1980

1980

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''This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like. ''This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:
 * FA Cup Winners: West Ham
 * Christmas Number One: St Winifred's School Choir - There'S No One Quite Like Grandma
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Prima Donna - Love Enough For Two
 * Blue Peter Team: Si, Chris And Tina, Followed By Si, Saz And Pete
 * Doctor Who: Tom Baker
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show Jock: Dave Lee Travis
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC 1: Airport 75

Main events

 * Olympic Games in Moscow (boycotted by USA)
 * Iranian Embassy siege

New shows:
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

Other TV events

 * Top of the Pops strike.
 * Match of the Day moved to Sunday afternoons.

Deaths

 * Ian Curtis, John Lennon
 * Peter Sellers, Alfred Hitchcock, Steve McQueen, Hattie Jacques, Yootha Joyce.