TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1980
Tuesday 1st January 1980
BBC1 Elvis -
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
Cliff Richard
Amii Stewart
Granada Get It Together
Lesley Duncan Sing Children Sing
The Electric Light Orchestra Confusion
Original Mirrors Could This Be Heaven
Rosetta Stone If You Could See Me Now
Slade Cokey Cokey, My Baby's Got It
Wednesday 2nd January 1980
Granada Crown Court: Two Thousand Witnesses
A girl is blinded at a pop concert, and the group’s road manager is on trial (first of three episodes over consecutive days)
Thursday 3rd January 1980
BBC1 Nationwide 5:55 -
Includes nomination for The British Rock N Pop Awards 1980 hosted by Dave Lee Travis and Kid Jensen (first of four inserts)
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 – 8:00 pm
NB There is a big '1980' sign on one of the stages
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Clash – London Calling (chart run down)
Madness – My Girl
Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime (promo clip)
The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
David Bowie – John I’m Only Dancing (1972 promo clip)
Boney M -
The Beat – Tears Of A Clown
Fiddlers Dram -
Kurtis Blow -
Billy Preston & Syreeta – With You I’m Born Again (repeat 20th December 1979)
Chic -
Dr.Hook -
Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) number one (promo clip)
Rose Royce – Is It Love You’re After (playout record)
BBC1 White Rock 1977 movie music by Rick Wakeman (not listed in Daily Mirror)
BBC2 A Celebration for Stephane Grappelli
With David Grisman
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe…and guests
Barbara Dickson
Friday 4th January 1980
BBC1 The Osmonds 1:00 – 1:30 pm
BBC2 Rock Goes To College repeat 11:35 pm -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads ay Queen’s University, Belfast
LWT The Muppet Show
Dizzy Gillespie
Southern Celebrity Concert: Roger Whittaker
Yorkshire Celebrity Concert: Engelbert Humperdinck
Tyne Tees Paul Anka in Monte Carlo
HTV Celebrity Concert: Charles Aznavour
Granada Celebrity Concert: Jack Jones
Westward George Hamilton IV
Ulster Celebrity Concert: Nana Mouskouri
Saturday 5th January 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
Madness
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It
Racey Such A Night
ATV Tiswas
The Clash interviewed by Sally James
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 5:15 -
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers
Tony Ceago
Fumble
Freddie ‘Fingers’ Lee
Alvin Stardust
Tim Withnall
LWT Michel Legrand and Friends
Helen Reddy
Dizzy Gillespie
Sunday 6th January 1980
LWT & Granada George Hamilton IV
Scottish Oscar Peterson Presents
Monday 7th January 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:20 -
Lene Lovich in Liverpool University
BBC2 An Evening With The Three Degrees 8:10 -
At the Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC2 The Light Of Experience 11:30 – 11:45 pm
Helen Shapiro: Not A Child Anymore
Tuesday 8th January 1980
BBC2 Company and Co (first of eight episodes)
Drama about a resident pop group in a nightclub, played by actors rather than singers
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:40 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Public Image Ltd (listed but didn’t appear until 12th February)
Cozy Powell -
Talking Heads -
Eberhard Schoener -
The Boys -
Frank Zappa -
Granada Get It Together 4:15 – 4:15 pm
The Brains
The Lamabrettas
Hall & Oates
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 9th January 1980
Granada Live From Two
Caroline Mas -
Thames London Night Out
Julie Rogers
Jack Jones
Scottish George Hamilton IV
Thursday 10th January 1980
BBC1 Nationwide
British Rock N Pop Awards with Paul Gambaccini, Simon Bates
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Kid Jensen
Madness -
UFO -
Abba -
Rose Royce -
Joe Jackson -
Sheila B. Devotion -
The Skids -
KC & The Sunshine Band -
Howard Casey (of KC & The Sunshine Band) chats to host
Dollar – I Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Nolans -
Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) number one (promo clip)
Booker T & The MGs -
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe…and guests
Barbara Dickson
Jeep
Westward George Hamilton IV
Friday 11th January 1980
BBC2 The Lively Arts: Jethro Tull 8:00 -
Documentary
BBC1 Pro-
Glen Campbell
BBC2 Sacha 10:15 – 10:55 pm
Sacha Distel
Cathrine Howe
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test Pick Of The Year 11:10 pm -
Tubeway Army -
Ultravox -
Devo -
Rezillos -
Wreckless Eric -
Joe Jackson -
Bob Dylan -
Rickie Lee Jones -
Van Morrison -
Buzzcocks -
Steve Forbert -
Rachel Sweet -
The Undertones -
999 -
The Police -
Patti Smith-
Gary Moore -
Elvis Costello -
John Cooper-
The Shirts -
Steely Dan -
Siouxsie & the Banshees -
Rod Argent -
Johnny Winter -
Spyro Gyra -
Tom Waits -
Frank Zappa -
Bruce Springsteen -
Yorkshire 3-
Lonnie Donegan
Grampian Celebrity Concert: Johnny Mathis
Saturday 12th January 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
content unknown
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy!
