27 January 1984

Friday 27 January

1984-01-27

Events

 * The Guardian reports 'Shake-up planned at Radio 1 after Relax ban'.
 * ".. no serious objections were raised until the morning of January 11, when DJ Mike Read was running through the charts and announced that Relax - which had leaped from 22 to 6 - was obscene and refused to play it".
 * "A memo was sent out restricting Relax to play on evening radio. A total ban came two days later, as a direct result of a Daily Express article in which the group acknowledged a possible sexual interpretation".
 * "Recently rumours have been flying that the BBC intends to drop John Peel when his contract comes up for renewal in March. Chinnery insists that there are no plans to drop the Peel show; and as it is the most lauded programme in the station’s history, with an international reputation, there would be an outcry if they did. What is far more likely is that Radio 1 may try to move Peel from his cherished slot from ten to midnight".

TV

 * C4
 * The Tube - 'dance' special from Manchester and Newcastle. Herbie Hancock in Newcastle, and from The Hacienda in Manchester with Madonna and the 'Factory All-Stars', members of New Order and Quando Quango playing together as one group. (Songs performed: Cool As Ice', 'Shack Up', 'Confusion', and 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
 * BBC Two
 * 7.10 pm ORS 84. UB40, Spear of Destiny, The Academy.
 * 9.25 pm A Family Man (E03/03). A Fire Before Winter.Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive - The Old Grey Whistle Test (1984)
 * 11.45 Whistle Test. With Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. A survey of the jazz-funk charts with Mark King of Level 42. Plus live music from Thomas Dolby and The Europeans. (Dolby interview here)
 * BBC One
 * 7.05 pm The Superteams The Townsend Thoresen Superteams Championship.
 * 7.55 pm Sharon and Elsie 1: When Elsie Beecroft begins her working day, she has very definite ideas on who should be given the job of secretary to the firm s boss and it isn't Sharon Wilkes
 * 1984-01-27 RT (3).jpg