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

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108K views · other · evergreen · Uploaded 2021-09-10

A 56-minute fake BBC nuclear attack news broadcast originally made by Ben Marking, re-uploaded in full resolution.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

@sillysaurusx2022 · in “Ask HN: Is anyone else genuinely scared that this is the start of WW3?”

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

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@sillysaurusx2022 · in “Ask HN: How do you cope with possible nuclear threat?”

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

@CalRobert2022 · 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 [VIDEO]

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@JoshTriplett2025 · 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: [VIDEO]