In the year 2050 when I am an old and grey and losing my hair, many years from now, to quote the Beatles song “When I am 64”, would I look back on the start of the 21st century and the year 2000 the same way as many elderly people in the year 2000 looked back at 1945 and the end of the Second World War? Would one open the scrap books and photographs albums from the time hidden in a dusty attic and relive memories of what we did in 1999 and 2000 or even get nostalgic over Tony Blair and Bill Clinton the same way the we now have with Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt? We were there at 11.59 pm on Friday 31st December 1999; we counted down the seconds and heard Big Ben chime along with the biggest bang to be heard ever since The Big Bang itself. Happy New Year and Happy New Millennium all around, it seemed back then. The number of bangs and fireworks that went off must have cost more than any of the fireworks ever to go off on all the November 5ths dating back to when Guy Fawkes tried to blow the Houses of Parliament up back in 1665, and that did make an influence in years to come. At the time of writing this in September 2001 we were only 20 months into the new millennium or just over 600 days into the 21st century. Now was time to look back at what happened in millennium night.

1999 was just the final part of the countdown to the start of the 3rd millennium. To sum it all up, Tony Blair was the British Labour Prime Minister, William Hague was the Conservative Leader of the Opposition, and Charles Kennedy was the newly elected leader of the Liberal Democrats as he was only became leader in August 1999. And of course, the post-Monica Lewinsky shame Bill Clinton was the 42nd Democrat President of the United States, on his final year in office. The countdown had been going on since the start of the 1990’s and back then we all had visions of living in sliver spaceships or wearing clothes that you didn’t even need to wash or iron. No one mentioned the Internet, did they? Not even back in 1990, but did we really think that 2000 wasn’t the end of the world, but a beginning of a brand new chapter of mankind? (The artist formerly known as) Prince was partying like it’s 1999 and that was back in 1985, where it made a number two hit for him, while Robbie Williams had a more up to date hit in 1998, just titled Millennium. But the king of pop in the United Kingdom, (even though he was born in India), Cliff Richard stole the whole show (and Top of the Pops) with the Millennium Prayer that made it in the charts in December 1999, only to be pipped at the post by Westlife their their double A-side of the Abba 1979 cover version of I have a Dream and on the B-side was a much nicer cover version of the 1974 Terry Jacks hit Seasons in the Sun. But Cliff Richard has made an influence on the pop world as he’s been around since 1958, but his seasonal hits have only been with us since the late 1980’s. The Millennium Prayer was no exception; an excellent song that will be remembered as a classic for years to come, which can’t really be said for Mr Blobby. But your average late 1990’s pop groups like Steps, S Club 7 and the Spice Girls, by now split up from its original formation and Victoria marrying Manchester United footballer David Beckham at the tax payer’s expense – they were still going strong, although their music wasn’t the same as the predecessors.

Most businesses stopped work in time for Christmas and probably finished work on Christmas Eve, perhaps on their way to the office party and joking how much your boss has been such an Ebenezer Scrooge all year round, as well as the traditional photocopying parts of your body as you do when you’re drunk. But this was it until after Christmas and perhaps after the New Year as well. But you had to beware, as you could have been back to work on January 4th with surprises and a few problems. Businesses and organisations were told by the government to get ready and be prepared, almost boy scouts style for what was to come on January 1st 2000. The millennium Bug, with a capital M, a controversial subject over the final years of the 20th century. Some of them had been prepared since 1997, but some of them were still wet behind the ears. There were fears that computers would crash at the stroke of midnight, turmoil would break loose, headaches would start pounding in and basically the world would be in a mess. Clocks that displayed dates in just the last two letters for the year, so that 1999 would be 99 were most vulnerable to show the wrong date after midnight, either showing 1900 or 1990, or even 19100! Now and again I see websites that display the date and time on that have been struck by the bug and are reading something like “January 10th 19100”. Yes, the mighty bug did strike after all and on this modern contraption called the Internet of all places!

In the third week of November 1999 there was about six weeks to go until the start of the year 2000 and on television an advertising campaign began by the government telling us about the dangers of the millennium bug and what it can do. The BBC’S Crimewatch UK and The Syndicate presenter Nick Ross was involved in a commercial that was seen during programmes on stations like ITV and Channel 4 telling us about a booklet that would be going through our doors in the next couple of weeks, telling us about the millennium bug that was issued by Action 2000, set up by Her Majesty’s government. In the commercial, Nick Ross would explain about the content of the booklet and what to do if the worst did actually happen and how to cope over the very long Bank Holiday weekend. Would your electrical appliances be working, especially those with a timer? Video recorders, clocks, microwaves, cookers and all other electrical appliances around the house that in this day and age we couldn’t do everyday life without, even though those that were invented were luxuries in 1950. I was expecting my booklet to arrive through my door, but it never came, which is a shame, as I needed to be prepared as I had things like computers and other electrical things in the house that needed the help of getting through the Millennium. So I had to telephone the number on the commercial to order one to come though my door, which it did a couple of days later.

People were asked to prove that their video recorders were millennium proof by setting the date and time to 23.55 on December 31st 1999 on them and recording a programme that was supposing to be on ten minutes later. If it worked, congratulations! If it didn’t then, the chances are that your video recorder may have been an old one, or it just needs a little attention to it. If I wanted to record the Big Ben bongs on television at midnight, then it was important that my video recorder was all right to record; otherwise a moment in history would be lost forever. If the video recorder didn’t use the year as a method of recording programmes, then you had nothing to worry about. However with the 1990’s invention of Videoplus+ that allows you to record programmes by just tapping in the number listed in television listings magazines and newspapers and hey presto, you’ve got a programme that will record, without setting the date and time and all that stuff. After all, you want to record BBC 1 or ITV with the millennium countdown and Big Ben striking on videotape for years to come? I did and I will always keep it in my very large videotape archive.

Shops and supermarkets were obviously not going to be open over the holiday period, so how does one do all that food shopping in such a short space of time and how does one know whether one has enough in and does not run out? Would Tesco’s or Asda be open on December 31st even though it’s a public holiday? There are now open on Sunday’s, which was new in the 1990’s, so anything’s possible. Apparently people who lived isolated in the countryside like farmers and elderly and disabled people who may be lonely and have very little contact with their nearest shop or service were stocking up on food alright – and it seemed that they had shares in the supermarket that they bought their survival food from! Some of them even bought enough food to last them for up to three months in case the millennium bug got really bad and they would have probably ended up where they were until at least March 2000, which was not at all the case. It was revealed that what these people were doing were not only unnecessary, but also anti social because if everyone would have bought in bulk, that is buying 17 loaves bread and 23 bottles of milk, (which as they are fresh items would not last very long), they would create more panic for other people as there would be less food on supermarket shelves so not much choice of what you need. And at the end of the period, there may be left over food that you may have to throw out and that is wasteful.

Banks and building societies were also closed during the holiday period, so you also had to get enough of the pre-Euro money to last you through the millennium celebrations. Just as well as you needed it to do all your food shopping anyway. Did you really need all that money? Perhaps it was better safe in your bank after all! It’s not safe to have lots of your money or life savings under the bed or on top of the wardrobe, especially if you were elderly or lived alone – it would have been better off in your High Street branch of the then newly merged Lloyds TSB or Nat West. Being robbed, mugged or burgled would be the last thing you would want to remember the millennium for, wouldn’t it? If the worst did happen, then you might have had to call the emergency services instead. The emergency services, that are the 999 services for the police, fire brigade and ambulance services were going to be at their busiest, although they would be busy anyway at New Year time. The number of 999 calls rose from its normal average with genuine calls, along with non-emergency and hoax calls that are dangerous as they delay real emergency calls and they are against the law. Never make a 999 call unless it’s a general emergency!

On Monday 20th December 1999, with eleven days to go until the big event itself, BBC 1 had transmitted a programme at 7.30 pm on the dangers of the millennium bug with Working Lunch presenter Adrian Chiles telling us of what we might expect when the bug supposedly took over our lives. I still have this programme on videotape and watching made me learn about what could happen – and also how our foreign counterparts reacted to the bug, despite only having hours difference from when we celebrated it. I saw a clip on the programme from a New Zealand public information film on the millennium bug that had featured an animated cartoon bug (not to be confused with Bugs Bunny, if you get the pun) talking in a New Zealand accent (surprise, surprise) about the dangers of what would happen if you breathed by accident at 12.01 am on January 1st 2000. I thought that the New Zealand government did have a sense of humour though. It made me wonder whether they took the millennium subject seriously enough?

Christmas 1999 wasn’t really as different from Christmases from previous years, but once it was out of the way, it wasn’t long before the countdown began. December 31st 1999 was a little bit of a normal day for myself, going out for a bit of shopping and then coming back again, the fact that it would be the very last time in the 20th century that I would be doing just that as well as other things. Just before Christmas I had bought a stack of blank videotapes to record various Christmas programmes on, leaving plenty of room for the millennium celebrations as well. I spent that evening glued to the television, where ITN on behalf of ITV and the BBC reported live on updates from countries around the world and how Taiwan or America were marking the year 2000 on the hour. Most of America was five hours behind us, so their midnight was about 5.00 am Greenwich Mean Time, after our midnight. My Videoplus+ had been working overtime, like it does every year over the Christmas and New Year period and the end of 1999 was no exception.

I decided to record ITV’s coverage of the millennium event, presented by Sir Trevor McDonald, who was recently knighted and had presented the original and best incarnation of News at Ten, which ran on British television screens for 32 years and was live in the new ITN studio. I had deliberately chosen to record ITV because I suppose that I wanted to have on the tape the very last commercial of 1999 and the very first commercial of 2000 on it. Not surprisingly the commercials were ordinary ones like the one for Ariel washing powder and had nothing special about them. There was also a commercial for the Samaritans in the same break that reminded us that if we were in crisis or depressed over the New Year holidays, there was a number you could call and someone to talk to on the other end of the telephone line. Still, commercials have kept the ITV, Channel 4 and other commercial television companies alive, and they have made them live to see the year 2000. There was a rumour that the very last commercial to be seen on one of the television channels was for the 1970’s Cadbury’s Smash, featuring the animated Martians, but there didn’t seem to be much evidence of that happening.

