BOBBY GILLESPIE

After a week of struggle, Jarvis rallies us with the words to The Internationale. On This Day: Robert the Bruce was crowned; Typhoid Mary entered quarantine; and Khrushchev became the Soviet premier. Bobby Gillespie joins Jarvis to talk about the 20th anniversary of Screamadelica. He tries to remember where the title came from! He explains how the band moved from guitars to keyboards, getting into sampling, engineering and remixes. He mentions the energy and influence of acid house, and discusses the anniversary shows at Olympia. And there's another audio essay by Taylor Parkes: Pop Is Not a Meritocracy, in which he warns against the disdain hurled at Rebecca Black's song, Friday. Birthdays: Quentin Tarantino, Sir Henry Royce, Sarah Vaughan, Janis Martin, Fred Foy (the voice that introduced The Lone Ranger), Michael York and Billy Mackenzie. Valete: Elizabeth Taylor (Richard Burton describes his deep love for her).

PAUL MORLEY Sits In

Paul Morley sits in. He follows Jarvis's instructions to play his favourite songs by his favourite musicians: artists he wishes were in the Top 10 instead of Lady Gaga. His themes include pop music that psychs you up, songs about witches and spooking, his favourite female vocalists and great husband and wife duos. He also muses on whether music about music is a certain form of criticism; and on how odd it is that fairly obscure bands can now, thanks to the internet, get such a vast amount of critical coverage.

Jarvis Brings Back the Boredom

Jarvis asks us to submit the song that summed up Saturday night for us. On This Day, Mendelssohn's violin concerto premiered and the Scopes Trial took place — we hear a little about that Creation v Evolution school textbooks case. Two celestial bodies were discovered: Uranus in 1781 and Pluto in 1930; the latter was named by competition-winner Venetia Burney, aged 11. Philip Larkin reads a poem from his Sunday Sessions collection and Sidney Poitier declaims some Platonic philosophy. Then Jarvis talks a little about triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13. Birthdays: Earl Grey, Sir Hugh Walpole, L Ron Hubbard, Geoffrey Hayes (we're treated to the funky Rainbow theme tune), Mike Stoller, Daniel Lambert (the story of this obese man's life as a Victorian freak), Erma Franklin and Sammy Kaye.

ANDREW HUSSEY

Another French-themed show as Jarvis returns to Paris. He reads a story about a clever parrot from Love in the Time of Cholera. Cultural historian Andrew Hussey discusses how French philosophy influenced the British punk scene (with audio input from Elli Medeiros and Vivien Goldman). He also talks about the Situationists and how their ideas - making new art out of wreckage, DIY, reclaiming the poetry of real life, boredom as a revolutionary principle - fed into punk. On This Day, Fort Alamo fell, Muhammad Ali changed his name (he explains why) and Verdi's La Traviata premiered. Jarvis reads a Baudrillard quote on 'the dustbin of history'. Birthdays: Dave Gilmour, Mary Wilson, Frankie Howerd, John Noakes, Dick Fosbury, Gabriel García Márquez, Rob Reiner, Furry Lewis, Wes Montgomery, Elizabeth Browning (Elizabeth Taylor recites How Do I Love Thee) and Kiki Dee. Valete: John Philip Sousa, George Formby and Annie Girardot.