Front Row | War Of The Worlds re-imagined
Based on The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
HG Wells' classic novel The War of the Worlds has been adapted many times including the infamous occasion on which Orson Welles' radio version convinced some American citizens that Martians really were invading the Earth. Now a new BBC TV version is coming, with a female narrator and subtexts about empire and climate change. Writer Peter Harness talks to Front Row about the choices he's made for this version.
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Donald Holms pres an historical review of science-fiction films,against the background of real events, with clips from feature films and news.
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Dominic and leading writers and film-makers look at science fiction's obsession with alien invasion, from all-out assault to sinister hidden threats, and how it has reflected real-life anxieties - whether they be the challenge to Victorian imperial power of HG Wells' War of the Worlds, the Cold War-era paranoia of Invasion of the Body Snatchers or more recent concerns about racism and immigration in District 9.