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Anglia Television airs the hoax documentary 'Alternative 3'

When: 20 Jun 1977
Where: Norwich, England
Sources: 2 public sources

Anglia House in Norwich, base of Anglia Television, which made and aired 'Alternative 3' Spudgun67, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Anglia Television's 'Science Report' aired 'Alternative 3', a spoof documentary with actors claiming missing scientists were being taken to a secret Mars colony. Meant for April Fools' Day, it ran on June 20; viewers flooded Anglia with calls, and some still treat it as real.

Sources

PressForty years on the elaborate television hoax that shocked the world (opens in a new tab)ITV News Anglia / 2017-06-20
OtherAlternative 3 (opens in a new tab)Museum of Hoaxes

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