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Tempers rise over the village fete, and Lucy discovers that Kat's guitar irritates aliens. Stars Peter Davison. From 2014.

Lucy borrows Kat's guitar and finds that this machine irritates aliens.

Meanwhile tempers are fraught as preparations are made for the annual village fete, and Richard receives some surprising news from The Computer.

Eddie Robson's sitcom about aliens invading the village of Cresdon Green.

Starring Hattie Morahan and Peter Davison.

Noticing all-at-once invasions of Earth never work out too well, these aliens have locked villagers behind an impenetrable force-field in order to study human behaviour and to decide if Earth is worth invading.

The only inhabitant who seems to be bothered by their new alien overlord is Katrina Lyons, who was only home for a weekend to borrow the deposit for a flat.

So along with Lucy Alexander (the only teenager in the village, willing to rebel against whatever you've got) she formed The Resistance - slightly to the annoyance of her parents Margaret and Richard.

This is also much to the annoyance of Field Commander Uljabaan who, alongside his unintelligible minions and The Computer (his hyper-intelligent supercomputer), is trying to actually run the alien invasion.

Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Madeleine ...... Jane Slavin
Penny ...... Elaine Claxton

Script-edited by Arthur Mathews.

Original music written and performed by Grace Petrie.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in October 2014.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Feb 2024 02:30

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Credits

Role Contributor
Katrina Lyons Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan Julian Rhind-Tutt
Computer John-Luke Roberts
Madeleine Jane Slavin
Penny Elaine Claxton
Producer Ed Morrish
Writer Eddie Robson

Broadcasts

  • Wed 22 Oct 2014 11:30
  • Wed 13 Apr 2016 18:30
  • Wed 20 Apr 2016 07:30
  • Wed 20 Apr 2016 17:30
  • Wed 20 Apr 2016 22:00
  • Thu 21 Apr 2016 05:30
  • Wed 18 Jul 2018 22:30
  • Sun 31 May 2020 12:30
  • Sun 31 May 2020 17:30
  • Sun 31 May 2020 22:00
  • Mon 1 Jun 2020 05:30
  • Fri 18 Feb 2022 07:00
  • Fri 18 Feb 2022 17:00
  • Sat 19 Feb 2022 05:00
  • Mon 5 Feb 2024 07:30
  • Mon 5 Feb 2024 12:30
  • Mon 5 Feb 2024 17:30
  • Tue 6 Feb 2024 02:30