Keeley Hawes cuts a chic figure in a white silk blouse and black maxi skirt at The Midwich Cuckoos screening

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Keeley Hawes cut a chic figure as she attended a screening of her show The Midwich Cuckoos in London on Tuesday night.

The actress, 46, who plays Dr. Susannah Zellaby in the horror, looked elegant in a white silk blouse by L’AGENCE which she teamed up with a black maxi skirt and heels.

She was soon joined Ukweli Roach (Tom Cork), Aisling Loftus (Zoe Moran), and Synnøve Karlsen (Cassie Stone) at the photocall.

Looking good: Keeley Hawes cuts a chic figure in a white silk blouse and black maxi skirt while attending The Midwich Cuckoos screening in London on Tuesday

Looking good: Keeley Hawes cuts a chic figure in a white silk blouse and black maxi skirt while attending The Midwich Cuckoos screening in London on Tuesday

The Midwich Cuckoos is an eight-part adaptation of the critically acclaimed John Wyndham novel that was published in 1957 under the same title.

The writer behind The Night Manager, David Farr, has penned the modern-day re-imagining, which follows the residents of Midwich as women from the village mysteriously become pregnant with alien children.

Inhabitants of the sleepy Midwich village are sent into panic when a flurry of residents pass out with no explanation on a summer afternoon.

Gang: She was soon joined Ukweli Roach (Tom Cork), Aisling Loftus (Zoe Moran), and Synnøve Karlsen (Cassie Stone) [L-R] at the photocall

Gang: She was soon joined Ukweli Roach (Tom Cork), Aisling Loftus (Zoe Moran), and Synnøve Karlsen (Cassie Stone) [L-R] at the photocall

Talented: Synnøve, Keeley and Aisling (L-R) soon posed for photographers at the glitzy bash

Talented: Synnøve, Keeley and Aisling (L-R) soon posed for photographers at the glitzy bash

Speaking about her latest project Keeley said: 'I’m absolutely delighted to be working with Sky on The Midwich Cuckoos.

'I’m very much looking forward to working with the hugely talented Max Beesley and the amazing cast and I can’t wait to enter the strange and unsettling world of Midwich.'

Keeley and Max will also be joined by Last Night in Soho's Synnøve, Aisling from A Discovery of Witches, I May Destroy You's Lewis Reeves, Ukweli from Blindspot, and Robin Hood's Lara Rossi.

Filming for the Sky drama began in London in May with the series expected to hit small screens on June 2.

This isn't the first time The Midwich Cuckoos has been the basis for an on-screen adaptation.

Directors Wolf Rilla and John Carpenter have both previously adapted the terrifying tale under the alternative title Village of the Damned.

Eerie: Keeley stars in the sci-fi drama which follows the residents of Midwich as women from the village mysteriously become pregnant with alien children

Eerie: Keeley stars in the sci-fi drama which follows the residents of Midwich as women from the village mysteriously become pregnant with alien children 

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