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History's Greatest Hoaxes: Papillon: True or False?

History's Greatest Hoaxes (2016)

Documentary, Historical | Australia

Director: Bruce Burgess

Yesterday | Tuesday, 21 September 2021 | 08:00

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Tuesday, 21 September 2021 08:00

Saturday, 19 September 2020 02:00

Friday, 18 September 2020 07:10

Monday, 10 August 2020 07:10

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 02:00

Rating: 7.1/10

SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 4 - Papillon: True or False?

SYNOPSIS

Papillon: True or False?. This is one of the great hoax-or-not hoax stories; the best-selling book by Henry Charrierre that told of his life on the penal colony island of French Guiana - and was 'exposed' as a novel.

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Producer: Lynsey Martenstyn, Danny O'Brien

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