This Dark ‘War of the Worlds’ Miniseries Puts a Surprising Twist on the H.G. Wells Novel

The 2019 BBC adaptation of The War of the Worlds gives a voice to those who have been criminally underrepresented in other iterations.

February 1, 2025 · 1 min · 45 words · Kristen Adams

Wells' iconic work and thefirst to be setin London during the Edwardian era.

But the inclusion of a strong female character truly separates the BBC version from its kin.

Intentional or not, 2005’s ‘War of the Worlds’ conjured the specters of 9/11.

Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson holding hands while running in The War of the Worlds

Image via BBC

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