… when Panorama, that dry BBC current affairs programme, shocked the nation with its hoax April Fool’s Day report of Switzerland’s annual spaghetti harvest. Of course, Britain was a more insular place back then, and some people were easily fooled by tales of spaghetti growing on trees. “Pah!”, say I. As we now know, spaghetti grows in recording studios, where it thrives in the warm, dark environment behind equipment racks, sometimes branching out across the floor where it risks being crushed by swivel chairs.
More information, along with a video clip, on the BBC site.