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13 April 1978

Thursday

1978-04-13

## Top of the Pops

BBC One 7.20 pm

Host: Tony Blackburn

1. (14) The Bee Gees – Night Fever (over charts)
2. (New) Child – When You Walk In The Room
3. (10) Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – Too Much Too Little Too Late
4. (24) Chic – Everybody Dance (Danced To By Legs & Co)
5. (New) Alan Price – Just For You
6. (4) Suzi Quatro – If You Can’T Give Me Love rpt.
7. (3) Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street (Video)
8. (New) Dee D. Jackson – Automatic Lover
9. (26) Richard Myhill – It Takes Two To Tango
10. (New) Bonnie Tyler – Here Am I
11. (17) Dr. Hook – More Like The Movies rpt.
12. (41) Gene Farrow – Move Your Body (With Legs & Co)
13. (7) Genesis – Follow You Follow Me (Video)
14. (49) Raffaella Carra – Do It Do It Again
15. (1) Brian & Michael – Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs rpt.
16. (29) Michael Zager Band – Let’S All Chant (And Credits)
12 September 1993

Sunday 12 September

1993-09-12

## Charts

* Singles: N1 Culture Beat - Mr Vain HNE/N2 Pet Shop Boys - Go West, NE/N7 **Radiohead - Creep,** NE/N12 Kate Bush - Rubberband Girl.

* Albums: HNE/NN1 Meat Loaf - *Bat Out of Hell II - Back Into Hell* (-), NE/N2 Paul Weller - *Wild Wood* (-)

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 6.25 pm *Songs Of Praise* Thank You for the Music. Two thousand singers, the choirs of 150 churches and the New English Orchestra welcome the return of Songs of Praise with a musical feast. Shoppers and shop-workers join the congregation in the Meadowhall Oasis in Sheffield to raise the roof in joyful celebration.
* BBC Two
	+ 8.05 pm *British Cinema in the 60s* Making It in London (2/5). As the 60s progressed, British cinema turned its attentions away from the class struggles of northern realist films and focused on the glamour of the capital as it crashed into the "permissive" era.
	+ 10.40 pm *Billy Liar* Comedy drama shown as part of the British Cinema of the 60s season, accompanying the Hollywood UK series. Starring Tom Courtenay Julie Christie
14 January 2014

Tuesday 14 January

2014-01-14

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 9.00 pm *Death in Paradise* (S3, E01) A university reunion party that DI Richard Poole is attending is brought to an abrupt halt when one of the group is murdered with an ice pick. With the case proving particularly sensitive, a new British detective, DI Humphrey Goodman, arrives on the island to help the team get to the bottom of the mysterious case. As the station's newest recruit with his own set of methods, will Humphrey be able to adjust to his new team and surroundings?
		- *Final regular appearance of DI Richard Poole (Ben Miller) and first appearance of DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall).*
13 April 2018

Friday

2018-04-13

## Events

* US ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson tweets that President Trump & Prime Minister May had overnight discussed the need for a joint response to Syria's use of chemical weapons.[1]
* Manic Street Preachers release new album, their 13th, entitled *Resistance Is Futile,* while veteran punks the Damned release their 11th album (and first in ten years) entitled *Evil Spirits*.

## Charts

* Singles: HNE/NN1 Drake - Nice For What N2 Lil Dicky Freaky Friday NE/N3 **Calvin Harris ft Dua Lipa - One Kiss**.
* Albums: HNE/NN1 Kylie Minogue - *Golden*

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 7.30 pm *Sounds Like Friday Night* (2/5) [2] with Lily Allen.
	+ 8.30 pm *MasterChef* - final. (List of finalists here)
11 September 1980

Thursday 11 September

1980-09-11

page 700

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 5.10 pm *Blue Peter*. with Simon Groom, Sarah Greene and Peter Duncan. Today, Blue Peter's new boy makes his first-ever appearance on the programme. Think you've seen him before? You probably have. if you watched the "King Cinder" series, where Peter Duncan played the dare-devil speedway fanatic Kerry.

*scans GraemeWood*

Tomorrow's World
## Top of the Pops

presented by JS & Richard Skinner

1. (32) The Skids – Circus Games
2. (17) Black Sabbath – Paranoid (video)
3. (25) Ian Dury & The Blockheads – I Want To Be Straight
4. (7) Elvis Presley – It’s Only Love (Legs & Co)
5. (21) Shakin’ Stevens – Marie Marie
6. (26) Judas Priest – United rpt.
7. (40) Splodgenessabounds – Two Little Boys
8. (27) Split Enz – I Got You
	* (10) Sheena Easton – Modern Girl (Clip Of Totp 21-8-80)
	* (9) The Piranhas – Tom Hark (Clip Of Totp 21-8-80)
	* (8) Cliff Richard – Dreamin’ (Clip Of Totp 4-9-80)
	* (7) Elvis Presley – It’S Only Love (Clip Of Legs & Co Totp 11-9-80)
	* (6) Sheena Easton – 9 To 5 (Clip Of Totp 7-8-80)
	* (5) Hazel O’Connor – Eighth Day (Clip Of Totp 21-8-80)
	* (4) Randy Crawford – One Day I’Ll Fly Away (Clip Of Totp 4-9-80)
	* (3) David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes (video)
	* (2) The Jam – Start (video)
9. (1) Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’M In Love rpt.
10. (18) Queen – Another One Bites The Dust (over dancing and credits)
13 December 2009

Sunday 13 December

2009-12-13

## UK charts

* Singles: NN1 **Lady Gaga - Bad Romance;** NEs Chukie & LMFAO - Let the Bass Kick (9), Sir Terry Wogan & Aled Jones - Silver Bells/me and My Teddy Bear (27).
* Albums: N1 Susan Boyle - *I Dreamed a Dream.*

## Events

* ITV: *The X Factor* - the final. Olly Murs v. Joe McElderry
* Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is hit in the face by a souvenir statuette thrown by an attacker at the end of a rally in Milan.[1]
13 June 1992

Saturday 13 June

1992-06-13

## Top of the Pops

* Presenters: Femi Oke & Adrian Rose
* Playlist: (19) Incognito – Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing (7) Nick Berry – Heartbeat (video) (16) The Wedding Present – California (4) George Michael – Too Funky (video) (17) Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness (NEW) U2 – Even Better Than The Real Thing (video) (18) Cyndi Lauper – The World Is Stone (1) Erasure – Voulez-Vous (video)
13 October 2023

Friday 13 October

2023-10-13

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 4.00 pm Can brand new artist Kenya Grace possibly reach number 1? She's here to find out!

