The War of the Worlds (British TV series)

This article is about the 2019 three-part British drama made by the BBC. For the 2019 Fox/Canal+ multiple season adaptation, see War of the Worlds (2019 TV series). For other uses, see The War of the Worlds (disambiguation).

The War of the Worlds
Genre
Based onThe War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
Written byPeter Harness
Directed byCraig Viveiros
Starring
ComposerRuss Davies
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Damien Timmer
  • Preethi Mavahalli
  • Peter Harness
  • Craig Viveiros
  • Tommy Bulfin
  • Minglu Ma
  • Jamie Brown
ProducerBetsan Morris Evans
Production locationUnited Kingdom
CinematographyJames Friend
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release17 November (2019-11-17) –
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)
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The War of the Worlds is a British three-part science fiction drama television series, produced by Mammoth Screen for the BBC and co-produced with Creasun Media and Red Square. The series is an Edwardian period adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1898 science fiction novel of the same name about a Martian invasion, and is the first British television adaptation of the novel. The War of the Worlds premiered in other countries before its UK broadcast on the BBC between 17 November and 1 December 2019.