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1979: Stan Lee on inventing the Incredible Hulk.

#OnThisDay 1962: The Incredible Hulk made his Marvel comics debut in a story written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby. The hugely popular character went from comic books onto the screen, and in 1979 Stan Lee spoke about his monstrous creation, as part of a documentary which looked at how characters were marketed to children.

Clip taken from The Persuaders: Rolling the Bandwagon, originally broadcast on BBC One, 16 August 1979.

#BBCArchive #StanLee #IncredibleHulk

1979: The home with its own cinema organ.

#OnThisDay 1979: A homeowner from Stoney Stanton in Leicestershire invited Midlands Today round, along with half his neighbours, to hear a recital on the cinema organ he had squeezed into his house.

Clip taken from Midlands Today, originally broadcast on BBC One (Midlands), 9 May 1979.

#BBCArchive #CinemaOrgan #unusalinteriors

As Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday, we look back across the decades at some of the moments throughout his career as a producer and broadcaster.

See more on Sir David Attenborough’s work in natural history at https://www.bbc.co.uk/attenborough100archive

Image 1: David Attenborough discusses plans for the Trans-Antarctic Expedition with Dr. V.E Fuchs. 1955
Image 2: Harry Hastings (Production Assistant), David Attenborough (Editor of Unit) and Brian Branston (Producer), from the BBC Travel & Exploration Unit, working with film. 1962
Image 3: David Attenborough with a lively Ring-Tailed Lemur during the Annual Christmas Lecture to Young People at the Royal Institution in London. 1973
Image 4: David Attenborough experiencing weightlessness in NASA’s astronaut training aircraft whilst filming for ‘The Living Planet: The Sky Above’. 1984
Image 5: Sir David Attenborough swimming underwater in 'The Trials of Life' - a twelve-part series outlining the natural history of animal behaviour. 1990
Image 6: Sir David Attenborough combining his love of music and natural history in a search for the origins of human music for the programme ‘The Song of the Earth’. 2000

#BBCArchive #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough

As Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday, we look back across the decades at some of the moments throughout his career as a producer and broadcaster.

See more on Sir David Attenborough’s work in natural history at https://www.bbc.co.uk/attenborough100archive

Image 1: David Attenborough discusses plans for the Trans-Antarctic Expedition with Dr. V.E Fuchs. 1955
Image 2: Harry Hastings (Production Assistant), David Attenborough (Editor of Unit) and Brian Branston (Producer), from the BBC Travel & Exploration Unit, working with film. 1962
Image 3: David Attenborough with a lively Ring-Tailed Lemur during the Annual Christmas Lecture to Young People at the Royal Institution in London. 1973
Image 4: David Attenborough experiencing weightlessness in NASA’s astronaut training aircraft whilst filming for ‘The Living Planet: The Sky Above’. 1984
Image 5: Sir David Attenborough swimming underwater in 'The Trials of Life' - a twelve-part series outlining the natural history of animal behaviour. 1990
Image 6: Sir David Attenborough combining his love of music and natural history in a search for the origins of human music for the programme ‘The Song of the Earth’. 2000

#BBCArchive #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough

As Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday, we look back across the decades at some of the moments throughout his career as a producer and broadcaster.

See more on Sir David Attenborough’s work in natural history at https://www.bbc.co.uk/attenborough100archive

Image 1: David Attenborough discusses plans for the Trans-Antarctic Expedition with Dr. V.E Fuchs. 1955
Image 2: Harry Hastings (Production Assistant), David Attenborough (Editor of Unit) and Brian Branston (Producer), from the BBC Travel & Exploration Unit, working with film. 1962
Image 3: David Attenborough with a lively Ring-Tailed Lemur during the Annual Christmas Lecture to Young People at the Royal Institution in London. 1973
Image 4: David Attenborough experiencing weightlessness in NASA’s astronaut training aircraft whilst filming for ‘The Living Planet: The Sky Above’. 1984
Image 5: Sir David Attenborough swimming underwater in 'The Trials of Life' - a twelve-part series outlining the natural history of animal behaviour. 1990
Image 6: Sir David Attenborough combining his love of music and natural history in a search for the origins of human music for the programme ‘The Song of the Earth’. 2000

#BBCArchive #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough

As Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday, we look back across the decades at some of the moments throughout his career as a producer and broadcaster.

See more on Sir David Attenborough’s work in natural history at https://www.bbc.co.uk/attenborough100archive

Image 1: David Attenborough discusses plans for the Trans-Antarctic Expedition with Dr. V.E Fuchs. 1955
Image 2: Harry Hastings (Production Assistant), David Attenborough (Editor of Unit) and Brian Branston (Producer), from the BBC Travel & Exploration Unit, working with film. 1962
Image 3: David Attenborough with a lively Ring-Tailed Lemur during the Annual Christmas Lecture to Young People at the Royal Institution in London. 1973
Image 4: David Attenborough experiencing weightlessness in NASA’s astronaut training aircraft whilst filming for ‘The Living Planet: The Sky Above’. 1984
Image 5: Sir David Attenborough swimming underwater in 'The Trials of Life' - a twelve-part series outlining the natural history of animal behaviour. 1990
Image 6: Sir David Attenborough combining his love of music and natural history in a search for the origins of human music for the programme ‘The Song of the Earth’. 2000

#BBCArchive #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough

As Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday, we look back across the decades at some of the moments throughout his career as a producer and broadcaster.