## Charts

* Top 40 singles: NN1 Kenya Grace - Strangers (2)
* Top 100 albums: HNE/NN1 Drake - *For All the Dogs* (-), NE/N2 Nines - *Crop Circle 3* (-)

Grace becomes just the second British female solo act after Kate Bush to reach the no.1 position with an entirely self-written and self-produced song. Strangers becomes the first chart debut by a British female artist to reach No. 1 in almost a decade, since Ella Henderson’s 2014 single Ghost. (billboard.com)
12 November 1981

Thursday

1981-11-12

## Smash Hits

* Features: Kim Wilde, ABC, Scritti Politti, Ian Gillan, Soft Cell, The Beatles, Disco Top 40, Independent Top 30.
* Bitz: Haircut One Hundred,
* Lyrics: Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl), Colours Fly Away, Paint Me Down, Keep It Dark,
* Singles: Suffer The Children, Visions of China, Dancing Like a Gun, Sweat In Bullet...
* Albums: *Prince Charming, Tin Drum, Speak & Spell, From The Lion's Mouth..*
* Live: Bow Wow Wow
* Tours: Altered Images, ELO, Duran Duran, The Police..
* Centrespread: The Beat
* Back cover: Altered Images
* Ads: Paint Me Down, *October*, *Tin Drum*, Modern Love Is Automatic EP,

## Top of the Pops

Host: DLT

1. Kool & The Gang – Steppin’ Out (25)  WATCH
2. OMD – Joan Of Arc (5) (rpt from 29/10/81)
3. Olivia Newton-John – Physical (11) (video)
4. The Fureys with Davey Arthur – When You Were Sweet Sixteen (14)
5. Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (9)
6. Jonathan King – US chart rundown:
	1. Air Supply – Just When I Thought I Was Over You (video clip)
	2. Foreigner – Waiting For A Girl Like You (live clip)
	3. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Private Eyes (video clip)
7. Ultravox – The Voice (27)
8. Earth, Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove (20) (Zoo)
9. Rod Stewart – Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt Me) (10) (video/audience dancing)
10. The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1) (video)
11. Altered Images – Happy Birthday (2) (audience dancing/credits)

TV
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*scans GraemeWood*
13 June 1980

Friday 13 June

1980-06-13

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 5.10 pm *We're Going Places* A series of six programmes. Peter Purves and Sue Cook return with ideas for a summer's day out, and a chance to Win a Trip for All the Family! Guest reporters this week: Peter Powell at the Radio 1 Roadshow; Mike Harding hiring a bike; Lindy Brill and Linda Slater joining a theatre workshop; plus the Weekend Diary answer-phone network.
	+ 6.55 pm *It's A Knockout* Three towns compete for a place in the Belgian heat of Jeux sans Frontières. Tonight: Bracknell v Hertsmere v Mole Valley. Introduced from Leatherhead by Stuart Hall and Eddie Waring.
* BBC Two
	+ 9.40 pm *Playhouse: Coming Out*. by James Andrew Hall, with Lewis Duncan's reputation is as a best-selling writer of tough he-man thrillers. But Lewis is actually a life-long homosexual and when he rashly contributes an article to a gay magazine, it looks as though he may be forced to declare himself.
07 April 1984

Saturday 07 April

1984-04-07

TV
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The SmithsBBC1/BBC2
* BBC One
	+ 9.00 am *Saturday Superstore* with Mike Read, Keith Chegwin and Sarah Greene. The store has fixed it for Jimmy Savile OBE to be with Mike in the coffee shop this morning, with news of an incredible bargain offer. Blancmange is in the music department with their latest single.
13 October 1981

Tuesday 13 October

1981-10-13

## Charts

BBC R1 Beginning at 12.45 Dave gives a rundown of this week's Top 40 discs - your first chance to hear the new chart.

* Top 40: NN1 Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party (8), N2 Tweets - the Birdie Song (2), N3 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb (4), HNE/N18 **Laurie Anderson - O Superman**
13 August 1981

Thursday 13 August

1981-08-13

## Top of the Pops

* Presenter: Simon Bates
* (6) Duran Duran – Girls On Film
* (2) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On Classics (video)
* (26) Soft Cell – Tainted Love
* (13) Kim Wilde – Water On Glass
* (22) Bill Wyman – (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star
* (27) Startrax – Startrax Club Disco (danced to by Legs & Co)
* (19) Aneka – Japanese Boy
* (9) ELO – Hold On Tight (video)
* (1) Shakin’ Stevens – Green Door (23) UB40 – One In Ten (audience dancing/credits)
14 February 1999

Sunday 14 February

1999-02-14

## Charts

* Singles: HNE/NN1 **Lenny Kravitz** **- Fly Away** (-), N2 Blondie - Maria (1), N3/NE 2 Pac - Changes (-).
* Albums: N1 Robbie Williams - *I've Been Expecting You* (3 - third time at N1) N2 Fatboy Slim - *You've Come A Long Way, Baby*, (1), N3 Corrs - *Talk On Corners* (2)

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* BBC One
	+ 5.25 pm *Songs of Praise*. A special edition for St Valentine's Day, introduced by Toyah Willcox
	+ 7.20 pm *Holiday Guide To...* Honeymoons. Jill Dando presents a guide to honeymoon destinations and reports from one of the most romantic cities in the world, Venice.
12 September 2013

Thursday 12 September

2013-09-12

TV
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* BBC Two
	+ 9.00 pm *Peaky Blinders* (S01, E1/6) Birmingham, 1919. Thomas Shelby controls the Peaky Blinders, one of the city's most feared criminal organisations, but his ambitions go beyond running the streets. When a crate of guns goes missing, Thomas recognises an opportunity to move up in the world.
13 July 1988

Wednesday 13 July

1988-07-13

TV
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* BBC Two
	+ 6.50 pm DEF II *That Was Then.... This Is Now* The first in a new series of films which look at the career, past and present, of prominent members of the pop establishment This week reluctant superstars, the Pet Shop Boys with exclusive footage from their new feature film.

*scans GraemeWood*

* BBC 1
	+ 12.00 *The Garden Party* Viv Lumsden and Eamonn Holmes with the issues, the people and the music of today.

