THE VIDEO SHELF · fictional nuclear war broadcast
Ben Marking's Fake BBC Nuclear Attack Broadcast (Full Resolution, Uncut, Unedited)
A 56-minute fake BBC nuclear attack news broadcast originally made by Ben Marking, re-uploaded in full resolution.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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Commenters bring it up in nuclear-fear and WWIII threads as an unnervingly realistic piece of fictional news coverage.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Tooth
- Topic
- fictional nuclear war broadcast
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
Thanks to HN user eswat, you can: [VIDEO] I recommend waiting till nighttime and turning up the volume for extra effect.
sillysaurusx on Hacker News · 2022-02
In Ask HN: Is anyone else genuinely scared that this is the start of WW3?There's a pretty well-done War of the Worlds-style film where a local conflict escalates in to nuclear war at [VIDEO]
CalRobert on Hacker News · 2022-03
In Threads (1984) – Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.