ONE-OFF PRETEND conspiracy documentary about the supposed disappearance of super-intelligent citizens, abducted to start a new civilisation on Mars in the event of a nuclear war. Neat parodies of po-faced WORLD IN ACTION-type stuff; TIM BRINTON was the reporter doing it to your face.
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J G Miller
January 12, 2014 at 4:46 am
“TV Cream says: Shown on 1st April”
This is utter nonsense as it was transmitted on at 21:00h on Monday, June 20th, 1977.
Richard16378
January 18, 2014 at 4:39 pm
I’ve read it was planned to be shown on 1/4/1977, but someone thought it would make it too obvious it was a spoof.
George White
February 15, 2023 at 2:06 pm
Any other British mockumentaries in this vein, Ghostwatch aside?
Death of a Princess almost feels thus – being a dramatisation of a planned documentary. Here’s some more. https://letterboxd.com/mxgeorgewhite/list/british-mockumentaries-pre-found-footage/