## Smash Hits

*scans Like Punk Never Happened*

Brother BeyondGlenn MedeirosBros Tour Special
13 March 2020

Friday 13 March

2020-03-13

## Events

* the UK enters the 'delay phase' of the coronavirus outbreak.
* New releases (*albums in italics*): Boomtown Rats - *Citizens of Boomtown*

## Charts

* Singles: N1 Weeknd - Blinding Lights, HNE/N3 Aitch & AJ Tracey - Rain
* Albums: HNE/NN1 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - *Manchester Calling* [1]
	+ Vinyl: HNE/NN1 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - *Manchester Calling*

Special: Every song that peaked at Number 13 on the Official Singles Chart
13 October 1977

Thursday

1977-10-13

## Top of the Pops

Presenter: Jimmy Savile

1. (13) Meco – Star Wars Theme (over charts)
2. (New) Rokotto – Boogie On Up
3. (7) Rod Stewart – You’Re In My Heart (video)
4. (New) Brotherhood Of Man – Highwayman
5. (30) Rose Royce – Do Your Dance (rpt.)
6. (37) Mary Mason – Angel Of The Morning – Any Way That You Want Me (medley)
7. (28) Nazareth – Love Hurts
8. (29) George Benson – The Greatest Love Of All (Legs & Co)
9. (12) Ram Jam – Black Betty (video)
10. (New) John Forde – Stardance
11. (1) David Soul – Silver Lady (video)
12. (16) Donna Summer – I Remember Yesterday (over credits)
14 February 1979

Wednesday 14 February

1979-02-14

## Events

* Concert: David Bedford - *The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner* live at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. With Mike Oldfield on guitars.[1]

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* ABBA fly to Switzerland to shoot the *ABBA in Switzerland* special for the BBC.[2][[File:ABBA 1979-02-14 BBC special in Switzerland 1.jpg|thumb|22

## Radio

* BBC Radio One
	+ 10.00 pm: *John Peel* - first Joy Division session broadcast. Tracks: Exercise One / Insight / She's Lost Control / Transmission. *Peel Wiki page*

TV
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*scans GraemeWood*
13 December 2019

Friday 13 December

2019-12-13

## Events

* The Conservatives win the UK general election with 364 seats. Boris Johnson's party has the largest Tory majority since 1987. (*full results here*)
* Jeremy Corbyn wins 203 MPs and says he will not lead the Labour Party in a future election.
* A minor government reshuffle is expected on Monday and the Brexit bill will go before MPs next Friday.
* New releases (*albums in italics*): LadBaby - I Love Sausage Rolls, Waltham Forest Youth Choir - Stay Another Day, Frankie Morland - World in Danger, Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia, Stormzy - *Heavy Is The Head*, Harry Styles - *Fine Line*, Not The Nine O'Clock News - *Not All The Albums Again* (boxset)

TV
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* BBC Four
	+ 9.00 pm *Top of the Pops*, rpt of show first shown 15 December 1988[1]

## Charts

* Singles: N1 Tones & I Dance Monkey (11th week). HNE/N11 **Harry Styles** **- Adore You**
* Albums: NN1 Rod Stewart - *You're in my Heart* HNE/N3 WHO - *WHO*
	+ Vinyl: HNE/NN1 WHO - *WHO*
14 February 1972

Monday - Valentine's Day

1972-02-14

## Events

* BBC children's show *Fingerbobs* broadcast for the first time."*Yoffy lifts a finger, and a mouse is there.*"

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* BBC One [1]
	+ 1.30 pm *Fingerbobs* - Bumpy.
	+ 4.40 pm *Jackanory*. with James Bolam. Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson.
	+ 4.55 pm *Blue Peter* with Valerie Singleton John Noakes Peter Purves.

*scans GraemeWood*
13 May 1980

Tuesday 13 May

1980-05-13

## Events

* International friendly: England v. Argentina at Wembley. A young Diego Maradona plays his first match against England.
	+ BBC One 10.10 pm *International Match of the Day* Jimmy Hill introduces action highlights of tonight's match from the Empire Stadium, Wembley, where England entertain the current World Champions. Argentina.

## Charts

* Top 40: NN1 Johnny Logan - What's Another Year, HNE/N18 **Roxy Music** **- Over You**, NE/N23 MASH - Suicide is Painless, NE/N30 Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me...
	+ Over You was Roxy Music's first new material of the year and preceded the album *Flesh + Blood* released later in the month. The single eventually reached no.5 in June while the album went to no.1.
13 September 2002

Friday 13 September

2002-09-13

## Top of the Pops

**2,000th edition** [1]

* (-) Status Quo – Rockin’ All Over The World
* (6) N-Trance – Forever
* (New) Tom Jones & Wyclef Jean – Pussycat
* (13) Jurgen Vries – The Theme
* (25) The White Stripes – Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
* (2) Appleton – Fantasy
* (14) Oakenfold – Starry Eyed Surprise  (Montage Of Totp Clips)
* (1) Atomic Kitten – The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)  (And Credits)
13 September

## Birthdays

* Maurice Jarre (1924, dec.), Zak Starkey (b.1965), Stella Nina McCartney (b.1971)

## Events

* 1965: The Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964
* 1969: Plastic Ono Band's first live performance.
* 1997: Elton John releases new version of Candle in the Wind for Princess Diana.
* 2002: 2,000th *Top of the Pops.*
* 2022: King Charles visits N. Ireland

## Charts

as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.

* 1967: Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz (2/5)
* 1970: Freda Payne - Band of Gold (1/6)
* 1977: Elvis Presley - Way Down (3/5)
* 1983: UB40 - Red Red Wine (3/3)
* 1992: **The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode** (1/4)
* 1998: **Robbie Williams - Millennium** (1/1)
* 2009: Pixie Lott - Boys & Girls (1/1)
* 2019: Ed Sheeran ft. Stormyz - Take Me Back To London (3/5)

## Top of the Pops

host DJ and number one single.

