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1972

**1972**

**MCMLXXII**

*This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like.* This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:

* UK Prime Minister: Edward Heath
* FA CUP WINNERS: Leeds United (beat Arsenal 1-0)
* CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE: Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
* Eurovision Song Contest: Edinburgh, 25 March
	+ Winner: Vicky Leandros - Après toi (Luxembourg)
	+ UK entry: The New Seekers - Beg, Steal or Borrow (2nd place)
* Blue Peter team: Val, John and Pete, then Val, John, Pete and Lesley (from 05 May)
* Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee (S9, S10)
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Tony Blackburn
* Big Christmas Day Film on BBC1: *Barefoot In The Park* (9.15 pm)[1]

## Main events

TV
--

### New shows:

(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

* *The Brothers* (BBC One, 10 March)
* *Newsround* (BBC One, 04 April)
* *Are You Being Served?* (BBC One, 8 September)
* *Mastermind* (BBC One, 11 September)
* *Colditz* (BBC One, 19 October)
* *Ways of Seeing* (BBC Two, 08 January)
* *Love Thy Neighbour* (ITV, 13 April)
* *Clapperboard* (ITV, 14 April)
* *Rainbow* (ITV, 01 September)
* *Crown Court* (ITV, 11 October)
* *Emmerdale Farm* (ITV, 16 October)
* *General Hospital* (ITV, 19 October)

## Films

* *Cabaret* (with Liza Minnelli)
* *The Godfather* (dir. F F Coppola, with Marlon Brando)
* *A Clockwork Orange* (dir. Stanley Kubrick, with Malcolm Macdowell)
* *What's Up, Doc?* (with Barbra Streisand)

## Births

* Mel C (12 January), Mark Owen (27 January), Robbie Williams (b. Sean Keaveny (14 June), Geri Halliwell (16 August), Liam Gallagher (21 September)
19 February 1985

Tuesday 19 February

1985-02-19

## Events

* TV: First ever episode of British soap opera ***EastEnders*** is broadcast on BBC One at 7.00 pm [1]
* Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing all 148 people on board.

TV
--

* BBC One [2]
	+ 7.00 pm *EastEnders* (new series)
	+ 7.30 pm *Blankety Blank* Les Dawson is the host of the comedy quiz game that everyone can play at home.
	+ 9.25 pm *Miami Vice*
	+ 10.15 pm *Film 85* With Barry Norman. *Brazil*, *Places in the Heart*. Ryan O'Neal , Shelley Long and 9-year-old Drew Barrymore star in *Irreconcilable Differences*, a domestic comedy.
* BBC Two [3]
	+ 7.00 *Whistle Test* David Hepworth joins Mick Jagger in Paris. Mark Ellen and Andy Kershaw introduce live studio music from The Kane Gang and ex-New York Dolls leader David Johannson. Richard Skinner surveys today's new charts. Billy Sloane interviews Alan Home, formerly with Postcard Records.

## Charts

* announced by Gary Davies BBC Radio 1 12.45 pm [4]
* Singles: (*top 3 all non-movers*): N1 E. Paige & B. Dickson - I Know Him So Well, N2 King - Love and Pride N3 Ashford & Simpson - Solid, N4 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark.
1982 World Cup

The **1982 FIFA World Cup** was held in Spain starting on 13 June 1982 with the final on 11 July 1982.

* Winners: Italy, beating West Germany 3-1.
* England were eliminated in the Second Round (groups of three) after drawing 0-0 with both West Germany and Spain.
* Scotland were eliminated in the First Round losing to Brazil, beating New Zealand and drawing with USSR.
19 February 1996

Monday

1996-02-19

## Events

* The **1996 Brit Awards** take place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The awards event is famous for the invasion of the live performance stage by singer Jarvis Cocker as Michael Jackson was performing Earth Song, ending with Jackson as a 'Christ-like figure' surrounded by children. Cocker and his friend Peter Mansell (a former Pulp member) performed an impromptu stage invasion in protest. Cocker was subsequently detained but then released without charge. (*See Melody Maker News Special at archivedmusicpress.wordpress.com*)
* David Bowie performs song Hello Spaceboy on stage with Pet Shop Boys.

* Bowie releases the song as a single on the same day.

*scans Smashhitsmag*
1977

**1977**

**MCMLXXVII**

* FA Cup Winners: Manchester Utd. (beat Liverpool FC 2-1, 21 May)
* Christmas Number One: Wings - Mull of Kintyre
* Eurovision Song Contest: London, 07 May
	+ UK Eurovision Entry: Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran - Rock Bottom (2nd place)
	+ Contest Winner: Mari Myriam - L'oiseau et l'enfant (France) [1]

* Blue Peter Team: John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
* Doctor Who: Tom Baker (S14 until 02 April, S15 from 03 September)
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Noel Edmonds
* Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: afternoon *The Wizard of Oz*, evening *Funny Girl*

## Main events

* HM The Queen's Silver Jubilee

TV
--

(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

### New shows

*full list*

### Shows ending

*full list*

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1: has its own all-day schedule on weekdays from 28 November.

## Music

* Biggest selling singles: Wings - Mull of Kintyre, David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us, Julie Covington - Don't cry for Me Argentina (*full list*)
* Biggest selling albums: ABBA - *Arrival*(1976)*,* The Shadows *- 20 Golden Greats,* Diana Ross & The Supremes *- 20 Golden Greats,* Fleetwood Mac - *Rumours* (full list)
	+ Compilation albums: see above plus *The Sound of Bread, The Johnny Mathis Collection, 40 Golden Greats -* Cliff Richard, Meco - *Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk*
* Debut albums: Sex Pistols - *Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols,* The Jam - *In the City*, (*full list*)
	+ Eponymous debuts - *Björk*, *Blondie*, *The Clash*, *Damned Damned Damned, Leif Garrett, Motörhead, Peter Gabriel, Steve Winwood, Ultravox!, Village People, The Boomtown Rats*
* Alternative/independent: *see above*, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Damned, Ultravox!, The Boomtown Rats et al

## Films

*UK gen. release unless otherwise stated*

* *A Bridge Too Far*, *The Spy Who Loved Me, Airport '77, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh* (Disney),*Annie Hall, The Deep, Suspiria,* *Star Wars* (premiere, gen. rel. 1978),

NB *Saturday Night Fever* and *ABBA: the Movie* UK rel. 1978

## Births

* Orlando Bloom (13 January), Chris Martin (02 March), Ronan Keating (03 March), James McCartney (12 September), Peter Phillips (15 November), Matt Baker (23 December)

