Tuesday 19 February
Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day.
1980-02-19
TV[]
- BBC Two
- 11.30 pm The Old Grey Whistle Test: Presented by Annie Nightingale. The Flys, The Selecter live in the studio.[1] [2]
Radio[]
- BBC Radio 1 [3]
- 11.31 am Paul Burnett including this week's new Top 40 Discs and at 12.30 pm Newsbeat with Peter Mayne
- 4.31 pm Kid Jensen from The Salford College of Technology at 6.31 Musicology - A contest of rock and pop knowledge between colleges and universities throughout Britain. Today Kid chairs Round 4 Salford College of Technology v Liverpool University.
- 10.00 pm John Peel in session The Damned , Glass Torpedoes [4]
Charts[]
- Singles: N1 Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County, N2 The whispers - And the Beat Goes On, HNE/N3 Blondie - Atomic. NE/N40 Shakin' Stevens - Hot Dog (debut hit)
- Albums: N1 VV AA - The Last Dance, HNE/N2 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Get Happy.