Aliens Exist Prank Patrol

Today, Harry joins the Prank Patrol.

His mission - to make his two friends believe

an alien invasion is taking place -

one night they won't forget.

It's Close Encounters Of The Prank Patrol Kind.

We help people with pranks.

Here we go!

# Here they come, they're on a roll

# Where they'll strike nobody knows

# If you have a point to prove

# They'll see it through

# They'll sign you up to join their crew

# Barney and the Ninjas too

# Here we go Come on, join the Prank Patrol. #

Meet Harry Young -

a sports-mad 11-year-old from Buxton.

Harry would love to play aside Wayne Rooney.

Nice one there, Harry!

Harry lives on a farm with six cats, a dog,

a cow and a calf called Millie and Hannah.

Oh, that's definitely him.

-Harry Young?

-Yeah.

-Did you apply to the Prank Patrol?

-Yeah.

-Congra... Congratulations.

You're the newest member of the team. Says it here. That's yours.

-Mum, give me a cuddle. I'm leaving you for a while.

-Fine.

-Harry, grab me tail and follow me.

-MOO!

The targets of Harry's prank are...

..his best friend,

who always laughs, even when he's done something bad...

..and his sister's best friend,

who teams up with the girls to annoy him.

Why do you want to prank Katie and Jordan?

Jordan is a bit gullible, well, a lot gullible.

-He plays pranks on me.

-What kind of pranks?

I was at his house, eating salami,

and he says, "All them white bits in it are from pigs' brains."

Eugh! Don't want to know that when you eat.

That's disgusting. What about Katie? How did she get involved?

She's really gullible as well.

She gangs up with my sisters and plays jokes on me and stuff.

Let's give them a taste of their own medicine. Let's scare them.

What's scary? My nan is scary. Ghosts?

-Aliens.

-Yeah, aliens is a good idea.

-You like aliens?

-Yes.

-You live on a farm?

-Yeah.

-How about we pretend aliens have landed by doing crop circles?

-Yeah.

-Got somewhere we can do that?

-I've got some straw fields.

Fantastic. We can do our own crop circles.

We'll get the local news down to do a report on the crop circles.

-That would be good.

-What have we got?

We have a scary farm, a movie night, crop circles, and a news report.

Why don't we chuck in a pretend alien at the end?

An actual alien? I love it. Give me one of them.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah, let's scare 'em to death.

-I like it.

Ninjas, take us to Prank HQ.

Cheers, Ninjas.

So, Harry, here we are.

-Wow, this looks good.

-This is known as Prank HQ.

We need an alien. I know just the man.

Follow me.

-Hello, guys.

-This is Harry.

This is Lee -

part of our design team.

Harry wants an alien.

What do you want him to do?

Something horrible, well, scary, with teeth and big eyes,

and loads of veins going out everywhere.

We'd like a mixture of these aliens.

We want this head, those teeth, but smaller, and those eyes.

-Yeah.

-Can you do that for us?

-Absolutely.

We go and make the crop circles.

Harry, this is the location.

We're here at a barley field for a very good reason.

One of the first signs that aliens have landed is crop circles.

We'll recreate a crop circle over there.

We'll need to look at the designs. Let's take out the computer.

I'll show you a few designs that I've put on here.

I like the three circles round the edge.

-Cool. Another design here.

-That's a bit...

-That will take us ages. What about the third one?

-That's OK.

That's nice and simple.

We can just put a circle round with a little one next to it.

A little one there and then one just next to it there, like this.

-There and there. It could be the door. Like that?

-Yeah.

The Ninjas have set everything up.

It's all in here. It should be. Ha-ha. Fantastic.

-You need those.

-Thanks.

-Watch your string there.

I need this.

We're all set.

Pick a spot.

-How about over there, yeah?

-OK.

Follow me.

Er, how about here?

-Yeah, that's a good spot.

-Yeah.

This will be the centre of our crop circle.

That string will draw a perfect circle, like a compass.

That's what we're using this for.

'You can make a crop circle by landing a spacecraft in a cornfield

'or use a board to flatten the corn yourself.'

It's hard work, this.

'Both have the same effect, but one takes longer.

'Next time, I'm landing my spaceship.'

-What do you reckon?

-Looks all right.

-What will your friends think?

-They won't suspect me.

-It's an alien crop circle, fit to be on the news.

-All we need now is a new reporter. That wasn't too hard, was it?

-No.

'Step up, our professional reporter from BBC local news.'

This is the guy here.

-Hello, Mark.

-How are you?

-Very good.

-Nice to see you, Barney.

-There are no actors. This is a genuine reporter.

I'm Mark Edwardson, BBC North West Tonight. Good night.

