1987

1987

MCMLXXXVII

''This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like. ''This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:
 * FA Cup Winners: Coventry City (beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 a.e.t., 16 May)
 * Christmas Number One: Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Brussels, 09 May
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Rikki - Only The Light (13th)
 * Contest winner. Johnny Logan - Hold Me now (Eire)
 * Blue Peter Team: Janet, Mark and Caron, then Mark, Caron and Yvette
 * Doctor Who: Sylvester McCoy (S24 from 07 September)
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show Jock: Mike Smith
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Main events

 * "The Great Storm" (15/16 October)

New shows
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

Shows ending

 * University Challenge (ITV, 04 September - until 1994)

Music

 * x
 * Top Of The Pops - TOTP - The Story of 1987

Films

 * Dirty Dancing