* 1973: Tony Blackburn. Donny Osmond - Young Love.
* 1974: Paul Burnett. The OSmonds - Love Me For A Reason.
* 1979: DLT. Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore.
* 1984: Bruno Brookes & DLT. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You.
* 1990: Gary Davies. Steve Miller Band - The Joker.
* 1996: Dennis Pennis. Peter André - Flava.
* 2002: Jamie Theakston & Sarah Cawood. Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High. **2000th edition**

## Publications

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## Stamps

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13 February 1975

Thursday 13 February

1975-02-13

## Top of the Pops

host: Noel Edmonds (wiped)

1. (17) Alvin Stardust – Good Love Can Never Die
2. (20) Love Unlimited – It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It’s Spring) (Video)
3. (26) Mud – The Secrets That You Keep
4. (21) Frankie Valli – My Eyes Adored You (Video)
5. (50) Fox – Only You Can
6. (11) Queen – Now I’m Here
7. (32) Rupie Edwards – Lego Skanga
8. (9) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
9. (New) Billy Swan – I’m Her Fool
10. (30) The Arrows – My Last Night With You
11. (2) The Carpenters – Please Mr. Postman (Danced To By Pan’s People)
12. (29) Betty Wright – Shoorah! Shoorah!
13. (1) Pilot – January
14. (15) Shirley & Company – Shame Shame Shame (Crowd Dancing) (And Credits)

TV
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*scans GraemeWood*
13 December 1981

Sunday 13 December

1981-12-13

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1 [1]
	+ 5.00 pm Top 40 with Tony Blackburn. (*listen*)

TV
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* BBC2
	+ 7.15 pm *The BBC Television Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream*

*scans GraemeWood*

* 4.25 pm *Ski Sunday* Dramatic winter sports action featuring the world's top ski racers in high-speed competition in the World Cup: The Men's Downhill from Val Gardena
13 March

## Birthdays

* Neil Sedaka (b.1939), Adam Clayton (b.1960), Peaches Geldof (1989, dec.),

## Events

* 1971: *Doctor Who*: the Claws of Axos
* 1973: *Lizzie Dripping* (ns, BBC1)
* 1978: Royal Film Performance (ITV): *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*.
* 1984: Budget 84.
* 2008: *Waterloo Road* (series finale, BBC1)

## Charts

as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.

* 1968: Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella (3/3)
* 1973: Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (3/4)
* 1979: **Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive** (1/4)
* 1984: Nena - 99 Red Balloons (3/3)
* 1988: Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (5/5)
* 1994: **Doop - Doop** (1/3)
* 2005: **McFly - All About You/You've Got A Friend** (1/1)
* 2011: Adele - Someone Like You (4/5 n.c.)
* 2020: The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (5/8 n.c.)

## Top of the Pops

host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
Christmas editions broadcast every year since 1965, except 1966, to present.

* 1969: JS. Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
* 1975: Noel Edmonds. Telly Savalas – If.
* 1980: Steve Wright. Fern Kinney – Together We Are Beautiful
* 1986: Mike Smith & Steve Wright. Diana Ross – Chain Reaction.
* 1998: Jayne Middlemiss. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On.
* 2006: Reggie Yates & Cyndi Lauper. Chico – It’s Chico Time.
* 2009: **Comic Relief Does TOTP**. Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates & Noel Fielding with Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross & David Tennant.

## Publications

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13 November 1998

Friday 13 November

1998-11-13

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* BBC Two
	+ 9.00 pm *Blackadder Goes Forth* Episode 5: Plan E - General Hospital (rpt., first shown 26 Oct. 1989)
	+ 9.30 pm *Goodness Gracious Me* (S02, E01) Award-winning British-Asian comedy sketch show, featuring old favourites and new characters like the Competitive mothers, the Bhangramuffins and Bollywood superstar Chunky La Funga.
	+ 11.30 pm *Later... with Jools Holland* (S12, E05) Jools is joined by Robbie Williams, Placebo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Bonnie Raitt and Trisha Yearwood.
13 June 1978

Tuesday

1978-06-13

TV
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* ITV
	+ 8.30 pm *Life Begins at 40* (new series) with Derek Nimmo, Rosemary Leach.
	+ 9.00 *Will Shakespeare* (new series) with Tim Curry, Ian McShane.

*TV Times scans GraemeWood*

## Charts

BBC Radio 1 11.30 am Paul Burnett including this week's new Top 40 discs

* Singles: NN1 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That I Want, N2 Boney M - Rivers of Babylon, N3 The Rolling Stones - Miss You (up 20) HNE/N28 The Motors - Airport NE/N30 **Kate Bush** **- The Man With the Child in His Eyes.**
13 July 2016

Wednesday

2016-07-13

## Events

* David Cameron resigns as Prime Minister of HM Government. The resignation came in the wake of the winning 'LEAVE' vote in the Brexit referendum held on 23 June 2016. Despite calling the referendum, Cameron had stated that he was favourable towards remaining in the EU and therefore declared, "I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination." He was succeeded by Theresa May.
13 July 2018

Friday

2018-07-13

## Events

* US President Donald Trump meets PM Theresa may and HM The Queen on first full day in the UK, as protests also begin.[1]

TV
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* BBC 2
	+ 12.30 pm *Wimbledon* Men's Singles semi-finals.
	+ 8.30 pm *First Night of the Proms*
* BBC Four 10.00 pm *Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain & Ireland* In this second episode, Midge and Kim explore the sounds that came from Scotland, Ireland and Wales. They start in Glasgow with the American influences that shaped a substantial part of Scottish music, look at the punk and folk backdrop to Irish music and, finally, delve into the Welsh merger of folk and punk.[2]
* More 4 9.00 pm *Dicte: Crime Reporter* (S03 E01)

## Radio

* BBC Radio 3, 8.00 pm *Prom 1: First Night of the Proms* Holst, Vaughan Williams, Meredith. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny [3]

## Charts

Following England's successful World Cup tournament the 1996 World Cup song Three Lions 8aka "football's coming home") goes to N1 again, the first time in the Official Chart’s 66-year history that a song has scored four spells at Number 1 with the same artist line-up.[4]

* Singles: NN1 Baddiel / Skinner / Lightning Seeds - Three Lions.

* Albums: N1 Drake - *Scorpion*
12 September 1999

Sunday 12 September

1999-09-12

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 3.00 pm *Top of the Pops* With Scott Mills. (*Mills effectively takes over from Jayne Middlemiss*)
	+ 4.00 pm *The Official UK Top 40* Mark Goodier presents the full countdown from Manchester.
	+ 7.00 pm *Radio 1 Live* I Summer comes to an I end with a huge celebration in Heaton Park, Manchester, with All Saints, Mel C , Supergrass and James scheduled to appear.

## Charts

* Singles: HNE/NN1 Vengaboys - We're Going to Ibiza! (-), N2 Lou Bega - Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit of..) (1), N3 DJ Jean - the Launch (2). NE/N28 **The All Seeing I (ft. Phil Oakey) - 1st Man in Space** (-)
* Albums: N1 Shania Twain - Come On Over (1), HNE/N2 Martine McCutcheon - *You Me & Us* (2), N3 Travis - *The Man Who* (2)
14 December 1983

Wednesday 14 December

1983-12-14

## Events

* Concert: The Police, Synchronicity Tour. Royal Centre, Nottingham UK (*as reviewed in Smash Hits 05 January 1984*).

TV
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* BBC One 10.50 pm - Royal Film Premiere *Never Say Never Again* in the presence of HRH The Prince Andrew. Introduced by Michael Wood , who will be talking to some of the stars and celebrities attending the premiere. [1]
12 September 1968

Thursday

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*scans GraemeWood*

## Top of the Pops

Pete Murray

1. (1) The Beatles – Hey Jude  (and charts)
2. (New) Dave Clark Five – The Red Balloon
3. (13) The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett – Lady Willpower  (Video)
4. (5) Johnny Nash – Hold Me Tight  rpt.
5. (6) Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days
6. (12) The Casuals – Jesamine
7. (New) The Tremeloes – My Little Lady
8. (1) The Beatles – Hey Jude  (Video)
13 July 1985

Saturday 13 July

1985-07-13

## Events

### Live Aid

* Live Aid benefit concert held at Wembley Stadium, London and at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, USA. The event in London is attended by Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
* Duran Duran go to no.1 in the US with their James Bond movie theme A View To A Kill. [1]

TV
--

* BBC Two
	+ 11.50 am: Live Aid for Africa: The world's leading musicians combine to create the greatest rock event of all time. On 24 October 1984 Michael Buerk sent the second of his reports from Ethiopia showing the desperate plight of the starving masses there. At his home in Chelsea, Bob Geldof was so moved by the report that the next morning he started ringing around his friends in the music business. He persuaded them to pool their talents in order to raise money to feed the Ethiopians. Thus Band Aid was born.[2]
* Timings from Radio Times:
	+ 12.00 Opening ceremony
	+ 12.05 Status Quo
	+ 12.25 Style Council
	+ 12.47 Ultravox
	+ 1.18 Boomtown Rats and Adam Ant
	+ 1.47 Spandau Ballet
	+ 2.04 Elvis Costello
	+ 2.18 Nik Kershaw
	+ 2.49 Sade
	+ 3.18 Sting, Phil Collins and Julian Lennon
	+ 3.53 Howard Jones
	+ 4.07 Bryan Ferry
	+ 4.38 Paul Young and Alison Moyet
	+ 5.00 Bryan Adams, Live from America
	+ 5.20 U2
	+ 5.41 The Beach Boys, Live from America
	+ 6.00 Dire Straits
	+ 6.21 Tears For Fears, Live from America
	+ 6.40 Queen
	+ 7.01 Simple Minds, Live from America
	+ 7.20 David Bowie
	+ 7.41 Pretenders, Live from America
	+ 8.00 The Who
	+ 8.21 Santana and Pat Metheny, Live from America
	+ 8.40 Elton John and Wham!
	+ 9.20 The Thompson Twins and Nile Rodgers, Live from America
	+ 9.39 Wembley Finale Mercury and May, Paul McCartney Tout Ensemble
13 September 2017

Wednesday 13 September

2017-09-13

## Events

* Jean-Claude Juncker gives "State of the Union" speech to European Parliament in Strasbourg stating:

> *Brexit isn’t everything. It isn’t the future of Europe. It isn’t the be all and end all ... On the 30 March 2019, we will be a union of 27 and suggest we prepare very well for that date.*[1]
>
>

* Royal Mail special Post & Go issue: Royal Mail Heritage - Mail by Air [2]
13 February 1984

Monday

1984-02-13

## Events

* Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Chernenko was already 72 years old when elected, and with rapidly failing health. He died 13 months later, succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev on 11 March 1985. Chernenko, together with Ronald Reagan, would be later the subject of parody in the promo video for the single Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

TV
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* BBC One [1]
	+ 1.00 pm *Olympic Grandstand*. David Coleman introduces today's action from the XIV Winter Olympic Games taking place in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
	+ 5.10 *Blue Peter*. with Simon Groom, Peter Duncan and Janet Ellis. 'Sit' and 'Stay'! Two top dogs from Crufts, the Obedience Champion bitch and dog, put on a special studio display of their award-winning skills.
	+ 11.00 pm *Film 84*. with Barry Norman. *Under Fire*, *To Be Or Not To Be.*
* BBC Two [2]
	+ 7.40 pm *The Stateless Nations*. A series of six films on the growth of the new nationalism in Europe. 1:The Catalans
	+ 8.10 pm *Leo*. Leo's guests tonight are Kit Hain , Marilyn and special guest Justin Hayward.
13 February 1989

Monday 13 February

1989-02-13

## Events

* Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants is freed.
* Depeche Mode release their new single, a four-track EP featuring the live version of Everything Counts, Nothing, Sacred, A Question of Lust from the forthcoming album *101.*[1]

* British vocalist Dusty Springfield releases the single Nothing Has Been Proved, written and produced by Pet Shop Boys. The song is part of the soundtrack for the film *Scandal*, a fictional representation of the Profumo Affair of the early sixties.
* Michael Jackson releases new single Leave Me Alone.

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 7.30 pm *British Record Industry Awards*. Hosted by Mick Fleetwood and Samantha Fox. Live from the Royal Albert Hall , the top names of the British Record Industry are gathered together for the glittering annual British Record Industry Awards. British and international recording stars are on stage and in the audience, both to present and receive these annual awards, which are given by the industry, to honour the most popular artists and bands of 1988.
		- *See Wikipedia for nominees & winners*

*scans GraemeWood*

*Neighbours*
13 August

## Charts

as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.

