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25 June

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* Wimbledon Championships begin: 1973, 1979, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2012
* Glastonbury weekend begins: 1993, 1999, 2004, 2010

## Birthdays

* Eddie Large (b.1941, dec.), Ricky Gervais (b.1961), Phill Jupitus (b.1962), George Michael (b.1963, dec.)

## Events

* 1967: *Our World*, the first live, international, satellite television production is broadcast.
* 1978: 11th FIFA World Cup final: Argentina vs. The Netherlands in Buenos Aires.
* 1981: Depeche Mode make TOTP debut.
* 1982: Blade Runner movie released in USA.
* 1988: UEFA European Championship Final in Munich.
* 1991: Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
* 2009: RIP Michael Jackson, RIP Farah Fawcett
* 2010: 40th Glastonbury festival opens
* 2020: Liverpool win Premier League
* 2022: Paul McCartney at Glastonbury

## Charts

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

* 1964: **Roy Orbison - It's Over** (1/2)
* 1969: The Beatles - The Ballad of John & Yoko (3/3)
* 1972: **Slade - Take Me Back 'Ome** (1/1)
* 1974: **Charles Aznavour - She** (1/4)
* 1985: **Sister Sledge - Frankie** (1/4)
* 1989: Soul II Soul - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (2/4)
* 1995: Robson & Gerome - Unchained Melody (7/7)
* 2000: Black Legens - You See the Trouble With Me (2/2)
* 2006: Nelly Furtado - Maneater (3/3)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1970: *no show due to Wimbledon 1970*
* 1981: Simon Bates. Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life.
* 1987: Simon Bates & Peter Powell. The Firm - Star Trekkin'
* 1992: Adrian Rose & Claudia Simon. Erasure - Lay All Your Love On Me (ABBA-esque)
* 1999: Gail Porter. Melanie G – Word Up
* 2004: Tim Kash & Reggie Yates. Britney Spears – Everytime

## Publications

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27 December 1971

Monday. Boxing Day.

1971-12-27

TV
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*scans GraemeWood*

*Top of the Pops 71*, *Blue Peter Goes Disney**A Special Dad's Army*
## Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops '71 pt. 2. Hosted by Tony Blackburn.

1. (-) T-Rex – Get It On  Watch
2. (-) The Tams – Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me
3. (1) Benny Hill – Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
4. (14) Slade – Coz I Luv You
5. (-) George Harrison – My Sweet Lord  (Danced To By Pan’s People)
6. (-) The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
7. (-) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – Resurrection Shuffle
8. (-) Diana Ross – I’m Still Waiting  (Video)
9. (-) The New Seekers – Never Ending Song Of Love
10. (35) Rod Stewart – Maggie May
26 January 2018

Friday

2018-01-26

## New releases

Singles

* Franz Ferdinand - Lazyboy
* Simple Minds - Sense of Discovery
* Sting & Shaggy - Don't Make Me Wait
* Thirty Seconds To Mars - Dangerous Night
* Justin Timberlake - Say Something

Albums

* Craig David - *The Time Is Now*
* Propaganda - *A Secret Wish* (reissue)
* *Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds* (2 LP vinyl)

## Charts

* Singles: HNE/NN1 Drake - God's Plan, N2 Ramz - Barking, N3 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran - River. NE/N21 Drake - Diplomatic Immunity.

* Albums: N1 *The Greatest Showman OST*, NE/N2 - Fall Out Boy - *Mania*, NE/N3 First Aid Kit - *Ruins*.
	+ Vinyl: N1 First Aid Kit - *Ruins*, N2 *Stranger Things OST*, N3 Gary Numan - *Dance,* N4 XCerts - Hold On To Your Heart, N5 Go Team - Semi Circle, N6 Fall Out Boy - *Mania* **(all NE)**

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1 6.30 am *Chris Evans Breakfast Show* - with Gary Oldman, Geri Horner, Sam Claflin, Squeeze.

TV
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* BBC Four
	+ 7.30 pm *Top of the Pops* 07 February 1985
	+ 8.10 pm *The Good Old Days* 02 July 1981
	+ 10.00 pm *Glastonbury Golden Greats* [1]
* BBC Two 7.00 pm *Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby* [2] (S01 E01/06)
25 July

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## Events

* 1964: *A Hard Day's Night* album at N1 in UK and USA
* 1965: Bob Dylan is booed by the crowd at Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar.
* 1984: Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes 1st woman to walk in space
* 1985: Rock Hudson confirmed as having AIDS.
* 1992: XXV Olympic Games open in Barcelona
* 1999: Lance Armstrong wins first of 7 consecutive Tour de France titles (later disqualified)
* 2019: Hottest UK temperature ever recorded

## Charts

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

* 1971: T Rex - Get It On (2/4)
* 1978: John Travolta / O. Newton-John - You're the One That I Want (7/9)
* 1993: Take That - Pray (3/4)
* 1999: Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (3/3)
* 2004: **Streets - Dry Your Eyes** (1/1)
* 2010: **Yolanda be Cool - We No Speak Americano** (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: *no show due to BBC strike*
* 1985: Gary Davies & Dixie Peach. Eurythmics – There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
* 1991:  Craig McLachlan. The Outthere Bros. - Boom Boom Boom
* 1997: Zoë Ball. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans – I’ll Be Missing You
* 2003: Liz Bonnin & Fearne Cotton. Beyoncé - Crazy In Love

## Publications

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25 June 1992

Thursday

1992-06-25

## Events

* Concert: David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn 'The First Day Italy 1992', Sala Europa, Bologna Italy.

