The Official All-Time Debut Albums Top 40

Radio 2, 1pm

His afternoon show is over but Steve

Wright (right) is back to present the second half of this countdown. The likes of Lady Gaga, Alanis

Morissette, Oasis and Scissor Sisters appear in the top 20, but will any of them occupy the No 1 spot?

In the first episode of The Truth About Jazz (BBC World Service, 7pm), selfconfessed fan Clive Myrie charts the early years of the genre and the part politics played in its origins.

Doris Pearson of Five Star discusses some of her memories of the decade, and there's a celebration of ABC's Lexicon Of Love in Sounds Of The 80s With Gary Davies (Radio 2, 8pm).