Bernard Westcott — The Midwich Cuckoos Character Profile

About Bernard Westcott

The government official overseeing the children's care and funding. He is secretly revealed to be an adult child from a previous Russian incident. He guides the children to take over a military base and orchestrate their escape, surviving the bus bombing in a support vehicle while witnessing their destruction in horror.

Character Facts

Played by

Samuel West

Appears in

The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (6)

• Bernard Westcott — Professional Colleague — Susannah Zellaby (Keeley Hawes)

  Professional relationship in the village

• Bernard Westcott — Professional Advisor — Sam Clyde (Ukweli Roach)

  Medical professional advising the community leader

• Bernard Westcott — Conflict Skeptic — Paul Haynes (Max Beesley)

  Distrustful of the community leader's approach

• Bernard Westcott — Professional Scientist Subject — Susannah Zellaby (Keeley Hawes)

  Researcher studying the unusual pregnancies

• Bernard Westcott — Power Authority Figure — Paul Haynes (Max Beesley)

  Leading the investigation into the strange events

• Bernard Westcott — Power Authority Figure — Sam Clyde (Ukweli Roach)

  Leading the investigation into the strange events

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More characters from The Midwich Cuckoos

• Susannah Zellaby (Keeley Hawes)
• Paul Haynes (Max Beesley)
• Zoe Moran (Aisling Loftus)
• Sam Clyde (Ukweli Roach)
• Jodie Blake (Lara Rossi)
• Cassie Stone (Synnøve Karlsen)