## Top of the Pops

Hosts: Adrian Rose & Claudia Simon

1. (13) TLC – Ain’T 2 Proud 2 Beg
2. (11) Mariah Carey – I’ll Be There
3. (12) U2 – Even Better Than The Real Thing (Video)
4. (19) Tori Amos – Crucify
5. (15) Megadeth – Symphony Of Destruction
6. (14) Diana Ross – One Shining Moment
7. (17) Def Leppard – Make Love Like A Man (Video) (Breakers)
8. (21) Messiah – Temple Of Dreams (Video) (Breakers)
9. (New) Wet Wet Wet – Lip Service (live exclusive)
10. (1) Erasure – Lay All Your Love On Me (Video)
26 July 2019

Friday

2019-07-26

## Events

* Prominent Russian Instagram influencer Ekaterina Karaglanova, 24, is found dead from knife wounds in a suitcase in her rented Moscow apartment.[1]
* New releases: Kaiser Chiefs - *Duck*, Lloyd Cole - *Guesswork*, Soft Cell - *Say Hello, Wave Goodbye* (live)

TV
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* BBC Four
	+ 11.00 pm *Public Service Broadcasting* Cerys Matthews introduces cult London band Public Service Broadcasting who take to the Royal Albert Hall stage for their Proms debut. To mark the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landings, they are joined by the Multi-Story Orchestra to perform a specially commissioned new orchestral arrangement of the band’s second studio album *The Race For Space*.[2]

## Charts

* Singles: NN1 Mendes/Cabello - Senorita, N2 Sheeran/Khalis - Beautiful People, N3 (RE) Sheeran/Bieber - I Don't Care, HNE/N12 **Sam Smith** **- How Do You Sleep**
* Albums: N1 Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project HNE/N3 Freya Ridings - *Freya Ridings*
	+ Vinyl: HNE/N1 Thom Yorke - *Anima*, NE/N2 Prince - *Originals* NE/N3 Brian Eno - *Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks*
22 April 1982

Thursday

1982-04-22

## Events

* Play: 'Move Over Mrs Markham' opening night at Conquest Theatre. [1]

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 9.25 pm *Bird of Prey* (ns) A four-part thriller for the electronic age

## Top of the Pops

Presenter: Peter Powell

1. (3) Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
2. (17) Bananarama & Fun Boy Three – Really Saying Something  (Video)
3. (8) Elton John – Blue Eyes
4. (11) England World Cup Squad – This Time (We’ll Get It Right)  (Video)
5. (30) Kim Wilde – View From A Bridge
6. (12) Haircut 100 – Fantastic Day  (Video)
7. (34) PhD – I Won’t Let You Down
8. (26) David Bowie – Cat People (Putting Out Fire)  (Danced To By Zoo)
9. (22) Shakin’ Stevens – Shirley
10. (1) Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder – Ebony And Ivory  (Video)
11. (10) Shalamar – I Can Make You Feel Good  (Crowd Dancing)  (And Credits)
25 January 2023

Wednesday 25 January

2023-01-25

## Events

* Germany agrees to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, in what Kyiv hopes will be a game-changer on the battlefield.  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the decision to send 14 tanks - and allow other countries to send theirs too - at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.  US President Joe Biden's administration is also expected to announce plans to send at least 30 M1 Abrams tanks.  A Kremlin spokesman earlier said the tanks would "burn like all the rest".  (BBC News)
25 May 1985

Saturday 25 May

1985-05-25

## Events

* US charts: Wham! go to no.1 with Everything She Wants, replacing Simple Minds' Don't You (Forget About Me) which is at no.2. Tears For Fears are at no.3 with Everybody Wants To Rule The World. The '(second) British Invasion' has begun.[1]

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 10.00 am *Dave Lee Travis* DLT and the Radio 1 Roadshow visit the Silverstone Circuit, where Motor 100 provides an extravaganza celebrating 100 years of motor transport.
	+ 12.00 *Marathon Music Quiz* direct from the Watershed in Bristol. Commentary on this charity event by Steve Wright and Janice Long. Chairman Mark Page and team captains Mike Read and Paul Gambaccini with celebrities from the world of pop music, and a live concert from The Icicle Works at 7.0 pm. At 9.00 pm a live concert from China Crisis.

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 8.30 am *The Saturday Picture Show* Mark Curry and Maggie Philbin welcome the weekend with more cartoons, pop music, guests and summertime reports from the mobile picture unit. Live music in the studio from Big Sound Authority Guests include Phil Lynott and Gary Moore. Strawberry Switchblade. Gary Davies presents a pop profile of Nils Lofgren.
	+ 10.55 am *Grandstand*
	+ 8.30 pm *The Kenny Everett Television Show* Why was the vicar breakdancing in the vestry? Who left a jelly in the micro wave? Where is Mrs Gwenlan 's sub-machine gun? Watch Kenny tonight and learn the answers to these questions and less. And you could win a holiday at home.
	+ 9.00 pm *Dynasty*
27 October 2022

Thursday 27 October

2022-10-27

## Radio

* BBC 6 Music
	+ 10.30 am / 12.30 pm Mary Anne Hobbs *David Sylvian - Spirit of Sylvian*. Mary Anne will be celebrating David Sylvian's incredible body of work in a special 'Spirit of Sylvian' show featuring artists who've influenced him and contemporary musicians he's inspired, including Goldie and the Oscar-winning Icelandic composer Hildur Gudnadottir. (BBC Sounds)
	+ 11.30 am One of the world's most enigmatic musicians, David Sylvian shares thoughts and ideas in a specially recorded Audio Diary for the show, his first public dialogue for around fifteen years. Mary Anne will be celebrating his incredible body of work in a special “Spirit of Sylvian” show featuring artists who've influenced him, contemporary musicians he's inspired, his own collaborations and solo work, and music she’d like to play to David.
25 September 1995

Monday 25 September

1995-09-25

## Events

* David Bowie releases new studio album *1.Outside (*subtitled *The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper-cycle)*
	+ The album marked Bowie's return to collaborating with producer Brian Eno. The album entered the UK album charts at no.8 on 01 October.
* Tears For Fears release new single Raoul and the Kings of Spain, the title track of their upcoming album.
25 February 2018

Sunday

2018-02-25

## Events

* Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-0 in the League Cup (Carabao Cup) Final held at Wembley.[1]
* The 2018 Winter Olympics are officially brought to a close at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium in South Korea, where the Olympic flag is handed to the Chinese city of Beijing, host of the 2022 Games.
25 November 1978

Saturday

1978-11-25

## Record Mirror

Japan / David SylvianSiouxsie & The Banshees / *The Scream*Mike Oldfield / 1/ 2Singles / 1Singles / 2Albums / 1 Queen - *Jazz*Albums / 2: The Police - *Outlandos D'Amour*, Kate Bush - *Lionheart*, Mike Oldfield - *Incantations*Centrespread / Rod StewartJapan in NYCThe Boomtown RatsVillage People
28 September 1982