## Birthdays

* **20**: Keith Chegwin, Siouxsie Sioux, Sid Vicious, Donny Osmond
* **30**: David Bowie, Peter Osgood, Kiki Dee, Peter Skellern, Elton John, Gerry Rafferty, Richard Beckinsale, David Essex, Brian May, Emlyn Hughes, Jeff Lynne
* **40**: Shirley Bassey, Vanessa Redgrave, Valerie Singleton, Una Stubbs, Susan Hampshire, Barbara Windsor, Bobbie Charlton, Rodney Bewes, Gordon Banks
* **50**: Danny La Rue, Roger Moore, Ken Dodd
* **60**: Frankie Howerd, Vera Lynn, Denis Healey,
* **70**:

## Deaths

* Anthony Eden (14 January), Elvis Presley (16 August), Marc Bolan (16 September), Charlie Chaplin (25 December)
19 February 1983

Saturday 19 February

1983-02-19

## TV/Radio

* BBC Two and Radio 1
	+ 6.50 pm *Sight and Sound In Concert* Bringing together BBC2's *Old Grey Whistle Test* and Radio l's *In Concert* for a regular run of TV rock concerts with stereo sound. The Thompson Twins on stage at the Regal Theatre, Hitchin .

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 6.15 pm *Jim'll Fix It* - Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right!
	+ 10.50 pm *Saturday Late Film*: *Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different*
* BBC Two
	+ 10.50 pm *Film International* - *Une semaine de vacances**.* A season of films selected for the big international film festivals begins tonight with the official French entry to Cannes in 1980.

*scans GraemeWood*

BBC1/BBC2ITVITV/C4
18 January 1983

Tuesday 18 January

1983-01-18

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 6.50 pm *Doctor Who* Snakedance Part 1. Five hundred years after being exiled, the Mara is returning home to the planet Manussa. And it is using Tegan's subconscious to get there in the TARDIS... (*Tardis Wiki*)
	+ 7.40 pm *Vox Pop*. A series of ten programmes. A weekly documentary serial concerning the private lives and public thoughts of some of the people of Darwen, Lancashire. Who will be saying what about whom this week? (*full programme here*)

*scans GraemeWood*

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1 11.30 Andy Peebles. Beginning at 12.45 Andy gives a rundown of this week's Top 40 discs.
	+ N1 Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love (1), N2 Men At Work - Down Under (7), N3 Wah! - The Story of the Blues (6). HNE/N19 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times (-). NE/23 U2 - New Year's Day, NE/N27 Echo and the Bunnymen - The Cutter. NE/N32 The Beatles - Please Please Me, NE/N33 Kajagoogoo - Too Shy.
18 January 1998

Sunday 18 January

1998-01-18

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1
	+ 3.00 pm *Top of the Pops* Jayne Middlemiss nips behind the scenes of the UK's favourite TV music show.
	+ 5.00 pm *UK Top 40* The nation's most trusted chart with Mark Goodier.

## Charts

* Singles: HNE/NN1 **Oasis - All Around the World** (-), N2 All Saints - Never Ever (1), N3 Bamboo - Bamboogie (2), NE/N4 Radiohead - No Surprises (-), NE/N5 Ian Brown - My Star (-)
* Albums: N1 The Verve - *Urban Hymns* (1), N2 All Saints - *All Saints* (2), N3 Robbie Williams - *Life Thru a Lens* (3)
18 November 1993

Thursday 18 November

1993-11-18

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 7.00 pm *Top of the Pops*
	+ 8.00 pm *Life in the Freezer* A natural history of Antarctica presented by David Attenborough. Looks at how the abundant wildlife survives some of the hardest conditions on the planet.
	+ 8.30 pm *Goodnight Sweetheart* First ever episode of time travel situation comedy series, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. Gary Sparrow is an unhappily married TV repairman, who one day unwittingly walks into a time warp. Totally disorientated, he thinks he's in a 1940s theme pub, until he falls in love with the landlord's daughter
17 September 1999

Friday

## Top of the Pops

Presenter:  Emma Ledden   (TOTP on tour – from Club Wow, Sheffield)

1. (9) Supergrass – Moving
2. (14) Sixpence None The Richer – There She Goes
3. (5) Thunderbugs – Friends Forever
4. (28) The All-Seeing I Feat. Phil Oakey – 1st Man In Space
5. (4) Lolly – Mickey
6. (16) Lyte Funky Ones – Summer Girls
7. (24) Suede – Everything Will Flow
8. (1) Vengaboys – We’re Going To Ibiza!   (And Credits)
17 May 1997

Saturday

1997-05-17

## Events

* Sport: the 116th FA Cup Final is played at Wembley Stadium between Chelsea FC and Middlesborough. Chelsea won the match 2-0, with the first goal being scored by Roberto Di Matteo after a record 42 seconds. It was Chelsea's second FA Cup victory, their first dating back to 1970.[1]

### Notes

1. ↑ the record was broken by Everton's Louis Saha who scored after 25 secs. against Chelsea in 2009.
19 May 1984

Saturday 19 May

1984-05-19

## Events

* FA Cup final Everton v. Watford. This was Watford's first FA Cup Final appearance although they lost the match 2-0. It was Everton's first trophy for fourteen years.
* Watford's next FA Cup final would not happen until 35 years later, in 2019.
	+ see also: "*Rocketman Elton, Michael Barrymore as Basil Fawlty and Kiki Dee! Les Taylor on Watford's showbiz Wembley final*", dailymail.co.uk

## No.1

*scans [1]*

The Style CouncilSandie Shaw & Tracey UllmanHoward JonesFrankie Goes To Hollywood
18 February 1990

Sunday 18 February

1990-02-18

## Events

* Queen pick up the award for their Outstanding Contribution to Music at the 1990 BRIT awards in London. All four band members were present to receive the award, although frontman Freddie Mercury was never seen again in public. He died on November 24, 1991, a day after issuing a public statement in which he admitted he had AIDS.[1]
* Other winners:
	+ British Male Solo Artist: Phil Collins
	+ British Female Solo Artist: Annie Lennox
	+ British Group: Fine Young Cannibals
	+ British Breakthrough act: Lisa Stansfield
	+ International solo artits: Neneh Cherry
	+ International group: U2
	+ Phil Collins – Another Day in Paradise
	+ British album of the year: Fine Young Cannibals – *The Raw & the Cooked*
18 July

199/365 - 200/366

## Birthdays

* Nelson Mandela (b.1918, dec.), John Glenn (b.1921, dec.), Richard Branson (b.1950), Pauline Quirke (b.1959), M.I.A. (b.1975).

