Breaking new ground in audio and Sign Language, Graeae’s Midwich Cuckoos was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 over new year 2017/18, performed by an inclusive cast of Deaf, disabled and non-disabled actors including Hermon Berhane, Tyrone Huggins, Cherylee Houston and Alexandra Mathie.

Jenny Sealey and Polly Thomas co-direct this new version, dramatised from John Wyndham’s 1950s sci-fi classic by award-winning writer Roy Williams.

Accompanying the broadcast on 31 December & 7 January, a silent, signed and text interpretation of the audio drama was available to watch on the Graeae/BBC Radio 4 websites, telling the story from the perspective of one of the drama’s characters. This film can be watched at the link below.