On April 1st 1957, BBC Journalist Richard Dimbleby offered viewers of his news show a tour of a "spaghetti harvest" in Tincino, Switzerland.

"The last two weeks of March are an anxious time for the spaghetti farmer," Dimbleby reported as a family was shown plucking strips of pasta off trees. "There's the chance of a late frost, which, while not entirely ruining the crop, generally impairs the flavor." The story concluded , "For those who love this dish, there's nothing like homegrown spaghetti."