04 January

Birthdays

 * Rick Stein (b.1947), Mark Hollis (b.1955, dec.), Bernard Sumner (b.1956), Julian Sands (b.1958), Michael Stipe (b.1960),



Events

 * 1970: Holiday 70, Ivanhoe (ns, BBC1)
 * 1973: Last of the Summer Wine (BBC1)
 * 1981: Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", arrested
 * 1990: One Foot in the Grave (ns, BBC1)
 * 1993: TV-AM launches on ITV; Terry Wogan returns to radio with Wake Up To Wogan on BBC Radio 2.
 * 1994: Top of the Pops 30th anniversary
 * 1997: Bowie a 50 (BBC Two)
 * 2020: The Masked Singer, UK debut (ITV)
 * 2021: Boris Johnson announces new lockdown

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1970: Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys (4/6)
 * 1977 - see 05 January
 * 1978: Wings - Mull of Kyntre/Girls School (6/9)
 * 1983 - see 05 January
 * 1984: Flying Pickets - Only You (4/4)
 * 1998: VV AA - Perfect Day (3/3 n.c.)
 * 2004: Michael Andrews ft. Garry Jules - Mad World (3/3)
 * 2009: Alexandra Burke - Allelujah (3/3)
 * 2015: Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (3/7 n.c.)
 * 2019: Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (2/3)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1968: Jimmy Savile & Peter Tork. The Beatles – Hello Goodbye.
 * 1973: JS. Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
 * 1979: Mike Read. Village People – Y.M.C.A.
 * 1990: Gary Davies. Band Aid II – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
 * 1994: 30th Anniversary Special. Mike Smash & Dave Nice.
 * 1996: Nicky Campbell. Michael Jackson - Earth Song
 * 2013: The Story of 1978 / Big Hits of 1978
 * 2019: The Story of 1987 / Big Hits of 1987