Tuesday 28 September

1982-09-28

## Charts

* Singles: NN1 Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie (26), N2 The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (2), N3 Fat Larry's Band - Zoom (17). NE/N26 Dexys Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said (-), NE/N2**9 Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind** (-)
* Albums: HNE/NN1 Dire Straits - *Love Over Gold* (-)
25 March 1982

Thursday 25 March

1982-03-25

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 7.20 pm *Top of the Pops* (see below)
	+ 8.00 pm *The Kenny Everett Television Show* Once again Kenny introduces a galaxy of international superstar guests, including Joanna Lumley, Billy Connolly, Richard Johnson, Toyah, Madness, Bill Wyman, Lionel Blair, Terry Wogan, Britt Ekland. Yes, all these and more but not necessarily in tonight's show.
	+ 8.30 pm *Love Story: Love is Old, Love is New* (ns) A serial in four parts starring Jane Asher, James Fox. 1: Martyn and Katha shared the same heady dreams of the 60s but now those dreams have turned sour. Is their love for each other strong enough to survive the latest blow to their hopes?
	+ 11.20 pm *A Kick Up the Eighties* The first of six comedy programmes that look at life in the 1980s starring Richard Stilgoe and Ron Bain, Miriam Margolyes, Roger Sloman, Tracey Ullman and introducing Kevin Turvey. What the well-dressed undertaker is wearing this spring. How to look chic in a shroud. Extracts from A Worm's-Eye View of Britain and Debrett's Funeral Etiquette ... Plus the ten people you said you'd most like to cremate whilst still alive. A Kick Up the Eighties puts the boot into kicking the bucket. (rpt.)

## Top of the Pops

Hosts: Peter Powell & Garth Crooks

* **(41) Altered Images** – See Those Eyes
* **(3)** JULIO IGLESIAS – Quiereme Mucho (Yours)  (video)
* **(33) Bucks Fizz** – My Camera Never Lies
* **(28)** FOSTER & ALLEN – A Bunch Of Thyme
* **(44)** The Boomtown Rats – House On Fire
* **(26)** The Nolans – Don’t Love Me Too Hard  (video)
* **(43) Killing Joke** – Empire Song
* **(22)** PLUTO – Your Honour  ®
* **(14) Chas & Dave** – Ain’t No Pleasing You  (video)
* **(1)** GOOMBAY DANCE BAND – Seven Tears
* **(9) The Associates** – Party Fears Two  (crowd dancing)  (and credits)

Rpt. BBC Four 25 August 2016, 22 February 2018 [1]
27 December 1979

Thursday

1979-12-27

TV
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* BBC One 6.50 pm *Tomorrow's World* looks back at the 70s. Michael Rodd, Judith Hann and Kieran Prendiville look back on the reality, the successes, the failures, the tragic and the humorous, and the way the programme itself has changed.[1] (BBC Archive)

## Top of the Pops

7.20 pm - Top of the Pops 79.

Presenters: Dave Lee Travis & Mike Read

1. (-) The Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays (video)
2. (2) Abba – I Have A Dream (video)
3. (3) The Police – Walking On The Moon (video)
4. (-) Village People – In The Navy (video)
5. (-) Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive (Legs & Co)
6. (-) Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes (video)
7. (26) Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love (video)
8. (-) The Police – Message In A Bottle (video)
9. (-) Village People – Y.M.C.A. (Legs & Co)
10. (-) Squeeze – Up The Junction
11. (-) Blondie – Heart Of Glass (video)
12. (1) Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) (video)
25 June 1987

Thursday

1987-06-25

## Top of the Pops

Hosts: Simon Bates & Peter Powell

* Chris Rea – Let’s Dance (18)
* Bruce Willis – Under The Boardwalk (3) (live clip)
* Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin (5)
* Terence Trent D’Arby – Wishing Well (14)
* Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend (23) (breaker)
* Simple Minds – Promised You A Miracle (live) (22) (breaker – live clip)
* Cliff Richard – My Pretty One (26)
* The Firm – Star Trekkin’ (1) (video)
* John Farnham – You’re The Voice (7) (Montreux clip/credits)
25 May 1978

Thursday

1978-05-25

## Top of the Pops

Introduced by Tony Blackburn

1. (4) Yvonne Elliman – If I Can’T Have You (And Charts)
2. (New) The Real Thing – Let’s Go Disco
3. (10) Blondie – (I’M Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear (Video)
4. (New) Heatwave – Mind Blowing Decisions
5. (21) Izhar Cohen & The Alpha-Beta – A-Ba-Ni-Bi (Video)
6. (51) James Galway – Annie’s Song
7. (29) Thin Lizzy – Rosalie rpt.
8. (7) Tavares – More Than A Woman (Video)
9. (New) Black Sabbath – Never Say Die
10. (23) John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – You’Re The One That I Want (Danced To By Legs & Co)
11. (14) Ian Dury & The Blockheads – What A Waste rpt.
12. (New) Cilla Black – Silly Boy
13. (24) Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces
14. (1) Boney M – Rivers Of Babylon rpt.
15. (25) Rod Stewart Feat. The Scottish World Cup Squad ’78 – Ole Ola (Mulher Brasileira) (And Credits)
25 March 1988

Friday

1988-03-25

## TV / Radio

* BBC One
	+ 7.00 pm *A Song For Europe*. Introduced by Terry Wogan Tonight viewers and listeners throughout the country will choose the song to represent the United Kingdom in this year's Eurovision Song Contest being held in Dublin on 30 April. Viewers with stereo Radio 2 may wish to turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative.
27 April

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## Birthdays

* Richard Davis (b.1941), Michael Fish (b.1944), Marco Pirroni (b.1959), Sheena Easton (b.1959), Russell T. Davies (b.1963), Sally Hawkins (b.1976).

## Events

* 1972: Apollo 16 returns to Earth
* 1973: *Top of the Pops* moved from Thursday to Friday evenings.
* 1981: Xerox PARC introduces computer "mouse".
* 1989: Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square.
* 1992: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.