-We've created the crop circle out the back there.

-Excellent.

-Now we need you to report it. Harry's got some ideas.

-Tell us.

You could interview a farmer. He'd say about how he found it.

Excellent. You think like a real TV reporter.

Could you film up there and all of a sudden all the electric goes off?

Yeah, what a great idea!

-Can we mock that up?

-Yeah, we can make strange things happen.

-Fabulous.

-You get excited about aliens coming.

-I'm excited enough.

-Shall we get to it?

-Yeah, why not?

-Let's do it.

-Come on.

OK, I've got the monitor ready.

Here we go with realistic alien report with Mark Edwardson.

-Cameras are rolling. Lovely. Harry, it's over to you.

-And action.

Early this morning,

crop circles were discovered in fields near Buxton.

These circles are having a very strange effect on our electronics.

Going near the circle, the camera had a power surge and failed.

We tried it anyway. Let's see the results.

And cut!

-What do you...? Sorry. What do you reckon, Harry? Good?

-Mark was good.

-They're going to fall for it.

-They will. Mark, thank you very much.

Thank you. Very enjoyable.

'The news report was very good. I would believe it.

'Mark did a good job, because he didn't laugh.

'He actually looked like he was at the scene.

'It looked like it was actually happening.'

'With the fake news report in the bag,

'we jetted off to film evidence of an alien sighting.

'We went to see Michael who had just the thing for the job.'

So here we are, Harry. This is where we're going to create your fake UFO.

-Hello, Michael. This is Harry.

-Hello.

-Hi.

-Tell him what we need.

We need some fake UFO footage to go with our fake news report.

No problem.

I brought along my model helicopter to lift this UFO.

-Two tyre caps and a colander on top?

-Yes.

-What do you think?

-It should work.

-It's effective.

-It flies under the helicopter?

-Yeah.

-I like it. Let's film!

'Harry helped Michael launch our fake UFO. I filmed the footage.'

-What do you think, mate?

-Great.

And cut!

-That was great, that.

-You need to go to the bathroom and wash your eye.

Really? What's wrong with it?

Oh, Ninjas!

SHE GIGGLES

Aggh!

-Whoo!

-Lovely!

Whoo!

Uh-oh!

Whoo!

Hey!

Hello!

Now the alien evidence has been created,

time to return to HQ to see how Lee's getting on with the alien.

Hey, Lee - how's it going?

Just the finishing touches.

Looks great. Can you talk us through the process involved?

First we took a face cast of somebody so we had a base to work on.

Then I got some clay and moulded the alien you described.

Over that I put some plaster, and left it a couple of hours to dry.

Into that I brushed some latex.

Then...

-This is the end product.

-We like that.

-Yeah.

-Can I try it on?

-Sure.

There we go - your scary alien, Harry.

The van's loaded. Time to make the phone call. How are you feeling?

-Nervous.

-I am as well. What are we going to tell them?

I'm going to get them over for a movie at about half past seven.

-I won't tell them about the lightning.

-No, or the alien.

OK, then. Katie first.

PHONE RINGS

-Hello?

-Katie?

-Yes?

-Do you want to come over for a movie tomorrow night?

-Yeah.

-About half-past seven.

-Half seven - yeah.

-OK, then.

-All right, Harry.

-See you. Thanks.

-Bye.

-Bye.

-CLICK

-Brilliant. So Katie's involved.

-Yeah.

-She's quite happy.

OK. Katie down. Now let's...

-Oh! Did she put the phone down?

-Yeah.

-Definitely?

-Yeah.

Oh! Could be a close one. All right, then.

Let's do Jordan next.

PHONE RINGS

-Hello?

-Jordan?

-Yeah?

Do you want to come to my house tomorrow for a movie?

-Yeah. What time?

-Half past seven.

-OK.

-OK. See you tomorrow. Bye.

-Bye.

-BEEP

-Definitely gone?

-Yeah.

That was the most nervous phone call ever and I was just watching!

Ninjas! Harry's house, please.

Here we are. You'll recognise this place - it's your house.

Harry's Farm, as we're calling it.

-How are you feeling about it?

-Excited.

I am as well. I wonder how suspicious Katie and Jordan will be.

-Do you think they will?

-Not really.

We've got to hide the cameras and set up the TV for the news report.

Hang on. Ninjas, what are you doing, drinking tea?

-There's no time. Harry, tell them.

-Get to work!

We're all set to prank Katie and Jordan.

-How will they react if they think the alien is real?

-Scream.

We like screaming. What do your friends and family think?

Mum here. I know you and Barney have worked hard to get this together.

It's going to be great.

I hope it runs smoothly, and you get them really good.

It's nice to have support.

-Yeah.

