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The war of the worlds.

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Uniform Title War of the worlds (TV mini-series : 2019)
Title The war of the worlds.
Published Australia : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, ©2019.
©2018
Description 1 DVD-video (162 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes Catalogued from container.
Roadshow Entertainment : R-124366-9.
Originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One during 2019 as a three-part mini-series.
Edwardian period re-imagining of the H.G. Wells novel of the same name.
"NOTE: the program version included in this DVD is made up of 3 episodes and there may be a slight variance in some scenes from the original broadcast version." --Container.
Credits Written by Peter Harness ; directed by Craig Viveiros.
Performers Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, Rupert Graves, Nicholas Le Prevost.
Summary England, 1905. When a mysterious capsule lands on Earth at Horsell Common, George and Amy are among the first to examine it. However, this is no inanimate object but a transport for a living organism from outer space. As more people gather to study it, its movements kills scores of people. Martians have arrived. And so begins a terrifying ordeal as more capsules land, releasing murderous Martian tripods which exterminate and consume everything in their wake.
Target audience note Censorship classification : MA15+.
System details DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, PAL, Region 4, aspect ratio 16:9, 1.78.
Language note English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired].
Subjects Wells, H. G. -- (Herbert George), -- 1866-1946 -- Television adaptations.
Martians -- Drama
Human-alien encounters -- Drama
Space warfare -- Drama
Television series -- Great Britain
Television programs, British
Surrey (England) -- Drama
Genre Science fiction television programs
Historical television programs
Television adaptations
Fiction television programs
Television mini-series
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Other Names Viveiros, Craig, 1986- director.
Harness, Peter, 1976- screenwriter.
Tomlinson, Eleanor, 1992- actor.
Spall, Rafe, 1983- actor.
Graves, Rupert, 1963- actor.
Le Prevost, Nicholas, 1947- actor.
Television adaptation of (work): Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. War of the worlds.
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