Radio 2's audio journey through five decades reaches 1979, as Jeremy Vine introduces a collage of the music, news, people and programmes.

1979 is the year of Oliver's Army, the Eton Rifles and Blair Peach. Britain experiences its winter of discontent and gets its first million-pound footballer. And there are two new political leaders: Mrs Thatcher and the Ayatollah. The Boomtown Rats don't like Mondays, Pink Floyd don't need no education and Madness are One Step Beyond. Show less