Comments on: The Great Global Warming Simulcast.

By: Tim Graham

Tim Graham — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:54:27 +0000

My understanding is that the idea to screen it came from pretty high up.

For such a controversial (and really quite suspect) documentary I though they handled it exceptionally well.

By: AndyOZ

AndyOZ — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:45:55 +0000

I think they were trying to force people to watch it…imagine if they had shown a repeat of ‘At the Movies’, and it got higher ratings!

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I watched it all, and came to the conclusion that global warning definitely exists, and is definitely caused by human activity…not eactly what they wanted me to conclude.

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One interesting note, on the website of the programme, the ABC has added a section where people can upload their own video responses to the documentary…essentially a global warming YouTube! This is the first time I have seen such a thing, a very interesting innovation!

By: GB

GB — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:11:43 +0000

I stil can’t see the point of broadcasting it on both ABC and ABC2 at the same time. Seems rather pointless unless I am missing something.

By: Mat

Mat — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:52:25 +0000

They showed the “documentry” a couple of weeks ago on german tv. Is was a complete flop as everyone was bashing on it even before it was on air. afterwards there was sort of a discussion and the host really seemed ashamed of the the hole film. It is crap!

By the way, I think the word swindle derives from the german Schwindel, which means the same.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:26:38 +0000

Yes, according to the site, it was first shown in March on Channel 4.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:23:55 +0000

I could have swore this was on C4 in the UK a few weeks back. Why are they simulcasting it? Are they expecting it to be a major TV event?