## Events

* (1953: The Quatermass Experiment first broadcast [1])
* 1966: Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
* 1971: 58th Tour de France won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium
* 1979: *Medical Express* (ns)
* 1980: First Night of The Proms
* 1986: First Night of the Proms
* 2019: Bluedot Festival
* 2022: Heatwave hits England and Wales

## Charts

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

* 1971: **T Rex - Get It On** (1/4)
* 1978: John Travolta / O. Newton-John - You're the One That I Want (6/9)
* 1993: Take That - Pray (2/4)
* 1999: Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (2/3)
* 2004: **Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme** (1/1)
* 2010: **Bob ft. Hayley Williams - Airplanes** (1/1)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1968: Alan Freeman. The Equals - Baby Come Back
* 1974: no show due to BBC strike
* 1985: Peter Powell & Mike Smith. Sister Sledge - Frankie.
* 1991: Jakki Brambles. Bryan Adams - Everything I Do..
* 1997: Jayne Middlemiss & Jo Whiley. Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?

## Publications

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18 February 1983

Friday 18 February

1983-02-18

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 4.40 pm *Jubilee!* with Floella Benjamin, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin and Tony Hart. BBC Children's Programmes are 60 years old! In today's Diamond Jubilee birthday party you can see special moments from 60 years of children's programmes. The celebrations will end with a bang - rocket for every year of children's programmes!

*scans GraemeWood*
19 May 1996

Sunday 19 May

1996-05-19

## Charts

BBC R1 4.00 pm UK Top 40 Mark Goodier has the UK's only original and official sales-based countdown of the nation's hits.

* Singles: NN1 Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit (2), N2 George Michael - Fastlove (1), N3 Mark Morrison - The Return of the Mac (3). HNE/N9 John Alford - Blue Moon/Only You (-), NE/N10 Black Grape - Fat Neck (-)
* Albums: HNE/NN1 George Michael - *Older* (-)
19 January 1992

Sunday

1992-01-19

## Charts

* Singles. NN1 Wet Wet Wet - Goodbye Girl, N2 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days Of Our Lives, N3 The Prodigy - Everybody in the Place (EP), HNE/N5 **Kylie Minogue** **- Give Me Just A Little More Time**.
* Albums: N1 Simply Red - *Stars*, N2 Genesis - *We Can't Dance*, N3 Lisa Stansfield - *Real Love*. HNE/N6 Lou Reed - *Magic and Loss*. NE/N11 Scott Walker & The Walker Brothers - *No Regrets. The Best Of 1965-1976.*
18 July 1985

Thursday 18 July

1985-07-18

## Top of the Pops

presented by: Peter Powell & Mike Smith

1. Simply Red – “Money’s Too Tight (To Mention)” (13)
2. Steve Arrington – “Dancin’ In The Key Of Life” (23) (video)
3. The Cool Notes – “In Your Car” (15)
4. Russ Abbot – “All Night Holiday” (25)
5. The Cult – “She Sells Sanctuary” (19)
6. Jaki Graham – “Round & Around” (12)
7. Tina Turner – “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” (37) (breaker)
8. Billy Idol – “White Wedding” (34) (breaker)
9. Feargal Sharkey – “Loving You” (31) (breaker)
10. Trans X – “Living On Video” (18) (breaker)
11. Sister Sledge – “Frankie” (1) (video)
12. Five Star – “Let Me Be The One” (40) (audience dancing/credits)
18 September 1970

Friday 18 September

1970-09-18

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 4.55 pm *The Basil Brush Show* returns fresh and new. Introduced by Derek Fowlds with Blue Mink
	+ 5.25 pm *Ask Aspel* Michael Aspel introduces a new children's television request programme. Each week he will show excerpts from television programmes and also some items you have asked to see. He'll be talking to a mystery guest from the world of television and in the studio with him will be a younger viewer to put some of your questions. If you want to see again songs, sketches, sport, stories, plays or people from the week's television send your request to: Ask Aspel...
	+ 9.20 pm *It's a Knock-Out!* The International Final transmitted on the Eurovision network from Verona, Italy. Teams from the following seven countries compete for the Golden Trophy of Jeux sans Frontieres: Great Britain, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland Introduced by Renata Mauro and Giulio Marchetti. International Referees Genaro Olivieri, Guido Pancaldi. Referee Arthur Ellis. Programme presented by the Italian Television Service.

*scans GraemeWood*

BBCITV
1992 Calendar

**MCMXCII**

* Leap Year, starting on Wednesday, ending on Thursday.

* Easter Sunday 19 April
* Bank holidays: 01 January - 04 May - 25 May - 31 August - 28 December (Christmas Day on Friday)

* See also: 1992 - 1992 category

## See also

* Same calendar pattern: 1964 - 2020

* Jump to: 1972 - 1982 - 1992 - 2002 - 2012 - 2022
19 July 1965

Monday 19 July

1965-07-19

## Events

* Royal Mail special stamp issue: 700th Anniversary of Simon de Montfort's Parliament [1]

## Radio

* BBC Light Programme
	+ 2.00 pm *Swing Into Summer* This week's compere is Simon Dee, formerly a programme director and disc-jockey with Radio Caroline. His style is friendly and relaxed to suit the leisurely mood. Now, strictly land-Iubbing, and for the first time introducing 'live' artists as well as 'a spinful of discs,' he invites you to enjoy those swinging summer sounds each day in the Light. Simon Dee introduces The Rockin' Berries, The King Brothers, Dave Berry and the Cruisers, Kenny Ball's Jazzmen, Kenny Lynch, Jackie Lee, The Karl Denver Trio, Russ Sainty and The Nu Notes, Alan Haven with Tony Crombie, The Fortunes, The Judd Proctor Quartet, Van Doren, The Tommy Sanderson Sound and a spinful of discs.

