For keks - beginning of fake news..

BBC fools the nation - 1957

The BBC has received a mixed reaction to a spoof documentary broadcast this evening about spaghetti [tree] crops in Switzerland.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/newsid_2819000/2819261.stm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEqp0x6ajGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU