leading britain's conversation this is a podcast from lbc james o'brien it is kriky i'd forgotten it was

mystery hour five thank god for the jingles five minutes after twelve is the time i just take a moment to

thank beth and axel who work on this program a little reminder there in the news bulletin that

for reasons that currently allude me i've managed to increase the size of this radio program by 25% in the last year. But you see what I did

there? I said I've managed to. Beth Woodbridge and Axel Cacutier are very important parts

of this team and any success that this program enjoys. Right, that's enough of that. Back in your

boxes. Let's get mystery hour up and

running. This is your weekly opportunity to achieve the sort of satisfaction that is not

ordinarily available anywhere else on your radio dial. You know what it is. You also know that

because I forgot it was coming up, I haven't given it a plug or a mention or a steer, which

means you've got a better chance of getting through to the studio now than you will have had for several years at six minutes after 12 on a Thursday afternoon.

If you hear somebody else ask a question, then, well, and you know the answer to it, you are duty-bound

to ring in. If you don't, I shall bar you from listening to the program for six months.

I can afford to do that sort of thing now.

Seven minutes after 12 is the time.

Hit the numbers now.

It's a who, a why, a where, or when, or whither, or whence, even the occasional wherefore.

The point is this.

You have bubbling away somewhere in the back of your brain.

A question that you know must have an answer. It's possible you could have found an answer if you spent a couple of hours on the

internet or, um, they happen to count a rocket scientist among your circle of closest friends.

But the point about mystery out, when it began, it began for two reasons. The first reason is a

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