I recorded the bongs of Big Ben over midnight and Trevor McDonald welcoming us into the millennium and wishing us a Happy New Year from all his colleagues at ITN. (I bet Trevor and his colleagues got paid extra to do that!) ITV’s programme featured their celebrity reporters and presenters like John Suchet and Nicholas Owen almost getting drunk near the River Thames (the only time that a news reporter can mix business with pleasure it seems) and outside the Millennium Dome where the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair who had been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for just over 2½ years at the time along with his pre-Leo pregnancy and Euan-drunk-in-Leicester-Square shame wife Cherie and the Queen with husband Prince Philip were there to officially open it up for the whole of the year 2000. Fireworks still going, and they would still be going until dawn at least. ITN provided us with a quick report to Scottish Television presenter Stephen Jardine in Glasgow after STV opted out the network for their own Hogmanay special where they go almost into the same mood that the Irish do when St Patrick’s Day arrives. Many a kilt and bagpipe in evidence up in Scotland there.

Later on in the programme we saw how Liverpool, Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester, Cardiff and Norwich were celebrating the millennium with new hopes and ITN had despatched all the reporters that they had in stock to the four corners of the United Kingdom, with a little bit of help from the regional ITV companies as well. Ten minutes past midnight, ITV takes its first commercial break of the millennium and after it a peek into a maternity ward at a London hospital where there seems to be no signs of the first millennium baby yet. But reporting from another London hospital, a news reporter, just like a midwife has informed us of the first millennium baby. He’s a boy and was born at a few minutes after midnight. He weighs a lot for a newborn baby – over nine pounds. Both mother and baby are doing well, the father is looking contented and the mother vouched that the bangs of the fireworks outside made the contraptions start and her going into labour. The problem with that was now the new millennium babies were born in the year ‘00, the same year as the Queen Mother, who was about to turn 100 years old later on the same year.

Sir Trevor towards the end of the programme wrapped up the show by revealing old 1950’s and 1960’s monochrome news reports on how the year 2000 that seemed a distance away back then would be like. All it showed you was some Tomorrow’s World style fashions and gadgets that you would have never heard of in a million years. No, the year 2000 did not turn out like what the reports of 40 years previously illustrated and if we could look into the future, we could have realised how wrong we was back then. I missed the final thirty seconds of the programme on videotape as the programme overran as one would expect, but as I didn’t add on any more time on the video recorder the recording stopped at the time that I originally timed it to stop. By this time it was 1.00 am and one hour into the year 2000.

2000 Today, the celebrity led marathon that had began the previous evening on BBC 1 to celebrate the millennium and to chase time zones around the world was going strong and was still on the air throughout midnight and into the early hours, right upto about lunchtime on New Year’s Day. At midnight I had opened a bottle of champagne that had been sitting in the fridge since my 18th birthday back in 1996 and drunk all of it that night. I was going to save that for one day, and that day had come. And they do say that champagne tastes better the longer you leave it? Well, this was long enough and I drunk it right then. What better time to drink champagne anyway? A real celebration, even for a teetotaller like myself. Just before midnight, I had put a couple of shepherd’s pies in the oven so that was also something I had with the drink. After the ITV programme finished I took the half drunken bottle of champagne up to bed with me and watched the 2000 Today programme on BBC 1 until I fell asleep. People like Michael Parkinson and Tony Robinson were on it as well as a number of other B and C list celebrity guests for this once in a lifetime experience. Television that night was so good that I didn’t want to go to sleep in case missed something. Presenters throughout those 28 hours included David Dimbleby, Barbara Windsor, Diane Louise Jordan, Peter Snow, Phillippa Forester, Jeremy Clarkson, although many of these people were mostly reporters from the four corners of the earth, rather than in the studio. Not to mention Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna Everage live in Times Square at 1.00 am. Sadly the 28 hour sub-Telethon was only interrupted twice on New Year’s Eve, with two episodes of CrapEnders, with one at 5.30 pm and then another one at 8.30 pm, and once on New Year’s Day when Live and Kicking presented by Steve Wilson and Emma Ledden on the other side of the millennium celebrations. But throughout the 28 hour marathon starting from 9.15 am New Year’s Eve to about 1.30 pm New Year’s Day, when it was ousted by the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.

New Year’s Day was just as good on television. As it fell on a Saturday we were treated to the regular Saturday evening programmes. BBC 1 for example had Jim Davidson’s Generation Game followed by Auntie’s Smashing New Bloomers with Terry Wogan, of course and after the National Lottery Draw with Dale Winton and had S Club 7 and Westlife as guests. That was followed by the desert in the three-course meal, Casualty and The Best of 2000 Today with David Dimbleby, Michael Parkinson, Gaby Roslin and Michael Buerk. One thing that was different about this Saturday was no Grandstand in the afternoon, although sport did take part around the country on this day. The aforementioned Julie Andrews musical took its place.

The best thing to happen was the fact that the millennium Bug failed to strike, although it did in minor places. 1999 became 2000 in most areas and not 1900 or even 19100. So much so in fact one wondered whether or not it was just a publicity stunt? Nothing happened, so why did we bother getting prepared for it the way we did? There was debate into was it necessary for all the worrying? But the government said that the reason why it failed to strike was because the programme was successful and that it worked. Many people like myself also had different opinions on this as well. Despite this, people still insisted on stocking up and preparing for the worst? And I bet they also find the number 13 unlucky as well!

The following morning when I woke up, it was still New Year’s Day and 2000 Today was still going strong on BBC 1. The sun had shone for the first time this millennium so I decided to go out and buy a newspaper on this day so that I could keep it as a keepsake for years to come. The appalling thing was that I tried about four local newsagents to where I lived and all of them were shut! Closed on January 1st, when newspapers are available and of course people buy newspapers from newsagents, don’t they? I eventually found a shop that was open and got a copy of The Times that had a delicious picture of the Millennium Dome being lit up, surrounded by colourful fireworks. The person who served me said that they haven’t had many customers today and thought that it was a waste of time opening up on New Year’s Day anyway. I disagreed saying that they have saved me from looking for other shops that were open. When I got home I read the newspaper, which was a great souvenir that I will also keep for many years to come.

The year 2000 itself was the first year since 1972 that all the dates corresponded correctly. I have in my possession an old 1972 diary that has all same the dates that the year 2000 has. The next time that this will happen will be in 2028 as it only happens every 28 years. Multiply the number of days in a week (seven) with the number of years that a leap year falls between (four) and you get 28 and that’s the number of years that you get this occurrence. Could this be why people who had doubts about their video recorder working decided to set their video recorder to 1972 as their contraption may not be 2000 proof? Mind you, I wish you could still record some of the television programmes that were on back in 1972! Some of them are much better than what we saw in the year 2000!

Monday 3rd January 2000 was a Bank Holiday to let people recover from the Millennium celebrations and some people were not even back to normal until the following Monday. But this period of time would be one that myself and many other people would remember for the rest of their lives and this website was a celebration of this fact. This website is also like a time capsule for the year 2000 and a way to look back on the time that made history itself. However people may argue that the 21st century started in 2001, and not 2000 like I may have said here. The 20th century did start in 1901, but as the millennium started in 2000, then it was only right that the 21st century should have been put forward a year to 2000.

The year 2000 also made some things look dated. The programme Space 1999 that was meant to be set in the future was now in the past, just like George Orwell’s novel 1984. And although the movie company 20th Century Fox was looking outdated for the 21st century, and there were rumours that they were going to be renamed Century Fox, which admittedly sounds more like a regional bus company than an international film company! Anyway, here is the historic and nostalgic Time Capsule:

NEWS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

- Billions of people around the world have welcomed in the New Millennium with some of the most spectacular celebrations ever seen. The first people to witness the dawn of the new era were Pacific Islanders - among the last were the Americans. And fears that the dreaded Millennium Bug would cause computer meltdown around the world failed to materialise to the relief of those who have invested billions in trying to avert a potential crisis. The unique global experience, which will never again be witnessed by any person living today, was marked by all denominations and all classes and creeds of people across the planet.

- Boris Yeltsin has resigned as Russian president, taking the country and the rest of the world completely by surprise. Mr Yeltsin made the shock announcement live on Russian television and said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will take over as acting president, with elections now due to take place on Sunday 26th March 2000. "I am going. I am going earlier than my established time," he said. The 68-year-old had repeatedly said he would serve out his second and final term in office, which was meant to continue until June 2000. Mr Yeltsin asked for forgiveness for what he called the errors of his administration, and said Russia needed to enter the new century with new political leaders.

- Britain is told to phase out the 999 call number as the European Union demands a standard number across all member countries. Senior officials in Brussels are frustrated that Britain has moved slowly in adopting the 112 emergency number now used elsewhere in the EU. They are to press British telephone companies and mobile telephone providers to promote 112 extensively, with the aim of ending 999 by 2010.

- A man charged with the attempted murder of former Beatle George Harrison and his wife Olivia was last night in a secure psychiatric unit in Merseyside. Michael Abram, 33, was yesterday bailed by magistrates at Oxford to be detained in the medium psychiatric unit under the Mental Health Act. Harrison continued to be treated at Harefield Hospital, West London where he was “in good spirits but very tired”. He had spent the night there with his wife by his bedside.

- Japan’s Crown Princess Masako, 36, returned home from hospital yesterday amid a national outpouring of sympathy after she had an operation following a miscarriage after seven weeks. The baby would have been her first in six and a half years of marriage.

- And finally… A teenager was given a bravery award after saving a four-year-old autistic boy from drowning. Andrew Betts, 13, was on his way to school near his home in Preston when he saw the boy fall into a pond.

