The pedigree of people involved was amazing.
What appealed to you about The Midwich Cuckoos? She has a troubled and complicated relationship with her 23 year-old daughter Cassie who still lives with her because of personal problems. The arrival of the children puts Susannah under intense pressure professionally and personally, as she struggles to understand the children’s nature and fears what they intend, but has to protect Cassie at all costs. Keeley Hawes plays Dr Susannah Zellaby. A family and child psychotherapist, intellectually brilliant and a natural leader, Susannah is a highly respected pillar of the community in Midwich. Who are these children? And what do they want? These children – potential parasites - flourish under the very love and care that their families give them. Local officer DCI Paul Haynes (Beesley) is tasked with maintaining order but unbeknownst to them all, a terrifying force is building in the comfortable streets of Midwich. Susannah’s own daughter, Cassie (Synnøve Karlsen), has fallen pregnant and harbours deep concerns about who, or what, is behind this phenomenon. When the mysterious blackout is lifted, life for those affected returns to apparent normality - except every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant.Īs news spreads and tensions simmer, it is up to gifted psychotherapist Dr Susannah Zellaby (Hawes) to help support those affected through the emotional wilderness. Anyone who tries to enter meets the same fate. People pass out on their feet without warning, without reason. A place where nothing much happens – that is until the twilight hours of a summer’s day when a sleepy corner of Midwich is plunged into panic. Midwich, a small English commuter town, is liberal and aspirational, populated by nuclear families and affluent streets. BAFTA-nominated Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, It’s A Sin), and Max Beesley (The Outsider, Suits) lead this unnerving fable. Sky Original drama The Midwich Cuckoos, is a dark modern-day reimagining of John Wyndham’s classic science fiction novel of the same name.
Ahead of the start of a new adaptation of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos on Sky Max next week, read a short interview with one of the stars, Keeley Hawes.
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