars, feeling it did not make the most of its adaptational changes and topicality with its emphasis on the perspective of female characters.[8] Nick Hilton of The Independent also gave it two out of five stars, deeming it 'humourless' and criticizing the production.[9] By contrast, Mark Kermode on Kermode and Mayo's Take praised the series' tone, use of horror and performances, saying it was a successful update of the novel.[10] Carol Midgley of The Times also gave it four stars, praising the atmospheric direction and Farr's scripts.[11]

References

External links

• The Midwich Cuckoos at IMDb

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