The final episode of the year to be covered by a guest host, making a total of 24 episodes during 1989 not featuring Terry Wogan.
Spike Milligan's comment to the gatecrasher goes beyond what the BBC would normally have allowed, pre-watershed, at that time: "See me after the show.... and I'll beat the shit out of you."
"A New South Wales/The Rock" by The Alarm featuring the Morrison Orpheus Male Choir reached No.31 on the UK Singles Chart.