2010

**2010 *to be completed***

**MMX**

* FA Cup Winners: Chelsea FC (beat Portsmouth 1-0)[1]
* Christmas Number One: Matt Cardle - When We Collide [2] (Cardle won *The X Factor*, S7 on 12 December)
* Eurovision Song Contest: Oslo, 29 May (Final)[3]
	+ UK Eurovision Entry: Josh Dubovie - That Sounds Good To Me (25th and last)[4]
	+ Contest Winner: Lena - Satellite (Germany)

* Blue Peter Team: Joel Defries (until 14 December), Helen Skelton, Ayo Akinwolere.
* Doctor Who: Matt Smith (S05, 03 April - 26 June)
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Chris Moyles

## Main events

* 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver, 12 February - 28 February), UK General Election (06 May) results in hung parliament, 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa (11 June - 11 July), Cumbria shootings (02 June)
* Instagran launched (06 October)

TV
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(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

### New shows

* *Luther* (BBC1, 4 May), *Sherlock* (BBC1, 25 July), *Daybreak* (ITV, 06 September - replacing *GMTV*), *The Great British Bake-Off* (BBC2, 17 August), *Downton Abbey* (ITV, 26 September), *The Only Way Is Essex* (ITV2, 10 October)

*full list*

### Shows ending

* Ready, Steady, Cook (BBC1,02 February - revived in 2020), *Ashes to Ashes* (BBC1, 21 May), *Big Brother* (C4, 24 August), *Last of the Summer Wine* (BBC1, 29 August - began 1973), *The Bill* (ITV, 31 August - began 1983), *GMTV* (ITV, 03 September - began 1993),

*full list*

### Other TV events

* *Doctor Who* 'The End of Time' (01 January 2010), *EastEnders* live episode (25th anniversary, 19 February), *Doctors* 10th anniversary (26 March), *Outnumbered* (S3, 08 April), Holby City 500th episode (13 April), *The X Factor* S7 (ITV, 21 August), Sky 3D channel launches (01 October),*Strictly Come Dancing* (S8, 02 October 2010), *Film 2010* taken over by Claudia Winkleman from 13 October, Coronation Street 50th anniversary live episode (ITV, 09 December), *Upstairs, Downstairs* returns (BBC1, 26 December - previously on ITV, 1971 - 1975).

## Music

* Biggest selling singles: Artist - Title (*full list*) Eminem - Love The Way You Lie, Matt Cardle - When We Collide, Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are.
* Biggest selling albums: Take That - Progress (rel. November), (*full list*)
	+ Compilation albums: Robbie Williams - *In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010,* VV AA *- Now 75, Now 76, Now 77*
* Debut albums: Ellie Goulding- *Lights*
	+ Eponymous debuts - Olly Murs, Eliza Doolittle, Jason Derulo
* Alternative/independent: Vampire Weekend - *Contra,* Lostprophets - *The Betrayed*

## Birthdays

* **20**: Emma Watson
* **30**: Tom Ravenscroft, Harry Potter, Ben Whishaw, Kim Kardashian
* **40**: Alexander Armstrong, Zoe Ball, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Rachel Weisz, John Simm, Jason Orange, Tamzin Outhwaite, Antonio Banderas, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Richard Jobson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Diego Maradona, Tilda Swinton, Zoe Ball
* **50**: Greta Scacchi, Linford Christie, Bono Vox, Tony Hadley, VInce Clarke, Tilda Swinton, Gary Lineker
* **60**: Billy Ocean, Malcolm MacDonald, Peter Gabriel, Mark Spitz, Agnetha Fältskog, Billy Currie, Suzi Quatro, Princess Anne
* **70**: Tom Jones, David Jason, Annie Nightingale, Penelope Keith
* **80**: Clint Eastwood
* **90**: Ray Bradbury

## Deaths

* Ian Carmichael (05 February, 89), Michael Foot (03 March, 96), James Aubrey (06 April),