THE WHO’S WHO OF PEOPLE IN POWER ON SATURDAY 1ST JANUARY 2000

1) REIGNING BRITISH MONARCH – QUEEN ELIZABETH II

2) DUKE OF EDINBURGH – PRINCE PHILIP

3) PRINCE OF WALES – PRINCE CHARLES

4) PRINCESS ROYAL – PRINCESS ANNE

5) DUKE OF YORK – PRINCE ANDREW

6) EARL OF WESSEX – PRINCE EDWARD

7) COUNTESS OF WESSEX – SOPHIE MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR

8) QUEEN DOWAGER – QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER

9) COUNTESS OF SNOWDON – PRINCESS MARGARET

10) REIGNING PONTIFF (IN THE VATICAN) – POPE JOHN PAUL II

11) CARDINAL SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE VACTICAN – ANGELO SODANO

12) DALAI LAMA – TENZIN GYATSO

13) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER – TONY BLAIR

14) LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION (CONSERVATIVE PARTY) – WILLIAM HAGUE

15) SHADOW CHANCELLOR – FRANCIS MAUDE

16) CONSERVATIVE PARTY CHAIRMAN – MICHAEL ANCRAM

17) LEADER OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS – CHARLES KENNEDY

18) DEPUTY LEADER OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS – ALAN BEITH

19) LEADER OF THE UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY – MICHAEL HOLMES

20) LEADER OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY – NICK GRIFFIN

21) LEADER OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY – ALEX SALMOND

22) LEADER OF PLAID CYMRU – DAFYDD WIGLEY

23) LEADER OF SINN FEIN – GERRY ADAMS

24) LEADER OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRAT AND LABOUR PARTY (NORTHERN IRELAND) – JOHN HUME

25) LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY – REVEREND IAN PAISLEY

26) ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY – DR GEORGE CAREY

27) BISHOP OF LONDON – RICHARD CHARTRES

28) BISHOP OF DURHAM – MICHAEL TURNBULL

29) ARCHBISHOP OF YORK – DAVID HOPE

30) ARCHBISHOP OF WALES – DR ROWAN WILLIAMS

31) ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW – CARDINAL THOMAS WINNING

32) MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND – JOHN CAIRNS

33) AMERICAN PRESIDENT – BILL CLINTON

34) AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT – AL GORE

35) AMERICAN FOREIGN MINISTER – MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

36) AMERICAN ATTOURNEY GENERAL – JANET RENO

37) AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER – JOHN HOWARD

38) AUSTRALIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL – SIR WILLIAM DEANE

39) NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER – HELEN CLARK

40) NEW ZEALAND GOVERNOR GENERAL - SIR MICHAEL HARDIE BOYS

41) CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER – JEAN CHRETIEN

42) CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL – ADRIENNE CLARKSON

43) IRISH PRESIDENT – MARY McALEESE

44) IRISH PRIME MINISTER (TAOISEACH) – BERTIE AHERN

45) FRENCH PRESIDENT – JACQUES CHIRAC

46) FRENCH PRIME MINISTER – LIONEL JOSPIN

47) GERMAN PRESIDENT – JOHANNES RAU

48) GERMAN CHANCELLOR – GERHARD SCHRODER

49) SPANISH PRIME MINISTER – JOSE MARIA AZNAR

50) ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER – MASSIMO D’ALEMA

51) NETHERLANDS PRIME MINISTER – WIM KOK

52) SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT – THABO MBEKI

53) SOUTH AFRICAN DEPUTY PRESIDENT – JACOB ZUMA

54) ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT – ROBERT MUGABE

55) RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER AND ACTING PRESIDENT – VLADIMIR PUTIN

56) IRAQI PRESIDENT – SADDAM HUSSEIN

57) LORD CHANCELLOR – LORD DERRY IRVINE

58) LORD CHIEF JUSTICE (OF ENGLAND AND WALES) – BARON THOMAS BINGHAM

59) LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND – SIR ROBERT CARSWELL

60) LORD CHAMBERLAIN – RALPH STONOR, 7TH BARON CAMOYS

61) TREASURER OF THE HOUSEHOLD – KEITH BRADLEY

62) MASTER OF THE ROLLS – BARON HARRY WOOLF

63) LORD ADVOCATE - BARON ANDREW HARDIE

64) SECRETARY TO THE TREASUARY – ANN TAYLOR

65) SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND – BARON COLIN BOYD OF DUNCANSBY

66) LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS – BARONESS MARGARET JAY

67) LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS – MARGARET BECKETT

68) SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS – BARONESS BETTY BOOTHROYD

69) DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER – JOHN PRESCOTT

70) CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER – GORDON BROWN

71) HOME SECRETARY – JACK STRAW

72) FOREIGN SECRETARY – ROBIN COOK

73) DEFENCE SECRETARY – GEOFF HOON

74) EDUCATION SECRETARY – DAVID BLUNKETT

75) HEALTH SECRETARY – ALAN MILBURN

76) WORK AND PENSIONS SECRETARY – ALISTAIR DARLING

77) TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY – STEPHEN BYERS

78) MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD – NICK BROWN

79) CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY – ANDREW SMITH

80) CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS – CHRIS WOODHEAD

81) CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRISONS – SIR DAVID RAMSBOTHAM

82) FIRST MINISTER FOR SCOTLAND – DONALD DEWAR

83) DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER FOR SCOTLAND – JIM WALLACE

84) FIRST SECRETARY TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES – ALUN MICHAEL

85) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND – PETER MANDELSON

86) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES – PAUL MURPHY

87) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND – DR JOHN REID

88) FIRST MINISTER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND – DAVID TRIMBLE

89) DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND – SEAMUS MALLON

90) FATHER OF THE HOUSE (OF COMMONS) – SIR EDWARD HEATH (OLD BEXLEY AND SIDCUP – FIRST ELECTED THURSDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 1950)

91) BABY OF THE HOUSE (OF COMMONS) – CHRISTOPHER LESLIE (SHIPLEY – FIRST ELECTED THURSDAY 1ST MAY 1997)

92) CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR ENGLAND – SIR LIAM DONALDSON

93) CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR SCOTLAND – PROFESSOR SIR DAVID CARTER

94) CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR WALES – RUTH HALL

95) PAYMASTER GENERAL – DAWN PRIMAROLO

96) GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND – SIR EDWARD GEORGE

97) CHIEF CASHIER OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND – MERLYN LOWTHER

98) METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONER – SIR PAUL CONDON

99) DEPUTY METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONER – SIR JOHN STEVENS

100) POET LAUREATE – ANDREW MOTION

101) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE BBC – SIR JOHN BIRT

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

Here is a list of the Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. The list was correct on Saturday 1st January 2000 and was intact between the by-elections of Thursday 25th November 1999 and Thursday 3rd February 2000. Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion) was the first Member of Parliament to leave the House of Commons in the third millennium and triggered off the first by-election of the millennium as a result. He resigned on Monday 10th January 2000. The first sitting Member of Parliament to die in office in the third millennium was Michael Colvin (Romsey) who died on Thursday 24th February 2000.

The most senior Member of Parliament was Tony Blair (Sedgefield).

Longest serving (and oldest) constituency Member of Parliament was Sir Edward Heath (Old Bexley and Sidcup) who was first elected on Thursday 23rd February 1950 and was in office for 49 years and 10 months. He was 83 years old.

Newest serving constituency Member of Parliament – Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea – elected Thursday 25th November 1999 – in office for five weeks). However, the newest Members of Parliament to enter the House of Commons for the very first time were Neil Turner (Wigan) and Bill Tynan (Hmailton South), who were both Labour victors and had both been elected in by-elections on Thursday 23rd September 1999 to the House of Commons.

