"How relieved Radio 1 listeners must have been on April 1st 1991 when Mark Goodier presented Simon Bates' programme, announcing that Bates had left the station to become European Minister For Pop, with quotes from Ted Heath to back it up. Sadly, it turned out to be a lie and he was back the next day to be smug about it. The wheeze was actually created by Nicky Campbell (who got Heath to offer comments after he'd been on his show a few weeks before) and, in an e-mail to TV Cream, said he got a bottle of champagne from Johnny Beerling for his trouble. Another notable radio April Fool came in 1995, when the day landed on a Saturday, and Chris Tarrant did his normal breakfast show on Capital pretending it was Friday, and hundreds of commuters believed him and started going to work."Aaah -- the good old days ...
TV That said, the new TV Cream-Up is out with a Britpop special. Also with free April Fools round up:
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