07 March 1983

Monday 1983-03-07

Events

 * New Order release their new single Blue Monday on 12" vinyl only.
 * Bananarama release their debut album Deep Sea Skiving on London records. The album would enter the chart at no.13, eventually reaching a peak position of no.8 for three weeks.
 * New wave duo Tears For Fears issue their debut album The Hurting on Mercury records. The album entered the charts at no.2, reaching the top spot the following week, outselling Thriller in the UK.

scans Smash Hits Archive

TV

 * BBC One
 * 6.50 pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time (new series)
 * 8.10 pm Panorama An alarming bi-product of the swinging 60s is the spread worldwide of new strains of VD. In America, an epidemic of genital herpes and a new killer disease known as AIDS are radically changing social and sexual behaviour. Nicholas Woolley examines whether the same thing could happen in Britain.
 * 11.05 pm Film 83 with Barry Norman. Local Hero, Enigma.
 * 11.35 pm Making the Most of the Micro The second series of The Computer Programme. 9: Moving Pictures


 * BBC Two It's Immaterial - A Gigantic Raft (Riverside)
 * 6.30 pm Riverside It's Immaterial