First broadcast as part of a Science Report documentary series Alternative 3 uncovered an astonishing link between britain's brain drain of disappearing experts climate change and the start of an extra-terrestial colony. The programme ended with the credit Anglia Television April 1st 1977 and was in fact a Sci-fi drama and a deadpan heir to The War Of The Worlds. But after its broadcasts world wide that same week Alternative 3 clearly showed how the medium can manipulate the message as millions were fooled by the programme which provoked front page headlines and has... inspired conspiracy theories ever since. [show more]
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This release was first broadcast as part of a 'Science Report' series on UK television in 1977. The supposed documentary uncovered a link between Britain's 'brain drain' of disappearing experts, climate change and the start of an extra-terrestial colony. The programme ended with the credit 'Anglia Television, April 1st 1977', and was in fact a Sci-fi drama, and a deadpan heir to Orson Welles' 'The War Of The Worlds'. But after its broadcast world wide that same week, this programme clearly showed how the medium can manipulate the message, as millions were fooled by the hoax which provoked front page headlines and has inspired conspiracy theories ever since.
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