Alien eggs or government lies? The 60s conspiracy that hatched paranoia.
The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy.
Acting
Rossiter's PM: sweating respectability, barely holding.
Production
Those eggshell props—cheap, eerie, perfect.
Director
Gareth Davies
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on a BBC drama budget; the 'eggs' were repurposed lampshades from a cancelled sitcom.
Released months before the Aberfan disaster, its imagery of buried objects became accidentally prophetic.
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