The program consisted of comedy, opera, and international music, and went from 5:30pm - 7pm on Sunday afternoons. Jakestown started each week with the song "My Liverpool"; the song was performed by the Liverpool Fishermen. The song is also the first work to appear in the book Jakestown: My Liverpool. The following verse could be heard in the intro: In 1987, a cassette tape was released with programming from Jakestown. Introduction to Jakestown, Brian references Billy Dean and Billy Maher (file info) — File:Brian Jacques - Jakestown.ogg