Richard Hawley and Candida Doyle Sit In

Richard Hawley sits in for Jarvis, joined by fellow Pulp veteran Candida Doyle. Together they chat about wayward flatmates Jack Nitzsche and Bob Lind; Johnny Cash's best mate Johnny Horton; composer Angelo Badalamenti and actor James Spader; and Richard's dislike of classical music. We hear Professor Stanley Unwin reading his story Goldiloppers and the Three Bearloders, then Sheffield band The Crookes play live in session. Richard and Candida finish with Little Fluffy Clouds by the Orb and a giggle at Jarvis's jingles.

Jarvis Reads from Bill Drummond's 17

Today seems to have been an uneventful day in history - in 1930, BBC Radio declared it to be No News Day. Jarvis reads excerpts from 17 by Bill Drummond, a series of essays exploring his theories about recorded music. Jarvis corrects some mistakes from previous shows, reads out appreciative listener emails about the Laurie Anderson show and mentions that he's up for the Sony Rising Star Award. Then he plays some songs with French titles by non-French artists. Birthdays: Bez, Miklós Rózsa, Hayley Mills, David Tennant, Thor Heyerdahl (who voyaged to Easter Island on a raft), Skip Spence (a 60s casualty), Les Pattinson and Tony Mottola. Valete: Frankie Howerd (a clip of his stand-up) and Malcolm McLaren (a speech from October 2009 in which he describes his earlier life and education, of sorts).

Laurie Anderson

Jarvis recalls a lecture he gave in which he investigated how we use language and lyrics to communicate — an idea which led to this very programme. On This Day, Supergun was seized, the last German 'witch' was executed and the Brixton riots erupted. Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson joins Jarvis and he asks why stories and narratives are so integral to her work. As NASA's one-time Artist in Residence, she remembers witnessing the Mars rover landings entirely via numbers. She considers what an artist can bring to a big government institution. They also discuss elections and how journalism and entertainment are merging. Then Laurie reads her short story about her dog. Birthdays: Richard Berry, Vincent Gallo, Anton LaVey and Bob Harris. We remember Joseph Merrick, Malcolm McLaren (Jarvis talks about him and Malcolm sings a Max Bygraves song), Harry Secombe and Jacques Prévert (we hear his poem Pater Noster).

Peter Blake

As it's Easter Sunday, Jarvis plays the full version of I Am the Resurrection. He also wonders whether Jesus ever travelled to England and plays a record mysteriously left for him at his hotel in Venice. On This Day, explorer Francis Drake was knighted, Robert Walpole became the UK's first prime minister, the Star-Spangled Banner was raised and the CND symbol was adopted. The musical story is My Sister by The Tindersticks. Artist Peter Blake talks about sharing the 'godfather of Pop Art' title and collecting junk. He explains that designing covers for albums like Sgt Pepper's is a way for an artist to get noticed by a young audience. They also chat about Outsider Art and how art colleges have changed. Birthdays: Junior Braithwaite, Marguerite Duras, Elmer Bernstein, Anthony Perkins, Muddy Waters, Dave Hill, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Graham Norton, Robert Downey Jr, David Blaine and Jarvis's sister Saskia.