The BBC Spaghetti Hoax
In 1957 the BBC played an April Fool's joke on the British public.
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
April 1, 20148m 52s
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Show Notes
On April 1st 1957 a team of BBC journalists played an April Fool's joke on the British public. They used a serious news programme to air a feature about the 'harvesting' of spaghetti in Switzerland.