1995

MCMXCV


 * UK Prime Minister: John Major
 * FA Cup Winners: Everton (beat Man. Utd. 1-0, 20 May)
 * Christmas Number One: Michael Jackson - Earth Song.
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Dublin, 13 May.
 * UK entry: Love City Groove - Love City Groove (10th).
 * Contest Winner: Secret Garden - Nocturne (Norway).
 * Blue Peter Team: Diane, Tim and Stuart, later with Katy.
 * Doctor Who: -
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Steve Wright, then Chris Evans.
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: Hook; also Indecent Proposal at 10.10 pm.

Main events

 * Britpop

TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New shows:

 * The Private Life of Plants (BBC One, 11 January)
 * They Think It's All Over (BBC One, 14 September)
 * Pride and Prejudice (BBC One, 24 September)

full list
 * Game On (BBC Two, 27 February)
 * Gaytime TV  (BBC Two, 29 June)
 * Dyke TV (C4,?)
 * Father Ted (C4, 21 April)
 * Friends (C4, 28 April)
 * ER (C4, ?)
 * Hollyoaks (C4, 23 October)

Shows ending
full list
 * Rainbow
 * Mr Bean
 * The Tomorrow People (re-make, ITV 08 March)
 * Knowing Me Knowing You  (Christmas Special shown on 29 December)
 * Bullseye (Central, 08 July)

Other TV events

 * CBBC internet web page launched.
 * Boon returns.
 * BBC World news channel and BBC Prime launched on 26 January at 7.00 pm GMT (both formerly under (BBC World Service Television).
 * Eastenders 10th anniversary.
 * Disney Channel (UK version) launches (01 October)
 * History Channel launches (11 November)
 * Julie Goodyear (Bet Lynch) leaves Coronation Street.
 * Jim Davidson takes over The Generation Game.

Radio

 * New stations launched: Talk Radio UK (14 February), Heart 106.2 (London, 05 September)
 * The BBC begins Digital audio broadcasting.
 * Johnnie Walker leaves Radio 1 for good in October.

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody/(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover, Coolio featuring L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise, Take That - Back for Good. (full list)
 * Biggest selling albums: Robson & Jerome - Robson & Jerome, (full list), Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Celine Dion - The Colour of My Love,
 * Compilation albums: Now 30, Now 31, Now 32.
 * Debut albums: Boyzone - Said and Done, Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters, The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust, Tricky - Maxinquaye, Supergrass - I Should Coco (full list)
 * Alternative/independent: Björk - Post, Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah, Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill, David Bowie - Outside, Blur - The Great Escape, Radiohead - The Bends

See also: 30 Albums That Made 1995 A Vintage Year For Music NME.com - Barker, E, 2016-01-25.

Films

 * GoldenEye, Babe, Batman Forever, Sense and Sensibility (UK rel. 1996),

Births

 * Tom Grennan (08 June), Luke Shaw (12 July), Dua Lipa (22 August), Timothée Chalamet (27 December)

Birthdays

 * 20: Gary Neville, David Beckham, Kate Winslet
 * 30: Jeremy Vine, Elizabeth Hurley, Jo Whiley, Steve Coogan, Steve Lamacq, Sean Lennon,
 * 40: Howard Jones, Phil Oakey, Janice Long, Mike Smith, Billy Idol
 * 50: Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Ken Livingstone, Helen Mirren, Bryan Ferry,
 * 60: Brian Clough, Dudley Moore, Jerry Lee Lewis, Julie Andrews, Woody Allen,
 * 70: Margaret Thatcher

Deaths

 * Larry Grayson (07 January), Peter Cook (09 January), Gerald Durrell (30 January), James Herriott (23 February), Kenny Everett (04 April), Harold Wilson (24 May), Marti Caine (04 November), Paul Eddigton (4 November), Stuart Henry (24 November).