The BBC's spaghetti tree hoax, April Fools' Day, 1957. It told a tale of a family in southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from the fictitious spaghetti tree. This Italian dish was not widely eaten in the UK and some Britons were unaware what spaghetti is made of. | History Defined
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The BBC's spaghetti tree hoax, April Fools' Day, 1957. It told a tale of a family in southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from the fictitious spaghetti tree. This Italian dish was not widely eaten in the UK and some Britons were unaware what spaghetti is made of. | History Defined
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Is this the best April Fools' ever? 🎣 The spaghetti-tree hoax was a three-minute hoax report broadcast on April Fools' Day 1957 by the BBC current-affairs programme Panorama, purportedly showing a family in southern Switzerland 🇨🇭harvesting spaghetti from the family "spaghetti tree". More: https://fcld.ly/toq57kk ©BBC | About Switzerland
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Is this the best April Fools' ever? 🎣 The spaghetti-tree hoax was a three-minute hoax report broadcast on April Fools' Day 1957 by the BBC current-affairs programme Panorama, purportedly showing a family in southern Switzerland 🇨🇭harvesting spaghetti from the family "spaghetti tree". More: https://fcld.ly/toq57kk ©BBC | About Switzerland
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"For those who love this dish, there is nothing like real home-grown spaghetti." #OnThisDay 1957: Panorama reported from Switzerland on the bumper spaghetti crop growing on the trees there. Would you ever believe it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/april_fools/znqdd6f | BBC Archive
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"For those who love this dish, there is nothing like real home-grown spaghetti." #OnThisDay 1957: Panorama reported from Switzerland on the bumper spaghetti crop growing on the trees there. Would you ever believe it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/april_fools/znqdd6f | BBC Archive
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