random retro-spective
Smiling but at what cost?
Paul McCartney was fined
for importing cannabis into Sweden, 1972
the retro hour: 2000
We've been through the archive and compiled everything we think you need to know about the year. To make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, everything is organised into categories.
the top stories
Jonathan Aitken left jail are serving time for perjury... meanwhile, Lord Archer, the former darling of the Conserative
Party, was charged with perjury
Dr Harold Shipman, the UK's worst known serial killer, was jailed for life
The first baby of the millennium was born to 28-year-old Alison Webb at Birmingham's women's hospital just seconds after midnight
Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie, gave birth to their fourth child, Leo, but his other son, Euan, was found drunk by police after
a riotous post-exam celebration
The Scottish Parliament heard the first debate in Gaelic for more than 600 years
The Millennium Bridge in London opened but then closed because it wobbled!
Panic spread across the internet as the Love Bug virus attacked systems around the world
on the chart
The Beatles greatest hits CD "1" became the fastest-selling album ever
Robbie Williams and Geri Halliwell were reported to be an item
Paul McCartney confirmed he was dating Heather Mills
Madonna gave birth to Rocco and married Guy Ritchie
Melody Maker was published for the last time
Craig David won three MOBO awards
on the tv and at the cinema
Coronation Street aired a live episode to celebrate its 40th anniversary
ITV lost the rights to Home and Away
Elton John hosted the last ever episode of TFI Friday
Big Brother made its debut on Channel 4
American Beauty swept the boards at the Oscars
There were babies for Kate Winslet and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz revealed they were dating
sports achievements and milestones
The Olympics were held in Sydney. Rower Steve Redgrave won his fifth gold medal.
England beat Germany in a European Championship qualifier. Earlier in the year, Kevin Keegan quit as manager.
Franki Dettori escaped with his life after the plane he was travelling in crashed near Newmarket racecourse
Venus Williams and Pete Sampras won Wimbledon
Michael Schumacher won the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship - Jenson Button made his debut
and finally
Ann Widdecome had a custard pie thrown in her face at a book signing
A giant octopus named Roger Moore, living at the Sea Life Centre in Brighton, learned to open jars
Researchers claimed that Elvis Presley was a Yorkshireman