29 December 1980

Monday 29 December

1980-12-29

Radio

 * BBC R1
 * 6.31 pm Stayin' Alive with Andy Peebles. Alison Rice looks at customs and traditions associated with New Year and Twelfth Night which marks the end of the festivities. Dr Alan Maryon-Davis reviews the notable advances made in medicine during 1980: in heart transplants, the battle against cancer and the treatment of diabetes. And he considers how things will develop by the year 2000.
 * 10.02 pm John Peel includes 20-11 of his listeners' chosen Festive 50. (sessions The Passions, The Beat, Adam and The Ants, Killing Joke; full show details here)