Premium Episode 59: The Spaghetti Tree

Spaghetti, like money, does not grow on trees. But it turns out that that may not have been common knowledge in ‘50s Britain… and the BBC, after putting together a whimsical April Fools’ segment, suddenly had some explaining to do. Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie BBC On This Day NA, “History of British Television,” Science and Media Museum, 2011. NA, “Spaghetti tree shown…” The Scotsman, 1957. NA, “TV hoax fools the…” Belfast Telegraph, 1957. James Thomas, “TV fools viewers…” Daily News, 1957. NA, “What a dish - with…” Daily Herald, 1957. NA, “TV TOPICS,” Shetland Times, 1957. Jack Stepler, “Spaghetti Tree,” Ottowa Citizen, 1957. NA, “Spaghetti and Cocktails: The pitiless…” The Scotsman, 1957. NA, “Spaghetti is harvested…” Runcorn Weekly News, 1957. Arthur Dunn, “Practical joking the…” Belfast Telegraph, 1962. Paul Wallace, “The day that trees…” Scarborough Evening News, 1988. NA, “Still a good joke…” BBC News, 2004. NA, “Archive: A look back at the 1957…” BBC, 2024. Encyclopedia Britannica