12 March 1984

Monday 12 March

1984-02-12

Events

 * Depeche Mode release new single People Are People b/w In Your Memory. It's the group's 10th UK single and their first new material since their Construction Time Again album and related singles. The new songs were recorded at Hansa Studios in West Berlin. Culture Club are also back with a new single It's A Miracle. Simple Minds release new single Up On the Catwalk taken from the album Sparkle in the Rain.
 * Tens of thousands of Britain's miners go on strike and begin a long battle against UK pit closures and job losses.

TV

 * BBC One
 * 11.00 pm Film 84 with Barry Norman. Risky Business: Tom Cruise stars in this comedy about a college boy who finds that all his teenage fantasies come true.