14 April

104th day of the year (105th in leap year)

Birthdays

 * Julie Christie (b.1941), Ritchie Blackmore (b.1945), Julian Lloyd Webber (b.1951), Peter Capaldi (b.1958), Robert Carlyle (b.1961), Adrien Brody (b.1973)



Events

 * 1964: The Budget
 * 1967: David Bowie releases The Laughing Gnome
 * 1968: Frankie & Bruce's Show (ITV)
 * 1969: The Liver Birds (pilot, BBC1)
 * 1980: Kate Bush releases new single Breathing.
 * 1986: Ronald Reagan addresses the nation.
 * 1990: You've Been Framed (ns, ITV)
 * 2003: Blur release new single Out Of Time.
 * 2007: Doctor Who: Gridlock

Charts
year (click for date), with no.1 single (new in bold)
 * 1966: Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me (1/2)
 * 1981: Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (1/3)
 * 1982: Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies (1/1) *announced on Wed due to Easter Monday BH
 * 1987: Ferry Aid - Let It Be (3/3)
 * 1991: Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only (5/5)
 * 1996: Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack  (1/2)
 * 2002: Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody (4/4)
 * 2013: Duke Dumont ft. Ame - Need U (100 Percent) (2/2)
 * 2017: Harry Styles - Sign of the Times. (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1966: David Jacobs. Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me.
 * 1977: JS. ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You.
 * 1983: Gary Davies & Andy Peebles. David Bowie - Let's Dance.
 * 1988: Bruno Brookes & Steve Wright. Pet Shop Boys - Heart.
 * 1994: Meat Loaf. Take That - Everything Changes.
 * 2000: Sara Cox (debut). Craig David – Fill Me In.

Publications
Radio & TV Times scans GraemeWood

Stamps
click on stamp for issue details