War of the Worlds(1988)

series - first aired/released 1988-10-07 - audience 6.4

Drama, Action & Adventure

Directed by Allan Eastman, Armand Mastroianni, Colin Chilvers, Francis Delia, Gabriel Pelletier, George Bloomfield, George McCowan, Herbert Wright, Jorge Montesi, Joseph L. Scanlan, Mark Sobel, Neill Fearnley, Otta Hanus, Paul Tucker, Timothy Bond, William Fruet, Winrich Kolbe

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.