1981
This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like. This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:
- FA Cup Winners: Tottenham Hotspur
- Christmas Number One: The Human League - Don't You Want Me
- UK Eurovision Entry: Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
- Blue Peter Team: Simon Groom, Sarah Greene and Peter Duncan
- Doctor Who: Tom Baker (S18, cont.) becoming Peter Davison (21 March)
- Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Mike Read
- Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: Loophole, "the new British feature film"
Main events[]
- Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (29 July)
TV[]
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)
New series[]
- Sense and Sensibility (BBC One, 01 Feb.), Game For A Laugh (ITV, 26 September), Russell Harty (BBC2, 20 October),
New seasons[]
- Play For Today (20 October)
Shows ending[]
Other TV events[]
- New look Look-In.
Music[]
Singles[]
- Biggest selling singles: The Human League - Don't You Want Me, Soft Cell - Tainted Love, Adam & The Ants - Stand and Deliver, Prince Charming, Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House.full list
- Debut no.1 singles: Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddap You Face, Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up, Aneka - Japanese Boy, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party
Albums[]
- Biggest selling albums: Adam and The Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980), Queen - Greatest Hits, The Human League - Dare
- Debut albums:Phil Collins - Face Value, Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell, New Order - Movement,
- Eponymous debut albums: Bucks Fizz, Duran Duran
- Compilation albums: Cliff Richard - Love Songs, Blondie - The Best of Blondie, Barry Manilow - Manilow Magic: The Best of Barry Manilow, VV AA - The Official BBC Album of the Royal Wedding
See also[]
Births[]
- Calum Best (06 February), Craig David (05 May), Gwenno (23 May), Natalie Portman (09 June), Fearne Cotton (03 September), Anthony Costa (23 June), Natasha Bedingfield (26 November)
Birthdays[]
- 20:
- 30: Bob Geldof, Andrew Gold, Kevin Keegan, Peter Powell, Richard Skinner, Sting, Selina Scott
- 40:
- 50:
- 60:
- 70:
Deaths[]
- Ron Grainer (21 February, 58), Jack Warner (24 May, 85), Natalie Wood (29 November, 43)