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15 July 1976

Thursday

1979-07-15

## Top of Pops

Host: Noel Edmonds

1. (New) Sunfighter – Drag Race Queen
2. (16) Liverpool Express – You Are My Love  rpt.
3. (29) The Beatles – Back In The U.S.S.R.  (Danced To By Ruby Flipper)
4. (New) Bobby Goldsboro – A Butterfly For Bucky
5. (3) Dr. Hook – A Little Bit More  (Video)
6. (14) One Hundred Ton & A Feather – It Only Takes A Minute
7. (New) Glamour Puss – Superman
8. (34) Status Quo – Mystery Song  (Video)
9. (23) Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel  (Danced To By Ruby Flipper)
10. (48) Jimmy James & The Vagabonds – Now Is The Time
11. (1) Demis Roussous – Forever And Ever  (Video)
12. (50) The Chanter Sisters – Sideshow  (And Credits)
14 March 1970

Saturday

1970-03-14

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*

* BBC One [1]
	+ 6.15 pm *It's Cliff* Tonight's ' live ' edition features *A Song for Europe 1970* starring Mary Hopkin. The result of the voting and the winning song.
	+ 8.15 pm *The Black & White Minstrel Show* Television's fastest spectacular bringing back the Magic of the Minstrels starring The Mitchell Minstrels
	+ 10.05 pm *Match of the Day* FA Cup semi-finals
15 March 1984

Thursday

1984-03-15

## Top of the Pops

Hosts. Simon Bates & Mike Smith

1. Julia & Company – Breakin’ Down (Sugar Samba) (15) - *first and only appearance*
2. Lionel Richie – Hello (5) (video)
3. Kajagoogoo – The Lion’s Mouth (37)
4. Alexei Sayle – Ullo John Gotta New Motor? (18) (video)
5. Tina Turner – Help (40)
6. Wang Chung – Dance Hall Days (26)
7. Richard Hartley – Bolero (10) (Torvill & Dean clip)
8. Nena – 99 Luftballoons (1) (video)
9. Break Machine – Street Dance (3) (video/credits)

## Smash Hits

*scans Like Punk Never Happened*

Full issue

Paul YoungBananaramaThompson TwinsCulture Club
14 March 2008

Friday 14 March

2008-03-14

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 10.00 am Jo Whiley *Live Lounge* In between throat sprays and sipping honey tea, Foals talk to Jo about cancelling their gig, their drummer, Jack, being ill and their injuries from being on stage! Despite all of this, the band soldier on and explain that their single Cassius is about Cassius Clay, who, coincidentally, one of Jo's sons is named after. The group also talk about their bad hygiene habits whilst on tour and the difficulty people have with the band name. Foals perform their single Cassius and a cover of Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl. (Gallery)
14 May 2018

Monday

2018-0514

## Events

* BBC Radio 2 begins new scheduling from 'teatime' onwards, starting at 5.00 pm with Jo Whiley joining Simon Mayo. Specialist shows move to 8.00 pm and 'documentaries' at 9.00 before the new late show with Sara Cox at 10.00 pm. Live late-night shows are back again with OJ Borg after midnight.[1]
15 February 1973

Thursday 15 February

1973-02-15

## Events

* Brand new series *Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em* begins on BBC One.[1] Frank Spencer - married to Betty - is enthusiastic, well-meaning ... and accident-prone. Looking for a job, he attempts to become a wholesale ironmongery salesman. (*full episode here*)
* Queen's debut BBC session for John Peel broadcast on Radio 1 ("*And that's the first from Queen, and as, as far as I know this is the first broadcast the group's had, so it's nice to have them along..) [2]*

## Top of the Pops

* introduced by JS

1. (17) The Faces – Cindy Incidentally (over charts)
2. (6) Electric Light Orchestra – Roll Over Beethoven
3. (14) The Partridge Family Starring David Cassidy – Looking Thru The Eyes Of Love (video)
4. (7) Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar (rpt.)
5. (New) The Real Thing – Plastic Man
6. (22) Focus – Hocus Pocus (Pan’s People)
7. (New) The New Seekers – Pinball Wizard – See Me, Feel Me (Medley)
8. (1) The Sweet – Blockbuster (rpt.)
9. (27) The Jackson 5 – Doctor My Eyes (crowd over credits)
14 May

134/365 - 135/366

## Birthdays

* George Lucas (b.1944), Robert Zemeckis (b.1952), David Byrne (b.1952),  Anne Clark (b.1960), Tim Roth (b.1961), Ian Astbury (b.1962), Cate Blanchett (b.1969), Sofia Coppola (b.1971), Natalie Appleton (b.1973), Mark Zuckerberg (b.1974), Andy Murray (b.1987).

## Events

* 1966: FA Cup Final Everton v. Sheff Wed.
* 1968: Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp
* 1973: Skylab launched.
* 1980: 20th European Cup Winners' Cup
* 1988: FA Cup Final Liverpool v. Wimbledon.
* 1989: *Three Up, Two Down* (ns, BBC One)
* 1994: FA Cup Final Manchester United v. Chelsea.
* 1995: Blackburn Rovers win Premiership title
* 1998: Frank Sinatra dies, aged 82.
* 2000: 46th British Academy Television Awards
* 2011: 56th Eurovision Song Contest, FA Cup final
* 2012: *56 Up* begins
* 2016: 61st Eurovision Song Contest held in Stockholm for the third time.
* 2019: 72nd Festival du Cinéma opens in Cannes.
* 2021: *Later...With Jools Holland* (S58, BBC Two)
* 2022: FA Cup Final Chelsea v. Liverpool; Eurovision Song Contest in Turin.

## Charts

year (click for full chart), with no.1 single (new in bold)

* 1964: The Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away (2/2)
* 1969: The Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back (4/6)
* 1972: **T Rex - Metal Guru** (1/4)
* 1974: **Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love** (1/4)
* 1985: Paul Hardcastle - 19 (2/5)
* 1989: **VV AA - Ferry Cross The Mersey** (1/3)
* 1995: **Robson & Gerome - Unchained Melody** (1/7)
* 2000: **Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby** (1/1)
* 2006: Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (7/9)
* 2021: Tyon Wayne & Russ Millions - Body (2/3)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1970: Tony Blackburn. England World Cup Squad - Back Home.
* 1981: Tommy Vance. Adam & The Ants - Stand & Deliver. (Cup Final Special)
* 1987: Gary Davies. Starship - Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.
* 1992: Mark Franklin & Femi Oke. KWS - Please Don’t Go.
* 1999: Jayne Middlemiss. Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way.
* 2004: Tim Kash & Fearne Cotton. Eamon vs. Frankee - I Don’t Want You Right Back.

