30K views · 273 reactions | #OnThisDay 1978: "If it takes off now it could change the whole way we live" The Money Programme considered what impact the Prestel videotex tv service might have on society. | BBC Archive | Facebook

133 reactions · 260 shares | Today in 1978, Northern Ireland's top young hairdressers go head-to-head in the local heat of the Nationwide Hairdressing Competition. The appropriately-named Geoffrey Combes of the Hairdressing Council is on hand to discuss the cut-hair world of competitive hairdressing. | BBC Archive | Facebook

110K views · 368 reactions | #OnThisDay 1978: BBC Radio frequencies changed. Nationwide explained the changes, with a little help from a giant novelty radio and a scout. | BBC Archive | Facebook

Monday 2nd August 1982 BBC2

#OnThisDay 1978: "This is Ireland's entire submarine fleet, and it's all his." Bob Wellings reported from Corofin, County Clare, on resident genius James Tierney. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1978: Ceefax Is Here went behind the scenes of everybody's favourite teletext information service. BBC Archive loves the naturalistic conversations captured in this piece. | BBC Archive

157K views · 1.4K reactions | OnThisDay 1978: The Clash’s Joe Strummer and Rick Wakeman from Yes discussed the press with music journalists Nick Kent and Ray Coleman. | BBC Archive | Facebook