## Charts

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

* 1967: **Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String** (1/3)
* 1976: Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me. (6/6)
* 1982: Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony & Ivory (2/3)
* 1997: **Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dancefloor** (1/1)
* 2003: **Busted - You Said No** (1/1)
* 2008: Madonna ft Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes (2/4)
* 2014: **Mr Probz - Waves (1/2 non consec.)**
* 2018: Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - Just One Kiss (2/8)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1967: Jimmy Savile. Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String.
* 1972: Ed Stewart. ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS – Amazing Grace.
* 1978: Jimmy Savile. Bee Gees - Night Fever
* 1989: Gary Davies. Bangles - Eternal Flame.
* 1995: Chris Evans. Take That - Back For Good.
* 2001: Jamie Theakston. Destiny's Child - Survivor.

## Publications

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25 June 1981

Thursday

1981-06-25

## Events

* New synth-pop group Depeche Mode from Basildon make their TOTP debut.

## Top of the Pops

*see review here on TOTP 81*

presented by Simon Bates

1. Gillan – “No Laughing In Heaven” (32)
2. Elaine Paige – “Memory” (9) (pre-recorded insert) (rpt from 11/06/81)
3. Kirsty MacColl – “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis” (40)
4. The Evasions – “Wikka Wrap” (31)
5. Randy Crawford – “You Might Need Somebody” (28) (rpt from 11/06/81)
6. **Depeche Mode** – “New Life” (43)
7. Michael Jackson – “One Day In Your Life” (1) (Legs & Co)
8. Quincy Jones - "Razzamatazz" (26) (audience dancing/credits)

## Smash Hits

* Features: Kirsty MacColl, Crystal Palace Garden Party, Crass, Adam & the Ants,
* Lyrics: Piece of the Action, If Leaving Me is Easy,
* Bitz: Teardrop Explodes, David Bowie - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, John Taylor,
* Independent Bitz: Cabaret Voltaire
* Fact is: Human League discography
* Singles: Wordy Rappinghood,
* Albums: **Duran Duran (album), Juju.**
* Live: Kraftwerk, The Jam, Teardrop Explodes
* Centrespread: Shakin' Stevens
* Back cover: Siouxsie
* Ads: Juju, Duran Duran (album),
26 August

## Birthdays

* Steve Wright (b.1954), Macaulay Culkin (b.1980),

## Events

* 1991: Blur's debut album *Leisure* released.

## Charts

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

* 1965: **Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe** (1/2)
* 1975: The Stylistics - I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) (3/3)
* 1980: see 27 August
* 1986: Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You (2/3)
* 1990: Bomablurina - Itsy Bitsy teeny Weeny... (2/3)
* 2001: Five - Let's Dance (2/2)
* 2007: Kanye West - Stronger (2/2)
* 2012: **Sam & The Womp - Bom Bom** (1/1)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1964: Alan Freeman & David Jacobs. The Honeycombs - Have I the Right?
* 1965: Alan Freeman. Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe.
* 1971: JS. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting.
* 1976: Noel Edmonds. Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
* 1982: DLT. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen.
* 1993: Mark FranTony DortieCulture BEat - Mr Vain.
* 1999: Gail Porter. Geri Halliwell - Mi Chico Latino. (TOTP on tour – from The Revolution, Edinburgh)

## Publications

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25 September 1993

Saturday 25 September

1993-09-25

## Events

* Madonna begins her *The Girlie Show World Tour* with the first of two nights at Wembley Stadium, London.[1]

TV
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* BBC Two
	+ 8.30 pm *DJ Heaven*. This new series draws on vintage clips from the *Top of the Pops* archives, and each programme will be linked to a particular disc jockey. The first is Dave Lee Travis, who recently and dramatically announced his resignation from Radio 1 on the air. The artists he introduces include Blondie, David Bowie, The Rubettes and Spandau Ballet.

* + 9.00 pm *MeTV* Film mogul Barry Diller sees a media revolution which could bring up to 5,000 TV channels into every home. This programme takes a critical look at his vision and tells the story of its birth in the world of television shopping.
25 May 1982

Tuesday 25 May

1982-05-25

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 11.30 am DLT. Beginning at 12.45 Dave gives a rundown of this week's Top 40 discs.
	+ 8.00 pm Kid Jensen - China Crisis in session (rec. 16 May 1982)
	+ 10.00 pm John Peel - Associates in session.

## Charts

* Singles: NN1 Madness - House of Fun (8), N2 Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes (5), N3 Yazoo - Only You (2). HNE/N16 **Soft Cell - Torch.** NE/N32 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Back of Love
25 February 1983

Friday 25 February

1983-02-25

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 1.00 pm *Pebble Mill at One* - Bananarama.
* BBC Two
	+ 7.05 pm *Oxford Road Show* with Peter Powell in Manchester. Music from Spandau Ballet and Spyder and the debut appearance for Sheffield band Ton Tons Macaute.

* Channel 4
	+ *The Tube* London / Newcastle special, Tilbrook & Difford - Labelled With Love stage show article. Visage - live at Camden Palace, David Joseph - live at Camden Palace. Eurythmics - live in Newcastle
26 April 2017

Wednesday 26 April

2017-04-26

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 9.00 pm *Reported Missing* When an 82-year-old man suffering from advancing dementia goes missing, a full-scale land and air search is launched.[1]

* BBC Two
	+ 10.00 am *Snooker: World Championship* Day 12, Quarter-Finals, Morning Session
	+ 8.00 pm *Me and My Dog: The Ultimate Contest* (04/04) Chris Packham hosts as owners and their dogs compete. The finalists compete in a triathlon involving a 2km bike race, a 100m open-water swim and a 1.5km cross-country run.
27 February 1973

Tuesday

1973-02-27

## Radio / charts

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 11.00 *DLT* including at 12.00 this week's Top Twenty discs:[1]
		- NN1/HNE Slade - Cum On Feel the Noize (*straight in at N1*)
		- N2 Strawbs - Part of the Union
		- N3 Sweet - Blockbuster
	+ 5.00 pm *Radio 1 Club* with Noel Edmonds from Uppingham Village College, Rutland
	+ 10.00 pm *Sounds of the 70s: John Peel*. Radio 2's VHF channels join Radio 1 for two hours of progressive pop, with Top Gear Producer John Walters.
25 July 1964

Saturday

1964-07-25

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 5.40 pm - **Juke Box Jury** with George Harrison,  Alexandra Bastedo, Reg Varney and Carole Ann Ford. The show was recorded and broadcast on the same day. Ringo Starr also made a solo 'Jury' appearance, which was also recorded today and broadcast a week later on 01 August 1964. [1] The Beatles had already appeared all together on the show on 7 December 1963. [2]
27 June 1986

Friday 27 June

1986-06-27

## Events

* Glastonbury CND festival begins.
	+ The first Classical music tent was introduced and the market areas relocated from the top of the site. £130,000 was raised for CND and local charities. Acts included: The Cure, Madness, Simply Red, The Housemartins, The Waterboys, Pogues and Level 42. Attendance: 60,000. Tickets:£17. Programme: £1. (source)

TV
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* C4 6.30 pm - *The Tube Special*: Wham Wrap!