## Publications

19771977 - click for full issue19771981 - click for full issue198319831983198319851988198819941994200520112011201620222022
## Stamps

* click stamp for issue details

1985: British Composers (Europa)1996: Football Legends2015: First World War, 1915
15 July 1980

Tuesday

1980-07-15

## Events

* BBC Radio One: John Peel - Peel plays three more tracks from the new 'posthumous' Joy Division album *Closer*. Tracks played tonight are 24 Hours, Passover and Colony. Album officially released on 18 July 1980. today would have been Ian Curtis' 24th birthday.

## Charts

- *top 3 all non-movers*

* Singles: N1 Olivia Newton-John & ELO - Xanadu, N2 Odyssey - Use It Up Wear It Out, N3 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat. HNe/N20 Dexy's Midnight Runners - there There My Dear. NE/N31 Diana Ross - Upside Down.

## Events

* Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 80th Birthday Celebrations

*scans GraemeWood*
15 January 1964

Wednesday

1964-01-11

## Events

* The Beatles play a warm-up show at the Cinéma Cyrano, 7 Rue Rameau, in Versailles, Paris ahead of their scheduled 18-day season at the Paris Olympia. this was their first ever show in France. (*BB*)

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 1.30 pm *Watch with Mother*: Picture Book. Vera McKechnie turns the pages and shows you how to make potato and carrot prints.
	+ 6.35 pm *Top of the Pops*. A new look at Britain's best-sellers.Discs-Artists-News from this week's Top Twenty. Introduced tonight by David Jacobs. (*see below*)

## Top of the Pops

1. (8) The Hollies – Stay
2. (19) Frank Ifield – Don’t Blame Me (video)
3. (16) Gerry & The Pacemakers – I’m The One
4. (2) The Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand (video)
5. (13) Adam Faith & The Roulettes – We Are In Love
6. (25) The Fourmost – I’M In Love
7. (2) Swinging Blue Jeans – Hippy Hippy Shake (Video)
8. (16) Brenda Lee – As Usual (Crowd Dancing)
9. (1) Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over (crowd dancing)

## Notes

1. ↑ Dave Clarke Five was a new N1 this week, having knocked I Want To Hold Your Hand off the top spot.
15 January 1986

Wednesday

1986-01-15

## Smash Hits

* Features: Paul King, Bono/Clannad, Stevie Wonder
* Bitz: Love Is.. (couples), Talk Talk, Floy Joy
* Get Smart: Fan Club Directory
* Personal File: Neil Tennant
* Lyrics: It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back), The Promise (Arcadia), Cut Me Down, Suspicious Minds, You Little Thief
* Singles: SOTF Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk.
* Albums: -
* Books: Sun City, With Geldof in Africa.
* Videos: Depeche Mode - Some Great Videos, Prince and the Revolution - Double Live, David Sylvian - Steel Cathedrals
* Films: *Teen Wolf*
* Nights Out: Elton John, Brighton. Howard Jones, Birmingham (20 December 1985).
* Centrespread: Wham!
* Back cover: Drum theatre
* Ads: Borderline, Life's What You Make It, It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back), Imagination (Could Make a Man Of You)
14 May 2019

Tuesday

2019-05-14

TV
--

* BBC Four
	+ 8.00 pm *Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final 1*. Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal are live from Tel Aviv in Israel for the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest.First Eurovision Song Contest semi-final in Tel Aviv.[1]
* BBC One
	+ 9.00 pm *Years and Years* (S1, E1/6).  The Lyons family gather in 2019, unaware that their future holds many surprises. Absent sister Edith brings news from abroad that will change their lives forever.[2]
14 March 1964

Saturday 14 March

1964-03-14 (*first month*)

## Events

* Jack Ruby is sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F Kennedy in 1963.[1]

## Charts

* For the first time in British recording history, all Top Ten singles in the UK are by British acts.
	+ No.1 'Anyone Who Had A Heart' by Cilla Black, No.2 - 'Bits and Pieces' by The Dave Clark Five, No.3 - 'Little Children' by Billy J Kramer, No.4 - 'Diane' by The Bachelors, No.5 - 'Not Fade Away' by The Rolling Stones, No.6 - 'Just One Look' by The Hollies, No.7 - 'Needles and Pins' by The Searchers, No.8 - 'I Think Of You' by The Merseybeats, No.9 - 'Boys Cry' by Eden Kane, and No. 10 - 'Let Me Go Lover' by Kathy Kirby. (*source*)
14 June 2021

Monday 14 June

2021-06-14

## Events

* **Euro 2020**: Scotland play their first match of the tournament, against Czech Republic at Hampden Park. The game ends in a 2-0 victory for the Czechs.
* PM Boris Johnson announces that the so-called 'Freedom Day' originally set for 21 June will now have to be postponed to 19 July due to the spread of the 'Delta' variant of the coronavirus.
16 April 2005

Saturday

2005-04-16

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 11.00 am *Top of the Pops Saturday*. Featuring Rooster. Kim-Lian, Mario and duo BodyRockers. Presented by Fearne Cotton, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes.
	+ 6.00 pm *Strictly Dance Fever* 4/11. The contest begins in earnest as the ten best couples take part in a live dancing competition. Which duo will be the first to be voted off? Graham Norton hosts.
	+ 7.00 pm *Doctor Who* - Aliens of London (pt.1/2). A spaceship crash-lands in the Thames, closing London off and putting the rest of the world on red alert. The Doctor: Christopher Eccleston.[1]
	+ 10.30 pm *Match of the Day*. Highlights from Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers, the first of this weekend's FA Cup semi-finals. Plus a Premiership round-up. With Ray Stubbs.
15 August

## Birthdays

* Tony Robinson (b.1946), Jenny Hanley (b.1947), Princess Anne (b.1950)

## Events

* 1973: *Reg Varney, Man About the House* (ns, ITV); *Miss UK 1973* (BBC 1)
* 1978: *Ask Aspel* (ns, BBC 1)
* 1987: Madonna live in Leeds.
* 1992: inaugural season of the English Premier League.

