#OnThisDay 31 May 1983 #DavidJason appears on BBC children's show TAKE TWO to discuss how he became an actor, what it's like to work with #RonnieBarker, and to hear young viewers' opinions of Open All Hours.

#OnThisDay fifty years ago - 31 May 1976 There's a street party in #CoronationStreet. Expect Morris dancing, merry-go-rounds, Punch and Judy, escapology from Stan Ogden, and a cameo appearance from producer Bill Podmore.

#OnThisDay 31 May 1995 The first episode of 24-part drama CASTLES, following three generations of a large London family, was broadcast on BBC1. Despite the writing talent of #Corrie's Peter Whalley and Sally Wainwright, it flopped and was moved from 8:30 to 7:00 half-way through its run.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 34 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 31 May 1992 1. #CoronationStreet 18.64m 2. #EastEnders 16.09 3. #Neighbours 14.09 4. #Heartbeat 13.30 5. #HomeAndAway 13.25 6. Through The Keyhole 11.50 7. #TheBill 10.88 8. Octopussy 10.85 9. Natural Lies 10.73

#OnThisDay 31 May 2000 - MORE! magazine NAUGHTY BUT NICE - #DeniseVanOuten on girlie mates, getting hitched and Jay's silly hats. GIRLS ON TOP - #DonnaAir, #JuneSarpong, #EdithBowman & #EmmaLedden tell you how to make it in TV. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE ... #MatthewMcConaughey.

#OnThisDay 31 May 1997 EAST END GIRLS In #EastEnders, Sonia and Clare are bosom buddies. But do they get on as well outside Albert Square? #GemmaBissix and #NatalieCassidy, both 14, give the lowdown on friends - soap style!

#OnThisDay 31 May 1988 The Daily Mirror celebrates the ITV Telethon's £21 million with a picture of a reunited #DorisSpeed and #JulieGoodyear and the headline: ROVER ANNIE TOPS IT UP - Britain's best loved landlady Annie Walker returned to #CoronationStreet last night . . .

#OnThisDay 31 May 1987 Hurry yourself along to Griffin Park, home of Brentford Football Club for their Family Fun Day. #EastEnders' Wicksy, #NickBerry, is one of the guests, joined by #GrangeHill stars Melissa Wilks and Lee MacDonald. Forward with the Bees!

#OnThisDay 31 May 1980 Hurry yourself along to Earle Street in Crewe. Meet #PatPhoenix, star of TV's #CoronationStreet, at the re-opening of Playmates - together with her troop of Pipers! Free gifts for the first 100 customers. Big jackpot game every hour on the hour.

#OnThisDay 31 May 1980 As #CoronationStreet celebrates 2,000 episodes, THE MAN WHO COULD BE HUSBAND No. 3 by #PatPhoenix

#OnThisDay 30 May 1997 #HarryHill brings his unique style of humour to Channel 4 when his stand-up and sketch show HARRY HILL debuts at 10:30.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 40 years ago 📺TV Ratings for the whole of May 1986 1. #EastEnders 20.20m 2. #CoronationStreet 18.35 3. Diamonds Are Forever 15.50 4. Live And Let Die 14.65 5. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet 14.25 6. The Deep 13.85 7. Three Up, Two Down 13.35 8. Bread 13.05

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 44 years ago 📺TV Ratings for the whole of May 1982 1. #CoronationStreet 16.15m 2. Murder Is Easy 14.20 3. News 14.05 4. Carry On Behind 14.00 5. We'll Mee Again 13.65 6. Family Fortunes 13.60 7. The Bounder 13.60 8. European Cup Final 13.20

#OnThisDay 30 May 1990 - FAST FORWARD In #GrangeHill Mike wants to teach the thugs a lesson, "Let's mark him up! Make sure that he won't forget us!" "What have they done to my poor Willy?" asks Ethel, in #EastEnders. Henry from #Neighbours arrives at TV Centre. The Proggy Pages.

#OnThisDay 30 May 1990 - FAST FORWARD JUST BETWEEN ME AND JASE: #JasonDonovan talks to #AndyCrane about his new LP 'Between the Lines'. BEDROOM REPORT: Dean Collinson is cornered in his flat. LOOK WHO'S KNOCKING: Fun facts abut #LesDawson OOOH ... MRS POOH! It's #PenelopeKeith.

