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The Changes

The Changes

The Changes

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1975)
DVD
GB - PG
5035673020029
TV Series | Family | Fantasy | Science Fiction
UK | English | Color | 03:59

The Changes posits a Britain where a sudden enveloping noise emanating from all machinery and technology causes the population to destroy them. The resulting upheaval displaces many people and reverts society back to a pre-industrial age where there is a deep suspicion of anyone who may be harbouring machinery.


Episodes View details

1 The Noise 24 min | Jan 06, 1975

Unknown noises and messages to humanity sent through all electrical appliances. When heard humans destroy all they machinery. Nicky a young school girl gets seperated from her parents, who are making their way to the coast for France. Now she must find her parents and fend for herself.

2 The Bad Wires 24 min | Jan 13, 1975

Separated from her parents and alone in a deserted city, Nicky finds a surrogate home with a group of Sikhs.

3 The Devil's Children 24 min | Jan 20, 1975

Nicky and the Sikhs continue their search for a safe place to live, and settle at Brooker's Farm. But soon they find themselves accused of being "The Devil's Children" by superstitious locals.

4 Hostages! 24 min | Jan 27, 1975

The Sikhs, with Nicky's help, are now trading with the local village; but the villagers remain very suspicious - until the arrival of a much more sinister group of strangers. Suddenly the village is attacked and the children, including Nicky, are taken hostage.

5 Witchcraft! 23 min | Feb 03, 1975

Nicky manages to rescue the village children from the bandits and track down her aunt, but her troubles are by no means over when the farm is visited by a witch-finder.

6 A Pile of Stones 24 min | Feb 10, 1975

Nicky, accused of being a witch, is on trial for her life; and it looks as if the verdict is going to be guilty...

7 Heartsease 24 min | Feb 17, 1975

Nicky and Jonathon escape from the village but the witch-finder and enraged villagers are in hot pursuit!

8 Lightning! 24 min | Feb 24, 1975

Modern day England, where everyone has rebelled against modern technology and gone back to a pre-industrial revolution way of life.

9 The Quarry 24 min | Mar 03, 1975

Nicky and Jonathon set off to investigate a mysterious power source on the other side of the mountains.

10 The Cavern 24 min | Mar 10, 1975

The protagonists enter a cavern and uncover the cause of the unbalancing of the world.

Cast View all

Victoria Williams Nicky Gore
Keith Ashton Jonathon
Marc Zuber Kewal
Jack Watson Peter
David Garfield Davy Gordon
Rafiq Anwar Chacha
Zuleika Robson Margaret
Reggae Ranjhe Gopal
Rebecca Mascarenhas Ajeet
Gopal Bhanot Sikh Interpreter
Sahab Qizilbash Grandmother
James Ottaway Maxie
Stella Tanner Anne
Tom Chadbon Michael
Merelina Kendall Mary
Arthur Hewlett Mr. Tom
Oscar Quitak Mr. Furbelow
Kenneth Gilbert Innkeeper
David King Mr. Barnard
Bartlett Mullins Old Man
Tony Hughes Jack
Roy Evans Carter
Bernard Horsfall Mr. Gore
John D. Collins
Derek Ware Second Robber

Edition details

Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 2
Screen Ratios 576i (4x3 / 1.33:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Distributor BFI
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Regions Region 2