## Charts

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

* 1971: **Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting** (1/4)
* 1978: **Commodores - Three Times A Lady** (1/5)
* 1993: Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own (2/2)
* 1999: **Westlife - If I Let You Go** (1/1)
* 2004: **Babycakes- Three of a Kind** (1/1)
* 2010: **Flo Rida ft D. Guetta - Club Can't Handle Me** (1/1)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1968: Stuart Henry. Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony Mony
* 1974: Noel Edmond s& The Osmonds.[1] The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again?
* 1985: Dixie Peach & Peter Powell. Madonna - Into the Groove.
* 1991: Gary Davies. Bryan Adams - Everything I Do..
* 1997: Denise Van Outen. Will Smith - Men In Black.
* 2003: Edith Bowman & Jack Osbourne. Blue Cantrell ft. Jean Paul - Breathe.

## Publications

1970197019811981 David Essex19811981198719871992
15 July 1971

Thursday

1971-07-15

TV
--

* BBC2
	+ 9.20 pm *Show of the Week The Morecambe and Wise Show* starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.
		- *final Morecambe & Wise Show on BBC2, moves to BBC1 as of 19 Sept. 1971*

## Top of the Pops

Host: Tony Blackburn

1. (25) Atomic Rooster – The Devil’s Answer  (crowd dancing and charts)
2. (26) The New Seekers – Never Ending Song Of Love
3. (23) The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man  (Video)
4. (New) Labi Siffre – Get To The Country
5. (Album Track) Fairport Convention – Angel Delight
6. (Album Track) Fairport Convention – Instrumental Melody
7. (New) Curved Air – Back Street Luv
8. (29) Slade – Get Down And Get With It
9. (New) Dave Clark Five – Won’t You Be My Lady
10. (27) The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
11. (1) Middle Of The Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
12. (4) T-Rex – Get It On  (Crowd Dancing)  (And Credits)
16 April

106th day of the year (107th in leap year)

## Events

* 1964: 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery".
* 1969: Frank Sinatra's My Way enters the UK Top 30
* 1972: Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing; *The Merchant of Venice* (BBC1).
* 1975: New drama serial *Survivors* begins on BBC One.

## Charts

year (click for full chart), with no.1 single (new in bold)

* 1964: The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love (3/3)
* 1969: **Desond Dekker and the Aces - The Israelites** (1/1)
* 1972: Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Amazing Grace (2/5)
* 1974: Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun (3/4)
* 1985: **USA For Africa - We Are the World** (1/2)
* 1989: The Bangles - Eternal Flame (2/4)
* 1995: Take That - Back For Good (3/4)
* 2000: **Coco vs Fragma - Toca's Miracle** (1/2)
* 2006: Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (3/9)
* 2021: Lil X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (3/ )

## Top of the Pops

year (click for show details): Presenter(s). No.1 Artist - Song.

* 1970: Tony Blackburn. Dana - All Kind of Everything.
* 1981: Peter Powell. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up.
* 1987: Janice Long & Peter Powell. Ferry Aid - Let It Be.
* 1992: Adrian Rose & Claudia Simon. Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy.
* 1999: Jayne Middlemiss. Martine Mccutcheon – Perfect Moment.
* 2004: Tim Kash. McFly – 5 Colours In Her Hair.
* 2006: Fearne Cotton & Reggie Yates. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy.

## Publications

196619661977 - click for full issue1981 - click for full issue1983 - click for full issue198419881988 - click for full issue19941994201120162020202020222022
## Stamps

1980: Wedgwood - Prestige Stamp Book (click for details)1996 - click for issue details
15 May 2020

Friday 15 May

2020-05-15

## Events

* New releases: Moby - *All Visible Objects*

## Charts

* Dame Vera Lynn sets a new UK chart record as she becomes the oldest artist to land a Top 40 on this week's Official Albums Chart. At 103 years old, Lynn's 2017 greatest hits album 100 re-enters the Official Albums Chart at Number 30, while her signature hit We'll Meet Again makes its first ever chart appearance at Number 55.[1]
* Singles: NN1 Dababy ft. Roddy Rich - Rockstar
* Albums: N1 Dua Lipa - *Future Nostalgia*
15 November 2021

Monday 15 November

2021-11-15

## Events

* England beat San Marino 10-0 and qualify for the 2022 World Cup. The national team hit double figures for the first time since 1964 8a friendly against the USA).[1] Harry Kane scored four in the first half equalling Gary Lineker's record 48 goals for England.
* Scotland secured a seeded spot in the play-off semi-finals in March with two goals against Denmark.
* Italy were held to a 0-0 draw against N. Ireland in Belfast meaning they failed to win immediate qualification.
15 September 1984

Saturday

1984-09-15

## Events

* Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David) is born in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London as the second child of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to Queen Elizabeth II, and Diana, Princess of Wales.

TV
--

* BBC One - *Saturday Picture Show, Grandstand, The Tripods (new series), Noel Edmonds Late, Late Breakfast Show, Juliet Bravo, Dynasty, Match of the Day, Parkinson*.

*scans GraemeWood*

The Tripods
## No.1 magazine

* David Bowie, Brookside, Howard Jones (link)

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15 December 2017

Friday 15 December

2017-12-15

## UK Charts

* Singles: N1 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (1), N2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (2), N3, Wham! - Last Christmas (3)

* Albums: Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith swap places with *Divide* and *The Thrill of it All* at nos 1 & 2 respectively.
	+ Compilations: *NOW That's What I Call Music 98* (1), *NOW That's What I Call Christmas* (2), *NOW That's What I Call Country* (3)

## New releases

* Singles
	+ The Beatles - Christmas Box
	+ Ed Sheeran with Andrea Boccelli - Perfect Symphony
* Albums
	+ The Beatles - *Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band* (vinyl pic disc)
	+ Choirs With Purpose - *Stand Together*
	+ Eminem - *Revival*
	+ Linkin Park- *One More Light Live*
	+ John Williams - *The Last Jedi OST*
	+ OMD - *The Punishment of Luxury: B Sides & Bonus Material*

TV
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* BBC Four
	+ 7.30 pm *Top of the Pops 1984* - repeat of The 1984 Christmas special of the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 December 1984. Featuring Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Nik Kershaw, Culture Club, Thompson Twins, Jim Diamond, Wham!, Paul Young, George Michael and Band Aid.[1]
	+ 9.30 pm *Roy Orbison: Love Hurts*. [2]
16 April 1981

Thursday

1981-04-16

TV
--

* BBC Two
	+ 6.55 pm *Delia Smith's Cookery Course* - pt.3 Advanced Pastry
	+ 8.00 pm *BBC Television Shakespeare:* Timon of Athens. Directed by Jonathan Miller

