1957 Bbc facts
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About how BBC once convinced people Spaghetti grew on trees. In 1957,BBC broadcast a 3min program about Switzerland farms growing Spaghetti trees. The farmers harvested them and put in the sun to dry them.The presenter explained Spaghetti always grows to the same length. People believed it.
In 1957 BBC aired a 3 minute segment about a Swiss family harvesting their "spaghetti tree" as an April Fool's Day Prank, when hundreds of people called into the BBC to ask them about it they told them to, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best".
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For April Fools Day in 1957, the BBC created a hoax in which they convinced the nation that spaghetti was grown from "spaghetti trees" in Italy and Switzerland.
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13 year old Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) played on a BBC talent show in 1957. When asked what he wanted to do after schooling, Page said "I want to do biological research and find a cure for cancer"
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The BBC convinced people that spaghetti grew on trees for their April Fools prank in 1957
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In 1957, BBC pulled a April Fools prank by including a segment about spaghetti harvest in their news show Panorama, discussing how spaghetti is grown in fields in Switzerland. As a result, people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree.
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About the Spaghetti-tree hoax. An April fools day joke report by the BBC in 1957. It showed a family harvesting spaghetti from the family "spaghetti tree". At the time spaghetti was little known in the UK, so many viewers contacted the BBC for more information about spaghetti trees.
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In 1957 the BBC aired a spoof report broadcast on April Fools featuring spaghetti growing on trees.
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In 1957 BBC convinced its viewers that spaghetti grows on trees - source
On April 1, 1957 a BBC news program broadcast a segment about the Swiss Spaghetti Tree Harvest. This is considered the most successful April Fools hoax of all time. - source
Spaghetti grows on trees - BBC news broardcast in 1957
On this day in 1957 the BBC aired a programme that said spaghetti grows on trees in Europe. This led to alot of complaints and people wanting to know where they can buy then own spaghetti trees. It was the first time TV was used for a hoax.
On April 1st 1957, the BBC show Panorama pranked Britain with a segment claiming that spaghetti grew on spaghetti trees in Switzerland.
