1972

1972

MCMLXXII

''This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like. ''This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:
 * UK Prime Minister: Edward Heath
 * FA CUP WINNERS: Leeds United (beat Arsenal 1-0)
 * CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE: Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Edinburgh, 25 March
 * Winner: Vicky Leandros - Après toi (Luxembourg)
 * UK entry: The New Seekers - Beg, Steal or Borrow (2nd place)
 * Blue Peter team: Val, John and Pete, then Val, John, Pete and Lesley (from 05 May)
 * Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee (S9, S10)
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Tony Blackburn
 * Big Christmas Day Film on BBC1: Barefoot In The Park (9.15 pm)

New shows:
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)
 * The Brothers (BBC One, 10 March)
 * Newsround (BBC One, 04 April)
 * Are You Being Served? (BBC One, 8 September)
 * Mastermind (BBC One, 11 September)
 * Colditz (BBC One, 19 October)
 * Ways of Seeing (BBC Two, 08 January)
 * Love Thy Neighbour (ITV, 13 April)
 * Clapperboard (ITV, 14 April)
 * Rainbow (ITV, 01 September)
 * Crown Court (ITV, 11 October)
 * Emmerdale Farm (ITV, 16 October)
 * General Hospital (ITV, 19 October)

Shows ending

 * tbc

Films

 * Cabaret (with Liza Minnelli)
 * The Godfather (dir. F F Coppola, with Marlon Brando)
 * A Clockwork Orange (dir. Stanley Kubrick, with Malcolm Macdowell)
 * What's Up, Doc? (with Barbra Streisand)

Births

 * Mel C (12 January), Mark Owen (27 January), Robbie Williams (b. Sean Keaveny (14 June), Geri Halliwell (16 August), Liam Gallagher (21 September)