#OnThisDay 30 May 1992 Ahead of the Rita and Ted's nuptials in #CoronationStreet, TV Times looks forward to the TV WEDDING OF THE YEAR!

#OnThisDay 30 May 1982 Hurry yourself along to Lowther Wildlife Adventure Park. Meet Tucker Jenkins, star of #GrangeHill, at the opening of our new Rio-Grande Railway! Make it part of your plans for a memorable day out in the beautiful Lake District.

#OnThisDay 30 May 1980 As #CoronationStreet celebrates 2,000 episodes, The Mirror's Ken Irwin owns up . . . OK, SO I GOT IT WRONG .

#OnThisDay 30 May 1980 2,000 NOT OUT! Five Prisoners of Coronation Street - They can earn £1,000 for opening a shop, but as #CoronationStreet celebrates its 2,000th episode on Monday, the stars pay a high price for their fame . . .

#OnThisDay 30 May 1980 STREET'S SECRET CELEBRATION Plans were being made today to mark the 2,000th edition on Monday of #CoronationStreet, TV's longest-running soap opera, with a private party for the cast . . .

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 38 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 29 May 1988 1. #EastEnders 16.70m 2. #Neighbours 14.90 3. #CoronationStreet 14.35 4. Steptoe and Son 12.45 5. Telethon 11.90 6. The Equalizer 11.30 #Neighbours and #BluePeter top the charts for 4-15 year olds.

#OnThisDay 29 May 1996 DR WHO HAS BEEN EXTERMINATED The latest Americanised resurrection of the Time Lord is not the character loved by fans, says the science fiction writer #KimNewman . . .

#OnThisDay 29 May 1991 - FAST FORWARD The boys, Mrs Monroe and her bike journey to Grange Hill in the back of a delivery truck in #GrangeHill. "An' what's a flippin' flappin' track when it's at 'ome!" in #EastEnders. #ChrisPackham meets Harold Bishop at the zoo in TV Centre.

#OnThisDay 29 May 1991 - FAST FORWARD IT'S THIS WEEKEND - are you ready for the FF Fun Day at the American Adventure? SKOOL REPORT - #DanniiMinogue wagged school but was a straight A student. IT'S A DOG'S LIFE - the stars have been telling us what animal they'd most like to be.

#OnThisDay 29 May 1993 QUEEN OF THE VIC - Is #EastEnders' Sharon Ready to Quit After Nine Hit Years? Growing up is hard to do, but when millions have watched you develop from plump teenager to young businesswoman as the key player in a hit soap opera, it's even more difficult ...

#OnThisDay 29 May 1988 The Sunday Mirror has two soap exclusives: DRUGS NIGHTMARE OF STREET'S IVY - #CoronationStreet star Lynne Perrie has beaten a pill-popping nightmare. EASTENDER MASSACRE - Rumours of an #EastEnders 'massacre' swept through the BBC last night.

#OnThisDay 29 May 1972 Diana Davies debuts as Norma Ford in #CoronationStreet with the first line: "They're not as nice as they look them, love. I had one earlier. The doughnut's stale and the cream's gone off." This clip combines that and her final appearance in July 1974.

#OnThisDay 29 May 1961 In episode 48 of #CoronationStreet, Stephen Hancock makes a pre-Ernie Bishop appearance as a Babyshop Assistant.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 31 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 28 May 1995 1. #EastEnders 17.42m 2. #CoronationStreet 16.97 3. National Lottery Live 15.93 4. #Neighbours 13.32 5. #HomeAndAway 11.27 6. Fawlty Towers 11.16 7. #TheBill 11.13 8. #Emmerdale 11.09

From May 1999 AND GOD CREATED ADAM #AdamRickitt has left #Corrie's streets behind and is looking to top the pop charts. "You might as well enjoy it," hoots Adam, "otherwise you're wasting your life, really."

#OnThisDay 28 May 1991 COMB AND AWAY . . . Action . . . and cut! Aussie heart-throb Craig McLachlan has had his hair lopped. And it looks as though the sheep-shearers did it. Long gone are the tumbling tresses that the soap star shouldered in #Neighbours . . .

#OnThisDay 28 May 1990 LOCAL HEROES - New Stars Keep The Street No. 1 - #CoronationStreet bosses have managed to breathe new life into the show thanks to a posse of youngsters who are slowly stealing the limelight from the older favourites . . .

