Disinformation (TV series)

This article is about DisInformation (search engine). For other uses, see Disinformation (TV series) (disambiguation).

Disinformation
Genre	Documentary series
Written by	Richard Metzger Bradley Novicoff
Directed by	Richard Metzger Craig Melville
Presented by	Richard Metzger
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer	Gary Baddeley
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	14 January 2000 – 16 February 2001

Disinformation, also known as Disinfo Nation, was a television show hosted by Richard Metzger. It was aired for two seasons on Channel 4 in the UK as part of their late night "4Later" programming block. Called a "punk rock 60 Minutes" and "wilder than Jackass" by the Los Angeles Times and Wired magazine 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. 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, Douglas Rushkoff, Mark Pesce, Grant Morrison, Robert Anton Wilson and others.

External links

• Disinformation at the BFI Film & TV Database
• Disinformation at IMDb