-Ready for this?

-Yeah.

Let's do it.

The signs have been created. The UFO has been sighted.

The media has been alerted.

Will Jordan and Katie fall for it, or will they think it's O.T.T.

instead of E.T.?

-We're on Harry's farm. Hello.

-Hi.

Harry is about to prank his two mates

in a very extraterrestrial way.

-How do you think they'll react?

-Very scared but they'll have a laugh.

I hope so. That's the barn where the spaceship is going to land.

We've got some bright lights. You can't look towards them.

Like a spaceship.

-Shall I talk you through it?

-Yeah.

-Follow us.

The main room where the prank's going to happen is the living room.

You recognise it but there are a few changes.

That's the TV for the news report. Everyone will sit watching.

The hidden cameras - these are my favourites ever.

Look at that lamp. The base is a hidden camera.

There's another one in the TV.

And the security light there and one on the shelf at the back.

I want you to meet Rob.

Hello, guys.

Prank Patrol actor.

Rob's car will break down because of the "paranormal activity",

Rob is a bit of a nerd when it comes to aliens,

-so he can keep the story going. All set?

-Absolutely.

Your mates are here in about five minutes.

Who put that football there?

-HARRY LAUGHS

-Oh! Ninjas!

'Oh, dear!'

Do UFOs really exist?

Why not make your own with this week's recipe?

Take a wire coat hanger and stretch it out into a circle.

Get some glow sticks, some paper cups, and tape them to your frame.

Then tape your UFO to the tail of a kite and launch at dusk.

The paper cups will make your glowing UFO spin,

and it will look really cool.

If you do this in a crowded area,

you can prank a whole pile of people all at once!

Maybe someone will even report your UFO.

SCARY GROWL

-That's my alien impression sorted. How are you feeling?

-Nervous.

-Why?

-They might suspect something.

-I think the reaction will be worth it.

We've got help from Mum and sister. Give us a wave!

We've got a surprise. Show us your arm.

We've got some strange alien marks.

-I'm really excited.

-NOISES FROM COMMUNICATOR

Cheers, Ninjas. They're here.

Good luck.

The blueprint for Harry's interstellar prank is -

one alien crop circle,

a fake UFO video,

a breaking news report,

UFO lights and sounds

and the big surprise - an actual alien.

OK, Jordan and Katie have just arrived.

They have no idea what's about to happen. Let the pranking commence.

Sit down. Would you like a drink?

Sit down.

OK. Mum's got everyone settled

and Harry's going to get this party started by flashing his alien rash.

-Are they heat rashes?

-I don't know. They're all red.

-What - all red and spotty?

-Yeah, like that.

There are loads.

They're all red. I don't know.

That is so freaky.

Now Harry's got them interested in his fake alien rash,

it's time for his mum to get involved.

Come through. There's something funny on the TV.

Louise has just phoned and said we must watch it.

What is it?

Now, as promised,

time to find out about those strange goings-on in the Buxton area.

Early this morning, some time before dawn,

crop circles in these fields near Buxton...

What are crop circles?

These circles are having a strange effect on our electronics.

We went near a circle with a camera. It suffered a power surge and failed.

We tried it and this is what happened. Let's see the results.

'This crop circle appeared a few moments ago.'

We're two metres away. We'll see what's happened.

Are you getting this?

I'm inside the crop circle now and it's abs...

This is absolutely unbelievable.

My cameraman and I have never seen anything like this.

Earlier today, a home video was sent to BBC News

which apparently shows a UFO floating above a field.

It was taken about two miles away.

We sent it to our experts to have it analysed.

-So freaky.

-That's what you and Lisa saw.

'We caught up with the farmer a little earlier.'

-'It was floating above the field and now there's a crop circle.'

-God.

I was going to work in that field today.

I've worked here for 35 years and never seen anything like it

'and I never want to see it again.'

Authorities urge anyone with an unusual sighting to contact them.

They are also warning people

-'against looking into the lights of the UFOs.'

-Lisa saw it.

This is a breaking story and we'll bring you details when we get them.

Mark Edwardson, BBC News, Derbyshire.

Isn't that bizarre and freaky?

Yeah, it was last night at our club.

-She opened the curtains...

-That's what I saw.

Oh, shut up, take it off, take it off.

Brilliant, now that we've got them thinking aliens are in Buxton,

it's time for some strange alien sounds.

ELECTRONIC NOISE

-What was that noise?

-What?

-That noise out there?

-UFO?

And how about a Prank Patrol power cut.

GASPS

-What's happened?

-Mum?

-This is weird. This is really weird.

-Just wait here. Stop still.

-Mum?

Don't touch anything and I'll see what I can do.

Don't panic.

