The War of the Worlds is a British three-part science fiction drama television series, produced by Mammoth Screen for the BBC and co-produced with Creasun Media and Red Square.

In Edwardian England, 1905, journalist George (Rafe Spall) has left his unhappy marriage behind to start a life with his partner Amy (Eleanor Tomlinson), an aspiring researcher, in the town of Woking.

It was executive produced by Viveiros, Damien Timmer, Preethi Mavahalli and Peter Harness from Mammoth Screen;[1] Tommy Bulfin from the BBC;[1] Minglu Ma from Creasun; and Jamie Brown from Red Square.

The site's consensus reads, "Respectful, if not exactly riveting, Craig Viveiros' reimagined The War of the Worlds wandering narrative undermines its strong performances".

[23] Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian gave the drama four stars, deeming it a "solid, reliable adaptation" of the source material which remained "thoroughly and entirely respectful" to the novel after the narrative alterations.

[3] Ed Cumming gave it three stars in The Independent, praising the set design and saying the leads do a "reasonable job" of portraying the relationship between their characters, but complained about its attempts to speak to contemporary political issues, stating, "The real war here is not between humans and aliens, but between a classic tale and the perceived liberal expectations of audiences in 2019".