* 1964: **Manfred Mann - Doo Wah Diddy Diddy** (1/2)
* 1972: Alice Cooper - School's Out (2/2)
* 1974: **Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again** (1/2)
* 1985: Madonna - Into the Groove (3/4)
* 1989: Jive Bunny - Swing the Mood (3/5)
* 1995: Take That - Never Forget (3/3)
* 2000: **Mel C - I Turn To You** (1/1)
* 2006: Shakira - Hips Don't Lie (3/5 n.c.)

## Top of the Pops

host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.

* 1970: JS & Tony Blackburn. Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You
* 1981: Simon Bates. Shakin' Stevens - Green Door.
* 1987: Simon Bates & Peter Powell. M. Jackson - I just CAn't Stop Loving You (not shown?)
* 1992: Tony Dortie. Snap! - Rythm is a Dancer
* 1999: Scott Mills. Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All.
* 2004: Tim Kash & Reggie Yates. Busted - Thunderbirds.

## Publications

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13 September 2019

Friday 13 September

2019-09-13

## Events

* New releases (*albums in italics*): Belle & Sebastian - *Days of the Bagnold Summer,* Emeli Sandé - *Real Life*, Pixies - Beneath The Eyrie.

## Charts

* Singles: N1 E Sheeran ft Stromyz - Take Me Back To London
* Albums: HNE/NN1 Post Malone - *Hollywood's Bleeding*, N3 Aitch - *Aitch2O*
	+ Vinyl: HNE/NN1 Bat For Lashes - *Lost Girls*, NE/N2 Status Quo - *Backbone*, NE/N3 Iggy Pop - *Free.*
12 March 1983

Saturday

1983-03-12

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 8.00 am *Tony Blackburn's Saturday Show*. An outside broadcast direct from The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, with Maggie Philbin and Janice Long.
	+ 10.00 am *Mike Smith* with the Radio 1 Roadshow from Pier Head, Liverpool
	+ 4.00 pm *You'll Never Walk Alone* A highly personal introduction to the venue for Radio l's Week Out, John Peel makes a nostalgic pilgrimage through the sights and sounds of his Merseyside youth, and talks to Liverpool luminaries from the land of Lennon and McCartney, Kenny Dalglish and Yosser Hugnes. (Repeated: Thurs 7.0 pm)
	+ 6.50 pm *Sight and Sound In Concert* featuring A Flock of Seagulls from The Regal Theatre, Hitchin, Herts. A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2
	+ 19.30: *Janice Long* from the BBC Radio Merseyside studio including sessions with Two Two and Cavern, caustic interjections from Godfrey and Mark Miwurdz unfolds the saga of the Smith Family Rotherham.
14 August 1984

Tuesday 14 August

1984-08-14

## Charts

* R1:
	+ 12.45 Gary Davies begins his show with a run-down of this week's Top 40 discs-your first chance to hear the new chart.
	+ 4.30 pm Janice Long Beginning at 6.5 Janice reviews the new Top 40 singles chart
* Top 40: NN1 George Michael - Careless Whisper (2), N2 Black Lace - Agadoo (4), N3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (1). HNE N27 Iron Maiden - Two Minutes to Midnight (-). NE/N37 David Sylvian - The Ink in the Well (-). NE/N39 **Tears For Fears - Mothers Talk** (-)
	+ See also: 19 August 1984 - Radio
13 January

## Birthdays

* Ian Hendry (b.1931, dec.), Suggs (b.1961), Patrick Dempsey (b.1966), Orlando Bloom (b.1977), Ruth Wilson (b.1982)

## Events

* 1973: *A Song for Europe* (*Cilla*, BBC1)
* 1979: *A Gift Of Song* (ITV)
* 1980: *Pride & Prejudice, Spirit of Asia, Call My Bluff* (BBC2), *Spy!* (BBC1)
* 2001: *I Love the 1980s* series begins (BBC2)
* 2020: Meeting of Royal family seniors at Sandringham

## Charts

as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.

* 1966: The Beatles - Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out (5/5)
* 1976: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (8/9)
* 1981: John Lennon - Imagine (2/4)
* 1987: Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (4/4)
* 1991: **Enigma - Sadeness Pt.1** (1/1)
* 2002: **Aaliyah - More Than A Woman** (1/1)
* 2008: **Basshunter - Now You're Gone** (1/5)
* 2013: **Will I Am ft Britney Spears** - Scream & Shout (1/2)
* 2017: **Ed Sheeran - Shape of You** (1/14 n.c.) [No.2 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill]

## Top of the Pops

host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.

* 1966: Alan Freeman. Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running.
* 1972: Tony Blackburn. The New Seekers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony).
* 1977: David Hamilton. David Soul – Don’t Give Up On Us.
* 1983: David Jensen & John Peel. Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love.
* 1994: Mark Franklin. Chaka Demus & Pliers – Twist And Shout

## Publications

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13 May 2023

Saturday 13 May

2023-05-13

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 2.15 pm *Eurovision Calling: Jason and Chelcee’s Ultimate Guide* Jason Manford and Chelcee Grimes explore the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s the world’s largest live music event, which creates superstars and leaves an impact on the lives of millions.
	+ 5.50 pm *Pointless Celebrities* - Eurovision 2023. A special Eurovision edition of the general knowledge quiz in which four teams try to come up with the answers that no-one else could think of. Presented by Alexander Armstrong and co-host Richard Osman. AJ Odudu, Richie Anderson, Antony Costa, Jay Aston, Eimear Quinn, Linda Martin, Dadi Freyr and Mans Zelmerlow are the contestants.
	+ 6.40 pm *The Hit List* (1/12) Eurovision Special Marvin and Rochelle Humes host a Eurovision-themed edition of The Hit List. Three pairs, each made up of a celebrity and a Eurovision superfan, bid to win £10,000 for charity.
	+ 7.30 pm *The One Show* Eurovision Countdown. Alex Jones and Rylan are live in Liverpool to raise the curtain on the biggest party in Europe as they count down to the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest grand final.
	+ 8.00 pm *Eurovision Song Contest (2023)* Grand Final. Live from Liverpool, Graham Norton, Alesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest grand final, which is being held in the UK for the first time since 1998.
12 March 2020

Thursday 12 March

2020-03-12

## Events

* US actor Tom Hanks and his wife are diagnosed with coronavirus while filming in Australia.
* Donald Trump bans travel to the US from most of Europe – apart from the UK and Ireland – for 30 days in an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
* Global infections from coronavirus have now risen to above 126,000 and there have been 4,600 deaths caused by what the World Health Organization has now officially declared a pandemic.
* UK government moves to the "delay" phase of its plan to tackle coronavirus.[1] (Full statement here)
13 September 2015