I'm not going in there.

-It's one of those, isn't it?

-It might be a fuse, you never know.

Does this work?

ALL: Yeah.

-Mum! I'm really freaked out.

-This is funny.

I am as well.

What's in a UFO? Where's a UFO come from?

-I don't know.

-It's wrong.

Why do we think there's no other life when there could be?

Yeah, but it's never happened before.

-They have seen UFOs before.

-In Washington.

Whilst they're debating whether aliens exist,

we're sending in actor Rob,

who's definitely from another planet(!)

KNOCK AT DOOR

Oh, Mum!

Hello, sorry to bother you. My car's died down the road

-and my mobile phone's not working.

-Right.

-A big light and the power went off...

-Ours did.

-I'm really late for something. Can I use your phone?

-Course.

-Come in and sit down.

-Lovely.

Hang on a minute. Strange news report, alien activity,

and now some stranger's car has broken down? What's going on?

All right, guys, sorry to interrupt. Car's packed up.

Take a seat, I'll get you the phone.

-His car has broken down.

-I'm interrupting your evening.

-No, you're not.

-All the lights went off and the power's gone.

-It happened to us.

-You're joking!

-No.

Everything went off except the lamps.

-Didn't it?

-ALL: Yeah.

-And there's been a news report about UFOs.

-You're joking.

-Weren't it? Honestly.

-In this area? ALL:

-Yeah.

I knew the truth would come out. I'm well into that UFO stuff.

I've had a theory for years that the air space over Buxton

is being used by aliens as an inter-planetary rendezvous point.

Like a service... It's not funny.

A service station in the sky. I knew it. Absolutely.

-Are you an alien?

-I wish... I know I've got a funny face, fella, but...

He's a one, him, isn't he? Am I an alien?!

Look at you with them shoes and you're calling me... No, I'm not.

I've travelled around with work.

It's true! Have you not been... All sorts has happened round here.

-The lights just went off.

-I saw it.

There was a big flash and everything went off.

My mobile phone had full signal, then nothing.

I do funny hours at work, I travel at night and I've seen funny things.

-Boring place.

-Not at night, though.

-Nothing happens here, we're freaked out.

-Who knows what's going on.

Do you want to make this call now?

-I will.

-Come through.

-Fantastic, what's been happening.

Now Robert's weirded them out with his tales,

let's light up the night, alien style.

-It flashed then, didn't you see it?

-I did. It went like that.

ELECTRONIC SCREECHING

GASPS

-I'm gonna... Are you coming?

-No, we've got to stay here.

Lights! Lights! Up there, look!

Lights! Lights! Up there!

Through that door.

SCREAMS AND GASPS

-Come and check it out.

-No!

-Come on, Jordan.

Let's go! Let's go! No, honestly...

Good, Harry. He's convinced them to look at the lights in his barn.

It's time for a close encounter of the Prank Patrol kind.

We need to take our time.

-I don't want to come.

-Come on, guys, come on. Stick together.

Have you got chemicals in that shed, or something?

What is it?

-We go to the front.

-We'll be fine, just stick together.

Don't leave me.

-Go on, go on.

-Hello?

-You go on.

-All right. Hello? Is anyone in there?

Oh, dear. Katie's looking a little sheepish.

Don't leave me! Come on.

It might be nothing.

Hello?

Hello?

SCREAMING

Oh, don't leave me!

We...we come in peace.

He's trying to say something. What's he trying to say?

What's he saying?

Why don't you tell them, Harry?

You've been pranked by the Prank Patrol!

Hello, Katie.

I'm not really an alien. I'm Barney, you all right?

-Did we get you?

-Yes!

-Jordan, how are you doing?

-Did we get you?

-Yeah.

-That's what it's all about. Look at your face!

Harry, give me a high claw.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The best bit was when we came up the yard to see what was happening

and the alien came out and Jordan and Katie didn't know what to do,

they were screaming and jumping about. So funny.

The best bit was when we were sat down watching the TV news report

and Katie and Jordan's face dropped. It was really funny.

I thought the news report was real, it had all the people from it

and it had a BBC thing at the end.

When the alien came out, I thought it was real, I was scared and screamed.

The best bit was definitely Katie's face. That's why we do it.

When you see that reaction, everything's fooled them.

I was scared, though I knew what was happening.

With the smoke and mist,

and when the alien from another planet came out...

I looked round and all the kids had scarpered, leaving me to its mercy.

The prank has been totally brilliant.

We just love it when a prank comes together, don't we?

-ALL: Yeah!

-We'll see you next time.

Next time, our prankster Arjen hatches a Jurassic prank

as he tries to convince his friends

that dinosaurs are about to return from extinction.

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd - 2007