07 June 1977

Tuesday. Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

1977-06-07

Events

 * More than one million people line the streets of London to watch the Royal Family on their way to St Paul's at the start of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations.
 * Across Britain millions of people tuned in to watch events on television and many more celebrated with their own street parties.

Charts

 * Sex Pistols single God Save the Queen reaches no.2 in the UK Charts (up from no.11), with Rod Stewart's I Don't Wanna Talk About It still at the top. Some believed that the record had actually qualified for the top spot, but that the chart had been rigged to prevent this happening. Sex Pistols' manager Malcom McLaren later claimed that CBS Records, which was distributing both singles, had told him that the Sex Pistols were actually outselling Stewart two to one.

TV
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 * BBC One from 10.10 am Silver Jubilee: A Day of Celebration.

Radio

 * BBC Radio 1
 * 8.00 am The Nation's All-TimeTop 100 Noel Edmonds, Tony Blackburn and Paul Burnett introduce six hours of continuous music compiled from the many, many thousands of votes from Radio 1 listeners.
 * 7.00 pm Silver Jubilee Special Simon Bates links up with BBC local radio stations to join in the celebrations around the country.
 * BBC Radio 2
 * 10.00 am Silver Jubilee Pete Murray and Jimmy Young invite you to join them outside Buckingham Palace and St Paul 's Cathedral on this special day, and chat to people in the crowd watching the Jubilee procession. Ray Moore is in the studio playing records of Royal Variety Performance artists chosen from the last 25 years.
 * BBC Radio 4
 * 10.05 am Silver Jubilee A Day of Celebration. A programme to celebrate The Queen's Silver Jubilee, highlighting the colour and excitement of London on Jubilee Day. Pageantry, Thanksgiving and Joy. The Royal Procession from Buckingham Palace to the Thanksgiving Service at St Paul's Cathedral; the Walkabout through the City of London to Luncheon at Guildhall; Her Majesty The Queen's Speech to the Commonwealth; news of Jubilee Day throughout the nation and across the world; moments and memories from the past 25 years.