Any news of the iceberg ?

Bill Tidy's cartoon of a worried trainer leading a polar bear towards the Titanic offices is my most treasured memento of this event. If, as a BBC viewer and listener, you feel as if you've already given in terms of remembrance, think on.

Here's a list of more to come, including Songs of Praise, Blue Peter and, gawd help us, Radio 2; it's much worse if your tv ariel is tuned to BBC Northern Ireland.

December 20 this year marks the 25th Anniversary of the sinking of the Phillipines ferry Dona Paz, which collided with an oil tanker and caught fire. Although official passenger lists suggest there were 1,500 on board who died, it's widely accepted that it was regularly and seriously overcrowded, and the death toll was over 4,300. But without dinner jackets, I expect it's an anniversary that will pass the BBC by...