#OTD 1982: The peerless Roald Dahl discussed his work and loves, on Pebble Mill at One. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1946: Alistair Cooke delivered his first Letter from America. It ran for 58 years and only ended with his death in 2004. In 1985, Pebble Mill's Paul Coia met the great man as he recorded his latest missive in the BBC's New York studio. You can listen back to many of his wonderful letters here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b00f6hbp | BBC Archive

#OnthisDay1961: Bill Hicks was born. In 1992, he appeared on Pebble Mill and talked about mortality, peace, satan, the workplace and an idea for a screenplay. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1978: Pebble Mill At One celebrated their 1000th edition. | BBC Archive

Who remembers 'Pebble Mill at One'? 📺 This British television magazine programme that was broadcast live on weekdays at one o'clock on BBC1, from 2 October 1972 to 23 May 1986, and again from 14 October 1991 to 29 March 1996. It was transmitted from the Pebble Mill studios of BBC Birmingham, and uniquely was hosted from the centre's main foyer area, rather than a conventional television studio. | Time Tube TV

#OnThisDay 1985: If your neighbolds are annoying you with their quarkyquarkyquarky, "Professor" Stanley Unwin provided a solution on Pebble Mill at One. Deep joy! | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1974: Pebble Mill spoke to a hopeful Olivia Newton-John, Great Britain's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest, aiming to win on home soil in Brighton with 'Long Live Love'. | BBC Archive