BBC bans search for aliens due to health and safety

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MocMocaMoc said:

Anyone remember that woman on Jeremy Beadles show? After the aliens landed?

While I'm entirely confident the BBC H&S nonsense was a joke, I'd suggest not poo pooing the idea based on the general publics capacity for processing information! See above, Orson Wells version of War of the Worlds! (although I'm sure my mass hysteria wasn't as widespread as often reported)

This has got me thinking of the publics disproportionate reactions now... Fuel shortage... Y2K... Deirdre Barlow...
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Credit the public with nothing.

That's pretty much what bear this story out IIRC.

They said on the show that when they realised they would be listening for signals live on the air, the show spoke to the BBC about what the policy was for a contact. I think the Beeb just shrugged their soldiers and it became a joke on the show.

And then the axe grinders got hold of it :-)

[jmorgan]

He is fed up with this now, posted on his twit thingy
quoting Cox

Cox tweet said:

For final time: All stories about the BBC / aliens are nonsense. We listened for aliens LIVE ON AIR, made the joke, heard nothing. THE END

https://twitter.com/ProfBrianCox

Nov 8th.

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mat777 said:

You couldn't make it up

Hugo a Gogo said:

well clearly you could make it up

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