2019

2019

MMXIX


 * FA Cup Winners: Manchester City
 * Christmas Number One: Ladbaby - I Love Sausage Rolls


 * 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 and Radzi Chinyanganya (until March), replaced by Richie Driss (from 16 May 2019)
 * Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker
 * Breakfast Show DJs: R1 Greg James, R2 Zoe Ball, 6 Music Lauren Laverne.
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: Finding Dory

Main events

 * Brexit voting in Parliament (March), Boris Johnson new PM (July), Conservatives win General Election (December)
 * 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  (S3, ITV 24 March), Peaky Blinders (S5, BBC1 25 August)

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved, Lil Nas X - Old Town Road, Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care, Stormzy - Vossi Bop
 * Biggest selling albums: Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (debut), Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project, Billie Elish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next, Robbie Williams - The Christmas Present, Liam Gallagher - Why Me? Why Not.
 * Debut albums: Claire Richards - My Wildest Dreams (01 Feb.), Tom Walker - What A Time To Be Alive (01 March).
 * Compilations: Fleetwood MAc - 50 Years – Don't Stop (boxset), OMD - Souvenir

Births

 * Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor (06 May)

Birthdays

 * 40: Michael Owen, Daniel Bedingfield, Kelly Brook, Pink, Rosamund Pike, Valentino Rossi, James MacAvoy, Luke Evans, Robyn, Jamie Cullum
 * 50: Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Aniston, Renée Zellweger, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lopez, Jack Black, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gwen Stefani, Matthew McConaughey,
 * 60: Andy McCluskey, Simon Cowell,
 * 70: Bill Nighy
 * 80: Germaine Greer

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), Toni Morrison (05 August), Valerie Harper (30 August), Peter Sissons (01 October), Clive James (24 November), Marie Fredriksson (09 December), David Bellamy (11 December), Kenny Lynch (18 December), Neil Innes (29 December)