Aberavon - John Morris - Labour
Aberdeen Central - Frank Doran - Labour
Aberdeen North - Malcolm Savidge - Labour
Aberdeen South - Anne Begg Labour
Airdrie and Shotts - Helen Liddell - Labour
Aldershot - Gerald Howarth - Conservative
Aldridge-Brownhills - Richard Shepherd - Conservative
Altrincham and Sale West - Graham Brady - Conservative
Alyn and Deeside - Barry Jones - Labour
Amber Valley - Judy Mallaber - Labour
Angus - Andrew Welsh - Scottish National Party
Argyll and Bute - Ray Michie - Liberal Democrat
Arundel and South Downs - Howard Flight - Conservative
Ashfield - Geoff Hoon - Labour
Ashford - Damian Green - Conservative
Ashton-under-Lyne - Robert Sheldon - Labour
Aylesbury - David Lidington - Conservative
Ayr - Sandra Osborne - Labour
Banbury - Tony Baldry - Conservative
Banff and Buchan - Alex Salmond - Scottish National Party
Barking - Margaret Hodge - Labour
Barnsley Central - Eric Illsley Labour
Barnsley East and Mexborough - Jeff Ennis - Labour
Barnsley West and Penistone - Michael Clapham - Labour
Barrow and Furness - John Hutton - Labour
Basildon - Angela Smith - Labour Co-operative
Basingstoke - Andrew Hunter - Independent Conservative
Bassetlaw - Joe Ashton - Labour
Bath - Don Foster - Liberal Democrat
Batley and Spen - Mike Wood - Labour
Battersea - Martin Linton - Labour
Beaconsfield - Dominic Grieve - Conservative
Beckenham - Jacqui Lait - Conservative
Bedford - Patrick Hall - Labour
Belfast East - Peter Robinson - Democratic Unionist
Belfast North - Cecil Walker - Ulster Unionist
Belfast South - The Rev. Martin Smyth - Ulster Unionist
Belfast West - Gerry Adams - Sinn Féin
Berwick-upon-Tweed - Alan James Beith - Liberal Democrat
Bethnal Green & Bow - Oona King - Labour
Beverley and Holderness - James Cran - Conservative
Bexhill and Battle - Charles Wardle - Conservative
Bexleyheath and Crayford - Nigel Beard - Labour
Billericay - Teresa Gorman - Conservative
Birkenhead - Frank Field - Labour
Birmingham, Edgbaston - Gisela Stuart - Labour
Birmingham, Erdington - Robin Corbett - Labour
Birmingham, Hall Green - Stephen James McCabe - Labour
Birmingham, Hodge Hill - Terry Davis - Labour
Birmingham, Ladywood - Clare Short - Labour
Birmingham, Northfield - Richard Burden - Labour
Birmingham, Perry Barr - Jeff Rooker - Labour
Birmingham, Selly Oak - Dr Lynne Jones - Labour
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath - Roger Godsiff - Labour
Birmingham, Yardley - Estelle Morris - Labour
Bishop Auckland - Derek Foster - Labour
Blaby - Andrew Robathan - Conservative
Blackburn - Jack Straw - Labour
Blackpool North and Fleetwood - Joan Humble - Labour
Blackpool South - Gordon Marsden - Labour
Blaenau Gwent - Llew Smith - Labour
Blaydon - John David McWilliam - Labour
Blyth Valley - Ronnie Campbell - Labour
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton - Nick Gibb - Conservative
Bolsover - Dennis Skinner - Labour
Bolton North East - David Crausby - Labour
Bolton South East - Dr Brian Iddon - Labour
Bolton West - Ruth Kelly - Labour
Bootle - Joe Benton - Labour
Boston and Skegness - Sir Richard Body - Conservative
Bosworth - David Tredinnick - Conservative
Bournemouth East - David Atkinson - Conservative
Bournemouth West - Sir John Butterfill - Conservative
Bracknell - Andrew Mackay - Conservative
Bradford North - Terry Rooney - Labour
Bradford South - Gerry Sutcliffe - Labour
Bradford West - Marsha Singh - Labour
Braintree - Alan Hurst - Labour
Brecon and Radnorshire - Richard Livsey - Liberal Democrat
Brent East - Ken Livingstone - Labour
Brent North - Barry Gardiner - Labour
Brent South - Paul Boateng - Labour
Brentford and Isleworth - Ann Keen - Labour
Brentwood and Ongar - Eric Pickles - Conservative
Bridgend - Win Griffiths - Labour
Bridgwater - Tom King - Conservative
Brigg and Goole - Ian Cawsey - Labour
Brighton, Kemptown - Dr Desmond Stanley Turner - Labour
Brighton, Pavilion - David Lepper - Labour Co-operative
Bristol East - Jean Corston - Labour
Bristol North West - Dr Doug Naysmith - Labour Co-operative
Bristol South - Dawn Primarolo - Labour
Bristol West - Valerie Davey - Labour
Bromley & Chislehurst - Eric Forth - Conservative
Bromsgrove - Julie Kirkbride - Conservative
Broxbourne - Marion Roe - Conservative
Broxtowe - Dr Nick Palmer - Labour
Buckingham - John Bercow - Conservative
Burnley - Peter Pike - Labour
Burton - Janet Dean - Labour
Bury North - David Chaytor - Labour
Bury South - Ivan Lewis - Labour
Bury St Edmunds - David Ruffley - Conservative
Caernarfon - Dafydd Wigley - Plaid Cymru
Caerphilly - Ron Davies - Labour
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross - Robert Adam Ross Maclennan - Liberal Democrat
Calder Valley - Christine McCafferty - Labour
Camberwell and Peckham - Harriet Harman - Labour
Cambridge - Anne Campbell - Labour
Cannock Chase - Dr Tony Wright - Labour
Canterbury - Julian Brazier - Conservative
Cardiff Central - Jon Owen Jones - Labour Co-operative
Cardiff North - Julie Morgan - Labour
Cardiff South and Penarth - Alun Michael - Labour Co-operative
Cardiff West - Rhodri Morgan - Labour
Carlisle - Eric Martlew - Labour
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr - Adam Price - Plaid Cymru
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire - Nick Ainger - Labour
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley - George Foulkes - Labour Co-operative
Carshalton and Wallington - Tom Brake - Liberal Democrat
Castle Point - Christine Butler - Labour
Central Fife - Henry McLeish - Labour
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich - Sir Michael Lord - Conservative
Ceredigion - Cynog Dafis - Plaid Cymru
Charnwood - Stephen Dorrell - Conservative
Chatham and Aylesford - Jonathan Rowland Shaw - Labour
Cheadle - Stephen Day - Conservative
Cheltenham - Nigel Jones - Liberal Democrat
Chesham and Amersham - Cheryl Gillan - Conservative
Chester, City of - Christine Russell - Labour
Chesterfield - Tony Benn - Labour
Chichester - Andrew Tyrie - Conservative
Chingford and Woodford Green - Iain Duncan Smith - Conservative
Chipping Barnet - Sir Sydney Chapman - Conservative
Chorley - Lindsay Hoyle - Labour
Christchurch - Christopher Chope - Conservative
Cities of London and Westminster - Peter Brooke - Conservative
Cleethorpes - Shona McIsaac - Labour
Clwyd South - Martyn Jones - Labour
Clwyd West - Gareth Thomas - Labour
Clydebank and Milngavie - Tony Worthington - Labour
Clydesdale - Jimmy Hood - Labour
Coatbridge and Chryston - Tom Clarke - Labour
Colchester - Bob Russell - Liberal Democrat
Colne Valley - Kali Mountford - Labour
Congleton - Ann Winterton - Conservative
Conwy - Betty Williams - Labour
Copeland - Jack Cunningham - Labour
Corby - Phil Hope - Labour Co-operative
Cotswold - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - Conservative
Coventry North East - Bob Ainsworth - Labour
Coventry North West - Geoffrey Robinson - Labour
Coventry South - Jim Cunningham - Labour
Crawley - Laura Moffatt - Labour
Crewe and Nantwich - Gwyneth Dunwoody - Labour
Crosby - Claire Curtis-Thomas - Labour
Croydon Central - Geraint Davies - Labour
Croydon North - Malcolm Wicks - Labour
Croydon South - Richard Ottaway - Conservative
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth - Rosemary McKenna - Labour
Cunninghame North - Brian Wilson - Labour
Cunninghame South - Brian Harold Donohoe - Labour
Cynon Valley - Ann Clwyd - Labour
Dagenham - Judith Church - Labour
Darlington - Alan Milburn - Labour
Dartford - Dr Howard Stoate - Labour
Daventry - Tim Boswell - Conservative
Delyn - David Hanson - Labour
Denton and Reddish - Andrew Bennett - Labour
Derby North - Bob Laxton - Labour
Derby South - Margaret Beckett - Labour
Devizes - Michael Ancram - Conservative
Dewsbury - Ann Taylor - Labour
Don Valley - Caroline Flint - Labour
Doncaster Central - Rosie Winterton - Labour
Doncaster North - Kevin Hughes - Labour
Dover - Gwyn Prosser - Labour
Dudley North - Ross Cranston - Labour
Dudley South - Ian Pearson - Labour
Dulwich and West Norwood - Tessa Jowell - Labour
Dumbarton - John McFall - Labour Co-operative
Dumfries - Russell Brown - Labour
Dundee East - John McAllion - Labour
Dundee West - Ernie Ross - Labour
Dunfermline East - Gordon Brown - Labour
Dunfermline West - Rachel Squire - Labour
Durham, City of - Gerry Steinberg - Labour
Ealing North - Stephen Pound - Labour
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush - Clive Soley - Labour
Ealing, Southall - Piara Khabra - Labour
Easington - John Cummings - Labour
East Antrim - Roy Beggs - Ulster Unionist
East Devon - Sir Peter Emery - Conservative
East Ham - Stephen Timms - Labour
East Hampshire - Michael Mates - Conservative
East Kilbride - Adam Ingram - Labour
East Londonderry - William Ross - Ulster Unionist
East Lothian - John Home Robinson - Labour
East Surrey - Peter Ainsworth - Conservative
East Worthing and Shoreham - Tim Loughton - Conservative
East Yorkshire - John Townend - Conservative
Eastbourne - Nigel Waterson - Conservative
Eastleigh - David Chidgey - Liberal Democrat
Eastwood - Jim Murphy - Labour
Eccles - Ian Stewart - Labour
Eddisbury - Stephen O’Brien - Conservative
Edinburgh Central - Alistair Darling - Labour
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh - Gavin Strang - Labour
Edinburgh North and Leith - Malcolm Chisholm - Labour
Edinburgh South - Nigel Griffiths - Labour
Edinburgh West - Donald Gorrie - Liberal Democrat
Edinburgh Pentlands - Dr Lynda Clark - Labour
Edmonton - Andrew Love - Labour Co-operative
Ellesmere Port and Neston - Andrew Miller - Labour
Elmet - Colin Burgon - Labour
Eltham - Clive Efford - Labour
Enfield North - Joan Ryan - Labour
Enfield, Southgate - Stephen Twigg - Labour
Epping Forest - Eleanor Laing - Conservative
Epsom & Ewell - Sir Archie Hamilton - Conservative
Erewash - Liz Blackman - Labour
Erith and Thamesmead - John Austin - Labour
Esher and Walton - Ian Taylor - Conservative
Exeter - Ben Bradshaw - Labour
Falkirk East - Michael Connarty - Labour
Falkirk West - Dennis Canavan - Labour
Falmouth and Camborne - Candy Atherton - Labour
Fareham - Peter Lloyd - Conservative
Faversham and Mid Kent - Andrew Rowe - Conservative
Feltham and Heston - Alan Keen - Labour Co-operative
Fermanagh & South Tyrone - Ken Maginnis - Ulster Unionist
Finchley and Golders Green - Dr Rudi Vis - Labour
Folkestone and Hythe - Michael Howard - Conservative
Forest of Dean - Diana Mary Organ - Labour
Foyle - John Hume - Social Democratic and Labour
Fylde - Michael Jack - Conservative
Gainsborough - Edward Leigh - Conservative
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale - Alasdair Morgan - Scottish National Party
Gateshead East and Washington West - Joyce Quin - Labour
Gedling - Vernon Coaker - Labour
Gillingham - Paul Clark - Labour
Glasgow, Anniesland - Donald Dewar - Labour
Glasgow, Baillieston - Jimmy Wray - Labour
Glasgow, Cathcart - John Maxton - Labour
Glasgow, Govan - Mohammad Sarwar - Labour
Glasgow, Kelvin - George Galloway - Independent Labour
Glasgow, Maryhill - Maria Fyfe - Labour
Glasgow, Pollok - Ian Davidson - Labour Co-operative
Glasgow, Rutherglen - Thomas McAvoy - Labour Co-operative
Glasgow, Shettleston - David Marshall - Labour
Glasgow, Springburn - Michael Martin - Labour
Gloucester - Tess Kingham - Labour
Gordon - Malcolm Bruce - Liberal Democrat
Gosport - Peter Viggers - Conservative
Gower - Martin Caton - Labour
Grantham and Stamford - Quentin Davies - Conservative
Gravesham - Chris Pond - Labour
Great Grimsby - Austin Mitchell - Labour
Great Yarmouth - Anthony David Wright - Labour
Greenock and Inverclyde - Dr Norman Godman - Labour
Greenwich and Woolwich - Nick Raynsford - Labour
Guildford - Nick St Aubyn - Conservative
Hackney North and Stoke Newington - Diane Abbott - Labour
Hackney South and Shoreditch - Brian Sedgemore - Labour
Halesowen and Rowley Regis - Sylvia Heal - Labour
Halifax - Alice Mahon - Labour
Haltemprice and Howden - David Davis - Conservative
Halton - Derek Twigg - Labour
Hamilton North and Bellshill - John Reid - Labour
Hamilton South - Bill Tynan - Labour
Hammersmith and Fulham - Iain Coleman - Labour
Hampstead and Highgate - Glenda Jackson - Labour
Harborough - Edward Garnier - Conservative
Harlow - Bill Rammell - Labour
Harrogate and Knaresborough - Phil Willis - Liberal Democrat
Harrow East - Tony McNulty - Labour
Harrow West - Gareth Thomas - Labour
Hartlepool - Peter Mandelson - Labour
Harwich - Ivan Henderson - Labour
Hastings and Rye - Michael Jabez Foster - Labour
Havant - David Willetts - Conservative
Hayes and Harlington - John McDonnell - Labour
Hazel Grove - Andrew Stunell - Liberal Democrat
Hemel Hempstead - Tony McWalter - Labour Co-operative
Hemsworth - Jon Trickett - Labour
Hendon - Andrew Dismore - Labour
Henley - Michael Heseltine - Conservative
Hereford - Paul Keetch - Liberal Democrat
Hertford and Stortford - Bowen Wells - Conservative
Hertsmere - James Clappison - Conservative
Hexham - Peter Atkinson - Conservative
Heywood and Middleton - Jim Dobbin - Labour Co-operative
High Peak - Tom Levitt - Labour
Hitchin and Harpenden - Peter Lilley - Conservative
Holborn and St Pancras - Frank Dobson - Labour
Hornchurch - John Cryer - Labour
Hornsey and Wood Green - Barbara Roche - Labour
Horsham - Francis Maude - Conservative
Houghton and Washington East - Fraser Kemp - Labour
Hove - Ivor Caplin - Labour
Huddersfield - Barry Sheerman - Labour Co-operative
Huntingdon - John Major - Conservative
Hyndburn - Greg Pope - Labour
Ilford North - Linda Perham - Labour
Ilford South - Mike Gapes - Labour Co-operative
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber - David Stewart - Labour
Ipswich - Jamie Cann - Labour
Isle of Wight - Peter Brand - Liberal Democrat
Islington North - Jeremy Corbyn - Labour
Islington South and Finsbury - Chris Smith - Labour
Islwyn - Don Touhig - Labour Co-operative
Jarrow - Stephen Hepburn - Labour
Keighley - Ann Cryer - Labour
Kensington and Chelsea - Michael Portillo - Conservative
Kettering - Phil Sawford - Labour
Kilmarnock and Loudoun - Des Browne - Labour
Kingston and Surbiton - Edward Davey - Liberal Democrat
Kingston upon Hull East - John Prescott - Labour
Kingston upon Hull North - Kevin McNamara - Labour
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle - Alan Johnson - Labour
Kingswood - Roger Berry - Labour
Kirkcaldy - Dr Lewis Moonie - Labour Co-operative
Knowsley North and Sefton East - George Howarth - Labour
Knowsley South - Edward O'Hara - Labour
Lagan Valley - Jeffrey Donaldson - Democratic Unionist
Lancaster and Wyre - Hilton Dawson - Labour
Leeds Central - Hilary Benn - Labour
Leeds East - George Mudie - Labour
Leeds North East - Fabian Hamilton - Labour
Leeds North West - Harold Best - Labour