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*

ITV - *Crossroads*, *Coronation Street*
18 March 1991

Monday 18 March

1991-03-18

## Events

* Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark release their new single Sailing On the Seven Seas. It's the group's first new material since 1988 and the first since founding members Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey split, leaving the name to the latter who has now formed a new band and writing partnership with Stuart Kershaw.
* Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero releases new single with British vocalist Paul Young, a bi-lingual version of a 1990 Zucchero song, Senza una donna (Without a Woman).
* George Michael release new single Cowboys and Angels, the fifth track to be taken from his 1990 album *Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1*.
* New albums include Eurythmics' *Greatest Hits* and Gary Numan with *Outland*, his tenth.
19 April 1992

Easter Sunday 19 April

1992-04-19

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 10.00 am *Risen Today* A service of Easter Communion with the congregation of Wilmslow United Reformed Church in Cheshire, led by the Rev Fred Noden. The preacher is the Rev Tony Burnham , moderator of the North Western Province.
	+ 10.00 pm *Mastermind.* Tonight's specialist subjects: the fife and career of Leon Trotsky ; the life and reign of King Richard II; the life and Chalet School novels of Elinor Brent-Dyer; the German Army 1933-45. With Magnus Magnusson
19 March 1964

Thursday

1964-03-19

## Events

* The Beatles record two songs in London's Television Theatre for their debut appearance on *Top of the Pops* (see 25 March 1964). The songs were Can't Buy Me Love and You Can't Do That which were about to be released as the A and B side of the group's next single.[1]

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*
16 September 2015

Wednesday

2015-09-16

TV
--

* BBC Two
	+ 11.15 pm *Later...With Jools Holland* (S47, E01/08).[1] Jools Holland returns to Maidstone with another magical combination of artists playing live together in the studio for one night only. Foals, Squeeze, My Morning Jacket, Rickie Lee Jones and Disclosure featuring Sam Smith and Kwabs, it's like Woodstock 2015 on television!
18 July 1968

Thursday

1968-07-18

## Top of the Pops

Presenter: Alan Freeman

1. The Equals – Baby Come Back (1) (And Charts)
2. Herman's Hermits – Sunshine Girl 8new)
3. Richard Harris – Macarthur Park (7) (Video)
4. Manfred Mann – My Name Is Jack (8) (Video)
5. Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire (9)
6. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Last Night In Soho (23) Rpt.
7. Roy Orbison – Walk On (New)
8. Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (19)
9. The Equals – Baby Come Back (Video) (1)
18 July 2022

Monday 18 July

2022-07-18

## Events

* The UK has one of its hottest days on record, with a high of 38.1C (100.6F) - and forecasters are warning it will be warmer still on Tuesday. The Met Office has issued a red extreme heat warning for Monday and Tuesday in much of England, with temperatures of up to 41C forecast.
18 September 1983

Sunday 18 September

1983-09-18

## Radio

* BBC R1
	+ 5.00 pm *Top 40* with Tommy Vance. (*listen here*)

TV
--

* BBC Two
	+ 7.15 pm - ***Barry at Blenheim.*** The second part of Barry Manilow's unique open-air concert from the grounds of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, in which the American singer/songwriter, against the backcloth of one of the finest ancestral homes in England, performs his biggest ' hits' and some contemporary material.

*scans GraemeWood*

Fun Boy Three
18 September 1993

Saturday 18 September

1993-09-18

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 9.00 pm *Parallel 9* Last in the cosmic series.
	+ 12.15 pm *Grandstand* Football Focus A preview of the week's action from the first-round first- leg ties in the European club competitions. With Bob Wilson.
	+ 7.05 pm *Challenge Anneka* This week, Anneka Rice hits weather problems when she tackles a challenge to build a giant maze in Worcester.
	+ 8.00 pm ***Casualty*** (ns, S8) The top-rating medical drama returns for a new series - its eighth. Still gently smouldering after the devastating fire that ended the last episode, Holby City's Accident and Emergency department is gradually getting back to business as usual.
	+ 8.50 pm *Harry* Michael Elphick says goodbye to eight years of Boon with the starring role in this new 12-part series from Franc Roddam, the man behind *Auf Wiedersehen Pet* and *Making Out*. (*watch here*)
18 June 1983

Saturday 18 June

1983-06-18

TV
--

* BBC 1 One
	+ 10.05 am *Get Set* The summertime Saturday show Introduced by Mark Curry and Deborah Appleby with, live in the studio, the chart sound of Jimmy the Hoover, and cartoon comedy from Tom and Jerry. Peter Powell reports from London on some new groups in rehearsal and talks to **Nick Heyward**.
	+ 6.50 pm Pop Quiz. Panel - Robert Plant (captain), Glenn Tilbrook, Sarah (from Bananarama) versus Bev Bevan (ELO, captain), Andy MacKay (Roxy Music), Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode).[1]

## NME

* “*Wham! Teen Dreams Come True*”, by Paolo Hewitt (read here)

## Number 1!

*scans [2]*

Clare GroganNick HeywardBucks FizzAltered ImagesRod StewartAlison Moyet
17 July

198/365 - 199/366

## Birthdays

* Tim Brooke-Taylor (b.1940), Peter Sissons (b.1942), Camilla Parker Bowles (b.1947), Wolfgang Flür (b.1947), David Hasselhoff (b.1952), Angela Merkel (b.1954), Gino D'Acampo (b.1976).

## Events

* 1965: *Lucky Stars* 200th show
* 1968: World premiere of *Yellow Submarine* in London.
* 1975: Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/USSR linkup in space.
* 1979: Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo.
* 1987: First Night of The Proms
* 1994: FIFA World Cup Final: Brazil v. Italy at he RoseBowl in Pasadena, California
* 2005: Edward Heath dies, aged 89. TOTP broadcast on Sunday for the first time.

## Charts

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

* 1968: The Equals - Baby Come Back (3/3)
* 1973: **Peters & Lee - Welcome Home** (1/1)
* 1979: Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric? (4/4)
* 1984: FGTH - Two Tribes (6/9)
* 1988: Glen Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (3/4)
* 1994: Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (8/15)
* 2005: **James Blunt - You're Beautiful** (1/5)
* 2011: **Wanted - Glad You Came** (1/2)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1969: Tony Blackburn: Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
* 1975: DLT. Bay City Rollers - Give A Little Love.
* 1980: no show due to strike
* 1986: Mike Smith - Papa Don't Preach
* 1998: Jamie Theakston. Another Level - Freak Me

## Publications

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## Stamps

click on stamp for issue details

2007 - Harry Potter2008 - Air Displays2014 - XX Commonwealth Games, Glasgow
1996

**1996**

**MCMXCVI**

* UK Prime Minister: John Major

* FA Cup Winners: Manchester United (beat Liverpool FC 1-0, 11 May)
* Christmas Number One: Spice Girls - Two Become One
* Eurovision Song Contest, Oslo, Norway 18 May
	+ Winner: Eimear Quinn - The Voice (Ireland)
	+ UK entry: Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit (8th)
* Blue Peter Team: Diane, Tim, Stuart and Katy, then Tim, Stuart, Katy and Romana
* Doctor Who: Paul McGann (TV Movie, 27 May)
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Chris Evans
* Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: *Jurassic Park* (1993)

## Main events

* Jan: 23–26 January: sub-zero temperatures and snowstorms in the UK.
* Feb: Take That announce split, Princess of Wales agrees to divorce
* April: Duke & Duchess of York divorce
* May: Man Utd. win Premier League and FA Cup
* June: European Football Championships held in England, Germany win.
* July: Spice Girls release debut single Wannabe, Nelson Mandela visits UK, Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA
* November: *The Simpsons* BBC debut
* December: Conservative Party loses majority in House of Commons, unemployment below 2,000,000

4% of UK population has internet access.

