16 September 1982

Thursday 16 September

1982-06-16

TV

 * BBC One
 * 5.05 pm Blue Peter with Simon Groom, Sarah Greene and Peter Duncan. Expedition Canada: Firefighter Duncan! Beating just one forest fire in Canada takes a team of up to 360 men and women using helicopters, amphibious planes and giant caterpillar tractors for fire-engines. Peter had a narrow escape when he joined the crew trying to control a massive 160,000 acres of charred and blazing timber.
 * 7.25 pm Top of the Pops Simon Bates presents the weekly chart show. Includes appearances from Mari Wilson, Simple Minds, Shakatak, The Jam, Adam Ant and Survivor. Plus a dance performance from Zoo.(see below)
 * 10.15 pm Police: Operation Carter (new series) In the first of five episodes, BBC cameras - allowed in on an RCS operation for the first time ever -follow Detective Chief Inspector Brian Ward and his men from the Reading Office as they re-investigate armed robberies of the 70s, with the help of Roger Dennhardt and Geoffrey Simms, armed robbers turned supergrass.

Top of the Pops
Simon Bates


 * 1) (36) Mari Wilson – Just What I Always Wanted
 * 2) (5) The Jam – The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)  (Video)
 * 3) (28) Simple Minds – Glittering Prize Simple Minds - Glittering Prize (Top Of The Pops, 16th September 1982)
 * 4) (27) UB40 – So Here I Am  (rpt.)
 * 5) (24) Shakatak – Invitations
 * 6) (6) ABC – All Of My Heart  (Video)
 * 7) (14) Talk Talk – Today
 * 8) (22) Adam Ant – Friend Or Foe  (Video)
 * 9) (17) Carly Simon – Why  (Danced To By Zoo)
 * 10) (1) Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger  (Video)
 * 11) (8) Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message  (dancing and credits)

Smash Hits
scans Like Punk Never Happened

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