## Top of the Pops

BBC One 7.20 pm

Host Peter Powell

1. The Jacksons –  Can You Feel It? (8) (background)
2. Bad Manners –  Just A Feeling (15)
3. Spandau Ballet –  Musclebound (18) (video)
4. Girlschool –  Hit & Run (33)
5. Sugar Minott –  Good Thing Going (We’ve Got A Good Thing Going) (7) (rpt from 02/04/81)
6. Department S –  Is Vic There? (40) -
7. The Beat –  Drowning (53)
8. Whitesnake –  Don’t Break My Heart Again (29) (video)
9. UK Subs –  Keep On Running (Till You Burn) (54)
10. Ennio Morricone –  Chi Mai (4) (Legs & Co)
12. The Cure –  Primary (46) *mistakenly announced as debut*
13. The Nolans –  Attention To Me (14)
14. Bucks Fizz –  Making Your Mind Up (1) (rpt from 19/03/81)
15. The Jacksons –  Can You Feel It? (8) (video/credits)

## Smash Hits

* Features: Hazel O'Connor, Paul Weller, Public Image Ltd.,
* Bitz: Undertones, Bunnymen, Shakin' Stevens, Buzzcocks split, David Bowie book, The Clash, [èJim Kerr]] Top ten.Independent Bitz.
* Lyrics: Slow Motion, Is Vic There?, Primary, Flowers of Romance, Only Crying, MAking Your Mind Up, Changeling (Request Spot), Watching the Wheels, Stray Cat Strut, The Magnificent Seven.
* Singles
* Albums
* Live Gigz
* Centrespread: Duran Duran
* Back cover: Polecats
* Ads:
16 January 1965

Saturday

1965-01-16

## Events

* Final night of *Another Beatles Christmas Show* which had been running since 24 December.

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 5.40 pm *Doctor Who* The Slave Traders (The Romans, Pt.1). starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill and Maureen O'Brien. The slave traders raid a peaceful villa, and Dr. Who takes up the lyre. [1] (*watch programme here*)

* ITV (*TV Times scans GraemeWood*)

*Thank Your Lucky Stars*Billy Fury
16 January 2018

Tuesday

2018-01-16

## Events

* The EU targets single-use plastics in an urgent clean-up plan that aims to make all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2030. Frans Timmermans, said Brussels’ priority was to clamp down on “single-use plastics that take five seconds to produce, you use it for five minutes and it takes 500 years to break down again”.[1]
15 February 2018

Thursday

2018-02-15

TV
--

* BBC Four
	+ 01.00 am (Friday) *Top of the Pops* Simon Bates presents the pop chart show, first broadcast on 28 January 1982. Includes appearances from Tight Fit, Stiff Little Fingers, Elkie Brooks, Alton Edwards, Haircut 100, Olivia Newton John, The Stranglers and Shakin' Stevens.
	+ 01.30 am (Friday) *Top of the Pops* John Peel presents the pop chart show, first broadcast on 4 February 1982. Includes appearances from OMD, Jets, Soft Cell, XTC, Christopher Cross, Kraftwerk, Theatre of Hate and Zoo. [1]

## Books

* Karl Ove Knausgaard - *Spring* (seasons Quartet 3) published.[2]
15 February 1983

Tuesday 15 February

1983-02-15

## Charts

* Singles: NN1 Kajagoogoo - Too Shy, N2 Met At Work - Down Under N3 the Belle Stars - Sign of the Times, NE/N33 Spandau Ballet - Communication NE/N37 **OMD**  **- Genetic Engineering** NE/N38 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*

*Terry and June*
16 December 1987

Wednesday

1987-12-16

## Smash Hits

* 8th annual Readers Poll 1987
	+ Best group: 1. Five Star 2.A-ha 3.Pet Shop Boys
	+ Worst group: 1. Beastie Boys
	+ Most promising new act: 1. Wet Wet Wet 2. Rick Astley
	+ Best LP: 1. *Bad* 2.*The Joshua Tree* 3.*Actually*
	+ Best DJ: 1. Mike Smith
	+ Worst DJ: 1. Janice Long
	+ Best Single: 1. Never Gonna Give You Up 2. It's a Sin 3. Bad [1]
	+ Worst single: 1. Star Trekkin (The Firm) 2. Pump Up the Volume
	+ Most fanciable male: 1. Phillip Schofield
	+ Most fanciable female: 1. Madonna 2. Whitney Houston 3.Samantha Foxx [2]
	+ Best film: 1. Crocodile Dundee
	+ Best video: 1. Bad 2. Who's That Girl? 3. True Faith
	+ Worst film: 1. Superman IV
	+ Best dressed person: 1. Jonathan Ross [3]
	+ Most useless person:1. Margaret Thatcher 2.Neil Kinnock [4]
	+ Most horrible thing:1. spiders
	+ Best music TV programme 1.Top of the Pops 2. The Chart Show [5]
	+ Best non-music programme: 1. Eastenders
	+ Best male singer: 1. Michael Jackson
	+ Worst male singer: 1. Terence Trent D'Arby
	+ Best female singer: 1. Madonna [6]
	+ Worst female singer: 1. Samantha Fox
	+ How the Stars Voted

* Features: Mel & Kim (Comic Relief), Michael Jackson tour, Boy George, Climie Fisher, Pet Shop Boys vs. Jonathan King, Boy George Personal File, Sinitta,

* Get smart!: house music
* Lyrics: Once Upon a Long Ago, Fairytale of New York,
* Review: Video
* Centrespread: Micheal Jackson
* Back cover: Madonna
* Ads: The Two Ring Circus - Erasure, Cv (Peter Gabriel video compilation), Touched by the Hand of God, [Q Magazine]]
15 July

## Birthdays

* Trevor Horn (n.1949), Ian Curtis (b.1956, dec.)

## Events

* 1979: Jimmy Carter's 'Crisis of Confidence' speech.
* 1980: Queen Mother 80th birthday celebrations.
* 1989: Pink Floyd play Venice
* 2013: Pet Shop Boys release *Electric*
* 2017: RIP Martin Landau
* 2018: World Cup Final: France v. Croatia in Moscow.
* 2023: Wimbledon Women's Singles final

## Charts

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

* 1965: The Hollies - I'm Alive (3/3 nc.)
* 1975: **Bay City Rollers - Give A Little Love** (1/3)
* 1980: Olivia Newton-John & ELO - Xanadu (2/2)
* 1986: Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (2/3)
* 1990: Elton John - Sacrifice (5/5)
* 2001: **Robbie Williams** **- Eternity/The Road to Mandalay** (1/2)
* 2007: Rihanna - Umbrella (9/10)
* 2012: **Florence & The Machine - Spectrum** (1/3)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1964: Pete Murray & JImmy Savile. The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
* 1965: Pete Murray. The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man.
* 1971: Tony Blackburn. Middle Of The Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
* 1976: Noel Edmonds. Demis Roussos- Forever and Ever.
* 1982: Peter Powell. Irene Cara - Fame.
* 1993: Tony Dortie. Take That - Pray.

