11 December 1980

Thursday 11 December

1980-12-11

TV
(for full show see below)
 * On Tomorrow's World - Michael Rodd's portable recording studio.
 * On Top of the Pops Richard Skinner pays tribute to John Lennon on the first Top of the Pops since the artist's death. A video of Lennon performing Imagine live on 18 April 1975 is shown.

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Top of the Pops

 * presented by Richard Skinner. (full review here)
 * 1) (16) Adam & The Ants – Antmusic
 * 2) (32) Showaddywaddy – Blue Moon rpt.
 * 3) (4) Madness – Embarrassment
 * 4) (17) Status Quo – Lies (video)
 * 5) (31) Matchbox – Somewhere Over The Rainbow
 * 6) (9) The Police – De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (video)
 * 7) (20) Queen – Flash (video)
 * 8) (10) The Stray Cats – Runaway Boys rpt.
 * 9) Top 10 countdown
 * 10) * (9) The Police – De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
 * 11) * (8) Eddy Grant – Do You Feel My Love?
 * 12) * (7) Blondie – The Tide Is High
 * 13) * (6) Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
 * 14) * (5) The Boomtown Rats – Banana Republic
 * 15) * (4) Madness – Embarrassment (clip Of Totp 11-12-80)
 * 16) * (3) Jona Lewie – Stop The Cavalry
 * 17) * (2) St. Winifred’S School Choir – There’S No-One Quite Like Grandma (clip TOTP 04-12-80)
 * 18) (1) Abba – Super Trouper (video over credits)
 * Tribute to John Lennon – Imagine (Live Clip)

Radio

 * BBC Radio 1
 * 6.30 pm 25 Years of Rock 25: 1979 'Another Brick in the Wall.' The Shah leaves Iran, Mrs Thatcher arrives at No 10 and Cliff returns to No 1. Russians in Afghanistan, hostages in Teheran, Salt II signed and Anthony Blunt exposed. Rats don't like Mondays, Police walk on the moon, M talk about 'Pop Musik and the Ayatollah bans it.
 * 7.30 pm Mike Read makes the usual weekly visit to a college or university. This week: Leicester University with special live band Slade.
 * 10.00 pm John Peel Icarus in session

Concerts

 * Yes (Brighton Centre), Adam & the Ants (Newcastle), Ultravox (Southampton Gaumont), Stray Cats (Birmingham), XTC (Aberystwyth Univ.),