08 March 1979

Thursday

1979-03-08

TV

 * BBC One
 * 7.20 pm A Song For Europe. The song which will represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem on 31 March will be chosen this evening from the 12 finalists, who will perform live before an invited audience at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
 * Top of the Pops moved to Friday in order to acocmodate the live final although a strike by technicians meant that the show was not broadcast and the songs were played on Terry Wogan's radio show the next morning.
 * 9.55 pm Film 79 with Barry Norman. The Deer Hunter, National Lampoon's Animal House, The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith.

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