Sylvia Clayton

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.

Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.