Oobah Butler

Oobah Butler, a writer and filmmaker with a history of pulling elaborate pranks and gaming the system to advance his career, has his sights set on challenging Amazon.

Oobah Butler has three months to make a million. Do the get-rich-quick schemes work? A rollercoaster of wins and setbacks follows as Oobah's conscience starts to bite.

Oobah masterminds a range of stunts and tricks designed to get two young first time buyers onto the increasingly elusive first rung of the property ladder – eventually achieving just that.

The Shed at Dulwich was the number one rated restaurant in London, with foodies, celebrities and bloggers trying to get a table. The main obstacle for them, however, was that it didn't exist. Over the course of 8 months VICE's Oobah Butler used an assault of fake reviews to get his 'restaurant' to the hallowed top spot on TripAdvisor. With his phone perpetually ringing, PR agencies begging to represent it and TV crews pitching shows, Oobah decided he had no choice but to open its doors for one night only. Here is Oobah's journey into a false reality that captured the world's attention.

Is the person you're speaking to online really who they say they are? The hosts set out to help people who are worried that their online relationships are not all they seem, and travel the UK in search of the real people behind the profiles.

Oobah Butler sets his sights on the world’s biggest industries and most powerful institutions. To infiltrate the worlds of wine, wellness, royalty, and more, Oobah hatches elaborate and increasingly audacious schemes by gaming online reviews, assuming made-up personas, and launching fake companies with entirely bogus backstories.