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In 2006, Amy Winehouse had just released Back To Black and was chatting with Craig Charles about the meaning behind her classic track Me & Mr. Jones.

The entire interview has now been released, thanks to the RAW podcast. Available now on BBC Sounds
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1984: Tomorrow's World trumpeted the work of scientists seeking to expel the age old cliché of Baked Beans and flatuence.

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1974: Nationwide held a surreal awards ceremony at a tip in North Middlesex, celebrating the best suggestions for dealing with junk mail from Reader's Digest.

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1974: 'There couldn't be a more awe-inspiring place than this to have one's request for an overdraft turned down.'

Nationwide visited Edinburgh's most ostentatious bank.

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1965: Fyfe Robertson introduces the animal now being championed as the ideal household pet.

They are naturally house-trained, with an “astonishing respect for furniture”. “The ideal thing”, one breeder claims, “to have in a flat in London”.

The humble donkey.

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1974: Blue Peter featured an extraordinary bus that had its very own car, stored snugly away in the luggage compartment.

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1973: Roger Ruskin Spear, formerly of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, unleashes his “robots” on presenter Joe Melia and the British viewing public.

Straining plastic dolls, baffling games and a Patrick Moore machine are amongst the highlights.

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In 1965 BBC regional news visited a family in Downend, Bristol to report on their specially built solar house, which used sunlight to help heat their home. Four years later, the BBC went back to see how they were getting on with their energy bills.

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1974: Pebble Mill spoke to a hopeful Olivia Newton-John, Great Britain's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest, aiming to win on home soil in Brighton with 'Long Live Love'.

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BBC Bitesize is celebrating its 25th anniversary so we're going back to 1965 and a news report which looked at 'programmed learning machines' that aimed to utilise technology and assist individual learning.

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1975: Nationwide's Martin Young swung by a driving range with a difference. Will this new golf system hit the jackpot?

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1914: Sir Alec Guinness was born.

He was a formidable presence in a number of classic British films such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Lawrence of Arabia.

Here, he discusses his attitude to acting, and his short-lived career in an advertising agency.

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'You and I probably won't notice the change until 1984 - or 1985, as it will be then.'

, 1 April 1975, the Northern Ireland government was preparing for the phased introduction of Decimal Time.

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1950: The BBC revealed the huge efforts it was making to bring television service to the southwest of the country. This involved the use of bus-sized balloons.

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'Nothing but wind, no whistle'. In 1976, sheep farmer Leonard Greenwood enlisted the help of his dentist, Geoff Wilson, to find the perfect set of dentures which would allow him to whistle to his sheepdog, Sweep. Naturally, the consultation had to take place 'in the field'.

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1984: Sixty Minutes reported from Great Snoring near Norwich, the rather apt location for the Super Snorers final.

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1994: BBC Radio 5 Live was launched. You can read more about the birth of the rolling news and sport station here: bbc.co.uk/historyofthebb…

#OnThisDay 1994: BBC Radio 5 Live was launched. You can read more about the birth of the rolling news and sport station here: bbc.co.uk/historyofthebb…
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1924: The first BBC radio station based in Plymouth, 5PY, was launched. You can read more about 100 years of the BBC in the South West here: bbc.com/historyofthebb…

#OnThisDay 1924: The first BBC radio station based in Plymouth, 5PY, was launched. You can read more about 100 years of the BBC in the South West here: bbc.com/historyofthebb…
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1951: Newsreel reported on Easter celebrations in London, from deserted streets and stations to a service at St Paul's and a packed parade around Hyde Park.

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1974: What did children make of the recent budget? VAT was applied to sweets, ice cream, crisps and soft drinks - seen by some as a tuck shop tax.

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