Goodbye 20002000

Angus Deayton:
As you would expect, the upcoming A-Z of the year contains highlights carefully selected for their national significance, global importance or true landmark status. That said, a disgraceful amount of them were just bunged in for a bit of a laugh. The whole affair is conveniently divided into twenty-six sections, which may not seem the most earth-shattering innovation given that it's based on the alphabet. Indeed, an A-Z is not the most original of formats, but just think yourself lucky we don't live in China or we'd be here all night.