#OnThisDay in 1981: Computer-operated paddles were making waves - literally. | BBC Archive

Today in 1981, 15 million diaries got the date for British Summer Time wrong, after the date was put back a week to comply with an EEC commitment to standardize summer time. BBC Archive hasn't got a date wrong since yesterday... | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay in 1982: BBCArchive is pretty sure this jump only failed because they didn't splurge on a full orchestra. We would also like to remind you to please not try this yourselves, even if you do have a computer work out all the angles for you. | BBC Archive