Leeds West - John Battle - Labour
Leicester East - Keith Vaz - Labour
Leicester South - Jim Marshall - Labour
Leicester West - Patricia Hewitt - Labour
Leigh - Lawrence Cunliffe - Labour
Leominster - Peter Temple-Morris - Conservative
Lewes - Norman Baker - Liberal Democrat
Lewisham East - Bridget Prentice - Labour
Lewisham West - Jim Dowd - Labour
Lewisham Deptford - Joan Ruddock - Labour
Leyton and Wanstead - Harry Cohen - Labour
Lichfield - Michael Fabricant - Conservative
Lincoln - Gillian Merron - Labour
Linlithgow - Tam Dalyell - Labour
Liverpool, Garston - Maria Eagle - Labour
Liverpool, Riverside - Louise Ellman - Labour Co-operative
Liverpool, Walton - Peter Kilfoyle - Labour
Liverpool, Wavertree - Jane Kennedy - Labour
Liverpool, West Derby - Robert Nelson Wareing - Labour
Livingston - Robin Cook - Labour
Llanelli - Denzil Davies - Labour
Loughborough - Andy Reed - Labour Co-operative
Louth and Horncastle - Sir Peter Tapsell - Conservative
Ludlow - Christopher Gill - Conservative
Luton North - Kelvin Hopkins - Labour
Luton South - Margaret Moran - Labour
Macclesfield - Sir Nicholas Winterton - Conservative
Maidenhead - Theresa May - Conservative
Maidstone and The Weald - Ann Widdecombe - Conservative
Makerfield - Ian McCartney - Labour
Maldon and East Chelmsford - John Whittingdale - Conservative
Manchester Central - Tony Lloyd - Labour
Manchester, Blackley - Graham Stringer - Labour
Manchester, Gorton - Gerald Kaufman - Labour
Manchester, Withington - Keith Bradley - Labour
Mansfield - Alan Meale - Labour
Medway - Robert Marshall-Andrews - Labour
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy - Elfyn Llwyd - Plaid Cymru
Meriden - Caroline Spelman - Conservative
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney - Ted Rowlands - Labour
Mid Bedfordshire - Jonathan Sayeed - Conservative
Mid Dorset and North Poole - Christopher Fraser - Conservative
Mid Norfolk - Keith Simpson - Conservative
Mid Sussex - Nicholas Soames - Conservative
Mid Ulster - Martin McGuinness - Sinn Féin
Mid Worcestershire - Peter Luff - Conservative
Middlesbrough - Sir Stuart Bell - Labour
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland - Dr Ashok Kumar - Labour
Midlothian - Eric Clarke - Labour
Milton Keynes South West - Dr Phyllis Starkey - Labour
Mitcham and Morden - Siobhain McDonagh - Labour
Mole Valley - Sir Paul Beresford - Conservative
Monmouth - Huw Edwards - Labour
Montgomeryshire - Lembit Öpik - Liberal Democrat
Moray - Margaret Ewing - Scottish National Party
Morecambe and Lunesdale - Geraldine Smith - Labour
Morley and Rothwell - John Gunnell - Labour
Motherwell and Wishaw - Frank Roy - Labour
Neath - Peter Hain - Labour
New Forest East - Dr Julian Lewis - Conservative
New Forest West - Desmond Swayne - Conservative
Newark - Fiona Jones - Labour
Newbury - David Rendel - Liberal Democrat
Newcastle upon Tyne Central - Jim Cousins - Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend - Nick Brown - Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne North - Doug Henderson - Labour
Newcastle-under-Lyme - Llin Golding - Labour
Newport East - Alan Howarth - Labour
Newport West - Paul Flynn - Labour
Newry & Armagh - Seamus Mallon - Social Democratic and Labour
Normanton - Bill O'Brien - Labour
North Antrim - The Rev. Ian Paisley - Democratic Unionist
North Cornwall - Paul Tyler - Liberal Democrat
North Devon - Nick Harvey - Liberal Democrat
North Dorset - Robert Walter - Conservative
North Down - Robert McCartney - United Kingdom Unionist
North Durham - Giles Radice - Labour
North East Bedfordshire - Sir Nicholas Lyell - Conservative
North East Cambridgeshire - Malcolm Moss - Conservative
North East Derbyshire - Harry Barnes - Labour
North East Fife - Sir Menzies Campbell - Liberal Democrat
North East Hampshire - James Arbuthnot - Conservative
North East Hertfordshire - Oliver Heald - Conservative
North East Milton Keynes - Brian White - Labour
North Essex - Bernard Jenkin - Conservative
North Norfolk - David Prior - Conservative
North Shropshire - Owen Paterson - Conservative
North Southwark and Bermondsey - Simon Hughes - Liberal Democrat
North Swindon - Michael Wills - Labour
North Tayside - John Swinney - Scottish National Party
North Thanet - Roger Gale - Conservative
North Tyneside - Stephen Byers - Labour
North Warwickshire - Mike O'Brien - Labour
North West Cambridgeshire - Sir Brian Mawhinney - Conservative
North West Durham - Hilary Armstrong - Labour
North West Hampshire - Sir George Young - Conservative
North West Leicestershire - David Taylor - Labour Co-operative
North West Norfolk - George Turner - Labour
North Wiltshire - James Gray - Conservative
Northampton North - Sally Keeble - Labour
Northampton South - Tony Clarke - Labour
Northavon - Steve Webb - Liberal Democrat
Norwich North - Dr Ian Gibson - Labour
Norwich South - Charles Clarke - Labour
Nottingham East - John Heppell - Labour
Nottingham North - Graham Allen - Labour
Nottingham South - Alan Simpson - Labour
Nuneaton - Bill Olner - Labour
Ochil - Martin O'Neill - Labour
Ogmore - Sir Ray Powell - Labour
Old Bexley and Sidcup - Sir Edward Heath - Conservative
Oldham East and Saddleworth - Phil Woolas - Labour
Oldham West and Royton - Michael Meacher - Labour
Orkney and Shetland - Jim Wallace - Liberal Democrat
Orpington - John Horam - Conservative
Oxford East - Andrew Smith - Labour
Oxford West and Abingdon - Dr Evan Harris - Liberal Democrat
Paisley North - Irene Adams - Labour
Paisley South - Douglas Alexander - Labour
Pendle - Gordon Prentice - Labour
Penrith and The Border - David Maclean - Conservative
Perth - Roseanna Cunningham - Scottish National Party
Peterborough - Helen Clark - Labour
Plymouth, Devonport - David Jamieson - Labour
Plymouth, Sutton - Linda Gilroy - Labour Co-operative
Pontefract and Castleford - Yvette Cooper - Labour
Pontypridd - Dr Kim Howells - Labour
Poole - Robert Syms - Conservative
Poplar and Canning Town - Jim Fitzpatrick - Labour
Portsmouth North - Syd Rapson - Labour
Portsmouth South - Mike Hancock - Liberal Democrat
Preseli Pembrokeshire - Jackie Lawrence - Labour
Preston - Audrey Wise - Labour
Pudsey - Paul Truswell - Labour
Putney - Tony Colman - Labour
Rayleigh - Dr Michael Clark - Conservative
Reading East - Jane Griffiths - Labour
Reading West - Martin Salter - Labour
Redcar - Dr Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam - Labour
Redditch - Jacqui Smith - Labour
Regent's Park and Kensington North - Karen Buck - Labour
Reigate - Crispin Blunt - Conservative
Rhondda - Allan Rogers - Labour
Ribble Valley - Nigel Evans - Conservative
Richmond (Yorkshire) - William Hague - Conservative
Richmond Park - Dr Jenny Tonge - Liberal Democrat
Rochdale - Lorna Fitzsimons - Labour
Rochford and Southend East - Sir Teddy Taylor - Conservative
Romford - Eileen Gordon - Labour
Romsey - Michael Colvin - Conservative
Ross, Skye and Inverness West - Charles Kennedy - Liberal Democrat
Rossendale and Darwen - Janet Anderson - Labour
Rother Valley - Kevin Barron - Labour
Rotherham - Dr Denis MacShane - Labour
Roxburgh and Berwickshire - Sir Archy Kirkwood - Liberal Democrat
Rugby and Kenilworth - Andy King - Labour
Ruislip, Northwood - John Wilkinson - Conservative
Runnymede and Weybridge - Philip Hammond - Conservative
Rushcliffe - Kenneth Clarke - Conservative
Rutland and Melton - Alan Duncan - Conservative
Ryedale - John Greenway - Conservative
Saffron Walden - Sir Alan Haselhurst - Conservative
Salford - Hazel Blears - Labour
Salisbury - Robert Key - Conservative
Scarborough and Whitby - Lawrie Quinn - Labour
Scunthorpe - Elliot Morley - Labour
Sedgefield - Tony Blair - Labour
Selby - John Grogan - Labour
Sevenoaks - Michael Fallon - Conservative
Sheffield Central - Richard Caborn - Labour
Sheffield Attercliffe - Clive Betts - Labour
Sheffield Brightside - David Blunkett - Labour
Sheffield Hallam - Richard Allan - Liberal Democrat
Sheffield Heeley - Bill Michie - Labour
Sheffield Hillsborough - Helen Jackson - Labour
Sherwood - Paddy Tipping - Labour
Shipley - Christopher Leslie - Labour
Shrewsbury and Atcham - Paul Marsden - Liberal Democrat
Sittingbourne and Sheppey - Derek Wyatt - Labour
Skipton and Ripon - David Curry - Conservative
Sleaford and North Hykeham - Douglas Hogg - Conservative
Slough - Fiona Mactaggart - Labour
Solihull - John Taylor - Conservative
Somerton and Frome - David Heath - Liberal Democrat
South Antrim - Clifford Forsythe - Ulster Unionist
South Cambridgeshire - Andrew Lansley - Conservative
South Derbyshire - Mark Todd - Labour
South Dorset - Ian Bruce - Conservative
South Down - Eddie McGrady - Social Democratic and Labour
South East Cambridgeshire - James Paice - Conservative
South East Cornwall - Colin Breed - Liberal Democrat
South Holland and The Deepings - John Henry Hayes - Conservative
South Norfolk - John MacGregor - Conservative
South Ribble - David Borrow - Labour
South Shields - Dr David G. Clark - Labour
South Staffordshire - Sir Patrick Cormack - Conservative
South Suffolk - Tim Yeo - Conservative
South Swindon - Julia Drown - Labour
South Thanet - Dr Stephen Ladyman - Labour
South West Bedfordshire - Sir David Madel - Conservative
South West Devon - Gary Streeter - Conservative
South West Hertfordshire - Richard Page - Conservative
South West Norfolk - Gillian Shephard - Conservative
South West Surrey - Virginia Bottomley - Conservative
Southampton, Itchen - John Denham - Labour
Southampton, Test - Dr Alan Whitehead - Labour
Southend West - David Amess - Conservative
Southport - Ronnie Fearn - Liberal Democrat
Spelthorne - David Wilshire - Conservative
St Albans - Kerry Pollard - Labour
St Helens North - David Leonard Watts - Labour
St Helens South - Gerry Bermingham - Labour
St Ives - Andrew George - Liberal Democrat
Stafford - David Kidney - Labour
Staffordshire Moorlands - Charlotte Atkins - Labour
Stalybridge and Hyde - Tom Pendry - Labour
Stevenage - Barbara Follett - Labour
Stirling - Anne McGuire - Labour
Stockport - Ann Coffey - Labour
Stockton North - Frank Cook - Labour
Stockton South - Dari Taylor - Labour
Stoke-on-Trent Central - Mark Fisher - Labour
Stoke-on-Trent North - Joan Walley - Labour
Stoke-on-Trent South - George Stevenson - Labour
Stone - William Cash - Conservative
Stourbridge - Debra Shipley - Labour
Strangford - John Taylor - Ulster Unionist
Stratford-on-Avon - John Maples - Conservative
Strathkelvin and Bearsden - Sam Galbraith - Labour
Streatham - Keith Hill - Labour
Stretford and Urmston - Beverley Hughes - Labour
Stroud - David Drew - Labour Co-operative
Suffolk Coastal - John Gummer - Conservative
Sunderland North - Bill Etherington - Labour
Sunderland South - Chris Mullin - Labour
Surrey Heath - Nick Hawkins - Conservative
Sutton and Cheam - Paul Burstow - Liberal Democrat
Sutton Coldfield - Sir Norman Fowler - Conservative
Swansea East - Donald Anderson - Labour
Swansea West - Alan John Williams - Labour
Tamworth - Brian Jenkins - Labour
Tatton - Martin Bell - Independent
Taunton - Jackie Ballard - Liberal Democrat
Teignbridge - Patrick Nicholls - Conservative
Telford - Bruce Grocott - Labour
Tewkesbury - Laurence Robertson - Conservative
Thurrock - Andrew Mackinlay - Labour
Tiverton and Honiton - Angela Browning - Conservative
Tonbridge and Malling - Sir John Stanley - Conservative
Tooting - Tom Cox - Labour
Torbay - Adrian Sanders - Liberal Democrat
Torfaen - Paul Murphy - Labour
Torridge and West Devon - John Burnett - Liberal Democrat
Totnes - Anthony Steen - Conservative
Tottenham - Bernie Grant - Labour
Truro and St Austell - Matthew Taylor - Liberal Democrat
Tunbridge Wells - Archie Norman - Conservative
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale - Michael Moore - Liberal Democrat
Twickenham - Dr Vincent Cable - Liberal Democrat
Tyne Bridge - David Clelland - Labour
Tynemouth - Alan Campbell - Labour
Upminster - Keith Darvill - Labour
Upper Bann - David Trimble - Ulster Unionist
Uxbridge - John Randall - Conservative
Vale of Clwyd - Chris Ruane - Labour
Vale of Glamorgan - John Smith - Labour
Vale of York - Anne McIntosh - Conservative
Vauxhall - Kate Hoey - Labour
Wakefield - David Hinchliffe - Labour
Wallasey - Angela Eagle - Labour
Walsall North - David Winnick - Labour
Walsall South - Bruce George - Labour
Walthamstow - Neil Gerrard - Labour
Wansbeck - Denis Murphy - Labour
Wansdyke - Dan Norris - Labour
Wantage - Robert V. Jackson - Conservative
Warley - John Spellar - Labour
Warrington North - Helen Jones - Labour
Warrington South - Helen Southworth - Labour
Warwick and Leamington - James Plaskitt - Labour
Watford - Claire Ward - Labour
Waveney - Bob Blizzard - Labour
Wealden - Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith - Conservative
Weaver Vale - Mike Hall - Labour
Wellingborough - Paul David Stinchcombe - Labour
Wells - David Heathcoat-Amory - Conservative
Welwyn Hatfield - Melanie Johnson - Labour
Wentworth - John Healey - Labour
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine - Sir Robert Smith - Liberal Democrat
West Bromwich East - Peter Snape - Labour
West Bromwich West - Betty Boothroyd - None: Speaker
West Chelmsford - Simon Burns - Conservative
West Derbyshire - Patrick McLoughlin - Conservative
West Dorset - Oliver Letwin - Conservative
West Ham - Tony Banks - Labour
West Lancashire - Colin Pickthall - Labour
West Renfrewshire - Thomas Graham - Labour
West Suffolk - Richard Spring - Conservative
West Tyrone - William Thompson - Ulster Unionist
West Worcestershire - Sir Michael Spicer - Conservative
Westbury - David Faber - Conservative
Western Isles - Calum Macdonald - Labour
Westmorland and Lonsdale - Tim Collins - Conservative
Weston-Super-Mare - Brian Cotter - Liberal Democrat
Wigan - Neil Turner - Labour
Wimbledon - Roger Casale - Labour
Winchester - Mark Oaten - Liberal Democrat
Windsor - Michael Trend - Conservative
Wirral South - Ben Chapman - Labour
Wirral West - Stephen Hesford - Labour
Witney - Shaun Woodward - Conservative
Woking - Humfrey Malins - Conservative
Wokingham - John Redwood - Conservative
Wolverhampton North East - Ken Purchase - Labour Co-operative
Wolverhampton South East - Dennis Turner - Labour Co-operative
Wolverhampton South West - Jenny Jones - Labour
Woodspring - Dr Liam Fox - Conservative
Worcester - Michael Foster - Labour
Workington - Dale Campbell-Savours - Labour
Worsley - Terry Lewis - Labour
Worthing West - Peter Bottomley - Conservative
Wrekin, The - Peter Bradley - Labour
Wrexham - Dr John Marek - Labour
Wycombe - Sir Ray Whitney - Conservative
Wyre Forest - David Lock - Labour
Wythenshawe and Sale East - Paul Goggins - Labour
Yeovil - Paddy Ashdown - Liberal Democrat
Ynys Môn - Ieuan Wyn Jones - Plaid Cymru
York, City of - Hugh Bayley - Labour

