2023

2023

MMXXIII


 * UK Prime Minister: Rishi Sunak
 * FA Cup Winners: Manchester City (beat Man Utd. 2-1 - City win 'The Treble')
 * Christmas Number One: tbc
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Liverpool (UK), 09 - 13 May
 * Contest Winner: Loreen - Tattoo (Sweden) ESC
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Mae Muller - I Wrote a Song (position 25th)


 * Blue Peter Team: Richie Driss, Mwaksy Mudenda, Joel Mawhinney
 * Doctor Who: 60th anniversary: David Tennant & Ncuti Gatwa
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Greg James
 * Big Christmas Day Film On: tbc

Main events

 * Jan: strikes and disputes continue; Prince Harry publishes autobiography, Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi sacked
 * Feb: teachers join strikes; massive earthquake hits Turkey/Syria; Zelensky visits UK; Biden visits Ukraine
 * March: UK Govt's 'Stop the Boats', Gary Lineker suspended, Euro 2024 qualifiers begin
 * April: conflict in Sudan; strikes continue
 * May: Coronation of King Charles III, ESC in Liverpool
 * June: COVID-19 enquiry begins, warmest June on record.
 * July: Huw Edwards scandal
 * August: England lose FIFA Women'd Cup Final

New shows
(first broadcast date in brackets) full list
 * BBC 1: Wild Isles, Anton & Giovanni's Adventures in Sicily, Great Expectations

Returning shows

 * Happy Valley, Midsomer Murders, His Dark Materials, All Creatures Great and Small

Other TV events

 * Former World of Sport presenter Dickie Davies dies, aged 94
 * That's 60s/70s/80s/90s TV launched



Radio



 * In January Ken Bruce announces on his Radio 2 show that he will be leaving the station at the end of March. Greatest Hits Radio confirms he will join in April, together with the Pop Master quiz. Gary Davies is interim host with new quiz 'Ten to the Top'.
 * Absolute Radio becomes a digital-only station.
 * Greatest Hits Radio listeners vote Mr. Blue Sky as the top Feel Good Anthem.
 * 15 May: Vernon Kay begins his regular mid-morning show on Radio 2 (replacing Ken Bruce)

2023 radio Wiki page

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Artist - Title (full list)
 * Biggest selling albums: Artist - Title  (full list)
 * Compilation albums: Title
 * Debut albums: Artist - Title (full list)
 * Eponymous debuts - Artist, Artist,
 * Alternative/independent: Artist - Title

Films
UK release (UK premiere in brackets, where known)


 * Barbie (12 July), Oppenheimer (13 July), Haunted Mansion (11 August)



Births
Births
 * Name Surname (day)

Birthdays

 * 10: Prince George of Wales
 * 20: Greta Thunberg, Olivia Rodrigo, Louise Windsor-Mountbatten. Tate McRae,
 * 30: Zayn Malik, Ariana Grande, George Ezra
 * 40: Cheryl Cole, Lee Ryan, Mika, Emily Blunt, Jack Savoretti
 * 50: Natalie Appleton, Dermot O'Leary, Peter Andre, Fran Healey, Kate Beckinsale, Scott Mills
 * 60: Seal, Julian Lennon, Mark Kermode, Jarvis Cocker, Johnny Marr, Russell T Davies, Armando Iannucci, Johnny Depp, Róisín Murphy
 * 70: Mike Oldfield, Pierce Brosnan, Griff Rhys Jones, Jim Davidson, Midge Ure
 * 80: Tony Blackburn, Mick Jagger, Roger Waters, Graeme Garden, Michael Palin, Anna Ford, John Major
 * 90: Michael Aspel

Deaths

 * Alan Rankine (03 Jan., 64), Gianluca Vialli (06 Jan, 58), Jeff Beck (10 Jan, 78), Gina Lollobrigida (16 January, 95), David Crosby (18 January, 81), Burt Bacharach (08 February, 94), Raquel Welch (15 February, 82), Dickie Davies (19 February, 94), John Motson (23 February, 77), Ryuichi Sakamoto (28 March, 71), Mary Quant (13 April, 93), Harry Belafonte (25 April, 96), Andy Rourke (May, 59), Tina Turner (24 May, 83), Silvio Berlusconi (12 June, 86), Glenda Jackson (15 June, 87), Alan Arkin (29 June, 89), Milan Kundera (11 July, 94), Tony Bennett (21 July, 96), Trevor Francis (24 July, 69), Sinéad O'Connor (26 July, 56), Michael Parkinson (16 August, 88), Mike Yarwood (08 Sept., 82), David McCallum (25 September, 90)