Adebayo moved to the weeknight slot and some popular features, such as the World Football Phone-In, were carried over.
After 9/11, where he reported for BBC News, and while taking a sabbatical, Sharp and his wife fell in love with the fishing town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, in the United States.
[2] The show had a heavy interest in the United States, partly due to the favourable time differences between North America and the UK, and often featured news and interviews from there.
[8] The programme gained a cult audience because of its off-beat approach to the news combined with various regular features.
These included - For many years from the beginning of the programme the film critic, Dave Aldridge was a weekly contributor.
In 2007 the programme pioneered a monthly live mental health phone-in with regular guest, Martin Seager, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and adult psychotherapist who headed an NHS psychological services department in the London area.