#OnThisDay 28 May 1986 Children's BBC series TAKE TWO goes behind the scenes at Elstree studios to see how #GrangeHill is made.

#OnThisDay 28 May 1984 "#EricMorecambe, one of Britain's favourite funny men, is dead . . ."

#OnThisDay 28 May 1984 ERIC MORECAMBE COLLAPSES ON STAGE Comedian #EricMorecambe was fighting for his life early today after having a heart attack on stage . . .

#OnThisDay 27 May 1997 After 671 episodes, Norman Bowler makes his final appearance as Frank Tate in #Emmerdale. Having had a heart attack whilst his presumed-dead wife Kim watched on, he was then discovered by daughter Zoe. This clip combines his first and final scenes.

#OnThisDay 30 years ago - 27 May 1996 After a seven-year hiatus, #DoctorWho returns in a feature length special with #PaulMcGann in the title role. This video compares the British and US promos for the episode.

#OnThisDay 40 years ago - 27 May 1986 It's the first appearance of Vicki Fowler in #EastEnders when Michelle has her baby. Look out for Mona Hammond in a pre-Blossom Jackson appearance playing the midwife.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 36 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 27 May 1990 1. #CoronationStreet 16.39m 2. #Neighbours 15.59 3. #EastEnders 13.18 4. #HomeAndAway 11.78 5. Strike It Lucky 10.58 6. #TheBill 10.48 7. The Upper Hand 10.14 8. Joint Account 9.57

#OnThisDay 27 May 1995 NO KEN DO! #CoronationStreet star Ken Morley IS leaving the show - as forecast by the Sun yesterday . . . REG GETS ROVERS IF HE STAYS ON Coronation Street's randy Reg Holdsworth has been offered to take over the Rovers Return from Bet Gilroy . . .

#OnThisDay 27 May 1977 Hurry yourself along to Pinbrough Motors in Tadcaster and Meet 3 Stars This Friday! #JulieGoodyear - Bet Lynch of #CoronationStreet, Frederick Pine - Matt Skilbeck of #Emmerdale Farm, plus Skoda's new star - The Estelle - a beautiful new family saloon.

Crossroads 1978: 4th wall? We've broken the 4th ruddy dimension!

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 41 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 26 May 1985 1. #CoronationSTreet 16.30m 2. Three Up, Two Down 12.10 3. #Emmerdale Farm 13.45 4. #Crossroads 13.40 5. Busman's Holiday 12.30 6. News and Sport 12.10 7. The Price Is Right 11.95 8. #EastEnders 11.80

#OnThisDay 26 May 1995 BBC1 broadcasts IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE - a tribute to #KennyEverett. Among those sharing their memories are #SpikeMilligan and #TerryWogan.

#OnThisDay 26 May 1995 I'M KEEPING THE LEOPARDSKIN HAT WHEN I QUIT . . . I'LL DRESS UP AS BET TO WATCH THE STREET! #CoronationStreet legend #JulieGoodyear has opened her heart about why she is quitting as Rovers landlady Bet Gilroy after 25 glorious years . . .

#OnThisDay 26 May 1995 BET SHE WON'T BE HAPPY IN ANY OTHER PUB Says #BillKenwright: I really can't believe #JulieGoodyear is leaving #CoronationStreet after 25 years. If she stays away for ever I will be amazed . . .

#OnThisDay 26 May 1994 Two of the new ITV companies, GMTV and Carlton, are the subject of strong criticism from the regulator, the Independent Television Commission. Anna Ford and Jennie Bond present the story on BBC News.

#OnThisDay 26 May 1990 Ahead of the mammoth 27-hour ITV Telethon, TV Times reveals that #JeanAlexander will be making a surprise appearance in #CoronationStreet - HILDA'S BACK (AND ISN'T SHE POSH!)

#OnThisDay 40 years ago - 26 May 1986 The feature-length pilot episode of MOONLIGHTING receives its UK premiere on BBC1. Starring #BruceWillis and #CybillShepherd, the series revolved around cases investigated by the Blue Moon Detective Agency. 67 episodes were made.

#OnThisDay 26 May 1980 CORONATION ST. 2000 Here they are - posing for a picture for the Daily Record - the stars of #CoronationStreet getting ready to celebrate the 2000th episode . . .