## Publications

1967197219721972 Ace Of Wands19781978 (click for full issue)197819781987 (click for full issue)1989 - click for full issue1989200619891989201720232023
## Stamps

Click on stamp for full issue details

1970 - Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh1986 - Thirteenth Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh2003 - Scotland. A British Journey
14 September

## Birthdays

* Sam Neill (b.1947), Ray Wilkins (b.1956, dec.), Morten Harket (b.1959), Amy Winehouse (b.1983, dec.), Lennon Gallagher (b.1999).

## Events

* 1981: *Pebble Mill At One, Blue Peter* (ns, BBC1)
* 1984: *Hartbeat* (ns, BBC1), *Freud* (ns, BBC2); 1st MTV Video Music Awards
* 1986: Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed
* 1987: ITV Schools begins on C4.
* 1997: Candle in the Wind 1997 straight in at no.1.
* 2009: David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London. RIP Patrick Swayze.
* 2022: Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace

## Charts

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

* 1969: **Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising** (1/3)
* 1976: ABBA - Dancing Queen (3/6)
* 1982: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (3/4)
* 1986: The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (2/4)
* 1997: **Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight** (1/5)
* 2003: Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? (2/6)
* 2008: **Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire** (1/3)
* 2014: **Calvin Harris ft John Newman - Shame** (1/1)
* 2018: Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises (2/6 nc)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1967: Pete Murray. Engelbert Humperdinck – The Last Waltz
* 1972: JS. Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now.
* 1978: JS. Commodores - Three Times a Lady
* 1989: Andy Crane & Simon Mayo. Black Box Ride On Time.
* 1995: Robbie Williams. Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone.
* 2001: Josie D'Arby. Bob the Builder - Mambo No. 5.

## Publications

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12 April 2002

Friday

2002-04-12

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 7.00 pm *Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook*. Royal reporter Jennie Bond and TV presenter Ben Fogle guest on the culinary challenge. Ainsley Harriott referees.
	+ 7.30 pm *Top of the Pops* A selection of this week's hits, including the number one.
* BBC Two
	+ 11.35 pm *Later....with Jools Holland* The Pet Shop Boys, featuring tracks from their new album Release, Manchester's Doves, launching The Last Broadcast, and Cornershop, promoting Handcream fora Generation, are guests as the musical showcase returns for a six-part run in this, its 19th series. With Jools Holland.

## Top of the Pops

Host: Sarah Cawood

1. (23) Stereophonics – Vegas Two Times
2. (18) Michelle Branch – Everywhere
3. (19) Ladies First – I Can’t Wait [1]
4. (2) Britney Spears – I’M Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
5. (39) Elton John – Original Sin
6. (16) Sheryl Crow – Soak Up The Sun [2]
7. (New) Oasis – The Hindu Times
8. (1) Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody (over credits) rpt.
16 August 1975

Saturday

1975-08-16

## Events

* Opening matches of new football league season. Hooliganism is rife amongst fans throughout the country.

TV
--

* BBC 1 8.10 pm - Seaside Special, outside broadcast from Torbay, featuring:
	+ New Edition sing & dance to "The Main Attraction", "Be A Clown" & Funky Gibbon
	+ Dailey & Wayne Keep The Customer Satisfied "Hey There"
	+ Des Lane Yellow Rose of Texas" & "Long Way to Tipperary"
	+ Lulu I Was Raised On Rock & "Boy Meets Girl"
	+ ABBA "Waterloo" "S.O.S."
	+ Janet Brown The Pleasure Of Your Company
	+ Kimberley Clarke Call The Preacher
	+ Kenneth McKellar Without A Song & "O Sole Mio"
	+ Mike Batt Summertime City
	+ Tony Blackburn "Tie A Yellow Ribbon"

*source: ABBA on TV*
15 January 1985

Tuesday

1985-01-15

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 12.45 pm Gary Davies. New Top 40: NN1 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is, N2 Band Aid - Do They know It's Christmas?, N3 Wham! - Last Christmas. HNE/N13 Prince - 1999/Little Red Corvette.
	+ 10.00 pm John Peel - The Beloved in session.

TV
--

* BBC Two 7.30 pm *Whistle Test* - Mark Ellen, Andy Kershaw and David Hepworth introduce live music from the Cocteau Twins (their first television appearance for a year) and Floy Joy.  John Peel makes a rare visit to Radio 1's studios in Maida Vale, London to watch a session for his own programme. Richard Skinner surveys the new charts.
15 December 1988

Thursday 15 December

1988-12-15

## Top of the Pops

Presenters: Gary Davies & Mark Goodier

* Playlist:
	+ (22) Bon Jovi – Born To Be My Baby
	+ (13) Petula Clark – Downtown ’88
	+ (10) U2 – Angel Of Harlem (video)
	+ (15) **New Order – Fine Time**
	+ (4) Erasure – Stop
	+ (6) Inner City – Good Life
	+ (1) Cliff Richard – Mistletoe & Wine (video)
	+ (25) A-ha – You Are The One (video/credits)
14 May 1988

Saturday

1988-05-14

## Events

* 107th FA Cup final played between Liverpool and Wimbledon. The match ended in a surprise win for the London team by a single goal scored by Sanchez in the 38th minute. This was the last FA Cup final to be broadcast by both the BBC and ITV, which had been the case since 1958.Wikipedia

*Radio & TV Times scans GraemeWood*
15 August 1978

Tuesday 15 August

1978-08-15

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 4.45 pm *Ask Aspel* A series of eight programmes. Michael Aspel introduces your requests from recent BBC television programmes. With him in the studio this week: Tim Rice

*scans GraemeWood*

## Charts

R1 12.45 Paul Burnett

* Top 40: NN1 Commodores - Three Times a Lady (5), N2 Travolta & Newton-John - You're the One That I Want (1), N3 Clout - Substitute (2). HNE/N36 David Essex - Oh What a Circus (-). NE/N38 Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real).
16 April 2011

Saturday

2011-04-16

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 6.10 pm *Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue*. Blue have accepted the challenge to represent their country this May at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf. But to do well, they will need some help. Narrated by Graham Norton.
	+ 10.30 pm *Match of the Day* Chelsea v. WBA. Blackpool v Wigan.
15 January 1970

