A Very British UFO Hoax (2003)

Country of Origin: UK
Dates of Original Broadcast: 7 October 2003
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Chrysalis Television
Executives in Charge of Production: Neil Duncanson, Steve Gowans
Executive Producer: Mark Raphael
Producer: Sean Doherty
Assistant Producer: Chris Harries

DIRECTION
Director: Sean Doherty

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Mark Bond
Camera Assistant: Alan Buckley

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Offline Editor: Kai Lawrence

MUSIC
Music: Roger White; Monty Norman (The James Bond Theme (uncredited)); John Williams (from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1978) (uncredited))); Brian Eno (An Ending (Ascent) (uncredited))
Song: Jeff Wayne (Eve of the War (uncredited))
Song Performed By: Justin Hayward (Eve of the War (uncredited))

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Alistair Widgery
Sound: Darrell Briggs, Eric Fever, Matt Lygo

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Graphics: Digital Spectrum

MISCELLANEOUS
Production ACcountant: Michael Moore
Archive and Stills: Channel 7 Australia

CAST
Robbie Scott
Nigel Blake
Nick Pope
Kenneth Arnold (in archive footage)
Chris French
Rob Jones
Nick Frost (narrator)

PLOT SUMMARY

Channel Four challenges a team of special effect experts to build a convincing fake UFO and fly it over the the town of Avebury in Wiltshire (a notorious UFO hot-spot) in just twelve weeks. This documentary follows the trials and tribulations of the team as they battle the odds to get their flying saucer into then air.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Very much a borderline entry but a good one nonetheless. The UFO they eventually build is certainly very impressive and did exactly what they wanted - it flew and they got plenty of press attention. If you think about it, it all seems a bit silly really but the team's good natured enthusiasm is infectious.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: Channel Four; Sci-Fi

TIMELINE

2003
October
7: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)

2004
June
6: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)

2006
April
23: UK - television broadcast (on Sci-Fi)

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Goldeneye (1995)

KEYWORDS

documentary, ufos

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008