16 January 1986

Thursday

1986-01-16

Top of the Pops

 * introduced by Dixie Peach & Mike Read
 * 1) Fine Young Cannibals – Suspicious Minds (17) Fine Young Cannibals – Suspicious Minds (Studio, TOTP)
 * 2) Dire Straits – Walk Of Life (4) (video)
 * 3) Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal – Saturday Love (6)
 * 4) A-ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV (2)  A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV - TOTP 1986
 * 5) Mr Mister – Broken Wings (8)  Mr Mister – Broken Wings (Studio, TOTP)
 * 6) Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls (1) (video)
 * 7) Bronski Beat – Hit That Perfect Beat (3) (audience dancing/credits)

TV

 * BBC One
 * 7.00 pm Top of the Pops
 * 7.30 pm Eastenders
 * 8.00 Tomorrow's World
 * 8.30 A Question of Sport
 * 9.30 Blackadder II. 2 Head. England, 1561. Edmund finds himself in a spot of bother when he cuts off Sir Francis Drake 's head and completely ruins his weekend.
 * 10.00 Question Time with Sir Robin Day Far From Paradise.jpg
 * BBC Two
 * 7.15 pm Far From Paradise. (E01/07),The Worm Forgives the Plough. Since the Industrial Revolution we have released forces of power that have dictated the kind of lives we lead. But are we pushing our luck too hard, as man has often done in the past? Things can and do go wrong - and this is our one and only world.
 * 9.00 pm Yes, Prime Minister. The Ministerial Broadcast. Jim Hacker prepares to make his first broadcast as Prime Minister and finds it is not so easy.