*scans GraemeWood*
25 May 1967

Thursday 25 May

1967-05-25

## Charts

* Singles: N1 The Tremeloes - Silence is Golden, N2 The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset, N3 Mamas & Papas - Dedicated to the One I Love. NE/N21 Procul Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale.

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 5.20 pm Association Football: The European Champions Cup: Celtic v. Inter Milan. Direct from Lisbon. For the first time a Scottish Club has reached the final of the greatest competition in European football. Kenneth Wolstenholme reports on the whole match direct from the National Stadium, Lisbon.
		- *Celtic won the match 2-1, making them the first British team in history to win the trophy. The Soviet Union entered its champion for the first time this season.*
	+ 7.40 pm *Top of the Pops* A new look at Britain's best-sellers. Discs - Stars - News from this week's Top Twenty. Introduced tonight by Alan Freeman.
		- (1) The Tremeloes – Silence Is Golden (and charts) (NEW) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich – Okay! (15) Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale, (NEW) Dusty Springfield – Give Me Time (12) The Supremes – The Happening (crowd dancing) (1) The Tremeloes – Silence Is Golden
	+ 9.30 pm *Russia: Beneath the Sputniks* The Russians launched the world's first sputnik just ten years ago. Today the brains and skills responsible for that breakthrough are also contributing to a quiet revolution affecting the lives of 230 million Soviet citizens. Nigel Calder went to the U.S.S.R.to see what is happening and to meet some of the people involved:
26 September 1991

Thursday

1991-09-26

## Events

* Paul Hardcastle's The Wizard is used as the *Top of the Pops* theme tune for the final time, in view of the following week's drastic programme shake-up. Presenter Gary Davies also makes his last appearance after 117 editions.

## Top of the Pops

* Presenter: Gary Davies.

1. (5) P.J.B. Feat. Hannah & Her Sisters – Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. (19) The Scorpions – Wind Of Change  (video)  (And Charts)
3. (7) Rozalla – Everybody’S Free (To Feel Good)
4. (20) REM – The One I Love  (video)
5. (23) Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits  (video)
6. (14) Bizarre Inc – Such A Feeling
7. (24) Marc Almond – Jacky  (video)
8. (8) Sabrina Johnston – Peace
9. (37) Fish – Internal Exile  (video)   (Breakers)
10. (35) Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears  (video)   (Breakers)
11. (32) Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free  (video)   (Breakers)
12. (1) Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You  (video)
13. (33) Bros – Try  (Video)  (And credits)
26 May 2022

Thursday 26 May

2022-05-26

## Events

* The four members of ABBA make their first public appearance in 14 years as they attend the premiere of their *Abba Voyage* show in London tonight. The concert has been in the works since 2016 and features ground-breaking new technology that recreates the sight of the group in their 1970s prime as "ABBA-tars". (BBC News) - see abbavoyage.com

* The death of Depeche Mode founder member Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher is announced on the group's official sites. He was 60 years old.
25 May 1973

Friday 25 May

1973-05-25

## Events

* The first three LPs on the new Virgin label are released: Mike Oldfield - *Tubular Bells* (V2001), Gong - *Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1)* (V2002) and Steve York's Camelo Pardalis ‎– *Manor Live* (V2003).

## Top of the Pops

BBC One 6.55 pm Introduced by Tony Blackburn

1. (5) Suzi Quatro – Can The Can (And Charts)
2. (23) 10cc – Rubber Bullets
3. (7) Deodato – Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) (Video)
4. (New) Junior Campbell – Sweet Illusion
5. (18) Stevie Wonder – You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (Crowd Dancing)
6. (6) Medicine Head – One And One Is One
7. (New) Neil Sedaka – Standing On The Inside
8. (17) Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side (Crowd Dancing)
9. (2) The Sweet – Hell Raiser (rpt.)
10. (1) Wizzard – See My Baby Jive
11. (25) The Detroit Emeralds – You Want It You Got It (Crowd Dancing) (And Credits)
25 May 1981

Bank Holiday Monday 25 May

1981-05-25

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 12.00 Tony Blackburn joins thousands of kids on Newcastle's Town Moor for the 1981 Fun to be Young celebrations.
	+ 4.30 pm Shakin' Stevens in concert. Introduced by Paul Burnett
	+ 10.00 pm John Peel sessions: Outcasts, Musical Youth. ("John is on a nervous high in advance of his trip to Paris to see Liverpool in the European Cup Final."[1])

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*
27 October 1986

Monday 27 October

1986-10-27

## Events

* New releases: Kate Bush releases new single Experiment IV, ahead of first compilation album *The Whole Story*, due in November. Spandau Ballet release new single Through The Barricades, the title track from their new album of the same name, also set for November release.

* BBC Daytime launched on BBC 1.
	+ *see When BBC daytime television fully arrived, BBC blog;*
	+ *BBC Archive on Facebook*

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 1.25 pm *Neighbours (new series)* Meet the neighbours and share the intrigues, passions and humour of the Robinson and Ramsay families and their bachelor neighbour, Des, in a new week-day serial set in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

* Trailer for programmes for the following day shown between *The Onedin Line* (2.30 pm) and *Valerie* (3.20 pm).
26 June 1969

Thursday

1969-06-26

## Top of the Pops

* third and final week for The Ballad of John and Yoko at no.1, the last of The Beatles' 17 no.1 records.

