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U&Yesterday 2016 1 season 6 eps TV-PG Returning series

History's Greatest Hoaxes

2016 1 season 6 eps TV-PG

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Season 1

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Season 1

45 min

S1 · E1 · Oct 13, 2016

Alien Autopsy Episode 1

History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at how in the 1990s a British music and record promoter presented a black and white film and claimed it was footage of a Roswell-era alien autopsy. While many believed the film at the time, it is now recognized as a hoax with producers of the film going public with their methods for making the film.

6.8 · You

45 min

S1 · E2 · Oct 20, 2016

The Loch Ness Monster Episode 2

History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at the Loch Ness Monster. According to folklore a large sea monster lurks in depth of Loch Ness in Scotland. Over the years, grainy photographs and inconclusive video footage has emerged to keep the legend alive. Is it a clever hoax or the real thing?

6.7 · You

45 min

S1 · E3 · Oct 27, 2016

The Hitler Diaries Episode 3

History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at the case of the Hitler Diaries which purported to be sixty-two volumes of Adolph Hitler's personal journals. Convinced of their reality, Rupert Murdoch paid over a half a million dollars to publish them. The hoax turned out to be one of the greatest scam ever done to a newspaper.

6.9 · You

45 min

S1 · E4 · Nov 3, 2016

War Of The Worlds Episode 4

History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at Orson Welles's Mercury Theater radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel 'The War of the Worlds'. The simulated news broadcast convinced many Americans that an invasion by Martians was underway. Newspapers claimed that it led to a massive panic around the country, but was the original audience actually that large?

7.1 · You

45 min

S1 · E5 · Nov 10, 2016

Papillon: Fact Or Fiction Episode 5

History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at the story of Papillon one of the most popular books and films of the 1970s. It tells the dramatic story of the prison life of Henri Charriere, a convicted murderer with a large butterfly tattoo on his chest. How much of his story was true? Was he ever imprisoned on Devil's Island? Or was it all fiction?

6.7 · You

45 min

S1 · E6 · Nov 17, 2016

Piltdown Man Episode 6

History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at the Piltdown Man. In 1912 the discovery of an unusual skull and jawbone in Sussex, England, led many to believe that a 'missing link' had finally been found. The revelation of a hoax, however, had wide reaching impact on anthropology and science.

7.0 · You

6 episodes in Season 1

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History's Greatest Hoaxes looks at some of the most spectacular hoaxes that show that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. It looks at remarkable hoaxes including the Hitler Diaries, the Piltdown Man, the War of the World broadcast, Papillon, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Alien Autopsy film.

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Bruce Burgess

Total runtime 4h 30m · Episode length 45 min · Type Documentary

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Premiered

October 13, 2016

Final episode

November 17, 2016

Status

Returning series

Network

U&Yesterday

Country

United Kingdom · Australia

Type

Documentary

Episode length

45 min

Total runtime

4h 30m

Original language

English

Production

United Kingdom

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English

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