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Greg James, host of the Radio 1 Breakfast show, uses his access-all-areas pass to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Archives to track down audio gems, using listener requests, overlooked anniversaries and current stories as a springboard into the vast vaults of past programmes.

Celebrating 100 years of the ´óÏó´«Ã½, the archive team have been selecting their favourite treasures from the vaults. Greg takes a look at some of these archivists' picks, which lead him on a trip to a nudist beach in Yorkshire, where the locals are less than impressed. Staying by the sea, he visits Broadstairs in 1957, taking in the cuisine and eavesdropping on a fractious town council meeting.

An exchange of letters between writer Reverend W Awdry and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ reveals a disastrous attempt to broadcast a live Thomas the Tank Engine story in 1953. Greg also finds a fascinating piece of history from a ´óÏó´«Ã½ reporter who was stranded in a lighthouse for a month by bad weather.

After 37 years, Neighbours is leaving our screens. To say goodbye, Greg unearths audience feedback from the height of its popularity on the ´óÏó´«Ã½. And the big question back then – is that Kylie Minogue or Rick Astley singing I Should Be So Lucky?

And - why do radio presenters find it so difficult to tell the time?

Producer: Tim Bano