2001

2001

MMI


 * FA Cup Winners: Liverpool FC (beat Arsenal 2-1, 12 May - first at Millennium Stadium)
 * Christmas Number One: Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - Somethin' Stupid
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Copenhagen, 12 May
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Lindsay Dracass - No Dream Inpossible (position 15th)
 * Contest Winner: Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL- Everybody (Estonia)


 * Blue Peter Team: Konnie Huq, Simon Thomas, Matt Baker, Liz Barker
 * Doctor Who: -
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Sara Cox
 * Christmas Day films on BBC1: Toy Story (afternoon), Sliding Doors (late)

Main events

 * Foot and mouth crisis in the UK (Feb.), Manchester United win the FA Premier League title for the third season in succession (April), 2001 census (April), Labour's second successive landslide election victory (June), Brixton riots (July), 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US (Sept.), England qualify for 2002 World Cup (Oct.)



TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New shows

 * BBC: Two Thousand Acres of Sky,  I Love the '80s, Love in a Cold Climate, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, The Office, I Love the '90s,  Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, The Kumars at No. 42,
 * ITV: Pop Idol,
 * C4: Celebrity Big Brother, Richard & Judy, Smallville
 * Disney Channel: Lizzie McGuire

full list

Shows ending

 * It's a Knockout (had been revived in 1999), Wheel of Fortune, Live & Kicking, Ballykissangel, Surprise, Surprise (since 1984, revived 2012), Right to Reply, Top Gear.

full list

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Atomic Kitten - Whole Again, Shaggy - It Wasn't Me, Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (full list)
 * Biggest selling albums: Dido - No Angel (rel.1999), Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning, Stereophonics - Just Enough Education To Perform (full list)
 * Compilation albums: Steps - Greatest Hits, Madonna Greatest Hits Vol II, Pink Floyd - Echoes, the Best of.. Rod Stewart - The Story So Far
 * Debut albums: Blue - All Rise, (full list)
 * Eponymous debuts - Artist, Artist,
 * Alternative/independent: Artist - Title

Films
UK release


 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone



Births

 * Bukayo Saka (footballer, 05 September)

Birthdays

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Deaths

 * Harry Secombe (11 April, 79), Joan Sims (27 June, 71), Mary Whitehouse (23 November, 91), George Harrison (29 November, 58), Stuart Adamson (16 December, 43), Nigel Hawthorne (26 December, 72)