1982

1982

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 * UK PM: Margaret Thatcher
 * FA Cup Winners: Tottenham Hotspur (beat QPR 1-0 in replay after 1-1 draw)
 * Christmas Number One: Renée and Renato - Save Your Love
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Harrogate, 24 April
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Bardo - One Step Further (position 7th)
 * Contest Winner: Nicole - Ein Bisschen Frieden (A Little Peace) (W. Germany)


 * Blue Peter Team: Simon Groom, Sarah Greene, Peter Duncan.
 * Doctor Who: Peter Davison (S19 from 04 January)
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Mike Read
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: International Velvet (afternoon), Death on the Nile.(evening).

Main events

 * Falklands War; Channel 4 begins

TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New series full list

 * Wogan (BBC1, 04 May), Fame (BBC1, 17 June), The Late, Late Breakfast Show (04 September), Saturday Superstore (BBC1, 02 October).  'Allo 'Allo (30 December), Boys from the Blackstuff (BBC2, 10 October), The Young Ones (BBC2, 09 November), The Saturday Show (ITV, 30 October, replacing Tiswas).
 * Channel 4, beginning 02 November: Countdown, Brookside, Channel 4 News, The Tube (05 November).

New seasons

 * This Is Your Life (ITV, 20 October), Crackerjack! (BBC1, 22 October), Grandstand (BBC1), Blue Peter (BBC1), Match of the Day, Call My Bluff, Mr & Mrs., Jackonary, Screen Test (BBC1, 05 October)...

Shows ending

 * The Goodies (BBC2, 13 February), Not the Nine O'Clock News (08 March), Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (27 March), Tiswas (ITV, 03 April), It's a Knockout (30 July, until 1999), Sapphire & Steel (31 August), Something Else (15 October).

Radio

 * Janice Long & Gary Davies Radio 1 debut (December)

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Dexys Midnight Runners & the Emerald Express - Come On Eileen, Irene Cara - Fame, Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. (full list)
 * Biggest selling albums: Barbara Streisand - Love Songs, The Kids from "Fame", Madness - Complete Madness, ABC - The Lexicon of Love, Duran Duran - Rio (full list)
 * Compilation albums: Barbara Streisand - Love Songs, Madness - Complete Madness, John Lennon - The John Lennon Collection, ABBA - The Singles: The First Ten Years,
 * Debut albums: ABC - The Lexicon of Love, Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's, Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever, Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West, Adam Ant - Friend or Foe, Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember  (full list)
 * Eponymous debuts - The Kids from "Fame", Carmel,
 * Alternative/independent: Au Pairs - Sense and Sensuality, Cocteau Twins - Garlands (debut), Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame


 * Bands splitting: Linx, Theatre of Hate, Squeeze

Births

 * Kate Middleton (09 January), Prince William (21 June), Billie Piper (22 September), Matt Smith (28 October),

Birthdays

 * 20: Nick Rhodes, Clare Grogan, Marilyn, Phillip Schofield,
 * 30: Alexei Sayle, Joe Strummer, Mel Smith, Jenny Agutter,
 * 40: Gareth Hunt, Michael York, Neil Kinnock, Ian Dury, Desmond Lynam, Billy Connolly, Andy Summers, Paul McCartney, Alvin Stardust, Michael Crawford
 * 50: Des O'Connor, Elizabeth Taylor, Petula Clark,

Deaths

 * Harry H Corbett, Arthur Lowe, Kenneth More, Arthur Askey, Marty Feldman.