Invasion Uk!
About this event
While cinematic science fiction is often dominated by stateside Hollywood productions, the roots of the genre arguably stem from this rainy, isolated island. Authors like H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley and John Wyndham have provided the basis for a plethora of outlandish, strange and imaginative home-grown features replete with aliens, time-travel and dystopian futures. This course will chart the rise of British sci-fi movies from the 1930s onwards, taking in many pictures as diverse as Things to Come (1936), Village of the Damned (1960), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Zardoz (1974), Alien (1979), 28 Years Later (2024) and many, many more. We’ll examine the UK’s genre distinction and how many of these tales reflect the exaggerated and dubious modern headlines besmirching immigration and difference.
Tutor: Andrew Graves
Duration: 10 weeks
Dates: Tue 13 Jan - Tue 17 March 2026
When: Tuesday evenings from Tuesday 13 January 2026, 7pm - 8.30pm
Price: £75 full / £60 members / £65 concessions / £50 under 25s
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