Eddie Robson - Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully - Series 2

EDDIE ROBSON - WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - SERIES 2 (320kbs-m4a/383mb/2hrs46mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th May to 28th June 2020

Series two of Eddie Robson's sitcom about an alien race that have noticed that those all-at-once invasions of Earth never work out that well. So they've locked the small Buckinghamshire village of Cresdon Green behind an impenetrable force field in order to study human behaviour and decide if Earth is worth invading.

The only inhabitant who seems to be bothered by their new alien overlord is Katrina Lyons, who was only home for the weekend to borrow the money for a deposit for a flat when the force field went up.

So along with Lucy Alexander (the only teenager in the village, willing to rebel against whatever you've got) she forms The Resistance - slightly to the annoyance of her parents Margaret and Richard who wish she wouldn't make so much of a fuss, and much to the annoyance of Field Commander Uljabaan who, alongside his unintelligible minions and The Computer (his hyperintelligent supercomputer), is trying to actually run the invasion.

Written by Eddie Robson
Script-edited by Arthur Mathews

Original music written and performed by Grace Petrie
Producer: Ed Morrish.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October/November 2014.

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 1. COUNTER PLOT (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th May 2020

Richard is alarmed to discover that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for some sort of experiment, while Katrina is more concerned that he's arrested Lucy. But what kind of plants is he planting inside the building he has built?

Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Charles Edwards
The Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Ron ...... Dave Lamb
Lawrence ...... Michael Bertenshaw

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 2. TEMPTING FETE (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st May 2020

Lucy borrows Kat's guitar and finds that this machine irritates aliens. Meanwhile tempers are fraught as preparations are made for the annual village fete, and Richard receives some surprising news from The Computer.

Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Madeleine ...... Jane Slavin
Penny ...... Elaine Claxton

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 3. QUESTIONING LOYALTIES (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th June 2020

Field Commander Uljabaan's loyalty cards, rewarding villagers for their collaboration, are not only ruining Katrina's plans but also Richard's chances in the weekly pub quiz. They turn to Ron, the landlord of the Rose & Crown for help in scuppering the scheme.

Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Ron ...... Dave Lamb
Lawrence ...... Michael Bertenshaw

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 4. CTRL-ALT-DEL (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th June 2020

The Computer catches a virus - in fact, it's probably the most common virus on Earth. With Uljabaan's sole method of control, analysis and communication now compromised, the invasion is doomed in more ways than one.

Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Charles Edwards
The Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
The Virus ...... Cerrie Burnell

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 5. TESTING TIMES (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st June 2020

It's the day after Lucy's 18th birthday, and her parents aren't happy, and not only because she took that bottle of rum from their drinks cabinet. They think she is wasting her life being part of the resistance, so unless she can pass her A Levels they're going to stop her coming to the meetings.

Does it really take a village to raise a child? Or will they make things worse?

Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Carl ...... Don Gilet
Colin ...... Don Gilet

WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, PLEASE INVADE CAREFULLY - 6. EXIT STRATEGY (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th June 2020

Uljabaan is determined to fail his annual inspection, in order to be sent to a better posting.

But he'll need Kat and Lucy's help in order to make it work - and he can do without any surprises, such as the identity of the Zone Commander who'll be conducting the inspection...

Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Charles Edwards
The Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Zone Commander Ravella ...... Nina Sosanya

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