#OnThisDay 1937: 'I'm sorry, I was telling some people to shut up...'

Lt-Commander Thomas Woodrooffe delivered a delightfully drunken description of the Coronation Fleet. He was unceremoniously faded out after 4 minutes!

#OnThisDay 1984: The Eight Days A Week panel turned their gaze to newcomer Madonna. What would Clare Grogan, Holly Johnson and John Walters make of the American starlet's latest effort, Borderline?

#OnThisDay 1985: Professor Heinz Wolff challenged teams of engineers to build a mechanical huskie from an assortment of random bits and bobs.

Bells, blossoms and railway branch lines.

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#OnThisDay 1960: Cliff Michelmore interviewed snake expert, CJP Ionides, who demonstrated his skills with dangerous snakes in the studio.

#OnThisDay 1978: Richard Stilgoe explained why the EEC was in a bit of a jam about marmalade.

#OnThisDay 1952: David Byrne was born in Dumbarton, Scotland.

Here, the erstwhile Talking Heads frontman talks about his iconic over-sized white suit, and his fascination with American religious preachers.

#OnThisDay 1969: Cutting-edge cockle-harvesting contraptions were a cause of considerable consternation among conventional cockle-collectors.

#OnThisDay 1928: Burt Bacharach was born.

Bacharach and Hal David formed one of the most successful pop writing partnerships of the 20th century. Walk on By, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head and I Say a Little Prayer were just three of the highlights of their songbook.

#OnThisDay 1965: Before Whitehouse and Mortimer there was Macdonald Hastings. Here he takes an affectionate look at the beguiling art of creating flies for fly fishing.

#OnThisDay 1984: Pebble Mill was invited to sample 'The Smallest Theatre in the World' with the wonderful Marcel Steiner.

#OnThisDay 1960: A British schoolgirl cheerily told Judith Chalmers about her holiday, which involved accidentally getting arrested in East Germany.

#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.