LOST CHILDREN
AFTER TWO MOVIE VERSIONS, THE Midwich Cuckoos, John Wyndham’s 1957 novel about a village where every woman of childbearing age becomes pregnant after a mysterious “Dayout”, was recently adapted for television. But lead writer David Farr wasn’t the first to have a crack at it.
Two decades ago Stephen Gallagher, the man behind ’80s Doctor Who’s “Warriors’ Gate” and “Terminus” and ITV drama Eleventh Hour, was enlisted to help with development on various Wyndham properties by rightsholder Mark Samuelson (now an executive producer on the 2022 version).
