1965

1965 MCMLXV


 * UK Prime Minister: Harold Wilson (elected Oct 1964)
 * FA Cup Winners: Liverpool FC (beat Leeds United 2-1, 01 May)
 * Christmas Number One: The Beatles - Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Naples, 20 March
 * Contest Winner: France Gall - Poupée de cire, poupée de son (Luxembourg)
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Kathy Kirby - I Belong (2nd place)


 * Blue Peter Team: Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton, John Noakes (from 30 December)
 * Doctor Who: William Hartnell (S2/S3)
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Tony Blackburn
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: Road to Bali  (NB Doctor Who, S3 The Daleks' Master Plan The Feast of Steven) shown in some areas).

Main events

 * Winston Churchill dies, Conservative gains in local elections, 700th anniversary of Parliament
 * Man Utd win the Football League, Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit Federal German Republic
 * CSEs introduced, 'comprehensive schools' system urged, Edward Heath becomes leader of Conservative Party
 * Help! film premiere, cigarette advertising is banned from TV, Thunderbirds and The Magic Roundabout TV debuts,
 * Post Office Tower opens, The Beatles' final UK tour, Mayfair magazine first published
 * Pizza Express, Asda first UK openings, Audi & Toyota start importing cars into UK, motorway development continues,



New shows
(first broadcast date in brackets)


 * BBC 1: Tomorrow's World, 24 Hours, The Magic Roundabout, Jackanory, The Val Doonican Show, Till Death Us Do Part, Pogles Wood, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
 * BBC 2: Man Alive, Call My Bluff
 * ITV: World of Sport, Thunderbirds, Lost In Space,

full list

Shows ending

 * Noggin the Nog (rpt. as from 1966), Compact, Steptoe and Son (revived 1970)



full list

Other TV events

 * Match of the Day moves from BBC2 to BBC1



Radio

 * New shows: Round the Horne (07 March), The World at One (04 October)



Music
UK chart debuts: The Who, Donovan, Small Faces,


 * Biggest selling singles: Ken Dodd - Tears, The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over, The Beatles - Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out (no full list available)
 * see also: Category:1965 singles
 * Biggest selling albums: VV AA - The Sound of Music OST, The Beatles - Help!, Rubber Soul, The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2 .  (based on Best-selling albums of the 1960s)
 * see also: Category:1965 albums
 * Compilation albums: Title
 * Debut albums: Artist - Title (full list)
 * Eponymous debuts - Artist, Artist,

Films
UK release


 * Thunderball



Births
See also Category: People born in 1965


 * Marti Pellow (23 March), Jeremy Vine (17 May), Jo Whiley (04 July), Zak Starkey (13 September), Steve Coogan (14 October), Björk (21 November),

Birthdays

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Deaths

 * Stan Laurel (23 February, 74), Richard Dimbleby (22 December, 52)