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Panorama investigates the Swiss spaghetti harvest of 1957Panorama investigates the Swiss spaghetti harvest of 1957

BBC spoof documentary (aired April 1, 1957) is thought to be the first time TV was used to stage an April Fools hoax

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Guest: Oni (1513 days ago)
Latest comment: This was a great hoak back then when britain only had the small tv's all belived the April fools that the BBC put out on air that night.
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Guest:  (1735 days ago)
Brilliant
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Guest: Tom (1879 days ago)
Wow did they use CGI to put the strands on the tree?
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Guest: jimmy (1869 days ago)
cgi in 1957? i think not, dearest.
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Guest: Toyguy (1821 days ago)
Narrated by Richard Dimbleby...He was THE tv news guy in the day. English version of Conkrite
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