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Anyone remember Hunchback 2: Quasimodo's Revenge!? Over 40 years ago, Commercial Breaks gave us a glimpse into how Ocean Software were developing what they hoped would be their next hit video game… Turns out children from a nearby school were testing and critiquing it.

Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 76. In this clip (along with Terry 'Geezer' Butler) he shares his thoughts on the term “heavy metal” and speculates about where it came from.

#OnThisDay 1995: "We ARE always on the telly..." Back when they were known as PJ & Duncan, Ant & Dec were on Miami Beach to shoot a video and chat to the Ozone about leaving Byker Grove and the success of ‘Let's Get Ready to Rhumble’ the previous summer.

“I consider myself a remarkable fella.” Back in 1963 David Attenborough travelled to the outback of the Northern Territory of Australia to meet Jack Mulholland, an Irishman who preferred the peace of a ghost town in Borroloola to the pressures of conventional life.

“It’s like the 18th Century.” ‘Heart of the Angel’ documented the harsh working conditions underneath London’s Angel tube station as gangs of men with pickaxes worked tirelessly in almost pitch-black to prepare the line for the following day.

#OnThisDay 1985: Forty years ago today, future triple F1 world champion Ayrton Senna brought his Lotus F1 car into the breakfast studio ahead of the British GP.

In 1987, Scottish footballer Rose Reilly was trying to win her 4th consecutive Scudetto with ACF Trani 80. In this clip we hear how her footballing talent took her from Kilmarnock to the south of Italy.

Do you remember what it was like to get your first car? Here’s a lovely snapshot in time showing some nineties teenagers getting behind the wheel for the first time. We find out why they chose the cars they did and what their parents thought about the whole thing.

25 years ago, Coldplay released their debut album Parachutes #OnThisDay. This clip is from Sean Hughes' Inside Tracks, originally broadcast on 19 Jun 2000.

1968: Flying Saucers and The Pancakes From Outer Space Meet Joe Simonton, a Wisconsin plumber who told Dr Stephen Black about a bizarre encounter he had with three aliens who offered him pancakes.

#OnThisDay 1995: What would the world look like in 2025? Tomorrow’s World predicted that the “world wide web” would flourish but be taken over by “business barons.”

It’s the #BritishGrandPrix at #SilverstoneUK this weekend so it seems like a good time to enjoy this clip profiling a multiple winner of the event, Nigel Mansell. Here we see Nigel in his early years of F1 with Team Lotus, working towards his dream of becoming an F1 champion.

With #OasisLive25 beginning today, we thought we’d go back to when Liam and Noel spoke to Zoe Ball a few months after the release of Definitely Maybe. If you enjoy this, then why not try our Oasis quiz? bbc.co.uk/articles/c5yer…

Shortly after narrowly missing out on the 1994 Formula One Driver’s title, Damon Hill spoke to Alan Titchmarsh about his tumultuous year and about the pressure of trying to emulate his father.

#OnThisDay 1978: "My relationship began with having him as a sweet little baby bat..." Meet Balls the fruit bat, who spends his days dutifully around the neck of his owner Cherrie Bramwell who is herself a highly respected palaeontologist and zoologist.

Happy 80th Birthday to Debbie Harry! In 1982 she spoke to Sue Lawley about Blondie, going into acting and whether or not she was the daughter of Marilyn Monroe!

#OnThisDay 1980: With The Empire Strikes Back in UK cinemas, David Prowse stopped by Pebble Mill Studios to chat with Jackie Collins about playing the villainous Darth Vader.

It’s been almost 50 years since Michael Eavis, a Somerset dairy farmer with a penchant for folk, rhythm and blues, and pop music, decided to host a music festival - the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival - at Worthy Farm. In this clip he talks about his hopes and for the festival.

#OnThisDay1966: A glimpse of a day in the life of 13-year-old Irish schoolgirl, Evelyn Folan from Ballinasloe in County Galway. Evelyn is thinking hard about her future and wants to be a nun.

With the Isle of Wight Festival kicking off today we thought it would be a good time to look back to 1970 where an estimated 600,000 people came to the festival to watch Jimi Hendrix play one of his last ever gigs. #IOW2025