1. (1) The Beatles – The Ballad Of John And Yoko (And Charts)
2. (3) Jethro Tull – Living In The Past
3. (9) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary (Crowd Dancing)
4. (New) Billy Preston – That’S The Way God Planned It
5. (28) Amen Corner – Hello Suzie
6. (12) Peter Sarstedt – Frozen Orange Juice
7. (New) Alan Price – Falling In Love Again
8. (New) Cilla Black – Conversations
9. (1) The Beatles – The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Video)
28 May 1967

Sunday

1967-05-28

## Events

* The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein holds a party at his new home in Sussex, recently bought for £25,000. The party was a joint housewarming and a celebration for the release of *Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band*. Attended also by The Beatles themselves, except Paul McCartney, the party was famously LSD-fuelled, and liberally given out to guests. (BB)
28 November 2015

Saturday 28 November

2015-11-28

TV
--

TV Times

* BBC One
	+ 8.05 pm *Doctor Who -* Heaven Sent (S09, E11/12) Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone. Pursued by the fearsome creature known only as the Veil, he must attempt the impossible. If he makes it through, Gallifrey is waiting...
26 June 2017

Monday

2017-06-26

## Events

* The UK Conservative Party has reached an agreement with the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionists which will see them support Theresa May's minority government. The deal will see the 10 DUP MPs back the Tories in key Commons votes. There will be £1bn extra for Northern Ireland over the next two years.
27 January 2007

Saturday

2007-01-27

## Events

* Final Saturday edition of BBC flagship sports programme *Grandstand*.

TV
--

* BBC One [3]
	+ 10.00 am Saturday Kitchen Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley is James Martin 's guest.
	+ 11.30 am Rachel's Favourite Food At Home (13/13)
	+ 12.10 pm *Match of the Day Live* FA Cup Fourth Round Luton Town v Blackburn Rovers
	+ 2.30 pm *Grandstand* [4]
	+ 4.45 pm *Final Score*
	+ 5.05 pm *Match of the Day Live* FA Cup Fourth Round Manchester United v Portsmouth
	+ 9.40 pm *The Vicar of Dibley* The Window and the Weather.
	+ 10.30 pm *Match of the Day* Highlights of today's FA Cup fourth-round fixtures.

* BBC Two [5]
	+ 12.45 pm *Grandstand* With Sue Barker and Hazel Irvine
	+ 7.30 pm *The Culture Show*  Leonardo DiCaprio talks about his controversial new film, Blood Diamond
	+ 10.10 pm *Comedy Map of Britain* New series 1/6. Is geography really funny? Comedy heroes past and present take a tour of Britain, visiting the places that have played a major part in their lives.

## Notes

1. ↑ the match was won by Blackburn 0-4 [1]
2. ↑ Man Utd won the match 2-1 [2]
27 May 1983

Friday 27 May

1983-05-27

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 9.05 am Election Call BBC1 goes across to Radio 4's phone-in programme, and for the first time television viewers join Sir Robin Day and radio listeners in asking senior politicians about their party's policies and promises. Lines open from 8.0 each weekday morning during the campaign.
	+ 8.00 pm *The Time of Your Life* Noel Edmonds re-creates a magical moment in the life of a famous person with the help of friends, family and colleagues. This week: Dame Vera Lynn remembers 9 November 1941 with the help of her husband
* BBC Two
	+ 0.00 The Old Grey Whistle Test in the company of David Hepworth and Mark Ellen, takes its own look at the rock scene with studio guests: Eurythmics, Water Boys.
		- (an 'uncut' version of David Bowie's promo video for new single China Girl also shown)

* ITV
	+ *James Bond - the First 21 Years*

*scans GraemeWood*

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29 April 1986

Tuesday 29 April

1986-07-29

## Events

* **Wallis, Duchess of Windsor,** wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII dies aged 89.

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 5.35 pm *Newsround* *in China*: Pandas in Peril The giant panda is one of the world's best-loved creatures, but also one of the most threatened. There could be as few as 1,000 left in the wild, mist-covered mountain forests of China. John Craven reports from behind the 'bamboo curtain'.
	+ 8.00 pm World Snooker Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship Quarter-finals
	+ 9.30 pm *Kenny Everett Video Show* Why did Gerald climb the au pair? What were the morris dancers doing behind the bottle-bank? Is Vivian's moustache really a tax dodge? Watch Kenny tonight and learn the answers to these questions and less.
	+ 11.15 *Film 86* with *Michael Parkinson*. *Jewel of the Nile, The Legend of Billie Jean*
* BBC Two
	+ 6.00 pm Whistle Test Andy Kershaw meets ZZ Top in Texas. *Mark Ellen* investigates the black market in pirate cassettes. Studio sessions from Pet Shop Boys and We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It. Plus Cactus World News from the Town and Country Club.
	+ 9.00 pm *Heimat* The last of a series of 11 programmes starring Marita Breuer. The Feast of the Living and the Dead. 1982.

*scans GraemeWood*

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 12.45 Gary Davies begins his show with a run-down of this week's Top 40 discs.
		- N1 George Michael - A Different Corner (3/3), HNE/N19 Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald - On My Own. NE/N30 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer.
	+ 7.30 pm Janice Long with music on record and in session, and in concert tonight. Cactus World News
	+ 10.00 pm John Peel in session The Housemartins, Stump.[1]
27 June 1998

Saturday

1998-06-27

## Events

* Glastonbury 1998: Blur, Robbie Williams, Manson, Tori Amos, Jools Holland, **Underworld**, St Etienne..[1]

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 1.00 pm *Glastonbury Live* For the next 11 hours, Radio 1 moves its operation to Worthy Farm, Somerset, to capture the music and excitement of the most charismatic of festivals - Glastonbury. Last year saw a downpour of biblical proportions, but rain or shine, Radio 1 will cover all the ups and downs, along with as many bands across the various stages as possible. Jo Whiley, Steve Lamacq, John Peel and Mary Anne Hobbs host.
	+ 2.00 am *Glastonbury Live* A return to Worthy Farm to resume coverage of this year's festival, featuring a live Essential Mix from the dance tent at 2.00, and then at 4.00 Annie Nightingale dons outdoor clothing to bring the late-night ambience of the festival to the airwaves.
28 May 1984

Monday 28 May. Bank Holiday UK.

