Battlefield Earth

Gabriel Byrne reveals what’s next for the surviving humans as War of the Worlds returns

- CAREN CLARK, JUDY EWENS, IAN MACEWAN, STEVEN PERKINS.

Disnep + War of the Worlds

NEW Genre: Sci-fi Available: Friday 16 July Season: 2 Episodes: 8 (released weekly) Runs: 45min TVSW says: An inventive take on the classic tale

Although it takes its inspiration from HG Wells’ groundbreaking science-fiction novel of 1898, the first season of War of the Worlds made it clear that this story was heading in a very different direction from the original.

Following a devastating alien attack on Earth, the few human survivors were left confounded when it became clear that the aliens were harvesting newborn babies for some inscrutable purpose.

The season ended on a cliffhanger as Emily (