The War of the Worlds (Season 1)

The War of the Worlds (2019) is a BBC One miniseries you can watch online on iFILM, adapted from H.G. Wells' novel by director Craig Viveiros and led by Eleanor Tomlinson and Rafe Spall. This version sets the invasion in Edwardian England and treats it as a pressure test for the people caught inside it.

George and Amy are trying to build a life together at a time when Edwardian society actively punishes that kind of independence. The alien attack arrives before they've settled anything. Robert Carlyle and Rupert Graves fill out a strong supporting cast as the world outside their relationship collapses in ways no one has a framework to understand.

Viveiros isn't chasing spectacle — the series moves slowly and deliberately, keeping the focus on character over carnage. That's either a strength or a frustration depending on what you came for. What it does well, it does very well: two people trying to hold onto each other when everything else is burning. Stream The War of the Worlds (2019) on iFILM.