1978

1978

MCMLXXVIII

''This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like. ''This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:
 * FA Cup Winners: Ipswich
 * Christmas Number One: Boney M - Mary's Boy Child
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Coco - The Bad Old Days
 * Blue Peter Team: John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd then Lesley, Simon Groom (replacing Peter from 05 May 1978) and Christopher Wenner (replacing John from 14 September 1978)
 * Doctor Who: Tom Baker (S 15/16)
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show Jock: Noel Edmonds
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: True Grit - A Further Adventure

Main events

 * BBC Radio frequency changes
 * 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.

TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New shows

 * 3-2-1 (ITV), Vegas (ITV, 17 November)

New seasons

 * A Handful of Songs (ITV, 17 November), The Muppet Show (ITV, 17 November)

Music

 * Biggest selling singles:
 * Debut albums: Kate Bush - The Kick Inside, Japan - Adolescent Sex, The Police - Outlandos D'Amour, Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream, Tubeway Army - Tubeway Army,

Deaths

 * Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul I, Keith Moon, Nancy Spungen