A FORMER nuclear bunker near Nantwich will be the venue for a new science fiction TV series.

Hack Green, opened as a tourist attraction in April and has really taken off with a bang.

It has attracted more than 1,000 visitors a week throughout the summer and has featured in several TV programmes.

Now it is to be the focal point for a television series set in 2010, entitled 'Cruel Earth' and featuring a group of people sheltering in a bunker during the destruction of the earth.

Filming is expected to start before Christmas.

The Hack Green bunker would have been the headquarters for regional government and military commanders had the cold war escalated into a nuclear attack.

Visitors can see it exactly as it was when operational, complete with original equipment plus a wide range of extra cold war memorabilia.

To find out more about the bunker, which is well signposted on the A530 Whitchurch Road out of Nantwich, ring 01270 629219.

Above: Hack Green's Spy Mouse logo

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