Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestThe announcement of the three winning Space Cadets.
Space Cadets is a British television program made by Zeppotron for Channel 4. Presented by Johnny Vaughan, it was aired across ten consecutive nights beginning on 7 December 2005, with the final episode aired on the evening of 16 December 2005. It was accompanied by a behind-the-scenes sister show Space Cadets: The Satellite Show, with interviews and phone-ins.
Production
NASA-grade fake facility built in Suffolk.
Acting
Johnny Vaughan barely keeping it together.
Writing
Elaborate hoax scripts that hold... mostly.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'space shuttle' was a repurposed flight simulator from a theme park, bolted to hydraulic rams.
This aired during reality TV's 'cruelty era' — predating Black Mirror but basically being it. Zeppotron later made Brooker's Screenwipe and Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe.
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