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    Ben Marking's Fake BBC Nuclear Attack Broadcast (Full Resolution, Uncut, Unedited)

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    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2022–2025

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    55:43 · 108K views · Sep 10, 2021

    A 56-minute fake BBC nuclear attack news broadcast originally made by Ben Marking, re-uploaded in full resolution. It is a fictional breaking-news special depicting nuclear war, and the uploader states it is not real.

    Commenters bring it up in nuclear-fear and WWIII threads as an unnervingly realistic piece of fictional news coverage.

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @sillysaurusxFeb 2022· in “Ask HN: Is anyone else genuinely scared that this is the start of WW3?”

      Thanks to HN user eswat, you can: this video I recommend waiting till nighttime and turning up the volume for extra effect.

      RecommendsView on HN
    2. @CalRobertMar 2022· in “Threads (1984) – Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect”

      There's a pretty well-done War of the Worlds-style film where a local conflict escalates in to nuclear war at this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @JoshTriplettJul 2025· in “Ask HN: Why isn’t Hollywood producing WWIII films in these perilous times?”

      A very detailed fake BBC "Breaking News" special was produced a while back. The original seems to have disappeared, likely because people were sending it around without clear labeling as being intentionally fake, but here's one copy of it: this video

      CitesView on HN
    4. @sillysaurusxMar 2022· in “Ask HN: How do you cope with possible nuclear threat?”

      By watching this on repeat: this video Though that’s probably not a super useful coping mechanism. Still, the ending is 11 out of 10.

      AsideView on HN