1977

1977

MCMLXXVII
 * FA Cup Winners: Manchester Utd. (beat Liverpool FC 2-1, 21 May)
 * Christmas Number One: Wings - Mull of Kintyre
 * Eurovision Song Contest: London, 07 May
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran - Rock Bottom (2nd place)
 * Contest Winner: Mari Myriam - L'oiseau et l'enfant (France)


 * Blue Peter Team: John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
 * Doctor Who: Tom Baker (S14 until 02 April, S15 from 03 September)
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Noel Edmonds
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: afternoon The Wizard of Oz, evening Funny Girl

Main events

 * HM The Queen's Silver Jubilee

TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New shows
full list

Shows ending
full list

Radio

 * BBC Radio 1: has its own all-day schedule on weekdays from 28 November.

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Wings - Mull of Kintyre, David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us, Julie Covington - Don't cry for Me Argentina (full list)
 * Biggest selling albums: ABBA - Arrival (1976), The Shadows - 20 Golden Greats, Diana Ross & The Supremes - 20 Golden Greats, Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (full list)
 * Compilation albums: see above plus The Sound of Bread, The Johnny Mathis Collection, 40 Golden Greats - Cliff Richard, Meco - Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
 * Debut albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, The Jam - In the City, (full list)
 * Eponymous debuts - Björk, Blondie, The Clash, Damned Damned Damned, Leif Garrett, Motörhead, Peter Gabriel, Steve Winwood, Ultravox!, Village People, The Boomtown Rats
 * Alternative/independent: see above, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Damned, Ultravox!, The Boomtown Rats et al

Films
UK gen. release unless otherwise stated  NB Saturday Night Fever and ABBA: the Movie UK rel. 1978
 * A Bridge Too Far, The Spy Who Loved Me, Airport '77, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Disney), Annie Hall, The Deep, Suspiria, Star Wars (premiere, gen. rel. 1978),

Births

 * Orlando Bloom (13 January), Chris Martin (02 March), Ronan Keating (03 March), James McCartney (12 September), Peter Phillips (15 November), Matt Baker (23 December)

Birthdays

 * 20: Keith Chegwin, Siouxsie Sioux, Sid Vicious,
 * 30: David Bowie, Peter Osgood, Kiki Dee, Peter Skellern, Elton John, Gerry Rafferty, Richard Beckinsale, David Essex, Brian May, Emlyn Hughes, Jeff Lynne
 * 40: Shirley Bassey, Vanessa Redgrave, Valerie Singleton, Una Stubbs, Susan Hampshire, Barbara Windsor, Bobbie Charlton, Rodney Bewes, Gordon Banks
 * 50: Danny La Rue, Roger Moore, Ken Dodd
 * 60: Frankie Howerd, Vera Lynn, Denis Healey,
 * 70:

Deaths

 * Anthony Eden (14 January), Elvis Presley (16 August), Marc Bolan (16 September), Charlie Chaplin (25 December)