2019

2019

MMXIX


 * FA Cup Winners: Manchester City
 * Christmas Number One:


 * Eurovision Song Contest (64th): Tel Aviv, Final: 18 May.
 * Contest Winner: Duncan Laurence - Arcade (The Netherlands)
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us (position 26th, last in final)


 * Blue Peter Team: Lindsey Russell & Radzi Chinyanganya
 * Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker
 * Breakfast Show DJs: R1 Greg James, R2 Zoe Ball, 6 Music Lauren Laverne.
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: tbc

Main events

 * Brexit voting in Parliament (March), Boris Johnson new PM (July)
 * FIFA Women's World Cup
 * UEFA European U-21 Championship

TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New shows:

 * Back In Time For School (BBC Two, 03 January)
 * This Time With Alan Partridge (BBC One, 25 February)
 * After Life (Netflix, 08 March)
 * Back To Life (BBC One/Three, 15 April)
 * Years and Years (BBC One, 14 May)
 * Gentleman Jack (BBC One, 19 May)

Shows ending

 * Fleabag (BBC Three, 8 April), Poldark (BBC One, S5),

Other TV events

 * Victoria, series 3 (ITV, 24 March),

Music

 * Biggest selling singles:
 * Biggest selling albums:
 * Debut albums: Claire Richards - My Wildest Dreams (01 Feb.), Tom Walker - What A Time To Be Alive (01 March),

Births

 * Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor (06 May)

Deaths

 * Mark Hollis (25 Feb), Andre Previn (28 Feb), Keith Flint (04 March), Luke Perry (04 March), Scott Walker (22 March), Mya-Lecia Naylor (07 April, aged 16), Freddie Starr (09 May), Doris Day (13 May), Niki Lauda (20 May), Paul Darrow (03 June), Franco Zeffirelli (15 June), Rutger Hauer (19 July)