HOW MUCH DID IT COST BACK THEN?

COLOUR TELEVISION LICENCE - £101
MONOCROME TELEVISION LICENCE - £33.50
FIRST CLASS STAMP – 26p
SECOND CLASS STAMP – 19p
RADIO TIMES – 79p
THE TIMES (SATURDAY 1ST JANUARY 2000 EDITION) – 60p
APOLLO RANGE FRONT SUSPENSION MOUNTAIN BIKE (FROM HALFORDS) - £124.99
BRITAX ROCK-A-TOT (FROM HALFORDS) - £44.99
HALFORDS CARPET MAT SET - £7.99
2000 ROYAL MAIL MILLENNIUM COLLECTION (STAMPS) - £36.95

TELEVISION AND RADIO

The first commercial of the year 2000 on ITV (in the Central East region at least – it would have been a different commercial at the same time in other ITV regions) was for Ariel Hygiene Antibac, featuring a young boy and a dog called Tom and Jerry, which was seen about a quarter of an hour after midnight during ITN’s Countdown 2000 programme. The final one of 1999 about ten minutes before midnight was for Monster.co.uk (with the slogan “you’re just a click away from the job you deserve”). Incidentally Channel 4’s final commercial of 1999 was rumoured to be a nostalgic one for Cadbury’s Smash with the aliens appearing from the 1970s.

