Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully
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BBC Radio 2
First broadcast: Thursday 07 March 2013
1/ Taking Overs
Katrina Lyons was only visiting Cresdon Green, the village where she grew up, to borrow some money from her parents. But when she tried to head back to London, it turned out alien beings known as the Geonin had lowered a force field around the village and were refusing to let anyone in or out.
Unfortunately almost everyone in the village is too cowardly, apathetic, polite or stupid to stand up to this alien menace, so Katrina has no choice but to start the resistance movement herself. In the cricket pavilion.
EPISODE ONE: Taking Overs.
The force field around the village is keeping out all the rain, so the villagers can no longer moan about the weather. Uljabaan realises this means they're moaning about him instead. Whilst he tries to construct a device to simulate rain inside the force field, Uljabaan distracts the village with a cricket match - aliens versus humans, with Richard captaining the humans. Katrina sees an opportunity to sabotage Uljabaan's computer - if she can keep the match going long enough.
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully is written by Eddie Robson (That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Newsjack), and stars Hattie Morahan (Outnumbered, Critic's Circle & Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress'), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Green Wing, The Hour), Jan Francis (Just Good Friends, Emmerdale), Peter Davison (A Very Peculiar Practice, Dr Who), Hannah Murray (Skins, Game of Thrones), and John-Luke Roberts (Spats, BBC Three Live At The Fringe).
Producer: Ed Morrish.
BBC Radio 2
First broadcast: Thursday 14 March 2013
EPISODE 2: Minimum Volume
Uljabaan is working on an education programme for after the invasion, creating a list of books suitable for children to read. His chosen advisor is Mrs Leeson from the charity shop. Katrina is confident she could do a better job, and hopes she could use it for subversive purposes - so she volunteers. But can she sneak anything past Uljabaan? And can she convince Lucy she's not really being a traitor?
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully is written by Eddie Robson (That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Newsjack), and stars Hattie Morahan (Outnumbered, Critic's Circle & Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress'), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Green Wing, The Hour), Jan Francis (Just Good Friends, Emmerdale), Peter Davison (A Very Peculiar Practice, Dr Who), Hannah Murray (Skins, Game of Thrones), and John-Luke Roberts (Spats, BBC Three Live At The Fringe).
Producer: Ed Morrish.
BBC Radio 2
First broadcast: Thursday 21 March 2013
EPISODE THREE: Power Block.
Uljabaan is busy with a construction project and asks Margaret to help with some routine duties in the village - collecting data, checking up on the man they put down the old well, that sort of thing. Katrina is dismayed - he's too busy to oppress the humans, so he's getting them to do it to each other. But the construction project involves opening up the force-field that surrounds the village. Can Katrina and Lucy sneak a message into the outside world?
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully is written by Eddie Robson (That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Newsjack), and stars Hattie Morahan (Outnumbered, Critic's Circle & Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress'), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Green Wing, The Hour), Jan Francis (Just Good Friends, Emmerdale), Peter Davison (A Very Peculiar Practice, Dr Who), Hannah Murray (Skins, Game of Thrones), and John-Luke Roberts (Spats, BBC Three Live At The Fringe).
Producer: Ed Morrish.
BBC Radio 2
First broadcast: Thursday 28 March 2013
EPISODE 4: Little Green Lights
*** All Radio 2 had to say this week was:
Sitcom about an alien invasion of a small village, starring Hattie Morahan and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
The Radio Times (online) had the following:
4/4. With his superior officer Gryvook coming to assess him, Uljabaan hopes to get the go-ahead to invade the rest of Earth. First he has to prepare a welcome banquet and tradition dictates he should serve a human child - which could create an awkward atmosphere in the village. Meanwhile, Richard is helping with the invasion budget and the figures just aren't adding up. It seems set to be a disaster - can Katrina exploit this to get the invasion cancelled permanently? Comedy, starring Hattie Morahan. Last in the series.
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (Series 1) LINK
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Series Two has completed and I'm uploading it here in the Science fiction folder, although I think it might equally well be placed in the Comedy folder. Episode details in the text file.
Gee, do you think we need a multi-genre group? LOL ---------------------------------------- R
Thanks!
thanks, i'll listen it tonight at work
Thank you - am listening and enjoying as I write this.
Series Two is currently underway.
Excellent ------------------------------- R
I'm capping it.
Many thanks Rick!!!