TV
--

(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

### New shows:

* *TFI Friday* (09 February), *Ballykissangel* (11 February), *Silent Witness* (21 February), *Dalziel and Pascoe* (16 March), *Doctor Who* (TV movie, 27 May), *Changing Rooms* (04 September), *This Life* (18 March), *Never Mind the Buzzcocks* (12 November), *The SImpsons*

### Shows ending

* *Jackanory*, *Spitting Image, Going For Gold, Beadle's About!*

### Other TV events

* *Only Fools and Horses Christmas Trilogy*[1],
* CBBC on Nickelodeon,
* Sky 2, Sky Box Office and Sky Sports 3 launched on analogue.

## Music

* Biggest selling singles: Fugees - Killing Me Softly, Spice Girls - Wannabe, Babylon Zoo - Spaceman (*full list*)
* Biggest selling albums: Alanis Morisette - *Jagged Little Pill*, Oasis - *(What's The Story) Morning Glory?*, Spice Girls - *Spice*, George Michael - *Older* (full list)
	+ Compilation albums: *Now That's What I Call Music! 33, 34 , 35*, *Trainspotting - OST*, Take That - *Greatest Hits*, Simply Red - *Greatest Hits*, The Beatles - *Anthology 2*
* Debut albums:
	+ Spice Girls - *Spice*, Backstreet Boys - *Backstreet Boys,* Olive *- Extra Virgin,*  Eminem - *Infinite*, Republica - *Republica* (*full list*)
* Alternative/independent: The Beautiful South - *Blue is the Colour*, Ocean Colour Scene - *Moseley Shoals*, Ash - *1977*, Everything but the Girl - *Walking Wounded*, R.E.M. - *New Adventures in Hi-Fi*

## Films

UK release

* *Trainspotting*
* *Secrets & Lies, Muppet Treasure Island* (both 24 May), *Mission: Impossible, The Wind in the Willows, Twelfth Night*
* *Jude* (with Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet)

## Births

* Ruben Loftus-Cheek (23 Jan.), Lewis Capaldi (07 Oct.)

## Birthdays

* **20**:
* **30**:
* **40**:
* **50**: Bill Clinton (US President incumbent)
* **60**:
* **70**:

## Deaths

* Leslie Crowther, William Rushton, Beryl Reid, Michael Bentine, Jon Pertwee, Willie Rushton, Gene Kelly

## See also

* 1996 category page
* 1996 albums
* 1996 singles
* 1996 Calendar
19 July 1979

Thursday

1979-07-19

## Top of the Pops

Host: Kid Jensen

1. (3) Sex Pistols – C’Mon Everybody  (And Charts)
2. (50) The Real Thing – Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)
3. (4) Dave Edmunds – Girls Talk  (Video)
4. (22) Donna Summer – Bad Girls  ( Legs & Co)
5. (42) Darts – Duke Of Earl
6. (26) U.K. Subs – Stranglehold
7. (38) The Pretenders – Kid
8. (24) The Knack – My Sharona  (rpt)
9. (49) Sparks – Beat The Clock
10. (15) The Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays  (video)
11. (10) The Dooleys – Wanted
12. (25) The Korgis – If I Had You
13. (23) ABBA – Voulez-Vous  (video)
14. (1) Tubeway Army – Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
15. (5) Chic – Good Times  (and credits)
18 October 1983

Tuesday 18 October

1983-10-18

## Charts

* Top 40: N1 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon (1), N2 Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know (2), N3 Howard Jones - New Song (5). HNE/N25 **Billy Joel - Uptown Girl** (-). N36 Gary Numan - Sister Surprise (-)

* Album charts: HNE/NN1 Culture Club - *Kissing to Be Clever* (1), NE/N2 The Jam - *Snap!* (-), N3 Genesis - *Genesis* (1)

TV
--

* ITV
	+ *Crossroads*

*scans GraemeWood*
19 January 1985

Saturday

1985-01-19

## No.1 magazine

* Sal Solo
* Bronski Beat
* Depeche Mode : 'Boys Keep Swinging'
* Paul Young poster [2]
* the Colour Field
* 'Inner Tube' - *The Tube* special
* Smiley Culture
* The Pogues
* The Network Charts

## Radio

* BBC Radio 1,
	+ 1.00 pm *Punk to Present*. Mike Smith presents a 12-part series tracing the musical trends over the last ten years.
	+ 6.30 *In Concert*. Alison Moyet recorded live at The Dominion Theatre, London

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 9.00 am *Saturday Superstore*. [3]
	+ 5.20 *Doctor Who* Vengeance on Varos pt.1. (TARDIS wikia)
18 May 2018

Friday 18 May

2018-05-18

## Events

* Kensington Palace announces that Prince Charles will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle on Saturday when she marries Prince Harry. Markle's father, Thomas, is unable to attend the wedding, after undergoing heart surgery.
* Peter Gabriel makes his entire solo catalogue available on Spotify for the first time.
* George Ezra releases single Shotgun[1]

## Charts

* Singles: top 5 as 11 May. HNE/N18 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five
* Albums: HNE/NN1 (top 100 & vinyl) Arctic Monkeys - *Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino*
19 January 1984

Thursday

1984-01-19

## Smash Hits

* Features: Mike Read, John Taylor, Fan clubs, Echo and The Bunnymen in Paris,
* Bitz: The Colour Field, Kate Bush, Fashion, The Smiths new single and album, Dead or Alive, Sheila Chandra, Nik Kershaw, Andrew Ridgeley, Simple Minds, ABC, Mike BArson leaves Madness.
* Start: Personal file Holly Johnson, Sade, Pop Stars in Leather and Studs.
* Lyrics: New Moon On Monday, Doctor! Doctor!, The Killing Moon, Wishful Thinking, Love Is A Wonderful Colour
* Singles - reviewed by Martyn Ware. SOTF Don't Sing - Prefab Sprout, Speed Your Love To Me, The Killing Moon, Girls just Want To Have Fun, Love Is A Battlefiled, Hyper-Active.
* Albums: *Rebel Yell*
* Live Dates: the Clash, The Smiths, Herbie Hancock, Cocteau Twins
* Centrespread: Simple Minds (Speed Your Love lyrics)
* Back cover: next issue ad
* Ads: Hyperactive, Here Comes The Rain Again, The Killing Moon, SOS, It's My Life, Wonderland (Big Country), Speed Your Love To Me, Doctor Doctor, *Sahara* (movie), *Milk and Honey*.

