Tom recalls a "troubled" grandfather clock... In 1945, the late comedian Bob Monkhouse was working at Eldon Hall, at Cookham in Berkshire as a cartoon animator. He shared the huge mansion with several other artistic people, and Bob afterwards recalled that late one night, everybody rushed to their beds at one o'clock in the morning, looking as if they were in dread of some impending disaster. Bob was bemused and intrigued by his colleagues' odd behaviour. Then, at a few minutes to two in the mor

British comedy legend Bob Monkhouse was born #onthisday 95 years ago. In this 1997 interview with Sir Jeremy Isaacs, he drops his guard and talks emotionally about his relationship with his mother. Clip taken from Face to Face, BBC Two, Tuesday 25 February 1997. #BobMonkhouse #bbcarchive | BBC Archive

#OnthisDay1962 Jim Carrey was born. Here he is as a fresh-faced young comedian appearing on the Bob Monkhouse Show back in 1986. | BBC Archive