The Changes
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.
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.
Separated from her parents and alone in a deserted city, Nicky finds a surrogate home with a group of Sikhs.
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.
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.
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.
Nicky, accused of being a witch, is on trial for her life; and it looks as if the verdict is going to be guilty...
Nicky and Jonathon escape from the village but the witch-finder and enraged villagers are in hot pursuit!
Modern day England, where everyone has rebelled against modern technology and gone back to a pre-industrial revolution way of life.
Nicky and Jonathon set off to investigate a mysterious power source on the other side of the mountains.
The protagonists enter a cavern and uncover the cause of the unbalancing of the world.
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Victoria Williams | Nicky Gore |
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Keith Ashton | Jonathon |
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Marc Zuber | Kewal |
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Jack Watson | Peter |
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David Garfield | Davy Gordon |
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Rafiq Anwar | Chacha |
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Zuleika Robson | Margaret |
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Reggae Ranjhe | Gopal |
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Rebecca Mascarenhas | Ajeet |
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Gopal Bhanot | Sikh Interpreter |
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Sahab Qizilbash | Grandmother |
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James Ottaway | Maxie |
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Stella Tanner | Anne |
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Tom Chadbon | Michael |
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Merelina Kendall | Mary |
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Arthur Hewlett | Mr. Tom |
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Oscar Quitak | Mr. Furbelow |
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Kenneth Gilbert | Innkeeper |
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David King | Mr. Barnard |
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Bartlett Mullins | Old Man |
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Tony Hughes | Jack |
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Roy Evans | Carter |
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Bernard Horsfall | Mr. Gore |
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John D. Collins | |
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Derek Ware | Second Robber |
| Director | John Prowse |
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| Writer | Peter Dickinson, Anna Home | |
| Producer | Anna Home | |
| Musician | Paddy Kingsland | |
| Photography | Henry Farrar, Peter Sargent | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| 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 |