25 March 1982

Thursday 25 March

1982-03-25

TV



 * BBC One
 * 7.20 pm Top of the Pops (see below)
 * 8.00 pm The Kenny Everett Television Show Once again Kenny introduces a galaxy of international superstar guests, including Joanna Lumley, Billy Connolly, Richard Johnson, Toyah, Madness, Bill Wyman, Lionel Blair, Terry Wogan, Britt Ekland. Yes, all these and more but not necessarily in tonight's show.
 * 8.30 pm Love Story: Love is Old, Love is New (ns) A serial in four parts starring Jane Asher, James Fox. 1: Martyn and Katha shared the same heady dreams of the 60s but now those dreams have turned sour. Is their love for each other strong enough to survive the latest blow to their hopes?
 * 11.20 pm A Kick Up the Eighties  The first of six comedy programmes that look at life in the 1980s starring Richard Stilgoe and Ron Bain, Miriam Margolyes, Roger Sloman, Tracey Ullman and introducing Kevin Turvey. What the well-dressed undertaker is wearing this spring. How to look chic in a shroud. Extracts from A Worm's-Eye View of Britain and Debrett's Funeral Etiquette ... Plus the ten people you said you'd most like to cremate whilst still alive. A Kick Up the Eighties puts the boot into kicking the bucket. (rpt.)

Top of the Pops
Hosts: Peter Powell & Garth Crooks


 * (41) Altered Images – See Those Eyes
 * (3) JULIO IGLESIAS – Quiereme Mucho (Yours)  (video)
 * (33) Bucks Fizz – My Camera Never Lies
 * (28) FOSTER & ALLEN – A Bunch Of Thyme
 * (44) The Boomtown Rats – House On Fire
 * (26) The Nolans – Don’t Love Me Too Hard  (video)
 * (43) Killing Joke – Empire Song
 * (22) PLUTO – Your Honour  ®
 * (14) Chas & Dave – Ain’t No Pleasing You  (video)
 * (1) GOOMBAY DANCE BAND – Seven Tears
 * (9) The Associates – Party Fears Two  (crowd dancing)  (and credits)

Rpt. BBC Four 25 August 2016, 22 February 2018