The promise that I issue to you is that by one o'clock today, you will know more than you do now.

LBC 97.3 Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.

Three minutes after 12, a very good afternoon indeed to you. It's Thursday. It can mean only one thing.

Mystery Hour is upon us. You, uh, it should be,

if you're not familiar with it now, it indulge me for a moment. I'll fill you in. If you are

familiar with it already, indulge me even more for the same moment because you'll already know this.

The phone lines are open. The number you need is 0845-60609-73. The way it works is this, people ring in, ideally you, with a question, any question.

The only rules we have is that it can't be dull, and that's a very subjective decision-making process.

Generally involves motoring-type questions.

We think they're generally quite dull.

Or questions that only you are interested in the answer to.

It has to be something that is going to sort of tickle the trivia interest in all of us. And the only other reason why you won't get your question was if it's

repetitious, if we can remember dealing with it relatively recently. The way you get your question

on the board is by ringing it in. You can check the archive at lbc.co.uk by, to see whether it's been on before.

But to be fair, it's fun in and of its own. It's an end in itself the archive. It's yet another reason to visit lbc.com.uk.

And if you hear someone else ask a question to which you do know the answer, you have to ring in with it.

You don't really have to, but I'd like to think you would anyway.

Otherwise, if you're not clear, just stick around for a couple of calls and you'll get a full

idea of how silly and serious the territory can become.

I love this, and I always do know something at the end of this hour that I didn't know

at the beginning, whether or not it's something that will prove useful or even vaguely valuable

in future life, only time will tell. Let us begin in Islington, just like new labour. That's

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