Re: despite every audience member knowing how things will play out,
"I think I mentioned it on here a couple of weeks ago,"
In that case, it's entirely possible that your post is what I was remembering. In which case I was reposting hearsay as fact and possibly spreading fake news since there's only your recollection of hearing the story as proof! But I do often delve into the more obscure parts of the Beeb news site and may well have come across the story there too.
Anyway, whatever, I read it on The Internet, so it must be true :-)