See more on Sir David Attenborough’s work in natural history at https://www.bbc.co.uk/attenborough100archive

Image 1: David Attenborough discusses plans for the Trans-Antarctic Expedition with Dr. V.E Fuchs. 1955
Image 2: Harry Hastings (Production Assistant), David Attenborough (Editor of Unit) and Brian Branston (Producer), from the BBC Travel & Exploration Unit, working with film. 1962
Image 3: David Attenborough with a lively Ring-Tailed Lemur during the Annual Christmas Lecture to Young People at the Royal Institution in London. 1973
Image 4: David Attenborough experiencing weightlessness in NASA’s astronaut training aircraft whilst filming for ‘The Living Planet: The Sky Above’. 1984
Image 5: Sir David Attenborough swimming underwater in 'The Trials of Life' - a twelve-part series outlining the natural history of animal behaviour. 1990
Image 6: Sir David Attenborough combining his love of music and natural history in a search for the origins of human music for the programme ‘The Song of the Earth’. 2000

#BBCArchive #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough

As Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday, we look back across the decades at some of the moments throughout his career as a producer and broadcaster.

See more on Sir David Attenborough’s work in natural history at https://www.bbc.co.uk/attenborough100archive

Image 1: David Attenborough discusses plans for the Trans-Antarctic Expedition with Dr. V.E Fuchs. 1955
Image 2: Harry Hastings (Production Assistant), David Attenborough (Editor of Unit) and Brian Branston (Producer), from the BBC Travel & Exploration Unit, working with film. 1962
Image 3: David Attenborough with a lively Ring-Tailed Lemur during the Annual Christmas Lecture to Young People at the Royal Institution in London. 1973
Image 4: David Attenborough experiencing weightlessness in NASA’s astronaut training aircraft whilst filming for ‘The Living Planet: The Sky Above’. 1984
Image 5: Sir David Attenborough swimming underwater in 'The Trials of Life' - a twelve-part series outlining the natural history of animal behaviour. 1990
Image 6: Sir David Attenborough combining his love of music and natural history in a search for the origins of human music for the programme ‘The Song of the Earth’. 2000

#BBCArchive #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough

1980: Sir David Attenborough answers children’s questions.

“I think we’re all interested in wildlife because we are part of nature.”

It's Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday and in 1980 he faced questions from an audience of young viewers about his life and television career. Former Blue Peter presenter Lesley Judd hosted the show, and Attenborough talked about making a connection with wild gorillas, and his concerns for the environment.

Clip taken from In the Limelight with Lesley, originally broadcast on BBC One, 9 May 1980.

See more on Sir David Attenborough’s lifelong career in Natural History at https://www.bbc.co.uk/attenborough100archive

#BBCArchive #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough

Joni Mitchell performing for the BBC in 1970 💚

Listen to the Joni Mitchell Artist Collection on @bbcsounds

1964: The man who saved the Flying Scotsman.

#OnThisDay 1964: A documentary about the ‘most exclusive club in Britain’ looked at the niche community of steam train owners, who have saved engines from ending up in the breakers-yard. Amongst them was businessman and railway enthusiast Alan Pegler who spent £3,000 on the decommissioned Flying Scotsman, and who hoped his expensive hobby would eventually pay for itself.

Clip taken from Time Out, originally broadcast on BBC One, 7 May 1964.

#BBCArchive #FlyingScotsman #SteamTrains

From the #Newsnight archive, Jeremy Paxman asks CNN founder Ted Turner, who has died at 87, whether the 24-hour news cycle “made things worse” and if he thought CNN “made the world a better place”.

1971: Calypso comes to Carnaby Street.

#OnThisDay 1971: Carnaby Street in London was filled with the sounds of calypso when a band performed for passersby. Musicians Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener were in attendance and spoke to reporter Joan Shelton about their music. "Kitch" was even persuaded to come up with an impromptu song about Nationwide.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 6 May 1971.

#BBCArchive #Calypso #LordKitchener #MightySparrow

1988: When your retirement home is a hotel in Eastbourne.

#OnThisDay 1988: Documentary series Forty Minutes met some the dwindling numbers of permanent hotel residents in Eastbourne; older people whose long-term bookings made for valuable off-season trade. With establishments being revamped to meet the needs of the conference trade, those who called hotels their home, found themselves no longer quite so welcome.

Clips taken from Forty Minutes: Separate Tables, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 5 May 1988.

The whole documentary is available to watch on the BBC Archive YouTube channel.

#BBCArchive #Eastbourne #HotelLife

1973: Which celebrity is best value for money?

#OnThisDay 1973: Two young pop music fans from Sheffield spoke to reporter Barry Chambers about the cost of becoming members of fan clubs. The girls took their research very seriously, comparing what was on offer from The Osmonds, T. Rex and Slade, but they decided that the best value came from someone who wasn’t in a band at all.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 4 May 1973.

1984: The Thames Barrier prepares for its official opening.

#OnThisDay 1984: Reporter Maggie Nelson visited the Thames Barrier ahead of its formal opening which was due to take place the following week. Whilst London’s large and striking flood barrier had been operational since 1982, engineers were performing final checks before its official royal opening by Queen Elizabeth II.

Clip taken from Sixty Minutes, originally broadcast on BBC One, 3 May 1984.

#BBCArchive #ThamesBarrier #FloodDefences

1986: Morten Harket of A-ha shows that buffets and interviews don’t mix.

#OnThisDay 1986: Lead singer of Norwegian pop group A-ha, Morten Harket, joined Terry Wogan for an interview with a difference; on hand was a spread of Scandinavian delicacies including fresh fish and Norwegian cheese. Morten must have already had his tea, because Terry had to eat alone, conducting an interview that was friendly but increasingly awkward.

Clip taken from Wogan, originally broadcast on BBC One, 2 May 1986.

#BBCArchive #Aha #NorwegianFood