Thursday 15 January

1970-01-15

## Publications

* Article in *Radio Times* (for programmes 17 - 24 January 1970)on"Pop's changing face.." with "two new music programmes" and *Top of the Pops:*

*scans GraemeWood*

Tommy Vance and *Disco 2*John Peel
## Top of the Pops

Host: JS

1. (1) Rolf Harris – Two Little Boys  (and charts)
2. (39) The Temptations – I Can’t Get Next To You
3. (18) Arrival – Friends
4. (New) The Peddlers – Girlie
5. (8) Dave Clark Five – Good Old Rock ‘N’ Roll
6. (10) Badfinger – Come And Get It
7. (17) Harry J. All-Stars – The Liquidator  (Crowd Dancing)
8. (New) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition – Something’s Burning
9. (1) Rolf Harris – Two Little Boys
15 October 2023

Sunday 15 October

2023-10-15

## Events

* Scotland qualify for Euro 2024 finals in Germany as Spain beat Norway. (BBC Sport). Wales beat Croatia 2-1 to boost their qualification hopes.

## Radio

* BBC Radio 2
	+ *Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration* Jo Whiley presents this unique performance celebrating the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who from Cardiff's Hoddinott Hall. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers conducted by Alastair King. (Part of Radio 2 Celebrates Doctor Who at 60)

TV
--

*from Radio Times*
15 September 2017

Friday 15 September

2017-09-15

## Events

* North Korea launches a second ballistic missile over Japan. Sirens sounded across the region and text message alerts were sent out warning people to take cover. [1]
* NASA Saturn satellite probe **Cassini** ends its mission which began with its launch on 15 October 1997.
* Gary Numan - *Savage*, Post Malone - Rockstar released
* China Crisis first three album re-issues released.
14 October 1991

Monday 14 October

1991-10-14

## Events

* Pet Shop Boys release new single **DJ Culture** b/w Music For Boys.
* Queen release new single The Show Must Go On taken form the *Innuendo* album, but also ahead of the imminent release of *Greatest Hits II* later in the month.
* Saint Etienne release debut album *Foxbase Alpha.*
15 September

## Birthdays

* Maggie Reilly (b.1956), Prince Henry (b.1984)

## Events

* 1979: *Something Else -* new series.
* 2005: *49 Up* (E1/2)
* 2017: N. Korea missile over Japan

## Charts

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

* 1966: **The Small Faces - All or Nothing** (1/1)
* 1981: **Adam & the Ants - Prince Charming** (1/4)
* 1987: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (4/5)
* 1991: Bryan Adams - Everything I Do.. (11/16)
* 1996: **Fugees - Ready Or Not** (1/2)
* 2002: Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling) (3/3)
* 2013: Katy Perry - Roar (2/2)
* 2017: **Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes** (1/3)
* 2023: Doja Cat - Paint the Town Red (2/ )

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1966: Pete Murray. The Small Faces - All or Nothing.
* 1977: JS. Elvis Presley - Way Down.
* 1983: Janice Long & JS. UB40 - Red Red Wine.
* 1988: Simon Mayo & Peter Powell. Phil Collins - Groovy kind of Love.
* 1994: Simon Mayo. Whigfield - Saturday Night.
* 2000: Jamie Theakston. Modjo – Lady (Hear Me Tonight).

## Publications

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15 May 1981

Friday 15 May

1981-05-15

## Events

* George Harrison releases new single All Those years Ago. The recording features former bandmates Ringo Starr on drums and Paul and Linda McCartney on backing vocals. the lyrics were a tribute to John Lennon and their days in The Beatles. It was was the first recording to feature the three Beatles since I Me Mine in 1970.
15 May 1967

Monday

1967-05-15

## Events

* The Beatles celebrate the completion of the 'Sgt Pepper' album with a dinner party organised by manager Brian Epstein. Afterwards Paul McCartney goes ot he Bag O Nails nightclub where he meets Linda Eastman for the first time. (BB)
* Artist Edward Hopper dies, aged 84.

TV
--

* BBC One [1]
	+ 10.45 am *Trumpton* - The Telephone (repeated from 14 February 1967)
	+ 4.55 pm *Blue Peter* Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton, John Noakes.
	+ 6.40 pm *Top of the Form*. Transworld Edition. Australia and the United Kingdom are linked when Top of the Form goes Down-under for an international series of general knowledge competitions between schools
15 December 2021

Wednesday 15 December

2021-12-15

## Events

* 'COVID passports' are introduced in England for people over 18 attending events in unseated venues with more than 500 people, unseated outdoor venues with more than 4,000 people, nightclubs and any venue with more than 10,000 people. [1] *(see gov.uk page for full details and guidance)*
14 March 1968

Thursday

1968-03-14

TV
--

* BBC One [1]
	+ 6.40 pm *Sixth Sense*. Michael Aspel introduces a new competitive series in which sixth-formers are given the opportunity to air their views or investigate any topic that concerns them.
	+ 7.30 pm *Top of the Pops*.
	+ 9.05 pm *Toward Tomorrow*. Utopia. Your future is being created now —for better or for worse? Prophecies, pleasant and unpleasant, are contributed by: Dr. J. Bronowski, Herman Kahn and Tony Wiener, Lewis Mumford, Professor B. F. Skinner. (*clips here and here*)

## Top of the Pops

The promotional film for 'Lady Madonna' was broadcast in black and white on Top Of The Pops on UK television. The video portion of the film clip was shot while The Beatles were performing the song Hey Bulldog, but the Lady Madonna audio track was paired with the video for the promo release. (*source*)

1. (1) Esther & Abi Ofarim – Cinderella Rockefella (And Charts)
2. (6) Donovan – Jennifer Juniper (rpt.)
3. (28) Cilla Black – Step Inside Love
4. (7) Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay (Video)
5. (21) Elvis Presley – Guitar Man (Crowd Dancing)
6. (3) Don Partridge – Rosie (rpt.)
7. (5) Tom Jones – Delilah
8. (New) Cliff Richard – Congratulations - *UK ESC entry announced on 'Cilla' on 12 March*
9. (New) The Beatles – Lady Madonna (video) - *preview, single released the following day*
10. (1) Esther & Abi Ofarim – Cinderella Rockefella (rpt.)
15 November 1969

Saturday

1969-11-15

## Events

* TV: BBC One begins transmitting programmes in colour. [1] The first programme, *An Evening with Petula Clark*, began at midnight (after *A Colourful One* - see 14 November 1969). The first daytime programme in colour was the Weather forecast at midday and then *Grandstand* at 12.45 introduced by Frank Bough.
* see also *BBC 'Colourful one'* on transdiffusion.org
16 April 1979

