30 August 1984

Thursday

1984-08-30

Events

 * Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

Top of the Pops
Richard Skinner & Mike Smith, with Simon Bates & Jimmy Savile on a train.
 * BBC One 6.55 pm A live presentation introduced by Jimmy Savile OBE, Mike Smith, Richard Skinner and Simon Bates including the naming of the new British Rail InterCity express Top of the Pops and an attempt to break the existing record from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. (Part 2 at 7.50 pm)
 * 1) Tears For Fears – Mothers Talk (17)
 * 2) Bucks Fizz – Talking In Your Sleep (34)
 * 3) Stevie Wonder – I Just Called To Say I Love You (2) (video)
 * 4) Depeche Mode – Master & Servant (24)
 * 5) Howard Jones – Like To Get To Know You Well (4) (at Bristol Temple Meads Station)
 * 6) *Howard Jones also appeared at the Radio 1 Roadshow in Plymouth today - see No.1, 15 Sept. 1984 pp. 18,19,21)
 * 7) The Smiths – William, It Was Really Nothing (23)William, It Was Really Nothing- Top Of The Pops (30th August 1984)
 * 8) George Michael – Careless Whisper (1) (video)
 * 9) Ray Parker Jr – Ghostbusters (18) (audience dancing/credits)