Guillermo del Toro at Hallowe'en

Vincent Price reads a recipe for a ghoulish spell. Jarvis talks about Samhain ('Sauwan'), a Celtic harvest festival featuring costumes, bonfires and restless spirits. Then there's a recording of him reading the quietly creepy MR James story Rats. After dark, a spooky announcement heralds a spine-tingling Monstermix. Lastly, Guillermo del Toro, director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, tells Jarvis about his love of fairytales, horror stories and videogames. He also considers why we like to scare ourselves with stories and talks about movie soundtracks, his favourite kind of music. Birthdays: Jarvis' dad, Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz, Jimmy Savile, Annabella Lwin, John Keats (Robert Donat reads Ode to Autumn) and Peter Jackson.

Ken Loach

We hear some Proposed Changes to Hotel California, a list from Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists. More lists are scattered throughout the show. Jarvis is tickled by Rory Macbeth's anachronistic cover versions, and Discordianism, a belief system based around chaos. Director Ken Loach talks about the state of British film; why he's drawn to certain subjects; his thoughts on reality TV; Looking for Eric and football. Mentioning Kes leads to a discussion of Margaret Thatcher's legacy and the current economic crisis. Jarvis also interviews Leslie Holmes of the Salford lad's club. And On This Day in 1857, Sheffield FC was founded. Birthdays: Bob Kane, Luciano Berio, Sonny Terry, Bill Wyman, Santo Farina, Jack Warner (singing the Dixon of Dock Green song) and Arthur Miller (comparing comedy and tragedy).

Gaz Mayall

Orson Welles gets stroppy while voicing a frozen foods ad. Jarvis celebrates 'ladies of character' with a clip of Rita Hayworth in Gilda. On This Day in 1091, a tornado hit London, and 1814 saw the London Beer Flood. Gaz Mayall discusses his new book, featuring memories and artefacts from 30 years of the clubnight Gaz's Rockin' Blues. He describes how he designed its distinctive flyers, great acts like Screaming Lord Sutch and the club's presence at Glastonbury. He also explains how artist Robert Gordon McHarg III got a street named after Joe Strummer. Then Gaz plays a megamix. Finally, the Orson Welles track I Know What It Is to Be Young. Birthdays: Shinichi Suzuki, Evel Knievel (reading his poem about his vocation), Barney Kessel, Montgomery Clift, Michael Eavis and Peter Stringfellow.

Salman Rushdie

It's 10/10/10, but Jarvis observes that some countries skipped this date On This Day in 1582, because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. And today in 1967, the Outer Space Treaty was agreed. Jarvis features theatre group Forced Entertainment, with music and dialogue from their play The Thrill of It All, plus two members discussing the music they use. Salman Rushdie talks about his novel Luka and the Fire of Life, written for his son. He mentions storytelling, his love of animal fables and folk tales, and the quest narrative found in videogames. He also reads an excerpt about the fantastical borderland between the world of imagination and the real world. Finally, a snippet of Orson Welles. Birthdays: Alberto Giacometti, Nicholas Parsons, Charles Dance, Ed Wood, Chris Tarrant, Tony Adams and Harold Pinter (Kenneth Williams and Peter Reeves perform a Pinter scene).

Un-Convention

Jarvis broadcasts from Un-Convention in Salford, an international grassroots music event. British Sea Power discuss their live soundtrack for Man of Aran. On This Day, Dafydd ap Gruffydd was the first prominent person to be hung, drawn and quartered; and Iraq gained its independence. Organiser Ruth Daniel explains the origins and ethos of Un-Convention. Bill Drummond suggests recorded music is dying as an art form, and is attempting to re-engage with music in new ways, including a guerrilla choir called The 17. Naomi Kashiwagi and Matthew Krysko talk about their sound art collaboration in which they DJ with old gramophones. Birthdays: Gore Vidal, Chubby Checker, Lindsey Buckingham, Al Sharpton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tommy Lee, Clive Owen, Gwen Stefani, Tim Westwood (who's recorded a special shout-out to Jarvis) and Eddie Cochran. Valete: Tony Curtis.