Sunday 13 September

2015-09-13

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 8.30 pm *An Inspector Calls* The mysterious 'Inspector Goole' interrupts a wealthy family's family party to tell them a young woman died of suicide that night. But what's that got to do with them? One by one, they will find out... as their shattering, dark secrets are revealed. With David Thewlis, Ken Stott.
14 February 1994

Monday 14 February

1994-02-19

## Events

* Future recording artist Becky Hill born, Worcestershire.
* **1994 Brit Awards**, Alexandra Palace, London. (full list here)

Performances
* Björk and PJ Harvey – "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
* Bon Jovi featuring Brian May and Dina Carroll – "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
* Elton John and RuPaul – "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
* Meat Loaf – "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
* Pet Shop Boys – "Go West"
* Stereo MCs – "Connected"
* Take That – "The Beatles Medley"
* Van Morrison featuring Shane MacGowan – "Have I Told You Lately"
12 March 1984

Monday 12 March

1984-02-12

## Events

* Depeche Mode release new single People Are People b/w In Your Memory. It's the group's 10th UK single and their first new material since their *Construction Time Again* album and related singles. The new songs were recorded at Hansa Studios in West Berlin. Culture Club are also back with a new single It's A Miracle. Simple Minds release new single Up On the Catwalk taken from the album *Sparkle in the Rain*.
* Tens of thousands of Britain's miners go on strike and begin a long battle against UK pit closures and job losses.

TV
--

* BBC One [1]
	+ 11.00 pm *Film 84* with Barry Norman. *Risky Business*: Tom Cruise stars in this comedy about a college boy who finds that all his teenage fantasies come true.
14 February 1985

Thursday 14 February

1985-02-14

## Smash Hits

* Features: Power Station, Kirsty MacColl, 'Love Is...' (Howard Jones, Andy McCluskey, Paul Young, ...), Wham! Out East, The Big Sound Authority, Mick Jagger, The Colour Field/Terry Hall,
* Personal file: Phil Collins
* Lyrics: How Soon Is Now, Close (to the Edit), This Is Not America, Love Like Blood, Wide Boy
* Singles / Albums
* Live: Chaka Khan, New Order [1]
* Ads: Material Girl, Kiss Me,
* Back page poster: Bryan Adams

## Top of the Pops

presented by Simon Bates & Janice Long

1. Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” (19)
2. The Commodores – “Nightshift” (17) (video)
3. The Colour Field – “Thinking Of You” (13)
4. Jonathan King – US chart rundown:
	1. REO Speedwagon – “Can’t Fight This Feeling” (video clip)
	2. David Lee Roth – “California Girls” (video clip)
	3. Daryl Hall & John Oates – “Method Of Modern Love” (video clip)
	4. George Michael – “Careless Whisper” (video clip)
5. Killing Joke – “Love Like Blood” (24)
6. Sharpe & Numan – “Change Your Mind” (28) (breaker)
7. Kool & The Gang – “Misled” (36) (breaker)
8. Don Henley – “The Boys Of Summer” (39) (breaker)
9. The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” (26)
10. Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson – “I Know Him So Well” (1) (video)
11. Eugene Wilde – “Personality” (34) (audience dancing/credits)
12 June 1989

Monday 12 June

1989-06-12

## Events

* Martin Gore of Depeche Mode releases his first solo recording *Counterfeit e.p.* The six covers on the EP were recorded during a band hiatus after recording and touring for the album *Music for the Masses. (listen to the EP here)*
	+ A 'follow-up' album *Counterfeit2* was released in April 2003.

* Concert: The Stranglers live at Brixton Academy, London
13 August 1987

Thursday 13 August

1987-08-13

## Top of the Pops

Presenters: Simon Bates & Peter Powell

* Playlist:
	+ (9) Def Leppard – Animal
	+ (26) Motley Crue – Girls Girls Girls (video)
	+ (14) Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
	+ (12) Wet Wet Wet – Sweet Little Mystery
	+ (24) Pseudo Echo – Funky Town
	+ (6) Hue & Cry – Labour Of Love (video/credits)

*The no.1 record, Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You, was not featured*

TV
--

* ITV
	+ *Emmerdale Farm* (watch here)

*scans GraemeWood*
12 March 1974

Tuesday 12 March

1974-03-12

## Charts

Top 20 announced by Johnnie Walker on BBC Radio 1 at 12.00 noon.

* NN1 **Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be a Hero** (8), N2 Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (1), N3 The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (3)

NB Queen make their Top 30 debut at no.30 with Seven Seas of Rhye.

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 9.25 pm *Children in Crossfire*. Tuesday's Documentary. For five years now, the children of Northern Ireland's most troubled areas have grown up on the battlefield of guerrilla warfare. What is the effect on their growing minds?
	+ 10.15 pm *Film 74* *The Exorcist* - is this the most shocking film ever made? Barry Norman discusses the film, which opens in London this week.
* BBC Two
	+ 10.15 *The Old Grey Whistle Test* Introduced by Bob Harris. Chick Corea, Stephan Grossman.
13 October 2002

Sunday 13 October

2002-10-13

## Charts

* Singles: HNE/NN1 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje) (-), NE/N2 S Club Juniors - New Direction (-), N3 Will Young & Gareth Gates - The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious (1)
* Albums: HNE/NN1 Will Young - *From Now On*, N2 Rolling Stones - *Forty Licks* (2), N3 Elvis Presley - *30 Number 1 Hits* (1)
13 December 1979

Thursday 13 December

1979-12-13

## Top of the Pops

Host: Mike Read

1. (23) David Bowie – John I’m Only Dancing (Again)  (And Charts)
2. (26) Fiddler’s Dram – Day Trip To Bangor (Didn’t We Have A Lovely Time)
3. (20) Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime  (Video)
4. (4) The Tourists – I Only Want To Be With You
5. (21) ABBA – I Have A Dream  (Video)
6. (31) The Beat – Tears Of A Clown
7. (18) Status Quo – Living On An Island  (Danced To By Legs & Co)
8. (60) The Inmates – The Walk
9. (13) Blondie – Union City Blue  (Video)
10. (63) The Barron Knights – Food For Thought
11. (30) The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
12. (1) Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)  (Video)
13. (24) Rose Royce – Is It Love You’Re After  (And Credits)

