VILLAGERS in Great Budworth were given a break from the norm over the past two weeks. 

The village was sent back to the Victorian era as aliens attacked from the skies when BBC film crews shot scenes for the three-part War of the Worlds series. 

Stars of the series Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark) and Rafe Spall (The Big Short) were seen on set over the two-week period. 

Filming will now continue in Liverpool and Great Budworth is likely to appear on screens next year.

Damien Timmer, executive producer of Mammoth Screen, said: “Here we are, making the original and best alien invasion story for the BBC One audience - it doesn’t get much better than this. With a stellar cast and some very scary Martians up our sleeve we look forward to terrifying large sections of the audience soon.”