Genre Sitcom Country United Kingdom Air dates since 5 July 2012 No. of episodes 11 Home station BBC Radio 2; BBC Radio 4 | Running time 30 minutes Language(s) English No. of series 2 Produced by Ed Morrish Written by Eddie Robson | |
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Starring Hattie Morahan
Charles Edwards | ||
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully is a sitcom on BBC Radio 4 (pilot and first series aired on BBC Radio 2), written by Eddie Robson and produced by Ed Morrish. It concerns the invasion of the small Buckinghamshire village of Cresdon Green by an alien race called the Geonin. The programme stars Hattie Morahan as Katrina Lyons, a 30-something professional from London who was visiting her parents at the time of the invasion, with Charles Edwards as Uljabaan, the leader of the aliens in smooth-talking human form. The Radio Times called it "the sitcom success story of 2012..."
The pilot episode featured Katherine Parkinson in the part of Katrina, whilst the pilot and first series featured Julian Rhind-Tutt as Uljabaan. The pilot aired on 5 July 2012, the first series aired 7–28 March 2013, and the second series began on 15 October 2014.