Disinformation (TV series)
| Disinformation | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | Disinfo Nation |
| Genre | Documentary series |
| Written by | Richard Metzger Bradley Novicoff |
| Directed by | Richard Metzger Craig Melville |
| Presented by | Richard Metzger |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Gary Baddeley |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4[1] |
| Release | 14 January 2000 – 16 February 2001 |
Disinformation, also known as Disinfo Nation, is a television show hosted by Richard Metzger.[2] It was aired for two seasons on Channel 4 in the UK as part of their late night "4Later" programming block.[3] Called a "punk rock 60 Minutes" and "wilder than Jackass" by the Los Angeles Times and Wired respectively, the sixteen 30-minute episodes produced for C4 (and several segments never aired in the UK) were then cut down to four one-hour "specials" intended for the Sci Fi Channel in America, but never aired due to the controversial nature of what was portrayed on screen.[4] According to interviews Metzger was told just twelve days prior to the first specials' air-date that he would have to cut 50% of the material from the show in order to pass the USA Network's corporate lawyers' scrutiny. Those four shows have subsequently been released on a DVD with a second bonus disc presenting highlights of The DisinfoCon, a twelve-hour event featuring shock rocker Marilyn Manson, underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, painter Joe Coleman, and others such as Douglas Rushkoff, Mark Pesce, Grant Morrison, Brother Theodore, and Robert Anton Wilson.[5]
References
- ^ "Read the small print | From". The Guardian. 18 January 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ JON PARELESPublished: 21 February 2000 (21 February 2000). "Weird and Fun, Anything Goes When It's Cyberpalooza – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The lies are out there if you want to believe them". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 9 January 2000. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ David Pescovitz. "Wired 6.09: Live from Bedlam". Wired. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Disinformation: The Complete Series : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.