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Old 02-04-2008, 04:14 PM #1
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I was just looking around Youtube and found this bbc advert for their iplayer entwined with an april fool. watch that video 1st and then the one below it.


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Old 02-04-2008, 04:17 PM #2
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I loved their April Fool. I thought it was fantastic!
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Thats a good April fools, one of the very few things the BBC has done well.
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I'm sure I would have believed if you didn't say it was a joke.
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I did post this yesterday but no one took any notice http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...070#pid1162864
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when i first watched it already knew it was an april fools and i still kinda believed it lol
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sorry i wouldn't have posted if i knew that. i did search but nothing came up.
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when i first watched it already knew it was an april fools and i still kinda believed it lol
Same. It is very believable.
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out of interest what was last years ?
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I thought it was real, when I first saw! That's an awesome April Fool.
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They did it sooo well! I really believed it. Although it freaked me out for some reason. I only realised once my brother started laughing at me!
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I knew it was fake! My auntie actually belived it. When it got to the beach area i was like no way is that real loool x
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out of interest what was last years ?
If I remember rightly it was that they had invented "sniff-screen" technology which enabled viewers to smell scents through their screens
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But it did look really good x
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If I remember rightly it was that they had invented "sniff-screen" technology which enabled viewers to smell scents through their screens
yes you are right here was the homepage http://www.bbc.co.uk/homearchive/2007/04/01/11.15.html
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