1984

1984

MCMLXXXIV

''This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like. ''This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:
 * FA Cup Winners: Everton
 * Christmas Number One: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Belle and the Devotions - Love Games
 * Blue Peter Team: Simon, Pete and Janet, then Simon, Janet and Michael
 * Doctor Who: Peter Davison, then Colin Baker
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Mike Read
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: Mary Poppins

TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New shows

 * Spitting Image (ITV, 26 February), Master of the Game (BBC One mini-series, 02 September), The Living Planet (BBC1, 19 January)

Other TV events

 * BBC early evening news moved to 6.00 pm

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: () Do They Know It's Christmas?, I Just Called To Say I Love You, Relax, Two Tribes.
 * Biggest selling albums: (full list) Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down, Hits 1, Bob Marley - Legend, Wham! - Make It Big
 * Debut albums: Sade - Diamond Life, FGTH - Welcome To the Pleasuredome, Alison Moyet - Alf, Howard Jones - Human's Lib, Nik Kershaw - Human Racing, Paul Young - No Parlez, The Smiths - The Smiths, Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent

Films

 * Sahara

Deaths

 * Tommy Cooper 15 April 1984, Eric Morecambe 28 May 1984, Leonard Rossiter 05 October 1984, Diana Dors04 May 1984, Reginald Bosanquet 27 May 1984