{"id":10382,"date":"2022-01-26T11:47:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T10:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1572316"},"modified":"2022-01-26T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T11:15:08","slug":"keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeley Hawes stars in sinister trailer for The Midwich Cuckoos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Sky has released a trailer for its upcoming adaptation of The Midwich Cuckoos<\/a>, starring Bodyguard\u2019s Keeley Hawes and Homeland\u2019s Max Beesley.<\/p>\n

The series is based on John Wyndham\u2019s book of the same name<\/a>, a sci-fi classic set in Midwich, a quiet and rather idyllic commuter town where nothing much happens \u2013 until an unnerving incident that changes the lives of its inhabitants forever, that is.<\/p>\n

After everyone falls unconscious in the twilight hours of a summer\u2019s day, every woman of child-bearing age in town falls pregnant. And, if you\u2019re wondering what the children born of such an unusual event are like, the trailer gives a pretty good indication \u2013 and a creepy one at that.<\/p>

\u201cI can\u2019t sleep, because bad things will happen,\u201d one child tells psychotherapist Dr Susannah Zellaby (Hawes) and Officer Paul Kirby (Beesley).<\/p>\n

Take a look for yourself below:<\/p>\n\n<p>Writer and creator David Farr has previously spoken about his inspiration for adapting Wyndham\u2019s work, saying: \u201cI first read The Midwich Cuckoos when I was 12. I was living in a small town in 1980s Britain. Everything about the book rang true to me and terrified me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn invasion of a small community by a hostile and ruthless force. Apparently innocent children as a force of huge malevolent power. It got under my skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve grown older, the story has never ceased to exert a grip. The idea that we may birth our own destruction is so simple and frightening. That as a mother or a father, the being we love most in the world may turn on us. It\u2019s the stuff of nightmares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A release date has yet to be confirmed, but the series is expected to land on Sky Max in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something to watch in the meantime? Plan your viewing with our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/the-midwich-cuckoos-casts-keeley-hawes-max-beesley-newsupdate\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> or visit our dedicated <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Drama<\/a> hub for the latest news. Find out more about <a href=\"\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&clickref=radiotimes-0&awinmid=11005&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fshop%2Ftv"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">how to sign up for Sky TV here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 12:00 am Sky has released a trailer for its upcoming adaptation of The Midwich Cuckoos, starring Bodyguard\u2019s Keeley Hawes and Homeland\u2019s Max Beesley. The series is based on John Wyndham\u2019s book of the same name, a sci-fi classic set in Midwich, a quiet and rather idyllic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10383,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos.jpg",2000,1333,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-sinister-trailer-for-the-midwich-cuckoos.jpg",2000,1333,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 12:00 am Sky has released a trailer for its upcoming adaptation of The Midwich Cuckoos, starring Bodyguard\u2019s Keeley Hawes and Homeland\u2019s Max Beesley. The series is based on John Wyndham\u2019s book of the same name, a sci-fi classic set in Midwich, a quiet and rather idyllic…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/10382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}