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National Geographic WOTW Docu Screens This Weekend
« Thread Started on Nov 9, 2005, 9:51pm »

National Geographic will transmit their War Of The Worlds documentary this Sunday (13th November) at 10pm...

They will also repeat the documentary on Monday @ 9pm and Friday @ 4pm next week...

War Of The Worlds - The Day That Panicked America

On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles put on a dramatic, very well acted radio play that put the nation into a perilous frenzy. And so began the biggest controversy of the decade as millions of Americans shrieked in terror as to what they thought was the World coming to an end! It changed how we approached radio and television forever.

This programme examines the frailty of the World in 1938, its real horrors, and the fallout of Welles popularity in which he never recovered. The real horror of the 1930’s only escalated with this broadcast. The World was about to enter into a new phase of terror in which the War Of The Worlds Mercury Theatre broadcast was simply the metaphor of what was to come – World War II and the rise of the Third Reich!

This programme explains much of the hysteria caused by this broadcast, the scandal that followed, and the question of whether it could ever happened again….

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« Reply #1 on Nov 12, 2005, 9:25pm »

Is this in england?

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« Reply #2 on Nov 12, 2005, 10:00pm »

Yeah. Tomorrow night mate. I'll be setting the VCR

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« Reply #3 on Nov 12, 2005, 10:22pm »

And continuing the long connection between Dr Who and the works of H.G.Wells Check this out, from: http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEEFEZZlpyVSGNnHjQw

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Paul McGann narrates "War Of The Worlds - The Real Story" on the UK National Geographic Channel, Sunday 13th November at 22.00, Monday 14th November at 21.00 and Friday 18th November 16.00. "Paul McGann (the eighth Doctor) is to narrate the history of what happened when Orson Welles broadcast a spoof alien invasion programme on US radio. On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles put on a dramatic, very well acted radio play that put the nation into a perilous frenzy. And so began the biggest controversy of the decade as millions of Americans shrieked in terror as to what they thought was the World coming to an end! It changed how we approached radio and television forever. An industry was also born including movies (Tom Cruise), books and Jeff Wayne’s seminal album (narrated by Richard Burton). In this one-hour long special, Jeff Wayne talks about the phenomenon that terrified a nation and that inspired his recording. Also popular commentator, Mark Webster delivers his revealing insights into the radio production that shocked the world. This programme examines the frailty of the World in 1938, its real horrors, and the fallout of Welles popularity in which he never recovered. The real horror of the 1930’s only escalated with this broadcast. The World was about to enter into a new phase of terror in which the War Of The Worlds Mercury Theatre broadcast was simply the metaphor of what was to come – World War II and the rise of the Third Reich. This programme explains much of the hysteria caused by this broadcast, the scandal that followed, and the question of whether it could ever happened again." (Thanks to Marc Ollington)

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« Reply #4 on Nov 12, 2005, 11:07pm »

Damn! It's not on the Dutch NGC!

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Re: National Geographic WOTW Docu Screens This Wee
« Reply #5 on Nov 13, 2005, 11:04pm »

okay. angered by this... we don't have it airing here in america!

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« Reply #6 on Nov 14, 2005, 1:27pm »

Watched it last night, should have and could have been better. The design of the Fighting Machines were very poor, an Adamski style UFO with 3 pylons for legs. The sepia toned photographs that were shown giving the viewer an authentic newspaper look were good, shame they were spoilt by the style of machines on them. To me the shows let down was it was 60 mins long, should have been cut down as during the week on BBC4 they showed a 30 minute docu about the Orson Welles broacast using period footage and new footage with actors and it was superb and very atmospheric.

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« Reply #7 on Nov 15, 2005, 7:33pm »

I liked it a lot, followed the tale nice enough for those of us who have never heard the broadcast (dont hate me!) and the poor animations were more than I expected to get anyway. Plus Jeff Wayne was in it so yay!

Damn I missed the thing on BBC 4!

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