## Top of the Pops

presented by Simon Bates & Peter Powell

1. Whitesnake – Give Me More Time (29)
2. Big Country – Wonderland (13) (video)
3. Fiction Factory – (Feels Like) Heaven (28)
4. China Crisis – Wishful Thinking (16)
5. Gloria Gaynor – I Am What I Am (24)
6. John Lennon – Nobody Told Me (11) (video)
7. Paul McCartney – Pipes Of Peace (1) (video)
8. The Police – King Of Pain (17) (audience dancing/credits)

TV
--

*scans GraemeWood*

*Life On Earth*BBC1*The Road to 1984*Edward FoxITVITV/C4
1992

**1992, Leap year**

**MCMXCII**

- see also 1992 Calendar

* UK Prime Minister John Major (confirmed 09 April)
* FA Cup Winners: Liverpool
* Christmas Number One: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
* UK Eurovision Entry: Michael Ball - One Step Out Of Time
* Blue Peter Team: Yvette, John and Diane, then John, Diane and Anthea
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Simon Mayo
* Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: *Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade*

* Maastricht Treaty (07 Feb.)
* UK General Election (April)
* Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain (Apr-Oct)
* Elizabeth II's *annus horribilis*
* Premier League launched
* 500 years since discover of America (1492)

TV
--

(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

### Shows ending

* *The Channel Four Daily* (ended 25 September, replaced by The Big Breakfast starting 28 September).

### Other TV events

* Christmas Day Queen's Speech "*annus horribilus*".

## Music

* Biggest selling singles (UK): 1. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You, 2. Snap! - Rhythm Is a Dancer, 3. Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie to You? (full list)
* Biggest selling studio albums (UK): 1. Simply Red - *Stars* (rel.1991) 2. Lionel Richie - *Back to Front* 3. Michael Jackson - Dangerous (rel. 1991) (full list)
* Biggest selling compilation albums (UK): 1. Cher - *Greatest Hits: 1965–1992* 2. Simple Minds - *Glittering Prize 81/92* 3. Michael Bolton - *Timeless: The Classics* 4. Madness - *Divine Madness*
* Debut albums: Annie Lennox - *Diva ,* Right Said Fred - *Up,* Take That *- Take That & Party*
	+ Eponymous debut albums: *Rage Against the Machine*,

## Films

* *Carry On Columbus* (final 'Carry On..' film)

## Births

* Freddie Highmore (14 Feb.), Sam Smith (19 May), Frances Cobain (18 August)

## Deaths

* Benny Hill, Frankie Howerd, Magnus Pyke (19 October)
19 July 1977

Tuesday

1977-07-19

## Events

* UK Top 30: Donna Summer - I Feel Love reaches no.1 (from 3); Boney M - Ma Baker, Brotherhood of Man - Angelo enter Top 5; Stranglers - Peaches down to 11 (peak pos 8); The Jam - All Around the World new entry at 30; Rah Band - The Crunch highest new entry.
* The Jam record a new session for John Peel, their second in the space of three months. Tracks:
	+ All Around The World / London Girl / Bricks And Mortar / Carnaby Street (first broadcast 25 July 1977).
18 January 1985

Friday 18 January

1985-01-18

TV
--

* C4
	+ 5.30 pm *The Tube* - Chaka Khan and Spandau Ballet

* BBC Two
	+ 7.15 pm *ORS 85* - This week's guest presenter, live from the Oxford Road studios, is Kim Wilde. Timmy Mallett springs into action with week two of the Megaquiz, and Janice Long introduces her band, Jazawaki. Music as well from Heaven 17, and new signing Scary Thieves.
	+ 9.00 pm *Victoria Wood - as Seen on TV* starring Victoria Wood with Julie Walters Celia Imrie.
	+ 9.30 pm *The New Pacific* 1: The Pacific Age. From Tahiti to Tokyo, Samoa to San Francisco, Perth to Peking -a dynamic society for the 21st century.

*The Practice*
19 January 1997

Sunday

1997-01-19

## Charts

* Singles: NN1/HNE White Town - Your Woman, N2 Tori Amos - Professional Widow, N3 Texas -Say What You Want. NE/N Suede - Saturday Night.
* Albums: N1 Spice Girls - *Spice*, N2 *Evita* OST, N3 Beautiful South - *Blue is the Colour*, N4 Celine Delon - *Falling In Love*. (all non-movers)
1987

**1987**

**MCMLXXXVII**

*This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like.* This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:

* FA Cup Winners: Coventry City (beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 a.e.t., 16 May)
* Christmas Number One: Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
* Eurovision Song Contest: Brussels, 09 May
	+ UK Eurovision Entry: Rikki - Only The Light (13th)
	+ Contest winner. Johnny Logan - Hold Me now (Eire)
* Blue Peter Team: Janet, Mark and Caron, then Mark, Caron and Yvette
* Doctor Who: Sylvester McCoy (S24 from 07 September)
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show Jock: Mike Smith
* Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*

## Main events

* "The Great Storm" (15/16 October)

TV
--

### New shows

* BBC1: *Bob Says Opportunity Knocks* , *Black Adder The Third.*

### Shows ending

* *University Challenge* (ITV, 04 September - until 1994), *The Tube* (C4)

## Radio

* 20 years of BBC Radio 1 & 2
* *From Russia With Long* (BBC R1)

## Music

* Chart debuts: Rick Astley
* Best selling singles: Never Gonna Give You Up, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) (*full list*)
* Best selling albums: *Bad*, *The Joshua Tree*, *Whitney, Whenever You Need Somebody (full list)*
	+ Debut albums: *Whenever You Need Somebody, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, Keep Your Distance, Popped In Souled Out, It's Better to Travel, Faith, George Best, Sold,*
	+ Eponymous debut albums: *The Christians, Enya, Living in a Box, Tiffany, Wendy and Lisa,*

