1994

**1994**

**MCMXCIV**

* UK Prime Minister: John Major
* FA Cup Winners: Manchester Utd. (beat Chelsea 4-0)
* Christmas Number One: East 17 - Stay Another Day
* Eurovision Song Contest: Dublin, Eire 30 April
	+ UK Eurovision Entry: Frances Ruffelle - We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony) (position 10th)
	+ Contest Winner: Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan - Rock 'n' Roll Kids (Eire)
	+ Debut entries: Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.
* Blue Peter Team: John Leslie (until 20 January), Diane–Louise Jordan, Tim Vincent, Anthea Turner (until 27 June) replaced by Stuart Miles.
* Doctor Who: -
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Steve Wright (starting 10 January)
* Big Christmas Day Film on BBC1: *Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves* (1991)

## Main events

* Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway; Channel Tunnel opens; first UK National Lottery (19 November), Tony Blair becomes leader of the Labour Party, LIDL opens first UK supermarkets, Daily Telegraph first on-line daily newspaper,

TV
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(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

### New series *full list*

* *Common as Muck* (BBC1, 07 September) *Monster Café* (BBC1, 12 September), *The Vicar of Dibley* (BBC1, 10 November), *Room 101* (BBC2, 04 July), *Top of the Pops 2* (BBC2, 17 September), *The FAst Show* (BBC2, 27 September), *Ready, Steady, Cook* (BBC2, 24 October 1994), *Time Team* (C4, 16 January).

### New seasons

* *Rainbow*, *Blockbusters*, *University Challenge* (first since 1987), *Later...With Jools Holland* (2 series, plus 2nd Annual Hootenanny)

### Shows ending

* *That's Life!, Jim'll Fix It, Paul Daniels Magic Show, Fireman Sam* (returning in 2003),

*full list*

### Other TV events

* New channels: Sky Sports 2, Sky Soap, Sky Travel, VH1.

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1 shake-up as from 10 January.

## Music

* Biggest selling singles: Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around, Whigfield - Saturday Night, East 17 - Stay Another Day (*full list*)
* Biggest selling albums: Bon Jovi - *Cross Road: The Best of Bon Jovi*, The Beautiful South - *Carry On up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South,* Mariah Carey - *Music Box* (full list)
* Compilation albums: Sting - *Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994,* Cliff Richard *- The Hit List,* INXS *- The Greatest Hits,* New Order *- (the best of) NewOrder.*
* Debut albums: Oasis - *Definitely Maybe,* Jeff Buckley - *Grace* (*full list*)
	+ Eponymous debuts - Usher, Korn,
* Alternative/independent: Underworld - *Dubnobasswithmyheadman**,*** The Fall *-Middle Class Revolt*, Portishead - *Dummy*, REM - *Monster*, The Wedding Present - *Watusi*, Blur - *Parklife*, Tori Amos - *Under the Pink,* Hole *- Live Through This*, Pulp - *His 'n' Hers*, Suede - *Dog Man Star*

## Films

UK release date

* *Malice, Clear and Present Danger*, *Four Weddings and A Funeral*, *The Lion King, Forrest Gump, The Flintsones*

## Births

* Harry Styles (01 February), Jake Bugg (28 February), Justin Bieber (01 March), Christina Grimmie (12 March), Saoirse Ronan (12 April), Tom Daley (21 May),

## Birthdays

* **20**: Robbie Williams,
* **30**: Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Bonnie Langford, Nadia Sawalha, Liza Tarbuck, Andy Bell,
* **40**:
* **50**:
* **60**:
* **70**:

## Deaths

* Sir Matt Busby (20 January), Kurt Cobain (05 April), Terry Scott (26 July), Roy Castle (02 September), Doris Speed (16 November), Fanny Craddock (27 December)