with top tunes and more end-of-year advice for Sad Gits.

Your chance to have those nagging questions answered in Need to Know. Fax the studio at local rates on [number removed].

Tina Ritchie looks back at
Radio l's top stories in music, news and sport. Take That split but Oasis triumph. Damon Hill wins the Formula One title but England lose out in Euro 96. And the political arena is dominated by concerns over the ownership of weapons.

Direct from the Underworld, at
London's Goiders Green
Hippodrome, four hours showcasing the emerging talent of 1997. Prepare for maximum new music.

Mary Anne Hobbs battles against post-turkey syndrome with great music.