17 April 1980

Thursday

1980-04-17

TV

5 of 6 The Real Thing 1980 James Burke

• BBC One 8.30 pm: James Burke: The Real Thing - The View from Within
  • If you have a moment - think about your brain. OK? Now - if you usually think with your brain, what did you just use to think with, when you thought about your brain? This week, in the search for reality James Burke looks inside your head to see where the ' I ' is and ends up at a party. You may enjoy it - wherever ' You ' is.

video recording from rpt 29 November 1983 (BBC2).

Top of the Pops

• presented by JS (full show on Vimeo)
• my review at TOTP 80

1. (14) Leon Haywood – Don’t Push It, Don’T Force It (And Charts)
2. (37) Phil Lynott – Dear Miss Lonely Hearts 
3. (11) Barbara Dickson – January February rpt.
4. (50) Girl – Hollywood Tease
5. (2) Blondie – Call Me (Legs & Co)

   

   Legs & Co - Call Me - TOTP TX-Call Me Leg & Co TOTP 1980-04-17

6. (19) B.A. Robertson – Kool In The Kaftan rpt.
7. (26) The Selecter – Missing Words rpt.
8. (51) The Ruts – Staring At The Rude Boys
9. (8) The Pretenders – Talk Of The Town (Video)
10. (12) Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno
11. (34) The Nolans – Don’t Make Waves
12. (4) UB40 – Food For Thought
13. (47) Sham 69 – Tell The Children
14. (1) The Detroit Spinners – Working My Way Back To You – Forgive Me Girl (Medley) (Video)
15. (30) Bobby Thurston – Check Out The Groove (over credits)

Smash Hits

Issue: April 17-30,1980 Madness cover [1] Features: Davy Jones (The Monkees), Madness, B A Robertson, Lyrics: Daydream Believer, Clean Clean, Modern Girl, Silver Dream Machine, High Fidelity, Food for Thought, Geno, Living After Midnight Bitz: Pink Floyd The Wall show, Sex Pistols, Sheena Easton, UB40. Independent Bitz: Orange Juice, Fad Gadget, Boots For Dancing, Orior Singles reviewed by David Hepworth: Call Me, Coming Up, Eurovision, A Forest, Albums: Duke, Hypnotised, Live: Centrespread: The Vapors Back cover: Siouxsie & the Banshees Ads: 10cc - Look Hear, The Face, Hypnotised, Saigon,