I Love You

2015-11-22: Following the recent terrorist attacks on Paris, Jarvis pays a heartfelt tribute to the city he loves. He plays a selection of upbeat French music, as well as a jamma session he performed with Serafina Steer, in which he records his personal experience of the events of that day and the emotions it stirred. On This Day: The Beatles released the White Album; Ravel's Boléro premiered in Paris; and the film Toy Story was released. Birthdays: Benjamin Britten, Karen O, Scarlett Johansson, Ethel Smith, Aston Barrett, Boris Becker, Billie Jean King and Tina Weymouth. 

The Sound of Cinema

As part of the BBC's Sound of Cinema season, Jarvis visits Pinewood Shepperton's sound effects studio to meet Foley professionals Peter Burgis and Glen Gathard. They provide him with an insight into how cinematic sound effects are created and mixed, why films require ambient sounds both big and small, and who gave the process the name of Foley. Then they draw on their vast array of props to aurally 'illustrate' a spooky story scribbled by Jarvis. On This Day, Jason Lewis finished pedalling his way around the globe, and the first talkie, The Jazz Singer, opened. This week's recipe is for apple strudel. Birthdays: Le Corbusier, Carole Lombard (a clip from 1942 film To Be or Not to Be), Glenn Branca, William Butler (remembering his first guitar), Britt Ekland (what is the enduring appeal of The Wicker Man?) and Stanley Kramer last week.

The Beardytron 5000 Mk II

We catch up on last week's International Record Store Day party. Craig Parkinson reads a story by Ian Rankin, a roadie's cautionary tale of a band break-up. Jarvis interviews Beardyman, who begins by explaining how his music is like that of the lyrebird. With his unique 'real-time music production system', the Beardytron 5000 Mk II, he samples vocal sounds to create amazing beatboxing electro. He's a one-man band, producer and studio! He participates in a jamma session, with Jarvis reading the lyrics to a long-lost Pulp song. The Peel W is for Wagon Christ. And today is International Health and Safety at Work Day. Birthdays: Ian Rankin, Kim Gordon, Harper Lee (a short extract from To Kill a Mockingbird), Lauren Laverne (who's recorded a message for us), Ann-Margret, Jacques Dutronc, Blossom Dearie (discussing her name), Penélope Cruz and Yves Klein (there's a spoken word track about his blue).

Nautical Show

Ahoy there! Jarvis has been resident in A Room for London, a boat perched atop the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's Southbank. Michael Morris of Artangel explains the concept and aims of this unique space. Cellist Philip Sheppard uses his eerie electro-cello to accompany Jarvis reading from Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Intertidal archaeologist Fiona Haughey discusses Thames beachcombing and brings some historical artefacts found on the foreshore. The Southbank is hosting Parisian nude cabaret Crazy Horse, so Jarvis and Philip improvise sexy music for two of the dancers. Jim Trimmer of the Port of London Authority chats about moons, tides and how the river can help London to flourish. There's archive of Elizabeth Taylor reading Wordsworth. Historian Dan Cruickshank reveals which bridge has a sinister suicide-strewn past. Busker Don Crown remembers performing as 'Budgieman'. Soumik Datta talks about introducing Indian ragas to QEH audiences. And we hear David Byrne's musical collage of sounds from the Southbank. The Peel E is for East of Eden, and there's a reading by John Peel for T-Rex. As the moon is reflected on the water, Antony Hegarty muses on lunacy and spirituality. Birthdays: T-Pain, Marc Bolan and Truman Capote. Valete: Andy Williams.

David Cunningham

Jarvis talks about the concept behind Aidan J Moffat's Ten Short Songs for Modern Lovers. Honouring the first publication of The Times newspaper, Jarvis plays a musical representation of the steam press. David Cunningham of The Flying Lizards comes in to talk about the band's album re-issues, his project in which all the pianos in a piano shop played together, and working with Michael Nyman. Then they have a jamma session, with DC on the thumb piano and JC reading from The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? by Padgett Powell. From SweetThunder.org, a recording of a decaying fairground organ. Lastly, Jarvis asks of Bright Eyes, Are They Any Good? and reads an excerpt about them from Jonathan Franzen's novel Freedom. Birthdays: John Bunyan, Nancy Mitford, Berry Gordy Jr, Friedrich Engels, William Blake (prompting a reading of Songs of Experience: The Human Abstract).

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.

Max Eastley

A shorter show today, as Jarvis didn't realise the clocks went back. For Palm Sunday, we hear Adrian Henri's Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. On This Day, the Paris Commune was established but the decimal republican calendar didn't catch on. Sound artist Max Eastley talks about the Cape Farewell voyages - this organisation takes creatives and scientists to the Arctic Circle to learn about climate change. From an ice floe called the Devil's Dancefloor, Max recorded the boat's creaking and the sounds under the sea. We hear the calls of bearded seals mixed with the scything of a weird instrument he invented. In a jamma session, Max plays this instrument as Jarvis reads Ian McEwan's story A Boot Locker in the Frozen North. And Pavement: Are They Any Good? Birthdays: Alexander the Warlike, Maxim Gorky, Dame Flora Robson, Nelson Algren and Michael Parkinson. Valete: Alex Chilton.