This week Jarvis rowed in the Great River Race. On This Day, the UK agreed to hand over Hong Kong, nuclear war was narrowly avoided, tomatoes were shown not to be toxic and Francis Drake finished circumnavigating the globe. Jarvis apologises for his crackling records: "It's like a giant having a bowl of Rice Krispies in the background." Tony Blair talks about religion with Philip Dodd. A talk by Ted Hughes compares effective thinking to fishing. Lastly, an archive news report about Concorde and what its passengers ate for dinner. Birthdays: Anne Robinson, Johnny Appleseed, Anthony Blunt, Ricky Tomlinson (on falling in love with the banjo), Lynn Anderson, Andrea Dworkin (lecturing on race and pornography), Bryan Ferry, Winnie Mandela, Serena Williams, TS Eliot (we hear music based on his poetry and he reads The Dry Salvages) and Barnes Wallis. Valete: Levi Strauss and Bessie Smith.
Rolf Harris - War Canoe
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Ethel Waters - Moonglow
Leon Russell - The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Clinic - I'm Aware
The Books - Beautiful People
Aqua Vista - The Model
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Nashville Blues
David Dundas - Jeans On
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
Grinderman - Grinderman
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies
Roxy Music - Out of the Blue
Alan Rawsthorne - Practical Cats, Overture
Jack Nitzsche - Marie
Ted Hughes - On Thinking
Pink Floyd - Pigs, Three Different Ones
Eric Coates and His Symphony Orchestra - The Dambusters March
Antony and The Johnsons - Everything Is New
Komitas Vartapet - Let the Nightingale Be Silent
Bessie Smith - Thinkin' Blues
Happy Mondays - Stinkin' Thinkin'
The Castaways - Liar, Liar