Easetr Monday 16 April

1979-04-16

TV
--

* ITV: First Appearance of Audrey Roberts in *Coronation Street*.
* BBC One
	+ 7.45 pm *ABBA in Switzerland* Abba star in their first-ever European television special, recorded on location in the Swiss Alps, in which they sing many of their million-selling hits together with some brand-new songs. Also featuring their guests Kate Bush, Roxy Music. (*full show*)
15 September 1985

Sunday 15 September

1985-09-15

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 2.30 pm *Radio 1 Roadshow* from Thorpe Park, Chertsey, Surrey. Adrian Juste, Paul Jordan and Peter Powell join in the fun at the launch party for UNICEF World Children's Week.
	+ 4.00 pm *My Top Ten* Bobby Ball of Cannon and Ball talks to Andy Peebles and chooses ten all-time favourite music tracks.
	+ 5.00 pm *Top 40* with Simon Bates - (*listen on-line here, full chart here*)
	+ 7.00 pm Anne Nightingale Your state-of-the-art request show
15 June 1996

Saturday 15 June

1996-06-15

## Events

* An IRA bomb explodes at 11.17 am at the Arndale Centre in Manchester. It was the biggest bomb detonated in Great Britain since the Second World War. At least 75,000 people were evacuated and there were no fatalities.
	+ see also: "*IRA apologises to bomb victims*", The Independent 1996-06-20

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 12.20 *Grandstand* Introduced by Desmond Lynam from Wembley Stadium, with Alan Hansen , Jimmy Hill and Ruud Gullit.
	+ 12.25 Euro 96 The latest news on today's Group A clash between England and Scotland. Plus, key moments from the first week of the tournament, a look ahead to tonight's France v Spain match in Group B, and a report on Italy's progress.
		- England won the match 2-0 with goals by Alan Shearer and Paul Gasgoigne. Scotland miss a penalty.[1] *video*
		- France 1-1 Spain (Leeds). Spain equalize at 86'.
14 November 2006

Tuesday 14 November

2006-11-14

## Events

* The Royal World Premiere of *Casino Royale* (2006) is held at London's Odeon Leicester Square Theatre in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
	+ The Gala Charity Premiere Benefit was also the 60th Royal Film Performance, the second for a Bond film, the first was *Die Another Day* (2002). It was held in aid of the Film & Television Benevolent Fund (FTBF). Parallel premieres were also held nearby at other London Leicester Square theatres, the Empire and the Odeon West End, on the same date.
15 October 1981

Thursday 15 October

1981-10-15

## Smash Hits

* Features: UB40, Laurie Anderson, Altered Images, Fan clubs, Madness, Duran Duran in NYC,
* Bitz: David Bowie Baal, Steve Strange, Fun Boy Three, Thomas Dolby, OMD, Adam & the Ants album, Simple Minds, Gary Numan,
* Lyrics: Absolute Beginners (The Jam), O Superman, Happy Birthday, Quiet Life, Stairway to Heaven, Joan of Arc, Europa and the Pirate Twins.
* Singles: Absolute Beginners (The Jam), Favourite Shirts, Mama Used to Say,
* Albums: *Dare**, October, The Best of Blondie*,
* Live: Dates ABC, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, ELO, The Human League, OMD, ODW, Toyah, Ultravox.

Live report: Ultravox.
* Centrespread: Madness
* Back cover: Hazel O'Connor
* Ads: *Dare*, Joan of Arc, Absolute Beginners (The Jam), Keep It Dark, *October*, Dramatis, Mask (Bauhaus)

## Top of the Pops

Host: Kid Jensen

1. Gary Glitter – And Then She Kissed Me (44)
2. Toyah – Thunder In The Mountains (5) (video)
3. B.A. Robertson & Maggie Bell – Hold Me (36)
4. Altered Images – Happy Birthday (16) (rpt from 01/10/81)
5. The Tweets – Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) (2) (Legs & Co)
6. Godley & Creme – Under Your Thumb (3) (rpt from 17/09/81)
7. The Exploited – Dead Cities (41)
8. Squeeze – Labelled With Love (31)
9. The Creatures – Mad Eyed Screamer (25) (rpt from 01/10/81)
10. Heaven 17 – Play To Win (59) (background)
11. Bad Manners – Walking In The Sunshine (10)
12. Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – It’s My Party (1)
13. This Year’s Blonde – Platinum Pop (48) (+ credits)
15 December 1984

Saturday 15 December

1984-12-15

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 9.00 am - *Saturday Superstore*. with Mike Read, Keith Chegwin, Sarah Greene and Keith Harris and Orville Delia Smith, Norris McWhirter, Kim Wilde, Giles Brandreth. [1]
	+ 5.20 pm - *Superdance 84*. A Disco Special. Gary Davies presents this colourful extravaganza featuring a wealth of young talent from the National Association of Youth Clubs. [2]

## No.1 magazine

* Simon Le Bon cover (full issue link)
* Readers Poll 1984
* Paul Young 1985 calendar
14 September 2018

Friday 14 September

2018-09-14

## Events

* Hurricane Florence makes landfall on the US East Coast, bringing with it winds, heavy rains and potentially "catastrophic" floods.[1]
* New releases: David Guetta returns with *7*, his first album in four years,while Paul Weller releases his fourteenth solo studio album *True Meanings*. EDM due Orbital release their ninth studio album Monsters French electronic music maestro Jean Michel Jarre releases *Planet Jarre*, a 4-CD retrospective of his 50-year career, and also re-releases earlier studio albums *Geometry of Love* and *Metamorphoses*. Mariah Carey also returns to the scene with new song GTFO.
* The makers of *Big Brother* announce that the show is being axed at the end of the new series which begins tonight on Channel 5.[2]

## Charts

* Singles: N1 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises (1), N2 Benny Blanco - Eastside (2), N3/HNE Kayne West & Lil Pump - I Love It (-)
* Albums: N1 Eminem - *Kamikaze* (1), HNE/N3 Paul McCartney - *Egpyt Station*.
	+ Vinyl: NN1/HNE Spiritualized - *And Nothing Hurt*.
16 December 1982

Thursday

1982-12-16

## Events

* British group Japan perform their final live concert in Nagoya Shi Kohkaido, Japan.[1]

