#OnThisDay 1983: Using the latest in human - plant compatibility tech, Guy Michelmore found his perfect match; Cynthia the Rhododendron.

#OnThisDay 1964: The first episode of BBC children’s favourite, Play School, aired.

It constantly evolved until the last episode transmitted in 1988. Along the way over 50 presenters took the helm. What was your era?

It's Record Store Day, where independent record shops celebrate all things vinyl. In 1973, Clive Jacobs went to visit the EMI plant near London to see how their records were made.

#OnThisDay 1964: A major power cut across parts of London meant that the launch of new channel BBC Two didn't go quite as planned. Gerald Priestland bravely took to the air, reading a news bulletin from the BBC Two studio - the only programme broadcast on the channel that day.

Thirty years ago, early adopters to this new-fangled thing called 'the internet' spoke about their experiences.

#OnThisDay 1972: Michael Rodd learnt about a writing pad that could detect forgery by feeling the way a signature is committed to paper.

#OnThisDay 1974: Teenagers never change - even in 1974 you couldn't get them away from their phones.

#OnThisDay 1918: Celebrated performer, author, poet, musician, painter, actor, environmental campaigner, conservationist, cartoonist and Goon, Spike Milligan was born.

In this clip, Milligan chats about his faith, his failures and how he would like to be remembered.

#OnThisDay 1993: Gamers of a certain vintage will remember Codemasters' cheat cartridge, the Game Genie. It was legal, but was it moral?

#OnThisDay 1975: With the aid of a crossbow, an apple, a cup of tea and a sugar lump, the BBC investigates high speed photography.

In 1970 Nationwide tackled a new threat to everyday life; the maxi skirt. Could this fashion could really be fatal?

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, Wednesday 28 October 1970.

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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#OnThisDay 1984: Tomorrow's World trumpeted the work of scientists seeking to expel the age old cliché of Baked Beans and flatuence.

#OnThisDay 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.

#OnThisDay 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.

#OnThisDay 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.

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

#OnThisDay 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.