featuring events, birthdays and anniversaries on this day through the years:
Acker Bilk was born;
Artur Rubinstein and Sir Francis Drake died; and William Burke (of the grisly Burke and Hare surgical duo) was executed.

with Peter Mayne

with Five 45s at 5.45 where each day at 5.45 he selects five new single releases including at 5.30 Newsbeat with Peter Mayne

Anne Nightingale and Adrian Love feature listeners' letters on almost any subject.
'Here we are in 1981, dole queues get longer, the pound gets weaker as industry grinds down. The only growth areas are the old chestnuts, the army and the police. We've got to have law and order in a democracy, sure, but whose law and order do we get? Could it be the age old "law and order 22 or "keep them in their places" and kick them down if they protest - The biggest crime is to be a free-thinking individual. Don't talk to me about 1984, it's already got its roots firmly planted and the seed is growing.'
The Mailbag phone-line [number removed] is open every Wednesday from 7.00-10.00pm.