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*

BBC1/BBC2BBC2ITVITV - Charlie's Angels
14 February 1974

Thursday 14 February

1974-02-14

## Top of the Pops

* hosted by Noel Edmonds

1. (21) Barry White – Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up (over charts)
2. (New) Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be A Hero
3. (26) The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
4. (7) The Wombles – The Wombling Song
5. (15) Stevie Wonder – Living For The City
6. (19) Love Unlimited Orchestra – Love’s Theme (Pan’s People)
7. (44) Hudson-Ford – Burn Baby Burn
8. (16) Lena Zavaroni – Ma! (He’s Making Eyes At Me) **DEBUT**
9. (22) Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind
10. (1) Mud – Tiger Feet
11. (2) Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive (crowd dancing over credits)

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*
13 May 1993

Thursday 13 May

1993-05-13

## Events

* Future Belgian international footballer Romelu Menama **Lukaku** Bolingoli born in Antwerp.

## Top of the Pops

1. (23) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Stand Above Me
2. (11) Shabba Ranks & Maxi Priest – Housecall  (Video)  (And Charts)
3. (20) Dina Carroll – Express
4. (21) Robert Plant – 29 Palms
5. (New) Tina Turner – I Don’t Wanna Fight  (Via Satellite)
6. (29) The Waterboys – The Return Of Pan  (Video)   (Breakers)
7. (27) Jungle Book – The Jungle Book Groove  (Video)   (Breakers)
8. (24) Bon Jovi – In These Arms  (Video)   (Breakers)
9. (5) Inner Circle – Sweat (A La La La La Long)
10. (1) George Michael & Queen – Killer/Papa Was A Rolling Stone  (Video)
13 March 1973

Tuesday

1973-03-13

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 4.50 pm *Lizzie Dripping* (new series)
* BBC Two
	+ 11.35 pm *The Old Grey Whistle Test* - In the studio Roger Daltrey, John Martyn.

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1 11.00 pm DLT including at 12.00 This week's Top Twenty discs:
	1. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
	2. Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never
	3. T Rex - 20th Century Boy

* + HNE/N13 **Cliff Richard** **- Power To All Our Friends**
13 March 2010

Saturday 13 March

2010-13-13

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 12.45 pm *Football Focus* Dan Walker previews the day's football. In the Premier League, title hopefuls Chelsea face London rivals West Ham. In the Championship, high-flying Newcastle take on Middlesbrough.
	+ 2.00 pm *Six Nations Rugby* Gabby Logan hosts live coverage of Ireland v Wales at Croke Park, Dublin. Wales will look for revenge after 2009's defeat in Cardiff.
	+ 4.00 pm *Six Nations Rugby* John Inverdale hosts live coverage of Scotland v England from Murrayfield. Home advantage has been decisive in their last five encounters.
14 August 2016

Sunday 14 August

2016-08-14

## Events

* 2016 Summer Olympics: Great Britain's Andy Murray wins the men's tennis singles gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 over Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina; Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins 100m gold medal in 9.81 becoming the first man to win the event three times.
	+ See also BBC One schedule
14 December 1985

Saturday 14 December

1985-12-14

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*

BBC1/BBC2ITVAllan Stewart, *Copy Cats*

## No.1 magazine

* Arcadia cover (full issue link)
* Features. 1985 Readers Poll, Al Jarreau & Shakatak, Pet Shop Boys ("Intimate Details" [1]), Nik Kershaw.
* Singles reviews [2]
* Ads: David Sylvian - *Words With the Shaman* [3], Duran Duran - *Arena the Movie*
* Poster: A-ha
13 June 1995

Tuesday

1995-06-13

## Events

* Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette releases her third studio album *Jagged Little Pill*. It was her first album to be released worldwide as her first two albums were released only in her native Canada.
	+ *Jagged Little Pill* went on to top the charts in thirteen countries, with sales of over 33 million copies worldwide. In 1996 the album won five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year.

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*

199519951995
13 February 1994

Sunday

1994-02-13

## Events

* Mariah Carey is straight in at no.1 with her new single, a cover of Harry Nilsson's Without You. German/Romanian musical project Enigma also go straight to no.1 in the charts with their second album *Cross of Changes,* which features their former no.3 hit single Return to Innocence. Enigma replace Tori Amos while Carey replaces D:ream.

## Charts

* Singles: HNE/NN1 **Mariah Carey - Without You**, N2 D:ream - Things Can Only Get Better, N3 Toni Braxton - Breathe Again.
* Albums: HNE/NN1: Enigma - *Cross of Changes N2* Tori Amos *- Under the Pink.*

TV
--

* BBC One [1]
	+ 12.00 noon *Italianissimo*. The language series visits Florence. With Anna Mazzotti.
	+ 6.25 pm *Songs of Praise*. In tonight's programme from Tenerife in the Canaries, Pam Rhodes discovers how both islanders and holidaymakers come closer to God.
* 9.55 pm *The Family Call*: on Men. Nick Ross now draws on his phone-in expertise, inviting viewers to share in a live debate on the changing nature of family life in Britain in this International Year of the Family. "We're experimenting with how a phone-in can work on TV," says Ross, who presents Call Nick Ross on Radio 4. "We're exploiting the available technology, using high-capacity telephone lines that can carry video images as well as sound." Pre-selected callers will have tiny cameras installed in their homes.
13 November 1978

Monday 13 November

1978-11-13

## Events

* Siouxsie & The Banshees release debut album *The Scream*.

## Radio

* Andy Peebles begins his regular show on Radio 1 at 8.00 pm.[1]
* John Peel begins his 'four-day-week' period, in order to leave space to *The Friday Rock Show* with Tommy Vance, starting 17 November.[2]

TV
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* BBC1 7.50 pm *Royal Variety Performance*

*scans GraemeWood*

BBC1BBC2ITV
14 January 1983

Friday 14 January

1983-01-14

TV
--

* TV-am/*Good Morning Britain* pilot broadcast for advertisers

* BBC1/BBC2*scans GraemeWood*

BBC1/BBC2
* BBC Two
	+ 6.55 pm *Oxford Road Show* Peter Powell opens another issue of the electronic magazine live from Studio A in Manchester. Music from Soft Cell and a debut appearance from Edinburgh band First Priority.
* C4
	+ *The Tube* - filmed live performances.