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Your TV signal wobbles. An alien voice (albeit one with a Southern English accent...) seizes control of your set. And, instead of newsreader Andrew Gardner reporting on the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, you hear a voice claiming to be \u2018Vrillon\u2019, of Ashtar Galactic Command, with a message for humanity.\nSuch was the experience for viewers attempting to watch the ITV Evening News on Southern TV on 26th November, 1977 - an incident which became infamous in the \u2018signal-jamming\u2019 pantheon of the twentieth-century. Nobody has ever claimed responsibility.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly compare \u2018Vrillon\u2019 to its US counterpart, the \u2018Max Headroom\u2019 incident; unpick the idea that the broadcast was part of the Raelian movement; and explain how Twitter ruined signal-jamming pranks forever...\xa0\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Alien Vrillon Interruption 1977\u2019 (RECREATION by RukiTheDreamer, YouTube 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhNriwaMTQE\n\u2022 \u2018Vrillon: the alien voice hoax that became a legend\u2019 (The Independent, 2017): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/vrillon-hacking-alien-voice-seventies-extra-terrestrial-hoax-unexplained-mysteries-a8069926.html\n\u2022 \u2018Five Of The Eeriest Interruptions In Broadcast History\u2019 (Neatorama, 2015): https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/30/Five-Of-The-Eeriest-Interruptions-In-Broadcast-History/\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\xa0\n#70s #TV #Strange #UK\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices