Eddie Robson - Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully - Series 1

EDDIE ROBSON - WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - SERIES 1 (320kbs-m4a/332mb/2hrs24mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th February to 8th March 2020

Katrina Lyons was only visiting Cresdon Green, the village where she grew up, to borrow some money from her parents. But when she tried to head back to London, it turned out alien beings known as the Geonin had lowered a force field around the village and were refusing to let anyone in or out.

Unfortunately almost everyone in the village is too cowardly, apathetic, polite or stupid to stand up to this alien menace, so Katrina has no choice but to start the resistance movement herself. In the cricket pavilion.

Hattie Morahan and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in Eddie Robson's sitcom about an alien invasion of a small English village.

Kat Lyons ...... Katherine Parkinson
Uljabaan ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Mrs Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Mr Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Ron ...... Dave Lamb
Lucy ...... Hannah Murray
Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Chris ...... Don Gilet

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2013.

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - PILOT (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th February 2020

The Geonin are not your typical alien invaders. Instead of the usual all-at-once approach to global domination (which usually fails, they've noticed) they've decided to start small. They've encircled a small English village with an impenetrable heat wave, preventing anything coming in or out.

With Cresdon Green as their base, they will learn about humankind, using their knowledge to effectively and efficiently spread their domination over the rest of the world, bit by bit.

Katrina just came back to borrow some money from her parents. And, having been turned down, she's really in no mood to stick around - but the Geonin are not letting anyone in or out, and she has tickets to the theatre in London. So what choice does she have but to start The Resistance?

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 1. TAKING OVERS (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th February 2020

In this episode, the force field around the village is keeping out all the rain, so the villagers can no longer moan about the weather. Uljabaan realises this means they're moaning about him instead.

Whilst he tries to construct a device to simulate rain inside the force field, Uljabaan distracts the village with a cricket match - aliens versus humans, with Richard captaining the humans. Katrina sees an opportunity to sabotage Uljabaan's computer - if she can keep the match going long enough.

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 2. MINIMUM VOLUME (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd February 2020

Uljabaan is working on an education programme for after the invasion, creating a list of books suitable for children to read. His chosen advisor is Mrs Leeson from the charity shop. Katrina is confident she could do a better job, and hopes she could use it for subversive purposes - so she volunteers. But can she sneak anything past Uljabaan? And can she convince Lucy she's not really being a traitor?

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 3. POWER BLOCK (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st March 2020

Uljabaan is busy with a construction project and asks Margaret to help with some routine duties in the village - collecting data, checking up on the man they put down the old well, that sort of thing. Katrina is dismayed - he's too busy to oppress the humans, so he's getting them to do it to each other.

But the construction project involves opening up the force-field that surrounds the village. Can Katrina and Lucy sneak a message into the outside world?

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 4. LITTLE GREEN LIGHTS (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th March 2020

Uljabaan's superior officer Gryvook is coming for an assessment visit. Uljabaan is hoping to get the go-ahead to invade the rest of Earth - but first he has to prepare a welcome banquet. Tradition dictates he should serve a human child... which could create an awkward atmosphere in the village.

Meanwhile Richard is helping him with the invasion budget, and the figures just aren't adding up. It seems set to be a disaster - can Katrina exploit this to get the invasion cancelled permanently?

Special guest: Geoff McGivern