Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

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Welcome to our Village, Please Invade Carefully
Genre Sitcom
Running time30 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home station BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 4
Starring Hattie Morahan
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Charles Edwards
Written by Eddie Robson
Produced by Ed Morrish
Original release5 July 2012 
19 November 2014
No. of series2
No. of episodes11

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully is a sitcom on BBC Radio 2 (pilot and series 1) and BBC Radio 4 (series 2), written by Eddie Robson and produced by Ed Morrish. It concerns the invasion of the small Buckinghamshire village of Cresdon Green by an alien race, the Geonin.

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The programme stars Hattie Morahan as Katrina Lyons, a 30-something professional from London who was visiting her parents at the time of the invasion. Julian Rhind-Tutt (series 1) and Charles Edwards (series 2) star as Uljabaan, the leader of the aliens in smooth-talking human form. [1] The pilot episode featured Katherine Parkinson as Katrina

The pilot aired on 5 July 2012. Series 1 was broadcast 7–28 March 2013, with the second series beginning on 15 October 2014. The Radio Times called it "the sitcom success story of 2012..." [2]

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References

  1. Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully Programme Page – bbc.co.uk
  2. Goulding, Tom. "Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully Series 1 – 1. Taking Overs". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

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