1994

1994

MCMXCIV
 * UK Prime Minister: John Major
 * FA Cup Winners: Manchester Utd. (beat Chelsea 4-0)
 * Christmas Number One: East 17 - Stay Another Day
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Dublin, Eire 30 April
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Frances Ruffelle - We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony) (position 10th)
 * Contest Winner: Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan - Rock 'n' Roll Kids (Eire)
 * Debut entries: Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.
 * Blue Peter Team: John Leslie (until 20 January), Diane–Louise Jordan, Tim Vincent, Anthea Turner (until 27 June) replaced by Stuart Miles.
 * Doctor Who: -
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Steve Wright (starting 10 January)
 * Big Christmas Day Film on BBC1: Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (1991)

Main events

 * Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway; Channel Tunnel opens; first UK National Lottery (19 November), Tony Blair becomes leader of the Labour Party, LIDL opens first UK supermarkets, Daily Telegraph first on-line daily newspaper,

TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New series full list

 * Common as Muck (BBC1, 07 September) Monster Café (BBC1, 12 September), The Vicar of Dibley (BBC1, 10 November), Room 101 (BBC2, 04 July), Top of the Pops 2 (BBC2, 17 September), The FAst Show (BBC2, 27 September), Ready, Steady, Cook (BBC2, 24 October 1994), Time Team (C4, 16 January).

New seasons

 * Rainbow, Blockbusters, University Challenge (first since 1987), Later...With Jools Holland (2 series, plus 2nd Annual Hootenanny)

Shows ending
full list
 * That's Life!, Jim'll Fix It, Paul Daniels Magic Show, Fireman Sam (returning in 2003),

Other TV events

 * New channels: Sky Sports 2, Sky Soap, Sky Travel, VH1.

Radio

 * BBC Radio 1 shake-up as from 10 January.

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around, Whigfield - Saturday Night, East 17 - Stay Another Day (full list)
 * Biggest selling albums: Bon Jovi - Cross Road: The Best of Bon Jovi, The Beautiful South - Carry On up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South, Mariah Carey - Music Box   (full list)
 * Compilation albums: Sting - Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994, Cliff Richard - The Hit List, INXS - The Greatest Hits, New Order - (the best of) NewOrder.
 * Debut albums: Oasis - Definitely Maybe, Jeff Buckley - Grace (full list)
 * Eponymous debuts - Usher, Korn,
 * Alternative/independent: Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman, The Fall -Middle Class Revolt, Portishead - Dummy, REM - Monster, The Wedding Present - Watusi, Blur - Parklife, Tori Amos - Under the Pink, Hole - Live Through This, Pulp - His 'n' Hers, Suede - Dog Man Star

Films
UK release date
 * Clear and Present Danger, Four Weddings and A Funeral, The Lion King, Forrest Gump, The Flintsones

Births

 * Harry Styles (01 February), Justin Bieber (01 March), Christina Grimmie (12 March), Saoirse Ronan (12 April), Tom Daley (21 May),

Birthdays

 * 20:
 * 30: Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Bonnie Langford, Nadia Sawalha, Liza Tarbuck, Andy Bell,
 * 40:
 * 50:
 * 60:
 * 70:

Deaths

 * Sir Matt Busby (20 January), Kurt Cobain (05 April), Terry Scott (26 July), Roy Castle (02 September), Doris Speed (16 November), Fanny Craddock (27 December)