This Morning's Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were left gutted as they opened a Blue Peter time capsule from 40 years ago.
The presenting duo led a segment on the time capsule, which was buried on the BBC show in 1981, some 41 years ago, but they were less than impressed with the contents when it was opened in a little ceremony on the show today.
Phillip and Holly had been building up to the exciting contents in the time capsule, as they chatted with a Blue Peter legend about what they were expecting to be in there - but they were left sorely disappointed.
They had expected to find tapes of the Blue Peter theme tune, as well as clips from the show and even a script from that very day on Blue Peter. But instead they were met with a mess of brown stuff.
"I feel like a spider's going to come out of there," one of them said, as they all leaned in to look what they found. The studio descended into laughter as the camera panned to what was inside the box.
Holly held her hand over her nose and mouth because of the smell whilst Phil surveyed the box.
"Well look at that," he said, showing the camera the box as Holly quizzed whether one of the Blue Peter dogs had put something into the box before it was closed over four decades ago.
Later on in the show, it was explained what had happened to the box. The metal lining in the box had corroded and attacked everything inside, but they did manage to rescue some crisp wrappers and sweet wrappers of the day and there was also a disc of a recording of the original theme tune for Blue Peter - but it was unlikely to be playable.
Fans were disappointed to see the contents - or lack of - in the box.
"Oh I’m gutted the time capsules not survived @thismorning @RealSarahGreene #ThisMorning," one wrote, as another fan of the BBC show, who watched it being buried, added: "Crikey, this makes me feel old. I remember watching when they buried that time capsule. I bet they thought it would be there longer than 41 years! #ThisMorning."
A third shared: "I remember the time capsule being buried in the Blue Peter garden - feels a bit sad @thismorning are opening it already. #ThisMorning," whilst a fourth penned: "What a waste of 40 years , try plastic or glass casing next time."
