27 March 1979

Tuesday 27 March

1979-03-27

TV

 * BBC One
 * 6.45 pm The Osmonds starring Donny and Marie the Osmond Brothers Jimmy Osmond and other members of the family.
 * 7.15 pm Blake's Seven The 12th in a series of 13 episodes The Keeper starring Gareth Thomas.
 * BBC Two
 * 8.10 pm Life on Earth. A natural history by David Attenborough. The story of life from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that now live around us. A series of 13 programmes.11: The Hunters and Hunted
 * 11.25 pm The Old Grey Whistle Test takes a look at the contemporary rock scene with Anne Nightingale In the studio Simple Minds.(Life In A Day, Chelsea Girl)Simple Minds - Life In a Day (live) 1979

Radio

 * BBC Radio 1
 * 11.31 Paul Burnett including this week's new Top 40 discs with reports from Andy Peebles at Vallances Record Store, Leeds and a pub call by Noel Edmonds at The Nursery Tavern, Sheffield.
 * Top 40: N1 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive, N2 Village People - In the Navy, N3 Sex Pistols - Something Else / Friggin' in the Riggin'. HNE/N26 The Jacksons - Shake You Body Down to the Ground.
 * 10.00 pm John Peel. Sessions: Mekons, Be-Bop Deluxe. from Leeds