1987

1987

MCMLXXXVII

''This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like. ''This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:
 * FA Cup Winners: Coventry City (beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 a.e.t., 16 May)
 * Christmas Number One: Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Brussels, 09 May
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Rikki - Only The Light (13th)
 * Contest winner. Johnny Logan - Hold Me now (Eire)
 * Blue Peter Team: Janet, Mark and Caron, then Mark, Caron and Yvette
 * Doctor Who: Sylvester McCoy (S24 from 07 September)
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show Jock: Mike Smith
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Main events

 * "The Great Storm" (15/16 October)

New shows

 * BBC1: Bob Says Opportunity Knocks, Black Adder The Third.



Shows ending

 * University Challenge (ITV, 04 September - until 1994), The Tube (C4)

Radio

 * 20 years of BBC Radio 1 & 2
 * From Russia With Long (BBC R1)

Music

 * Chart debuts: Rick Astley
 * Best selling singles: Never Gonna Give You Up, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) (full list)
 * Best selling albums: Bad, The Joshua Tree, Whitney, Whenever You Need Somebody (full list)
 * Debut albums: Whenever You Need Somebody, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, Keep Your Distance, Popped In Souled Out, It's Better to Travel, Faith, George Best, Sold,
 * Eponymous debut albums: The Christians, Enya, Living in a Box, Tiffany, Wendy and Lisa,


 * Bands splitting: The Smiths

Films

 * Dirty Dancing, Full Metal Jacket, The Color of Money, Stand By Me, Beverly Hills Cop II,

Births

 * Paolo Nutini (09 January), Emeli Sandé (10 March), Novak Djokovic (22 May), Lionel Messi (24 June), Hilary Duff (28 September), Zac Efron (18 October),



Birthdays

 * 30: Gary Davies, Donny Osmond, Marc Almond, Sarah Greene
 * 40:
 * 50:
 * 60: Roger Moore
 * 70:

Deaths

 * Patrick Troughton,