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Alien lizards with latex human masks. They put up posters everywhere showing the friendly aliens smiling, then the resistance went around spraying big red "V"s on them.
Just at the time it started showing in the UK (around 1983?), the evangelist preacher Billy Graham was doing a tour of the UK, and his posters showed his smiling face. It wasn't long before they had big red "V"s sprayed on them in real life
ITV showed it to compete with the Olympics, so I guess that was 1984.
I loved it, despite all the cheese. I've got the DVDs, and the novel somewhere. It had all the less than subtle Nazi references, and made me want to grow up to become a terrorist even more than Blakes 7 had. Slightly weak ending though, and then an even weaker spin off series.
ITV showed it to compete with the Olympics, so I guess that was 1984.
I loved it, despite all the cheese. I've got the DVDs, and the novel somewhere. It had all the less than subtle Nazi references, and made me want to grow up to become a terrorist even more than Blakes 7 had. Slightly weak ending though, and then an even weaker spin off series.
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