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    Home»Television»Shows by Decade»1990s Television
    1990s Television Drama Shows I 2 Mins Read

    Invasion: Earth

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    1 9 9 8 (UK)
    6 x 50 minute episodes

    Flight Lieutenant Chris Drake (Vincent Regan) is scrambled over the Scottish Highlands one night and shoots down an unidentified flying object – little knowing the consequences of this rash act of bravado.

    At the same time, Dr Amanda Tucker (Maggie O’Neill) and her assistant Nick Shay (Paul Medford) are monitoring the sky for intelligent forms of communication and detect much more than they bargained for.

    The search for the downed aircraft leads to the discovery of Lieutenant Charles Terrell (Anton Lesser), who subsequently turns out to be an army officer who went missing in 1945.

    After initial reticence, Lt. Terrell begins to reveal his story about the peaceable Echo’s who abducted him years ago and an ancient, merciless enemy, the ND’s, who sought to destroy the Echo’s.

    As his story unfolds – and the evidence of Dr Tucker’s observations lend credence to it – the nightmarish prospect of a full-scale alien invasion becomes real.

    Unlike Hollywood aliens, there is no reasoning or communicating with the ND. They are inscrutable and unfathomable – and unstoppable – life forms that simply seek other life forms and consume them as fuel.

    Everybody dies and we sacrifice our own planet. A second series was planned but the BBC pulled the plug for budgetary reasons.

    Real-life RAF personnel from RAF Leuchars (near St Andrews in Fife) were used in the series.

    Flt. Lt. Chris Drake
    Vincent Regan
    Dr Amanda Tucker
    Maggie O’Neill
    Major General David Reece
    Fred Ward
    Squadron Leader Helen Knox
    Phyllis Logan
    Nick Shay
    Paul J. Medford
    Flt. Lt. Jim Radcliffe
    Jonathan Dow
    Sgt. Tuffley
    Gerard Rooney
    Emily Tucker
    Laura Harling
    Flt. Lt. Stewart
    Bob Barrett
    Lt. Charles Terrell
    Anton Lesser
    Group Captain Susan Preston
    Sara Kestelman
    Wing Commander Friday
    Christopher Fairbank
    Air Marshal Bentley
    John Shrapnel
    Det. Sgt. Rebecca Holland
    Nicola Grier
    Gran
    Diana Payan
    Dr Vickers
    Hugh Ross
    Jenny Marchant
    Sheila Grier
    Inspector Boyd
    Michael Vaughan
    SAC Burton
    Luke Garrett
    Sgt. Lynch
    David Albion

    Episodes

    Chapter One: The Last War | Chapter Two: The Fourth Dimension | Chapter Three: Only the Dead | Chapter Four: The Fall of Man | Chapter Five: The Battle More Costly | Chapter Six: The Shatterer of Worlds

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