## Top of the Pops

presented by JS

1. (5) Madness – Our House
2. (17) Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love (video)
3. (28) Santa Claus & The Christmas Trees – Sing-A-Long-A-Santa
4. US Chart
5. (30) David Essex – A Winter’s Tale
6. (19) Malcolm Mclaren – Buffalo Gals (video)
7. (27) Dionne Warwick – All The Love In The World (video)
8. (21) Cliff Richard – Little Town
9. (20) Bucks Fizz – If You Can’t Stand The Heat (rpt.)
10. (13) Ultravox – Hymn
11. (1) Renée & Renato – Save Your Love (video)
12. (22) Donna Summer – I Feel Love (Crowd Dancing) (And Credits)
16 February 1982

Tuesday 16 February

1982-02-16

## Charts

* Top 40: N1 The Jam - Town Called Malice/Precious (1), N2 The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2), N3 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (18), N4 OMD - Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) (6). HNE/N26 **Madness - Cardiac Arrest (-)**

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 11.30 am *DLT* Beginning at 12.45 Dave gives a rundown on this week's Top 40 discs - your first chance to hear the new chart
	+ 5.00 pm *Peter Powell* including from 5.0-5.30 the Record Race with a chance to win the Top Ten singles and beginning at 6.5 Peter reviews the new Top 40 singles chart.
	+ 8.00 pm *David Jensen* from Northern Ireland including a session from the new Belfast group Big Self, plus a specially recorded concert from Stiff Little Fingers.
	+ 10.00 pm John Peel. sessions Marine Girls, Method Actors [1]

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 7.05 pm *Dr Who*: The Visitation, Part 2. A Terileptil is living in Sir John's basement and is planning to wipe out mankind with plague rats. It decides to arrange for the Doctor and Richard Mace to be beheaded.
	+ 8.00 pm *Emery presents: Legacy of Murder* 1: Dying to Meet You. A lighthearted thriller in six parts filmed entirely on location starring Dick Emery and written by John and Steven Singer.

* ITV
	+ 4.20 pm *On Safari* A big game show for parents and children presented by Christopher Biggins and Gillian Taylforth. Special guest Kenny Everett.(*see scan below*)

*scans GraemeWood*

*Emery presents: Legacy of Murder*Max Bygraves
15 May 1969

Thursday

1969-05-15

## Top of the Pops

Host: Pete Murray

1. (1) The Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back (And Charts)
2. (New) Joe South – Leanin’ On You
3. (New) The Herd – The Game (Video)
4. (3) Fleetwood Mac – Man Of The World ®
5. (New) Tony & Tandy – Two Can Make It Together
6. (2) Herman’s Hermits – My Sentimental Friend ®
7. (15) Manfred Mann – Ragamuffin Man
8. (11) Tommy Roe – Dizzy (Crowd Dancing)
9. (1) The Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back (Video)
14 September 1997

Sunday 14 September

1997-09-14

## Charts

* Singles: HNE/NN1 Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight (-), NE/N2 George Michael - You Have Been Loved EP (-), N3 The Verve - the Drugs Won't Work (1). NE/N6 Ricky Martin - (Un Dos Tres) Maria (-)
* Albums: N1 Oasis - *Be Here Now* (1), HNE/N2 Mariah Carey - *Butterfly* (-), N3 Radiohead - *OK Computer* (3). NE/N9: Travis - *Good Feeling* (-)

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 9.05 pm *The Lakes* The first of a four-part rites-ot-passage drama written by the creator of Cracker Jimmy Mcuovern. Starring John Simm. The experiences of Danny Kavanagh , a 21-year-old gambler and womaniser, who leaves home and enters the dark soul and sexual quicksand of a small Lake District community.

*scans GraemeWood*
16 December 1979

Sunday 16 December

1979-12-16

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 5.00 pm Top 40 with Tony Blackburn
		- *(Listen here and here - Chart here)*

TV
--

* BBC2
	+ 5.45 pm *The Money Programme*. The 1970s: What Went Wrong? In the last decade all our economic certainties were turned upside down. Governments appeared no longer to control inflation, unemployment or public spending. So, what went wrong?
	+ 7.15 pm *The BBC Television Shakespeare, Henry IV: Part 2*

*scans GraemeWood*
14 May 1989

Sunday 14 May

1989-05-14

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 5.00 pm *Top 40* with Bruno Brookes (*listen here - chart here*).
		- NN1/HNE VV AA - Ferry Cross the Mersey (-), N2 Kylie Minogue - Hand on Your Heart (1), N3 Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy (5). NE/N22 Paul McCartney - My Brave Face (-)

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 7.15 pm *Three up, Two Down* (S04, E01) Sitcom about odd couple Daphne and Sam. Daphne finds it hard to come to terms with Sam's growing friendship with Rhonda, while Nick perseveres in his plan to photograph the family for his article.
	+ 8.40 pm *Mastermind* with Magnus Magnusson from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The second semi-final, and four more contenders are hoping to secure a place in the final.
	+ 9.25 pm *That's Life!* Presented by Esther Rantzen. with Adrian Mills Grant Baynham Gavin Campbell and Doc Cox.
14 October 1975

Tuesday 14 October

1975-10-14

## Events

* Future vocalist with pop group All Saints Shaznay Lewis born in London

TV
--

* New pop music show *Look Alive* hosted by Stephanie De Sykes begins on ITV. First show features Patches, Mud.[1]
* Old Grey Whistle Test: Leo Sayer, Todd Rundgren 's Utopia and Andrew Bailey.

## Charts

* Top 30 announced by Johnnie Walker on R1, 12.00 noon.[2]
	+ Top 3 all non movers: N1 David Essex - Hold Me Close (3/3), N2 Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes For You, N3 The Drifters - There Goes My First Love. HNE/N23 Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (full chart)
15 February 1993

Monday 15 February

1993-02-15

## Events

* Depeche Mode release their new single I Feel You, their first since the highly successful album *Violator*. [1] The group return with a harder, more rock guitar and 'grunge' based sound as well as a new look - frontman Dave Gahan sports long hair and a beard. The single is a taste of the upcoming album *Songs of Faith and Devotion*.
15 March 2001

Thursday 15 March

2001-03-15

## Events

* Actor Ellie Leach born in Manchester, UK.

TV
--

* BBC One [1]
	+ 10.00 am *Housecall* Designer Gordon Whistance turns a spare bedroom into a dream bathroom.
	+ 11.30 am *House Invaders* More do-it-yourself ideas, with Linda Barker
	+ 8.00 pm *Match of the Day live* Liverpool v FC Porto. Live coverage from Anfield as Liverpool conclude their two-leg quarter-final tie against FC Porto. (UEFA Cup) [2]