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  • Actors: Tim Brinton, Gregory Munroe & Carol Hazell
  • Directors: David Ambrose and Christopher Miles
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Soda Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 8 Oct 2007
  • Run Time: 52 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000U0F5W8
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36,975 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This 1977 spoof documentary caused uproar when first broadcast on Anglia Television. Taking its premise that there was a colony of scientists on Mars, viewers thought that this meant the end of life on Earth as they knew it. Originally the programme was scheduled for April 1st as an updated hoax of Orson Welles 'War of the World' broadcast. After the broadcast the ITV switchboard was jammed with shocked viewers but 30 years later life on Mars seems less of an outrageous statement. Extras: 30 min featurette with the creative team who revisit Alternative 3 and sort out fact from fiction. Stills and original press clippings gallery.


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First seen as part of the SCIENCE REPORT series, ALTERNATIVE 3 unearthed an incredible link between Britain's 'brain drain' of disappearing experts, our planet's climate change and the start of alien colonisation. This po-faced documentary actually managed to fool many of the millions that tuned in to see it when it was originally broadcast.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truth or reality? The fine line is blurred, 18 Feb 2008
As a 13 year-old in 1977, this "documentary" scared the hell out of me when screened in June of that year. Too quickly it was declared a "hoax" by the production team and writers - but not before many people phoned and wrote to their local ITV stations demanding answers, and firmly advising their MPs that they should tell us the truth!

The writer and director suggested that people should appreciate that we should not believe everything we read or see in the media - a lesson which today we could all benefit from remembering. This 30 year old bit of fun, according to some, revealed far more of the true nature of things than any spoof should do. Get hold of a copy and judge for yourself in what has become one of the most cruelly forgotten April-Fools-style hoaxes (albeit held over to June due to scheduling problems!) of the 20th Century. Want to know where the panic began over global warming? This is where it all started ...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars How on earth were we fooled by this one?, 28 Oct 2008
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I can't get over my gullibility as an 18-year-old at the time. There were so many signs: a. grammatically speaking, there can only be two alternatives; b. the screen credits at the end not only show that the intended transmission date was 1st April, but also give the actors' names against each character, and c. there are at least two familiar actors in the documentary: the Grodin astronaut, and the girl who ended up in 'Brideshead'.

But I clearly wanted to believe in the conspiracy, and I loved it. It's also intriguing that the background music was provided by Brian Eno, getting in practice for the much better 'Apollo' soundtrack.

Hard to believe this was an Anglia production: they of 'Sale of the Century' and 'Tales of the Much as We Expected'.

Watching it again 31 years later, I see it in a very different light: as a lesson in 1970s documentary-making, and possibly an inspiration for another spooof ...
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Tim Brinton..and the crew.., 30 Mar 2009
By Anthony Cox - See all my reviews
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This T.V.Gem of pure piece artwork..was designed in 1976..and aired on British T.V in June the following year..and the general public were very scared..but the point of the whole project..was to provoke and scare..when you see this last in the series of 'Science Report'..you shall find why it made in early April 1977..very convincing and well worth buying..
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1.0 out of 5 stars an early attempt at disinformation
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