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The Midwich Cuckoos

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The Midwich Cuckoos

By: BBC Audiobooks
Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Sarah Parish
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 This is a dynamic, modern dramatisation of a classic book by John Wyndham. Bill Nighy ( Love Actually and many other films) and Sarah Parish ( Cutting It) play Richard and Janet, a couple caught up in the goings-on of a sleepy English village in which all the children have golden eyes, blond hair, and a sinister talent for telepathy and telekinesis. (Wyndham's novel was filmed as Village of the Damned in 1960 and 1995.)©2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd. (P)2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd. Dramatisations Science Fiction

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"Bill Nighy is terrific as Richard Gayford, drawn into the horror of a small village whose women all give birth on the same day to beautiful babies whose only intent, as they grow, is to survive - whatever the cost." ( Daily Express)
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I have always loved the Midwich cuckoos a truly scary story. Having it with a full cast makes it even better. Hopefully this will get listeners to read the book. Although this is just marvellous.

Terrific specialty Bill Nighy

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