1984-05-28

## Events

* Comedian Eric Morecambe dies in the early hours of the morning. He was 58.

* Frankie Goes To Hollywood release new single Two Tribes, the follow-up to their no.1 hit Relax. Spandau Ballet release Only When You Leave, their first new single of 1984.

TV
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* BBC One [1]
	+ 6.50 pm *The Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival*
	+ 10.50 pm *Film 84 Special* Barry Norman reports from the Cannes Film Festival. This year British interest includes *Another Country -* the adaptation of the successful stage play, which stars Rupert Everett; and David Puttnam 's *Cal*.

*scans GraemeWood*

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 4.30 pm Janice Long (on-line here)
29 August 1997

Friday 29 August

1997-08-29

## Top of the Pops

* presented by Jayne Middlemiss

1. (10) Jon Bon Jovi – Queen Of New Orleans
2. (3) Shola Ama – You’re The One I Love
3. (12) Conner Reeves – My Father’s Son
4. (14) UB40 – Tell Me Is It True
5. (7) Tina Moore – Never Gonna Let You Go
6. (25) Symposium – Fairweather Friend
7. (2) Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
8. (1) Will Smith – Men In Black (Video) (And Credits)
28 February 1997

Friday

1997-02-28

## Top of the Pops

Presented by Ian Wright

1. (5) The Bee Gees – Alone
2. (13) Republica – Ready To Go
3. (2) Sash! – Encore Une Fois
4. (3) The Source Feat. Candi Staton – You Got The Love  (Video)  (and charts)
5. (11) Cathy Dennis – Waterloo Sunset
6. (7) Bush – Swallowed
7. (New) The Artist – The Holy River
8. (New) Spice Girls – Mama
9. (1) No Doubt – Don’t Speak
10. (Totp2) Tom Robinson Band – Up Against The Wall  (Clip Of Totp 11-5-78)  (And Credits)
28 February 2004

Saturday 28 February

2004-02-28

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 6.35 pm *Eurovision - Making Your Mind Up* Pick the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Votes can be cast by phone (maximum cost 10p), texting (standard rates apply) or for digital viewers through the red button on handsets. More follows on BBC3 with the results at 9pm on BBC1. Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin host.
		- Song Weekend (Gotta Work) by Enrap-ture
		- Song 2: Hold On to Our Love by James Fox
		- Song 3: Me without You by Haifa
		- Song 4: Leading Me On by Hyrise
		- Song 5: With You I Believe by Haydon
		- Song 6: It Just Gets Better by Madison Taylor
29 February

## Charts

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

* 2004: **Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl** (1/1)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1968: Jimmy Savile & Ed Stewart. ESTHER & ABI OFARIM – Cinderella Rockefella
* 1996: Nicky Campbell. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

## Publications

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28 March 1986

Good Friday 28 March

1986-03-28

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 8.15 pm *The 1986 Golden Egg Awards* Hosted by Noel Edmonds Introduced by Mike Smith The occasion of the year - The 1986 Golden Egg Award Ceremony - celebrates in great style all the fluffs, bloops and blunders made over the past year's broadcasting. Who will receive the coveted Fellowship of the Golden Egg this year?
* BBC Two

*scans GraemeWood*

C4*Survival Special* - ITV
26 October 1982

Tuesday 26 October

1982-10-26

## Charts

BBC Radio 1 - 11.30 am DLT 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: N1 Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (1), N2 King Creole & The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy (9), N3 The Kids From Fame - Starmaker (3), HNE/N29 Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker (-), NE/N32 **ABBA** **- The Day Before You Came** (-)
25 March

## Birthdays

* Nancy Barbato Sinatra (b.1917, dec. 2018), Patrick Troughton (b.1920, dec.), Aretha Franklin (b.1942, dec.), Richard O'Brien (b.1942), Paul Michael Glaser (b.1943), Elton John (b.1947), Steve Norman (b.1960), Sarah Jessica Parker (b.1965), Melanie Blatt (b. 1975)

## Events

* 1972: Eurovision Song Contest in Edinburgh.
* 1988: A Song For Europe 88
* 2009: *Newswipe With Charlie Brooker* (BBC Four).

## Charts

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

* 1965: The Rolling Stones - The Last Time (2/3)
* 1975: Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby (2/6)
* 1980: The Jam - Going Underground/Dreams of Children (2/3)
* 1986: **Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll** (1/3)
* 1990: **Snap! - The Power** (1/2)
* 2001: Hearsay - Pure and Simple (2/3)
* 2007: **The Proclaimers ft Brain Potter & Andy Pipkin - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)** (1/3)
* 2012: **Katy Perry - Part of Me** (1/1)
* 2016: Mike Posner - I Took a Pill in Ibiza (2/4)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1964: JS & Alan Freeman. The Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love/You Can’t Do That
* 1965: Alan Freeman. The Rolling Stones – The Last Time (Go-Jos).
* 1971: JS. T Rex - Hot Love.
* 1976: David Hamilton. Brotherhood Of Man – Save Your Kisses For Me.
* 1982: Peter Powell & Garth Crooks. Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears.
* 1993: Tony Dortie. Shaggy – Oh Carolina.
* 2005: Fearne Cotton & Reggie Yates. Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay – (Is This The Way To) Amarillo .

## Publications

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## Stamps

*click on stamp for more information*

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27 March 2005

Easter Sunday

2005-03-27

## Charts

   Radio 1 4.00 pm *The Official Charts Show* :JK and Joel count down the UK's top sellers and downloads.[1]

* Singles: N1 Tony Christie / Peter Kay - (Is This the Way To) Amarillo HNE/N2 Mario - Let Me Love You N3 McFly - All About You. NEs: N4 50 Cent - Candy Shop, N5 Elvis Presley - Return To Sender N6 Will Smith - Switch N8 Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver.
* Albums: NN1 Tony Christie - *Definitive Collection.*

TV
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* BBC One
	+ 8.00 pm *The Queen's Castle* New series A chance to see the Queen in public and private, this short series chronicles a year in the life of Windsor, the world's largest inhabited castle. 1/3. The Banquet.[2]
	+ 9.00 pm *Fingersmith* (1/3) The streets of Dickensian London are the setting for this star-studded drama adapted from the Booker-nominated novel by Sarah Waters.[3]
* ITV1
	+ 9.00 pm *Colditz* (1/2 - pt 2 tomorrow)