* Bands splitting: The Smiths

Top 10 albums 1987 (*Record Mirror*)Top 10 albums 1987 (*Record Mirror*)Top Of The Pops - TOTP - The Story of 1987

## Films

* *Dirty Dancing, Full Metal Jacket, The Color of Money, Stand By Me, Beverly Hills Cop II,*

## Births

* Paolo Nutini (09 January), Emeli Sandé (10 March), Novak Djokovic (22 May), Lionel Messi (24 June), Hilary Duff (28 September), Zac Efron (18 October),

## Birthdays

* **30**: Gary Davies, Donny Osmond, Marc Almond, Sarah Greene, Siouxsie Sioux
* **40**:
* **50**:
* **60**: Roger Moore
* **70**:

## Deaths

* Patrick Troughton,
19 December

## Birthdays

* Limahl (b.1958), Alberto Tomba (b.1966), Richard Hammond (b.1969), Gary Cahill (b.1985)

## Events

* 1969: The Beatles' 7th (and final) Christmas Record released.
* 1971: *A Clockwork Orange* premières in NYC & Toronto
* 1972: Apollo 17 returns to Earth
* 1974: *The Man with the Golden Gun* premières in London; Bryan Ferry live at Royal Albert Hal
* 1984: Sino–British Joint Declaration signed in London.
* 1998: US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Bill Clinton
* 2015: RIP Jimmy Hill
* 2020: *Celebrity Mastermind* (ns), *Strictly Come Dancing - Final* (BBC One)

## Charts

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

**All Christmas No.1s**

* 1971: Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in The West) (3/4)
* 1978: Boney M - Mary's Boy Child (3/4)
* 1993: Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby (2/3 n.c.)
* 1999: **Westlife - I Have a Dream/Seasons in the Sun** (1/4)
* 2004: Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas (3/4)
* 2010: **Matt Cardle - When We Collide** (1/4)

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1968: Pete Murray. Scaffold – Lily The Pink.
* 1974: Noel Edmonds. Mud – Lonely This Christmas.
* 1985: Paul Jordan & Mike Smith. Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You.
* 1991: Steve Anderson & Adrian Rose. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody.
* 1997: Jayne Middlemiss. Teletubbies – Teletubbies Say “Eh-Oh”.
* 2003: Tim Kash. Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne – Changes.

## Publications

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## Stamps

2003: England Winners! - Rugby World Cup Championship, Australia (click for full issue)
19 December 1981

Saturday

1981-12-19

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 5.10 pm *The Police - Monserrat 81* Earlier this year The Police disappeared to the Caribbean island of Montserrat to record their latest album. Jools Holland, ex-keyboard player with Squeeze, being a bit of a detective himself, followed them there, and under interrogation they broke down and spilled the beans. After which Jools reached into his pocket, pulled out his keyboard and... (watch here)
1989 (Taylor’s Version)

**1989 (Taylor’s Version)** is a re-recording of Swift's fifth studio album, *1989* (2014).

## Charts

UK only

* Official Albums Chart: N1 (3 consec. weeks)
* Official Albums Sales Chart/Album Downloads Chart Physical Albums Chart: N1 (1 week)
* Official Vinyl Albums Chart: N1 (4 non-consec. weeks)
* End of Year Albums Chart (2023): N3 (N1 vinyl album)

## Singles

Top 40 only

* Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's version) (N2)
* Is It Over Now (Taylor's version) (N1)
* Slut! (Taylor's version) (N5)

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
19 December 1970

Saturday 19 December

1970-12-19

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 12.25 pm *Ed and Zed* starring Ed Stewart. As this is the last programme in the series, Ed has decided to let Zed run it his own way. Frankly, anything could happen - and probably will! The only certainty is that there will be an excerpt from Disney's *Fantasia* and some chart-topping music from Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits.
* BBC Two
	+ 11.05 pm *Disco Two*. Introduced by Pete Drummond featuring Elton John, who returned recently from the States where his concerts were sellouts. And a dip into the new releases.

*scans GraemeWood*
18 March 1989

Saturday 18 March

1989-03-18

## Publications

* Radio Times: "*A significant issue being the last of the old style white bordered covers. Paul McCartney would grace a noticeably revamped magazine from the following week. I did enjoy that RT kept the rule where the border used to begin as part of the transition, only dropping it finally in June 1990 when the magazine became a full colour publication. The masthead was increased in size in March 1989 and again in June 1990, the latter size remaining until the masthead was revamped (embolded and reduced in height) in September 1994*." - Alex Westhorp on Facebook, 18 March 2020 [1]
18 May 1985

Saturday

1985-05-18

## Events

* Sport: FA Cup Final played at Wembley between Everton and Manchester United.
	+ The Manchester team won by a single goal scored after 20 minutes of extra-time. Both teams would meet again in the final ten years later, in 1995.
	+ see also: "*Remembering the 1985 FA Cup final: Manchester United v Everton*", Steve Pye in theguardian.com, 2013-05-10
* Simple Minds go to no.1 in the US with Don't You (Forget About Me) [1]

## No.1 magazine

100th edition. Full issue here.

*scans shanemarais.net*
19 December 1985

Thursday 19 December

1985-12-19

## Events

* future professional footballer Gary Cahill born in Dronfield, Derbyshire.

## Top of the Pops

* Presenters: Paul Jordan & Mike Smith
* Playlist: (19) Amazulu – Don’t You Just Know It (3) Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas (1985 video) (14) Aled Jones – Walking In The Air (5) Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls (1) Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You (video) (16) Paul McCartney – Spies Like Us (audience dancing/credits)
19 March

## Events

* 1968: The Budget
* 1974: Queen's first Top 20 hit
* 1985: The Budget, charts, *OGWT, The Day the Universe Changed*.
* 1990: *Violator* released.
* 1999: Travis TOTP debut
* 2017: *Carnage* (BBC iplayer permiere)

## Charts

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

* 1964: **Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas - Little Children** (1/2)
* 1969: Peter Sarstedt -Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) (4/4)
* 1972: Nilsson - Without You (3/5)
* 1974: Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero (2/3)
* 1985: **Philip Bailey with Phil Collins - Easy Lover** (1/4)
* 1989: **Madonna - Like A Prayer** (1/3)
* 1995: **Cher, Hynde, Cherry with Eric Clapton - Love Can Build a Bridge** (1/1)
* 2000: **Geri Halliwell - Bag It Up** (1/1)
* 2006: **Orson - No Tomorrow** (1/1)
* 2021: **Nathan Evans - Wellerman** (1/ )