What was on television and radio on Saturday 1st January 2000? Find out here…

BBC 1

11.00 2000 TODAY: 1 HOUR TO GO
12.00 2000 TODAY: INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM
1.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 2
2.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 3
3.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 4
4.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 5
5.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 6
6.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 7
7.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 8
8.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 9
9.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 10 – LIVE AND KICKING
11.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 12
12.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 13
1.00 2000 TODAY: HOUR 14 INCLUDING BBC NEWS
1.30 FILM: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
4.15 THE WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN
4.45 BBC NEWS
4.55 NEWSROOM SOUTH EAST
5.00 THE GREATEST WILDLIFE SHOW ON EARTH
6.00 JIM DAVIDSON’S NEW YEAR GENERATION GAME
7.00 AUNTIE’S SMASHING NEW BLOOMERS
7.40 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY STARS (DRAW NUMBER 420. THE WINNING NUMBERS WERE 2, 5, 14, 23, 27, AND 48 – BONUS BALL: 38).
8.05 CASUALTY (EPISODE 272: THE MORNING AFTER)
9.05 THE VICAR OF DIBLEY
9.45 BBC NEWS
10.05 FILM: BROKEN ARROW
11.50 THE BEST OF 2000 TODAY
1.05 BBC NEWS 24

Wales: 4.55 Wales Today; Scotland: 4.55 Reporting Scotland; Northern Ireland: 4.55 Newsline; Midlands: 4.55 Midlands Today; South: 4.55 South Today; East: 4.55 Look East; West: 4.55 News West; South West: 4.55 Spotlight; North: 4.55 Look North; North West: 4.55 North West Today; North East: 4.55 Look North

BBC 2

11.50 2000 TODAY: INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM (AS BBC 1)
12.05 WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS BUSINESS: FATBOY SLIM'S '99
12.55 FILM: THE BOOK OF LIFE
2.00 BBC NEWS 24
6.05 FILM: YOUNG AT HEART
8.00 SEE HEAR ON SATURDAY
9.00 PEOPLE’S CENTURY: 1975 – WAR OF THE FLEA
9.50 PEOPLE’S CENTURY: 1919 – GOD FIGHTS BACK
10.45 CHRISTMAS ORATORIO FROM WEIMAR
11.15 NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT 2000 FROM VIENNA
12.35 THE SIMPSONS: I LOVE LISA
12.55 THE SIMPSONS: LISA’S WEDDING
1.20 TOP GEAR 2
1.35 JOOLS’ MILLENNIUM HOOTENANNY
3.30 TOTP 2
4.30 BACK TO THE FUTURE – A LEVIATHAN SPECIAL
5.10 POULENC – A HUMAN VOICE
6.00 NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT
6.10 SHADOWS OF THE SUN
7.10 LAKE OF THE FLIES
7.50 ORANG-UTANS: OUT ON A LIMB
8.30 BIRDS OF THE SUN GOD
9.15 WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
10.15 DOLPHINS: ON THE WILD SIDE
10.55 NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT
11.00 NEVER MIND THE BUZZCOCKS
11.40 HAPPY NEW YEAR: NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM DR GEORGE CAREY, THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
11.45 FILM: TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
1.55 CLOSE

ITV – LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION (LWT) - LONDON REGION

10.55 COUNTDOWN 2000
1.05 FILM: ANNIE HALL
2.45 FILM: TOY SOLDIERS
4.50 ITV NIGHTSCREEN
5.45 A MESSAGE FOR THE MILLENNIUM
6.00 GMTV
9.25 SMTV LIVE
11.40 CD UK
12.30 PINKY AND THE BRAIN
12.55 THE FOXBUSTERS
1.10 CLUELESS
1.35 ITV NEWS AND WEATHER
1.50 AND THE WORD WAS BOND
2.20 FILM: RIO BRAVO
4.45 ITV NEWS AND WEATHER
4.59 REGIONAL WEATHER
5.00 GLADIATORS – THE FINAL BATTLE
6.00 BLIND DATE
7.00 CORONATION STREET (EPISODE NUMBER 4745)
8.00 CELEBRITY STARS IN THEIR EYES 3
9.00 A TOUCH OF FROST
10.30 ITV NEWS AND WEATHER
10.44 REGIONAL WEATHER
10.45 FILM: MANHATTAN
12.35 A MESSAGE FOR THE MILLENNIUM
1.05 CONDITION: CRITICAL
2.40 FILM: FALL FROM GRACE
4.20 FILM: A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY
5.30 ITV EARLY MORNING NEWS

Anglia/HTV West/HTV Wales: 5.00 am Coronation Street (Episode 4744) 5.30 Clueless 6.00 As London; Meridian: 5.00 am Taxi 5.25 ITV Nightscreen 5.30 Clueless 2.40 am Box Office America: Millennium Movies Special 3.35 Cybernet 4.00 Anglia/HTV West/HTV Wales: Coronation Street (Episode 4745); Meridian: Murder, She Wrote 5.00 Clueless 5.30 am As London

CHANNEL 4

11.35 FY2K: GRAHAM NORTON LIVE
12.35 THE BIGGEST BREAKFAST EVER
9.00 FILM: THE HOMECOMING
10.50 FILM: A HOLIDAY FOR LOVE
12.35 CYBIL
1.10 HITCHCOCK, SEINICK AND THE END OF HOLLYWOOD
2.55 FILM: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
4.25 BROOKSIDE OMNIBUS
5.55 CINDERELLA
7.30 1900 UK
8.30 KILLING TIME – THE MILLENNIUM POEM
10.00 APOCALYPSE TUBE
12.05 FLAVA ON THE LINE
1.10 FILM: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
2.45 TRAINSPOTTERS
3.35 APOCALYPSE!
5.25 COUNTDOWN
5.55 ALFIE ATKINS

S4C: 10.35 pm Noswyl Y Mileniwm 12.30 am As Channel 4 12.35 pm Hey Mr Producer! – A Tribute to Cameron Mackintosh 2.25 Film: The Woodlanders 4.15 Time Team Special: The Mystery of Sea Hengeo 5.40 Pagliacci 7.05 Newyddion a Chwaraeon 7.30 C’Mon Midffild 8.00 Noson Lawen 9.00 Tua’r Tywllwch 10.00 Brookside Omnibus 10.35 Apocalypse Tube 12.40 am Father Ted Christmas Special 1.50 Film: The Hound of the Baskervilles 3.25 Trainspotters 4.15 am Close

CHANNEL 5

11.00 NIGHT FEVER
11.55 5 NEWS
12.05 NIGHT FEVER
1.05 FILM: EMMANUELLE
2.40 FILM: ODE TO BILLY JOE
4.40 PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H (EPISODE NUMBER 576)
5.30 100% GOLD
6.00 THE BONEBREAKER BIRD
7.00 5 NEWS AND SPORT
7.30 MILKSHAKE!
7.35 TICKLE, PATCH AND FRIENDS; 5 NEWS UPDATE
8.00 LASSIE
8.30 TIGER, TIGER; 5 NEWS UPDATE
9.00 FILM: STORYBOOK
10.30 HARRY AND COSH
11.00 THE PEPSI CHART
11.30 THE MAG
12.10 KISS DISS MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
12.45 DARIA
1.10 5 NEWS
1.20 NFL GAMEPLAN
1.50 FOOTBALL REVIEW II
3.30 SUNSET BEACH
5.55 5 NEWS AND SPORT
6.00 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
6.55 NIGHT FEVER: MILLENNIUM PARTY
7.45 5 NEWS AND SPORT
8.05 XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS
9.00 FILM: JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO
10.50 FILM: ARTICLE 99
12.45 BEHIND THE MUSIC: CHER
2.10 FILM: BEACH PARTY
4.00 NIGHT STAND
4.40 PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H (EPISODE NUMBER 577)
5.30 MADMAN OF THE PEOPLE; 5 NEWS UPDATE

BBC RADIO 1

11.30 DAVE PEARCE IN GLASGOW
12.30 PETE TONG AT CREAM
2.00 FATBOY SLIM IN CARDIFF
3.30 JUDGE JULES AT GATECRASHER
4.45 JUNIOR VASQUEZ IN NEW YORK
6.00 PAUL OKENFOLD AT HOME
8.00 ANNIE NIGHTINGALE
11.00 CHRIS MOYLES
2.00 RADIO 1’S R ‘N’ B CHART OF THE YEAR
6.00 DANNY RAMPLING IN SOUTH AFRICA
9.00 WESTWOOD – THE RADIO 1 RAP SHOW
12.00 RADIO 1 REGGAE DANCEHALL NITE
2.00 ESSENTIAL MIX: MR C
4.00 ANNIE NIGHTINGALE

BBC RADIO 2

11.00 KEN BRUCE
2.00 ED STEWART
6.00 MO DUTTA
8.00 BRIAN MATTHEW
10.00 PHILLIP SCHOFIELD
1.00 THE NEWS HUDDLINES MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
2.00 ALEX LESTER
2.30 SARAH KENNEDY
3.00 TERRY WOGAN
3.30 KEN BRUCE
4.00 JIMMY YOUNG
4.30 STEVE WRIGHT
5.00 RICHARD ALLINSON
5.30 PAUL GAMBACCINI
6.00 MICHAEL PARKINSON
6.30 ALAN FREEMAN
7.00 JOOLS HOLLAND
7.30 MARK LAMARR
8.00 NICK BARRACLOUGH
8.30 DESOMOND CARRINGTON
9.00 DAVID JACOBS
9.30 PAUL JONES
10.00 ED STEWART
10.30 JOE BROWN
11.00 BOB HARRIS
1.00 NICKY HORNE
4.00 MO DUTTA

