1982

**1982**

**MCMLXX**

* UK PM: Margaret Thatcher
* FA Cup Winners: Tottenham Hotspur (beat QPR 1-0 in replay after 1-1 draw)[1]
* Christmas Number One: Renée and Renato - Save Your Love
* Eurovision Song Contest: Harrogate, 24 April
	+ UK Eurovision Entry: Bardo - One Step Further (position 7th)
	+ Contest Winner: Nicole - Ein Bisschen Frieden (A Little Peace) (W. Germany) [2]

* Blue Peter Team: Simon Groom, Sarah Greene, Peter Duncan.
* Doctor Who: Peter Davison (S19 from 04 January)
* Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Mike Read
* Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: *International Velvet* (afternoon), *Death on the Nile.*(evening).

## Main events

* Falklands War; Channel 4 begins

TV
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(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

### New series *full list*

* *Wogan* (BBC1, 04 May), *Fame* (BBC1, 17 June), *The Late, Late Breakfast Show* (04 September), *Saturday Superstore* (BBC1, 02 October). *'Allo 'Allo* (30 December), *Boys from the Blackstuff* (BBC2, 10 October), *The Young Ones* (BBC2, 09 November), *The Saturday Show* (ITV, 30 October, replacing *Tiswas*).
* Channel 4, beginning 02 November: *Countdown, Brookside, Channel 4 News,* *The Tube* (05 November).

### New seasons

* *This Is Your Life* (ITV, 20 October), *Crackerjack*! (BBC1, 22 October), Grandstand (BBC1), Blue Peter (BBC1), Match of the Day, Call My Bluff, Mr & Mrs., Jackonary, Screen Test (BBC1, 05 October)...

### Shows ending

* *The Goodies* (BBC2, 13 February), *Not the Nine O'Clock News* (08 March), *Multi-Coloured Swap Shop* (27 March), *Tiswas* (ITV, 03 April), *It's a Knockout* (30 July, until 1999), *Sapphire & Steel* (31 August), *Something Else* (15 October).

## Radio

* Janice Long & Gary Davies Radio 1 debut (December)

## Music

* Biggest selling singles: Dexys Midnight Runners & the Emerald Express - Come On Eileen, Irene Cara - Fame, Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. (*full list*)
* Biggest selling albums: Barbara Streisand - *Love Songs*, *The Kids from "Fame"*, Madness - *Complete Madness*, ABC - *The Lexicon of Love*, Duran Duran - *Rio* (full list)
	+ Compilation albums: Barbara Streisand - *Love Songs*, Madness - *Complete Madness*, John Lennon - *The John Lennon Collection*, ABBA - *The Singles: The First Ten Years*,
* Debut albums: ABC - *The Lexicon of Love*, Yazoo - *Upstairs at Eric's*, Culture Club - *Kissing to Be Clever*, Haircut One Hundred - *Pelican West*, Adam Ant - *Friend or Foe,* Scritti Politti *- Songs to Remember* (*full list*)
	+ Eponymous debuts - The Kids from "Fame", Carmel,
* Alternative/independent: Au Pairs - *Sense and Sensuality*, Cocteau Twins - *Garlands* (debut), Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame

* Bands splitting: Linx, Theatre of Hate, Squeeze

## Births

* Kate Middleton (09 January), Prince William (21 June), Billie Piper (22 September), Matt Smith (28 October),

## Birthdays

* **20:** Nick Rhodes, Clare Grogan, Marilyn, Phillip Schofield,
* **30**: Alexei Sayle, Joe Strummer, Mel Smith, Jenny Agutter,
* **40**: Gareth Hunt, Michael York, Neil Kinnock, Ian Dury, Desmond Lynam, Billy Connolly, Andy Summers, Paul McCartney, Alvin Stardust, Michael Crawford
* **50**: Des O'Connor, Elizabeth Taylor, Petula Clark,

## Deaths

* Harry H Corbett, Arthur Lowe, Kenneth More, Arthur Askey, Marty Feldman.