British Invaders

Four Feather Falls was a 1960 supermarionation series from Gerry Anderson. Tex Tucker is a sheriff with a talking dog and a talking horse in this western series with magical elements. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British Invaders […]

Noughts + Crosses was a BBC alternate-history series that ran in 2020 and 2022. It showed us a world where an African empire colonized Europe, and African “Crosses” rule over European “Noughts”. Striking inequities are on display, and a resistance movement is brewing. The series is based on the 2001 novel by Malorie Blackman. Please […]

Noughts + Crosses was a BBC series that ran in 2020 and 2022. It featured an alternate history where an empire from Africa colonized England. This results in a great deal of tension between the African ruling class and British working class…. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us […]

The Omega Factor was a 1979 BBC supernatural investigation show that starred Louise Jameson and others. In 2015, Big Finish launched a series of original audio dramas that continue the story. Louise Jameson reprises her role, and some new characters join the story some 35 years after we left it. Roughly once a year, we […]

The Omega Factor was a 1979 supernatural investigation show from the BBC. Big Finish has now produced audio dramas featuring original-series actors along with new cast members. About once a year, we like to follow a show we’ve already covered into a different medium. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can […]

Survivors was first broadcast on April 16, 1975 on the BBC — 50 years ago today! After a disease wipes out 99% of the population, what will the survivors do? What challenges will they encounter, and how will they meet those challenges? Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us […]

The Living and the Dead was a 2016 six-episode ghost-story series from the BBC. It’s 1894 and Nathan and Charlotte Appleby have taken over a farming estate. As they struggle to learn how to run this farm, strange and ghostly things from the past start to appear…. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and […]

The Living and the Dead was a BBC ghost-story series from 2016. When Nathan and Charlotte Appleby take over a farming estate in 1894, there are strange events waiting for them…. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British Invaders […]

Simon and the Witch was a 1987 BBC children’s series. Simon is a schoolboy and the Witch is his friend. She can’t read very well, so she becomes a student in Simon’s class. Magic and comedy ensues! Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can […]

Simon and the Witch was a BBC children’s series from 1987. Simon is a schoolboy and one of his friends is a witch. Magic always finds its way into their comic adventures! Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British […]

The Aphrodite Inheritance was a 1979 BBC serial set on the Greek island of Cypress. David Collier travels to Cypress after his brother is in a car accident there. David is soon caught up in the search for a cave containing some valuable artifacts. Three mysterious characters seem to be involved, but we don’t know […]

The Aphrodite Inheritance was a 1979 BBC serial set on the Greek island of Cypress. David Collier travels to Cypress after his brother is in a car accident there. Soon, David is caught up in a web of events that connects him to some strange and mysterious characters…. Please send us your comments, questions, requests […]

Intergalactic was a 2021 series from Sky One about a group of female convicts who steal the prison spaceship transporting them. Will they find their way to the free world of Arcadia? Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British […]

Intergalactic was 2021 series from Sky One about a group of female prisoners fleeing on a stolen spaceship in the future. Will they find the free world they are looking for? Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British Invaders […]

The Tractate Middoth and The Dead Room were from the BBC’s annual A Ghost Story for Christmas tradition. The first was an M.R. James adaptation from 2013, and the second was an original ghost story from 2018. They were written and directed by Mark Gatiss. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You […]

Nineteen Eighty-Four was first broadcast on December 12, 1954 — 70 years ago today! This BBC adaptation of George Orwell’s classic aired only five years after novel was published. Join us as we celebrate the anniversary of this live TV drama. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at […]

The Tractate Middoth and The Dead Room were both from the BBC’s annual A Ghost Story for Christmas strand. One was an M.R. James adaptation from 2013, and the other was an original ghost story from 2018. Both were written and directed by Mark Gatiss. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You […]

Space Precinct was a 1994/1995 Gerry Anderson series about a police force made up of humans and aliens. Organized crime, murder and hate crime coexist with cloning, cyborgs, interplanetary travel and more. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British […]

Space Precinct was a 1994/1995 Gerry Anderson series. When NYPD detective Patrick Brogan transfers to Demeter City, a whole new world of crime in space awaits him! Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British Invaders Facebook Group. We are […]

Dracula is a 2006 BBC/Granada/WGBH adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel. When Arthur Holmwood discovers a frightening disease in his family, he will do anything for a cure. The sinister Brotherhood is calling upon a certain European count who may be able to help. Who might suffer as result of this meddling with the […]