08 April

M	T	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
		1964	1965	1966	1967
1968	1969	1970	1971		1972	1973
1974	1975		1976	1977	1978	1979
	1980	1981	1982	1983		1984
1985	1986	1987		1988	1989	1990
1991		1992	1993	1994	1995
1996	1997	1998	1999		2000	2001
2002	2003		2004	2005	2006	2007
	2008	2009	2010	2011		2012
2013	2014	2015		2016	2017	2018
2019		2020	2021	2022	2023
2024	2025
07 April			April		09 April
Easter Sunday: 2007, 2012. Easter Monday: 1985, 1996. Good Friday: 1966, 1977.

Birthdays[]

1964: Ready, Steady, Go! Mod Ball (ITV).
1967: Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, All-Night Light Show Continuum at the Roundhouse.
1973: RIP Pablo Picasso, aged 93; Farmhouse Kitchen, Stars on Sunday, Our Kid (all ns, ITV), A.D.A.M.
1993: New Order via satellite
1994: Kurt Cobain found dead
2005: Funeral of Pope John Paul II
2010: RIP Malcolm McLaren, aged 64; Outnumbered (S3, BBC 1)
2013: RIP Margaret Thatcher, aged 87
2017: RIP Brian Matthew aged 88
2024: Total solar eclipse

as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.

1965: Unit 4 + 2 - Concrete and Clay (1/1)
1975: Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby (4/6)
1980: no chart - see 09 April
1986: Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll (3/3)
1990: Madonna - Vogue (1/4)
2001: Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long? (1/2)
2007: The Proclaimers ft Brain Potter & Andy Pipkin - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (3/3)
2012: Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1/4)
2016: Mike Posner - I Took a Pill in Ibiza (4/4)

host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.

1964: Pete Murray & David Jacobs. The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love.
1965: David Jacobs. Unit 4 Plus 2 - Concrete and Clay.
1971: JS. T-Rex – Hot Love
1976: Noel Edmonds. Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me.
1982: Simon Bates. Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears.
1993: Tony Dortie. The Blue Bells - Young At Heart.
2005 - moved to Sunday 10 April afternoon due to Charles & Camilla's Wedding on Friday 08 (later postponed to Sat 09).