*scans GraemeWood*
27 February 1986

Thursday

1986-02-27

## Top of the Pops

* hosted by Paul Jordan & Steve Wright

1. **Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11** (7)
2. Talking Heads – And She Was (19) (video)
3. Audrey Hall – One Dance Won’t Do (27)
4. Alexander O’Neal – If You Were Here Tonight (24)
5. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love (26) (breaker)
6. Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (25) (breaker)
7. Bangles – Manic Monday (10)
8. Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going (1) (video)
9. Colonel Abrams – I’m Not Gonna Let You (29) (audience dancing/credits)

TV
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	+ 7.00 pm *Top of the Pops*
	+ 7.30 pm *Eastenders*.
	+ 8.00 pm *Tomorrow's World...in Hong Kong*. Judith Hann and Howard Stableford are joined by Hong Kong reporter Jane Ma as they explore the home of the gadget.
	+ 8.30 pm *A Question of Sport* Bill Beaumont and Emlyn Hughes captain two teams of sporting celebrities.
	+ 9.35 pm *Crimewatch UK* The programme that asks you, the viewer, to turn crimefighter, with Nick Ross and Sue Cook.
	+ 11.15 pm *Can You Avoid Cancer?* Five programmes on how to reduce your risks 1: Loading the Dice
	+ 5.30 pm *Red Herrings* Sixth of eight programmes Pop 'n' Politics [3]
	+ 6.00 pm *Star Trek*
	+ 9.00 pm *Yes, Prime Minister*. One of Us. The last of eight programmes starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds.
	+ 9.30 pm *40 Minutes* A series of films about the way we live now. The Fishing Party.
26 September

## Birthdays

* Anne Robinson (b.1944), Bryan Ferry (b.1945), John Foxx (b.1947), Olivia Newton-John (b.1948, dec.), Will Self (b.1961), Tracey Thorn (b.1962), Lysette Anthony (b.1963), Serena Williams (b.1981), James Blake (b.1988)

## Events

* 1969: The Beatles release *Abbey Road*.
* 1969: BBC One - *The Morecambe & Wise Show, A Midsummer Night's Dream*
* 1975: *H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man* (ns, BBC1)
* 1981: *The Paul Daniels Magic Show, Game For A Laugh*.
* 1983: *Riverside*
* 1987: *Going Live!* first broadcast
* 1991: Top of the Pops, final show for Gary Davies & The Wizard.

## Charts

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

* 1971: The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me (3/3)
* 1978: **John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights** (1/7)
* 1993: DJ Jazzy Jeff - Boom! Shake the Room. (2/2)
* 1999: Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) (2/3)
* 2004: Eric Prydz - Call On Me (2/5 n.c.)
* 2010: **Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (Amazing)** (1/2 n.c.)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1968: Pete Murray. The Beatles - Hey Jude.
* 1985: Janice Long & Dixie Peach. David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street.
* 1991: Gary Davies. Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. (*end of an era - see page*).
* 1997: Jo Whiley. Elton John - Candle in the Wind.
* 2003: Fearne Cotton & Reggie Yates. Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love?

## Publications

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28 February 1983

Monday 28 February

1983-02-28

## Events

* U2 release their third album *War*. The album would enter the charts at no.1 shortly afterwards toppling Michael Jackson's *Thriller*.

TV
--

* C4
	+ *Whatever You Want* with Stiff Little Fingers, Depeche Mode
* BBC Two
	+ 8.10 pm Roxy Music A concert recorded live in Fréjus, France, on 27 August 1982 before an audience of 15,000.
	+ Bryan Ferry (vocals) Phil Manzanera (guitar) Andy Mackay (saxophone) Neil Hubbard (guitar) Andy Newmark (drums) Alan Spenner (bass guitar) Jimmy Maelen (percussion) Guy Fletcher (keyboards) Fonzi Thornton , Michelle Cobbs, Tawatha Agee (backing vocals) Songs include: 'Both ends running ', 'Can't let Go, Avalon ,' Dance away ', ' Love is the drug , 'Do the strand' and 'Jealous Guy .
27 January

This date never occurred on a Saturday in the 1980s.

## Events

* 1980: ITV ns: *The Spoils of War, Pig in the Middle, Hart to Hart*
* 1984: *The Tube* dance special from The Hacienda, Manchester
* 1985: *Screen Two: Knockback* (BBC2)
* 1994: Mark Franklin's final TOTP after 59 editions; *Absolutely Fabulous* (S02)
* 2007: Final Saturday *Grandstand*, FA Cup 4th Round

## Charts

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

* 1966: **The Overlanders - Michelle** (1/3)
* 1976: **ABBA - Mamma Mia** (1/2)
* 1981: John Lennon - Imagine (4/4)
* 1987: Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body (2/2)
* 1991: **KLF ft. The Children of The Revolution - 3AM Eternal** (1/2)
* 2002: **Enrique Iglesias - Hero** (1/4)
* 2008: Basshunter - Now You're Gone (2/5)
* 2013: **Bingo Players - Get Up (Rattle)** (1/2)
* 2017: Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (3/14 n.c.)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1966: Pete Murray. The Overlanders - Michelle.
* 1972: JS. The New Seekers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony).
* 1977: Tony Blackburn. David Soul – Don’t Give Up On Us.
* 1983: Simon Bates & Richard Skinner. Men At Work - Down Under.
* 1994: Mark Franklin. D:REAM – Things Can Only Get Better

## Publications

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29 August 1965

Sunday

1965-09-29

## Events

* In the afternoon The Beatles give a press conference at the Capitol Tower at Hollywood. Alan Livingston, president of Capitol Records, presents the group with gold discs for sales of *Help!*Afterwards an armoured truck drives the group to perform at the Hollywood Bowl, where 18,000 people will attend.[1]
	+ Three songs from this date – Ticket To Ride, Dizzy Miss Lizzy and Help! – were included on the 1977 album *The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl*, and on 2016's *Live At The Hollywood Bowl*. Dizzy Miss Lizzy was a composite edit of the 29 and 30 August performances.[2]