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Elastica returned after six years to release their second album - The Menace. Justine Frischmann spoke to Jamie Theakston about their troublesome sophomore album and, perhaps inevitably, Damon. Clip taken from The O-Zone, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Tuesday 4 April, 2000.

#OnThisDay 1975: The Good Life made its BBC One debut. Tom and Barbara Good (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal) tried to become self-sufficient in suburbia, next door to Margo and Jerry Leadbetter (Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington), who weren't so keen to get their hands dirty.

#OnThisDay 1972: Britain's unofficial egg eating champion demonstrated his swallowing skills. If you're a bit squeamish, you might want to give this egg eating exhibition a miss.

#OnThisDay 1958: James Page, aka Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, appeared on BBC Television with the J G Skiffle Group, telling host Huw Wheldon he had a whole lotta love for biological research.

#OnThisDay 1983: Four brave chompers from Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire descended on London in a bid to become the first ever World Black Pudding Eating champion. The going was tough.

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

#OnThisDay 1975: Shrewsbury Town FC was lucky enough to have a very dedicated ballboy - and his boat.

#OnThisDay 2000: Gia Milinovich and Tom Lanham from The Kit searched the Information Superhighway to show us the coolest websites from 25 years ago.

In 1968, Ravi Shankar spoke with young music fans about the influence of Indian music on western pop groups. He also mentions the long lineage of the Sitar and his dedication to learning it.

"Let's face it; diddling is harmless, diddling is fun, and above all, diddling is free." In 1974, Bernard Falk reported from Kinross in Scotland, where the town was on tenterhooks to find out who will emerge victorious from the World Diddling Championships.

#OnThisDay 1997: Some of Britain's Olympic rowers admitted that, like almost everyone else in the 90s, they had probably played too much Doom.

"He throws darts like Arnold Palmer hits a golf ball, Johan Cruyff kicks a football or John Conteh throws a punch." #OnThisDay 1975: Alan Evans, aka the Rhondda Legend, was making decent money for playing darts.

#OnThisDay 1973: Two chequebook-owning cats, Quicksilver and Quince, pawed it forward and made a conscience payment to the RSPB.

#OnThisDay 1991: While Winona Ryder was promoting her forthcoming movie, Mermaids, she talked about how Cher helped her cope with some of the weirder press coverage and how it felt to be the target of the tabloids.

#OnThisDay 1981: Two time Ballon d’Or winner, Kevin Keegan appeared on Blue Peter and came face to face with his own likeness in the shape of a “3D Fabric Portrait” of himself.

With Liverpool clinching their 20th league title at the weekend, there’s no better time to enjoy this clip from 1974, where writer and director Walter McEvoy examined the quasi-religious relationship Liverpool fans have with Anfield's Spion Kop.

#OnThisDay 1992: Comedian Bill Hicks appeared on Pebble Mill to talk about mortality, peace, Satan, the workplace and an idea for a screenplay.

Happy Birthday to David Beckham who turns 50 today! Twenty years ago, he received the highest award from Blue Peter, a Gold Blue Peter badge in recognition of his sporting achievements.