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Hoax

Director: Victoria Mapplebeck
Producer: Peter Day

1 x 50 minutes for Channel 4 (UK)/
Arte (France)/ TV2 (Denmark) 1998

 Hoax
A documentary that explores the world of TV subterfuge that undercuts nineties 'reality' TV. While viewers steadily develop a healthy scepticism for the truth of documentary making, hoaxers are busily feeding their ever-growing appetite for sensational material. Director Victoria Mapplebeck explores the world of the mad, the bad, and the sad perpetrators behind some notorious fakes. In an uncompromising critique of mainstream reality TV, Hoax argues that TV is becoming a representation of the real world, not a record of it.