BBC RADIO 3

11.30 THE FUTURE OF MUSIC: CREDO
12.00 THE UNFINISHED SYMPHONY
12.05 THROUGH THE NIGHT
6.00 MORNING ON 3
9.00 CD REVIEW
10.15 NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT LIVE
10.50 NATURE’S ALCHEMISTS
11.15 NEW YEAR’S CONCERT – PART TWO
12.30 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: NEW ZEALAND AND THE PACIFIC
1.00 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: BALI
1.30 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: HONG KONG
2.00 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: THAILAND
2.30 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: INDIA
3.00 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: THE MIDDLE EAST
3.30 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: AFRICA
4.30 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: THE BALKANS
5.00 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: SCANDINAVIA
5.30 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD: NEW YORK
6.30 OPERA ON 3 – THE GREAT GATSBY LIVE
7.55 INTERVAL: THE MET OPERA QUIZ
8.25 OPERA ON 3 – THE GREAT GATSBY – PART TWO
9.45 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD
1.00 THROUGH THE NIGHT

BBC RADIO 4

11.45 THE MILLENNIUM MOMENT
12.00 THE NEW MILLENNIUM BEGINS - BIG BEN AND NEWS
12.05 NEW BEGINNINGS
12.48 SHIPPING FORECAST
1.00 BBC WORLD SERVICE
5.30 WORLD NEWS
5.35 SHIPPING FORECAST
5.40 INSHORE FORECAST
5.45 PRAYER
5.47 LEISURE UPDATE
5.56 WEATHER
6.00 NEWS BRIEFING
6.05 SPORTS DESK
6.10 OPEN COUNTRY
6.57 WEATHER
7.00 TODAY
9.00 HOME TRUTHS
10.00 LOOSE ENDS
11.00 ACT OF DARKNESS
11.30 FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
12.00 NEWS HEADLINES: SHIPPING FORECAST
12.01 MILLENNIUM PEAL SERVICE
12.15 RING OUT, WILD BELLS
12.30 THE NEWS QUIZ MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
12.55 WEATHER
1.00 BBC NEWS
1.15 MORTIMER AT THE MILLENNIUM
2.30 FORTY DAYS TO DAIREN
3.00 THE SATURDAY PLAY: LEARNING TO SWIM
4.00 UNRECOGNISABLE ACCOUNTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
4.45 FAITH IN THE FUTURE
5.00 SATURDAY PM
5.30 TALKING PICTURES
5.54 SHIPPING FORECAST
5.57 WEATHER
6.00 SIX O’CLOCK NEWS
6.15 THE BIG BOOTH
7.00 THE COCKTAIL HOUR
8.00 THE PRESENCE OF LAUGHTER: COWARD’S SECOND CENTURY
8.30 TONIGHT AT 8.30
9.45 MY LIFE WITH NOEL
10.00 BBC NEWS AND WEATHER
10.15 REVELATION – A GUIDE TO THE END OF THE WORLD
11.00 BBC NEWS: SOUND FOUNDATIONS
11.30 THE DEEPER MAGIC
12.00 BBC NEWS
12.27 WEATHER
12.30 THE LATE STORY: THE LITTLE DEATH
12.48 SHIPPING FORECAST
1.00 BBC WORLD SERVICE

BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

7.30 JULIAN WORRICKER AND VICTORIA DERBYSHIRE: LIVE FROM THE STUDIO AND THE MILLENNIUM DOME
1.00 RHOD SHARP
5.00 MORNING REPORTS
6.00 NICK ROBINSON, SHELAGH FOGARTY AND ALLAN ROBB
9.00 ADRIAN CHILES
12.00 THE TREATMENT
1.00 MILLENNIUM BUG – THE VERDICT
2.00 SPORTSCALL
3.00 FUTURE FOOTBALL
4.00 DRIVE
6.00 OLYMPIC DREAMS
7.30 ELECTRIC JOURNEYS
8.00 CHANGING SHAPE OF BRITAIN
8.30 MOVE IT
9.00 GLOBAL
10.00 LATE NIGHT LIVE
1.00 UP ALL NIGHT
4.00 FUTURE FOOTBALL
5.00 MORNING REPORTS
5.30 OLYMPIC DREAMS

CLASSIC FM

11.00 ALL NIGHT MILLENNIUM BALL
6.00 SMOOTH CLASICS
9.00 CLASSIC COUNTDOWN
12.00 LUNCHTIME REQUESTS WITH JANE JONES
2.00 RELAXING CLASSICS AT TWO – HOSTED BY NICK BAILEY
3.00 NATALIE WHEEN
6.00 CLASSIC FM AT THE MOVIES
7.00 SMOOTH CLASSICS AT SEVEN
9.00 HALL OF FAME CONCERT
11.00 MUSIC OF THE MILLENNIUM WITH JOHN SUCHET
12.00 MIDNIGHT CLASSICS
2.00 MARK GRIFFITHS

VIRGIN 1215

10.00 GAIL PORTER
3.00 JAMES MERRRITT
7.00 RUSS WILLIAMS
11.00 THE TOP 90 OF THE 90s
6.00 WHEELS OF STEEL
10.00 GAIL PORTER
2.00 RICHARD ALLEN

TALK RADIO

6.00 AM - WHALE’S END OF THE CENTURY
6.00 PM - SPORTS REVIEW OF THE YEAR
8.00 JAMES H REEVE
1.00 JOHN KEARNS

BBC WORLD SERVICE

11.45 AS BBC RADIO 4
6.00 THE WORLD TODAY
6.30 AFRICA IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
7.00 WORLD NEWS
7.15 OUTLOOK
7.55 SPOTLIGHT
8.00 WORLD NEWS
8.05 BEST OF THE EDGE
8.15 BLOCK ON BLOCK
8.45 POEMS BY POST
9.00 WORLD NEWS
9.05 LETTER FROM AMERICA
9.20 BUG WATCH 2000
10.00 NEWSDESK
10.30 BRITAIN TODAY
10.45 WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW
11.00 NEWSDESK
11.30 PEOPLE AND POLITICS
12.00 WORLD NEWS
12.05 WRIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
1.00 NEWSHOUR
2.00 WORLD NEWS
2.05 THE EDGE
3.00 WORLD NEWS
3.05 DISCOVERY
3.30 SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
4.00 WORLD NEWS
4.15 BACK FROM THE EDGE
4.30 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
5.00 NEWSDESK
5.30 SHORT STORY
5.45 MY CENTURY
6.00 WORLD NEWS
6.15 BRITAIN TODAY
6.30 WEEKEND
7.00 NEWS SUMMARY
7.01 CONCERT HALL
8.00 NEWSHOUR
9.00 WORLD NEWS
9.05 WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW
9.20 BRITAIN TODAY
9.30 WESTWAY
10.00 WORLD NEWS
10.30 JOHN PEEL
11.00 THE WORLD TODAY
11.30 ASSIGNMENT: NEW REALITIES OF TIANANMEN
12.00 THE WORLD TODAY
12.30 SCIENCE FEEDBACK
12.45 WRITE ON
1.00 THE WORLD TODAY
1.30 MUSIC REVIEW
2.00 THE WORLD TODAY
2.30 AGENDA
3.00 THE WORLD TODAY
3.30 WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW
3.45 MY CENTURY
4.00 THE WORLD TODAY
4.30 TYING THE KNOT
5.00 THE WORLD TODAY
5.30 GLOBAL BUSINESS

MUSIC AND THE CHARTS

If you switched your radio on for the first time at the start of 2000 and tuned into some of the radio stations above, you could easily have heard airplays from some of these songs listed below. Looking at the album charts list, it’s very interesting to see that according to the previous week’s position in brackets, the previous week’s number one isn’t in the current week’s chart - something that happens very rarely.

TOP 20 SINGLES (PREVIOUS WEEK’S CHART POSITION IN BRACKETS)

1 (1) I HAVE A DREAM/SEASONS IN THE SUN – WESTLIFE
2 (2) THE MILLENNIUM PRAYER – CLIFF RICHARD
3 (3) IMAGINE – JOHN LENNON
4 (8) MR HANKEY THE CHRISTMAS POO – MR HANKEY
5 (6) RE-REWIND THE CROWD – ARTFUL DODGER
6 (5) TWO IN A MILLION – S CLUB 7
7 (4) COGNOSCENTI VS INTELLIGENTSIA – CUBAN BOYS
8 (7) SAY YOU’LL BE MINE – STEPS
9 (10) KISS (WHEN THE SUN DON’T SHINE) - VENGABOYS
10 (11) BACK IN MY LIFE – ALICE DEEJAY
11 (9) BARBER’S ADAGIO FOR STRINGS – WILLIAM ORBIT
12 (13) IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME – R KELLY
13 (15) I TRY – MACY GRAY
14 (12) EVERY DAY I LOVE YOU – BOYZONE
15 (16) STEAL MY SUNSHINE – LEN
16 (14) KING OF MY CASTLE – WAMDUE PROJECT
17 (18) A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK – DJ LUCK & MC NEAT
18 (-) EVERYBODY – PROGRESS
19 (20) SHE’S THE ONE/IT’S ONLY US – ROBBIE WILLIAMS
20 (-) KEEP ON MOVIN’ – FIVE

TOP 10 ALBUMS

1 (2) COME ON OVER – SHANIA TWAIN
2 (3) THE MAN WHO – TRAVIS
3 (4) SONGS FROM THE LAST CENTURY – GEORGE MICHAEL
4 (6) WESTLIFE – WESTLIFE
5 (5) ALL THE WAY – A DECADE OF SONG – CELINE DION
6 (8) OH HOW LIFE IS – MACY GRAY
7 (-) UNPLUGGED – THE COORS
8 (10) STEPTACULAR – STEPS
9 (-) BY REQUEST – BOYZONE
10 (-) I’VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU – ROBBIE WILLIAMS

LINKS:

1) THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HAS PASSED SINCE SATURDAY 1ST JANUARY 2000

2) CALENDAR FOR JANUARY 2000

3) THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION

4) BUGTOWN UK

5) WIKIPEDIA: YEAR 2000 PROBLEM

6) YEAR 2000 COMPUTER BUG HOAX

7) THE MILLENNIUM DOME

8) GREENWICH 2000

9) WIKIPEDIA: THE MILLENNIUM DOME

10) SPECIAL REPORT: MILLENNIUM – BBC NEWS ONLINE

11) MILLENNIUM REACHES THE HOME OF TIME – BBC NEWS ONLINE

12) A NEW MILLENNIUM DAWNS – THE DAILY TELEGRAPH