19 February 1985

Tuesday 19 February

1985-02-19

Events

 * TV: First ever episode of British soap opera EastEnders is broadcast on BBC One at 7.00 pm
 * Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing all 148 people on board.

TV

 * BBC One
 * 7.00 pm EastEnders (new series)
 * 7.30 pm Blankety Blank Les Dawson is the host of the comedy quiz game that everyone can play at home.
 * 9.25 pm Miami Vice
 * 10.15 pm Film 85 With Barry Norman. Brazil, Places in the Heart. Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long and 9-year-old Drew Barrymore star in Irreconcilable Differences, a domestic comedy.
 * BBC Two Kane Gang "Gun Law" Whistle Test BBC TV 1985
 * 7.00 Whistle Test David Hepworth joins Mick Jagger in Paris. Mark Ellen and Andy Kershaw introduce live studio music from The Kane Gang and ex-New York Dolls leader David Johannson. Richard Skinner surveys today's new charts. Billy Sloane interviews Alan Home, formerly with Postcard Records.

Charts

 * announced by Gary Davies BBC Radio 1 12.45 pm
 * Singles: (top 3 all non-movers): N1 E. Paige & B. Dickson - I Know Him So Well, N2 King - Love and Pride N3 Ashford & Simpson - Solid, N4 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark.