British Invaders

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams was a 2017 anthology series from Channel 4 and Amazon Studios. It adapted some of Philip K. Dick’s lesser-known short stories. Questions of identity, reality and humanity are common elements. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at [email protected], and you can find us […]

Torchy the Battery Boy was an early puppet series from Gerry Anderson and Roberta Leigh. A toymaker makes a walking talking toy based on a torch (or flashlight) battery. This toy flies a rocket to a far away star called Topsy Turvey Land! Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach […]

Torchy the Battery Boy was an early puppet show from Gerry Anderson and Roberta Leigh. When a kindly old toymaker sees all of the children’s toys have a blow away, he makes a new toy. Will this toy be able to rescue the others? Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can […]

Psychoville is a horror/comedy show with a wide variety of characters living in different parts of England. What connects them? What happened at the mysterious Ravenhill Hospital? Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at [email protected], and you can find us on the British Invaders Facebook Group. British Invaders […]

Psychoville is a comedy horror series that introduces us to a variety of characters scattered around England. Who is sending short but threatening letters to many of them? Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at [email protected], and you can find us on the British Invaders Facebook Group. British […]

The Supermarionation Revival is our roughly once-per-year topic about a spinoff from British SF TV into another medium. This time we are discussing the Supermarionation projects that Stephen La Riviere and Century 21 Films started releasing in 2014. These documentaries, new episodes and more were inspired by the 1960s puppet shows from Gerry Anderson! Please […]

The Supermarionation Revival is our annual discussion of a spinoff from British SF TV into another medium. This time we’re talking about the Supermarionation projects from Stephen La Riviere and Century 21 Films. These started in 2014 and are still being released in 2021. All inspired by the 1960s puppet shows from Gerry Anderson! Please […]

Little Lost Robot is the only surviving episode of ITV’s 1962 anthology series Out of this World. A robot with a modified version of one of the three laws of robotics is missing. What damage could it cause if it escapes? Dr. Susan Calvin must find this robot in a group of nearly identical robots. […]

Little Lost Robot is the only surviving episode of the 1962 anthology series Out of this World. A potentially dangerous robot has found its way into a group of nearly identical robots. Can Dr. Susan Calvin identify the rogue robot? The episode was adapted from a story by Isaac Asimov. Please send us your comments, […]

Years and Years is a 2019 BBC/HBO co-production that shows us roughly 15 years of the future. The rise of British populist politician Vivienne Rook may have some shocking consequences. We see this through the eyes of the extended Lyons family, and we see much of their personal lives as well. Please send us your […]