07 January

Birthdays

 * Malcolm MacDonald (b.1950), Eden Hazard (b.1991)

Events

 * 1967: Juke Box Jury cut; Doddy's Music Box (ITV)
 * 1971: The Liver Birds (S2)
 * 1974: Tom's Midnight Garden (ns, BBC1), Colditz (S2, BBC2), A Raging Calm (ns, ITV)
 * 1979: A Church To Yourself, Pebble Mill On Sunday, Blue Peter Special Assignment, Telford's Change, That's Life (all ns, BBC1); Wish You Were Here...?, Stars On Sunday (all ns, ITV)
 * 1980: Simple Minds first radio session broadcast; Blake's Seven (S3)
 * 1981: Sixteen Up (ns, BBC2)
 * 1984: Fraggle Rock, Child's Play (both ns, ITV); Skateaway With Robin Cousins, The Other Side of the Tracks (both ns, C4)
 * 1985: Ken Bruce begins Breakfast Show on Radio 2.
 * 1986: Grange Hill (S9), Holiday 86 (ns); Pet Shop Boys at no.1
 * 1987: You Should be So Lucky, Treasure Houses, First Class (all ns, BBC1); Filthy Rich & Catflap (ns, BBC2); On the Market, Creepy Crawlies, Sooty, Y.E.S. (all ns, ITV)
 * 1988: Holiday 88 (ns, BBC2); Mastermind (ns, BBC1)
 * 1989: Look-In 18th birthday
 * 2011: Hustle (S7, BBC1); Life In a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein (ns, BBC2)
 * 2019: 2018 Cassette charts
 * 2021: Death in Paradise (S10, BBC1)

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1965: The Betales - I Feel Fine (5/5)
 * 1973: Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (4/5)
 * 1975: Mud - Lonely This Christmas (4/4)
 * 1986: Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1/2)
 * 1990: NKOTB - Hanging Tough (1/2)
 * 1996: Michael Jackson - Earth Song (6/6)
 * 2001: Rui da Silva ft Cassandra - Touch Me (1/1)
 * 2007: Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This (3/4)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1965: Alan Freeman. The Beatles/Tony Hart – I Feel Fine.
 * 1971: Tony Blackburn. Clive Dunn - Grandad.
 * 1982: Peter Powell. The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
 * 1988: Simon Bates & Mike Read. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind.
 * 1993: Tony Dortie. Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You.
 * 2000: Jamie Theakston. Westlife – Seasons In The Sun.
 * 2005: Fearne Cotton & Reggie Yates. Steve Brookstein – Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now).
 * 2008: Top of the Pops: The True Story (BBC Four)