#OnThisDay 1982: Sociologist Laurie Taylor investigated what television viewers were actually up to, when they claimed to be watching the news.

#OnThisDay 1963: Alan Whicker visits the Basilica of Guadalupe to learn how an appearance of the Virgin Mary is linked to pilgrims shuffling on their knees for miles.

#OnThisDay 1974: Newcastle United's losing FA Cup final team returned crestfallen to the city, to receive the kind of reception that most winning teams could only dream of.

#OnThisDay 1942: Tammy Wynette, the First Lady of Country, was born.

Here, she speaks about songwriting and autobiography, and having teams of other songwriters (including future husband George Richey) write songs about what was happening in her life.

#OnThisDay 1974: After Esther tackled some confusing cooking instructions for cannelloni in the studio, Glyn Worsnip took to the streets to ask the great British public to demonstrate their techniques for consuming spaghetti al fresco.

#OnThisDay 1962: A delighted Alan Whicker tried out an extraordinary new wearable television set, the electrocula.

Horizon celebrates its 60th anniversary today so we're going back to 1964 and the programme's first episode which looked at the work of Buckminster Fuller.

#OnThisDay 1978: 'A dismal washout.' Britain's first official May Day Bank Holiday took place.

#OnThisDay 1973: David Niven held forth on Nationwide.

He spoke with his typical charm about the importance of being lucky, drugs, and his short stint as an organ blower-upper.

#OnThisDay 1986: Top Gear's Sue Baker considered what makes a car a classic car.

#OnThisDay 1964: Brace yourself for the scandalous Orcadian courtship ritual of 'nighting'.

Cathal O'Shannon was determined to discover the exact nature of this practice, with a variety of suggestions on offer.

#OnThisDay 1984: Noel Edmonds learnt about the delights of the curious skill and pastime of gurning.

#OnThisDay 1985: Sarah Greene and Michael Wood presented a programme on the Domesday Project, which attempted to create a people's database of information held on laserdisc.

#OnThisDay 1984: To be, or (was it) not to be? This Wooden O told the tale of Sam Wanamaker and his long-standing dream of restoring Shakespeare's Globe to London's South Bank.

#OnThisDay 1972: Feel the burn with the ‘beauts’ on Boomph with Becker.

Few fitness programme were as idiosyncratic as Boomph with Becker (and Edwin, her musical maestro). OAPs flicking fingers? The candle dance? Cuddling contributors? It’s all here.

#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.