## Top of the Pops

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

* 1970: Tony Blackburn. Lee Marvin – Wand’rin Star.
* 1981: Peter Powell. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy.
* 1987: Simon Bates & Peter Powell. Boy George - Everything I Own.
* 1992: Adrian Rose & Femi Oke. Shakespear’S Sister – Stay.
* 1999: Jamie Theakston. Boyzone – When The Going Gets Tough.
* 2004: Tim Kash. D.J. Casper – Cha Cha Slide
* 2006: Rufus Hound & Trevor Nelson. Orson – No Tomorrow. (*the show returns to Sunday nights*)

## Publications

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19 May 2018

Saturday

2018-05-19

## Events

* The wedding of HRH Prince Henry and Meghan Markle takes place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. [1]
* The FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Manchester United is played at Wembley Stadium. The London side win by a single goal, a penalty scored by Eden Hazard after 22 mins of the first half.
* The BBC launches its World Cup 2018 'History Will be Made' campaign during the half time break of the FA Cup Final.[2]
19 May 1977

Thursday 19 May 1972

1977-05-19

## Top of the Pops

Host David Jensen

1. (New) Suzi Quatro – Roxy Roller
2. (15) Heatwave – Too Hot To Handle  (Video)
3. (New) Linda Lewis – The Moon And I
4. (21) Bay City Rollers – It’s a Game  rpt.
5. (New) Carol Bayer Sager – You’re Moving Out Today
6. (3) Joe Tex – Ain’T Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)  (Video)
7. (23) The Trammps – Disco Inferno  (Danced To By Legs & Co)
8. (New) Tony Etoria – I Can Prove It
9. (27) Joy Sarney – Naughty Naughty Naughty  rpt.
10. (New) The Jacksons – Show You The Way To Go
11. (4) Van Mccoy – The Shuffle  (Danced To By Legs & Co)
12. (41) The Jam – In The City **\*DEBUT**
13. (1) Rod Stewart – The First Cut Is The Deepest  rpt.
14. (20) Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle  (And Credits)
1991

**1991**

**MCMXCI**

* FA Cup Winners: Tottenham Hotspur (beat Notts Forest 2-1 after extra time)
* Christmas Number One: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
* UK Eurovision Entry: Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart (10/22)
* Eurovision Song Contest Winner: Carola - Fångad av en stormvind (held in Rome)
* Blue Peter Team: Yvette, John and Diane
* Doctor Who: -
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Simon Mayo
* Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: *Batman*

## Main events

* The Gulf War ends (28 February 1991)

TV
--

(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

### New shows:

* *The Brittas Empire* (BBC One, 03 January 1991)
* *The Darling Buds of May* (ITV, 07 April 1991)
* *Noel's House Party* (BBC One, 23 November 1991)

(*full list*)

### Other TV events

* TV listings deregulation (from 01 March)

## Music

* Biggest selling singles: Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (*full list*)
* Biggest selling albums: Simply Red - *Stars*, Eurythmics - *Greatest Hits*, Queen - *Greatest Hits II* (full list)
* Debut albums: Seal - *Seal*, Electronic - *Electronic*, LFO - *Frequencies*, Pearl Jam - *Ten*, Rain Tree Crow - *Rain Tree Crow.* Birdland *- Birdland* (*full list*)

See also: *19 albums that define 1991* (BBC Radio 6 Music)

## Films

*UK release dates*

* May: *The Silence of the Lambs*
* June: *A Kiss Before Dying*

## Births

* Eden Hazard (07 January), Pixie Lott (12 January), Ed Sheeran (17 February).

## Birthdays

* **20**: Sonia, Gary Barlow
* **30**: Suggs, Gillian Gilbert, Nick Heyward, Boy George, Alison Moyet, Martin Gore, Curt Smith, Roland Orzabal
* **40**: Bob Geldof, Kevin Keegan, Peter Powell, Richard Skinner, Sting, Selina Scott
* **50**:
* **60**:
* **70**:

## Deaths

* Peggy Ashcroft (14 June), Margot Fonteyn (21 February).
18 June 1981

Thursday

1981-06-18

## Top of the Pops

Host: Peter Powell

1. Linx – Throw Away The Key (32)
2. Phil Collins – If Leaving Me Is Easy (27) (rpt from 04/06/81)
3. Odyssey – Going Back To My Roots (6)
4. Kool & The Gang – Take It To The Top (22) (Legs & Co)
5. Champaign – How ‘Bout Us (5) (video)
6. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Spellbound (23) (rpt from 04/06/81)
7. The Specials – Ghost Town (21) (video)
8. Imagination – Body Talk (19)
9. Smokey Robinson – Being With You (1) (video/credits)
18 November 1990

Sunday 18 November

1990-11-18

## Charts

BBC R1 Top 40 with Mark Goodier

* Singles: N1 The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (1), N2 Kim Appleby - Don't Worry (3), HNE/N3 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (-)
* Albums: HNE/NN1 Madonna - *The Immaculate Collection* (-), N2 Elton John - *The Very Best of..* (1), N3 Phil Collins - *Serious Hits..Live!* (2)
18 July 1979

Wednesday

1979-07-18

TV
--

* BBC One
	+ 8.10 pm *The Omega Factor* A series in ten episodes. A boy is suspended from school for vandalism. When the boy shows he has abilities that could have destructive consequences, Martindale becomes interested. So does someone else.
	+ 9.00 pm *Nine O'Clock News* with Richard Whitmore.
	+ 10.45 pm *Medical Express* Your Weekly Health Report. The first of seven programmes in which Mavis Nicholson and John Stapleton investigate the latest news, developments and controversies in medicine and health.
18 November 2016

Friday 18 November

2016-11-18

## Events

* The Human League release a retrospective compilation *A Very British Synthesizer Group*. A 4-disc Deluxe edition is also issued, including a bonus CD of early versions and demos and a DVD featuring the groups promo videos and a 'Live at The BBC' video compilation.[1]

## Charts

* Singles: N1 Clean Bandit - Rockabye (2/9)
* Albums: HNE/NN1 Olly Murs - *24 Hrs*, NE/N2 - Emili Sandé - *Long Live The Angels*, NE/N4 Cliff Richard - *Just Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll*.
	+ Vinyl: NN1/HNE *Trainspotting* OST.

TV
--

* BBC Four
	+ 7.30 pm *Top of the Pops* - David Jensen presents the weekly chart show, first broadcast on 19 August 1982. Includes appearances from Modern Romance, Haircut 100, Captain Sensible, Kids from Fame, Soft Cell, Dexys Midnight Runners, Survivor, Talk Talk and Duran Duran.