Sky has just sent us the first trailer for their new mystery fantasy series THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS which will air sometime this summer starring Keeley Hawes! Midwich, a small English commuter town, is liberal and aspirational, populated by nuclear families and affluent high streets. A place

The series is based on a popular classic sf novel

where nothing much happens and for a very good reason. That is until the twilight hours of a summer’s day when a sleepy corner of Midwich is plunged into panic. People pass out on their feet without warning, without reason. Anyone who tries to enter meets the same fate. And nobody can understand

Keeley Hawes plays the lead role in the new series

why. When the mysterious blackout is lifted, life for those affected returns to apparent normality - except every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. As news spreads and tensions simmer, it is up to gifted psychotherapist Dr Susannah Zellaby (Hawes) to

Max Beesley also stars in Midwich Cuckoos

help support those affected through the emotional wilderness. Susannah’s own daughter, Cassie, has fallen pregnant and harbours deep concerns about who, or what, is behind this phenomenon. Local officer DCI Paul Kirby (Max Beesley) is tasked with maintaining order but unbeknownst to them all, a

Midwich Cuckoos will be a four episode drama

terrifying force is building in the comfortable streets of Midwich. These children, potential parasites, flourish under the very love and care that their families give them. Who are these children? And what do they want?

 

Sky has also released a trailer for another of their new series THE RISING starring Matthew McNulty! Neve Kelly (Clara Rugaard) is dead. Understandably, she’s scared and confused by this new (non) existence, but

The Rising is arriving this March with eight episodes

moreover, when she realises she has been murdered, she’s furious. Determined to find her killer and get justice, she takes advantage of her new supernatural abilities to go where the police can’t and investigate her own

Matthew McNulty and Solly McLeod are also in the cast

death. In doing so, she uncovers deeply buried secrets and is forced to re-examine everything about her life and the people she cared about. The series arrives this March.