C4's £4m Space Cadets prepare for TV hoax blast-off

by Sam Matthews, brandrepublic.com, 07 December 2005, 12:00PM

LONDON - 'Space Cadets', which is costing £4m and claims to be the biggest TV spoof to date, launches on Channel 4 tonight starring nine unwitting, self-confessed practical jokers, who will be led to believe they are blasting off into space when they are really at an old UK airbase.

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