Hosted by Billy Hartman
John Christie
Freddie ‘Fingers’ Lee
Alvin Stardust
Fumble
Shakin’ Stevens
Rachel Sweet
Shades
LWT Search For A Star 8:00 -
The Caravelles (includes one original member)
Sunday 13th January 1980
LWT Celebrity Concert: Jose Feliciano
Granada Celebrity Concert: Paul Williams
Monday 14th January 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:25 -
Joe Jackson at Hatfield Poly
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight
Helen Shapiro
Tuesday 15th January 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:50 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Ramones -
Sore Throat -
Fleetwood Mac -
Dave Greenslade -
Lynyrd Skynyrd -
The Pretenders -
Granada Get It Together
Patrick D Martin -
Salford Jets -
Portraits -
Elvis Costello -
Joe Jackson It's Different For Girls
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 16th January 1980
BBC1 The Two Ronnies (repeat)
Barbara Dickson
Thames London Night Out
Cilla Black
Joe Brown
Thames Paul Anka -
Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band, Natalie Cole
Granada Live From Two
Labi and Jackie -
Anglia Celebrity Concert
Neil Sedaka
Thursday 17th January 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Simon Bates
The Bee Gees -
New Musik -
Billy Preston & Syreeta -
Sad Cafe -
Sister Sledge -
Madness -
Positive Force -
Dexy’s Midnight Runners -
Dr.Hook -
Amii Stewart -
Styx -
Booker T. & The MGs Green Onions (Legs & Co)
Rupert Holmes -
Pretenders -
Jon & Vangelis -
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe…and guests
Barbara Dickson
Border Celebrity Concert: Tom Jones
HTV George Hamilton IV
Friday 18th January 1980
BBC1 Where The Boys Are 1960 movie with Connie Francis
BBC2 Sacha
Sacha Distel
Barney Kessel
Sylvie Vartan
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (first in second series)
Hosted by Ned Sherrin
Jonathan King
Thames It’s Your Future (schools programming): Pop groups and dustmen
Granada Live From Two
Charlie Dore Band -
LWT George Hamilton IV
Westward & Channel Paul Anka
HTV Michel Legrand and Friends
Helen Reddy
Starland Vocal Band
Dizzy Gillespie
Yorkshire 3-
Acker Bilk
Anglia Musical Special
Little River Band
Saturday 19th January 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
content unknown
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
BBC2 Something Else (Belfast) (repeat 1st December 1979)
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy!
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Joe Brown -
Dee-
Freddie ‘Fingers’ Lee
The Rockin’ Shades
Johnny Storm
Tim Withnall
Sunday 20th January 1980
ITV Live and Let Die 1973 movie theme by Wings
HTV Won’t Get Fooled Again 11:05 – 11:50 pm
Documentary about The Who
Monday 21st January 1980
BBC1 The Lynda Carter Special 8:10 -
Kenny Rogers
Leo Sayer
BBC2 Rock Goes To College
The Specials at Colchester Institute (cancelled)
Tuesday 22nd January 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:35 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Inmates -
Cowboy International -
Aldo Reserve -
Sammy Hagar -
Granada Get It Together
Elvis Costello (seen listed)
Billy Hartman Return To Sender
Labi (Siffre) And Jackie One World Song
The Sports Who Listens To The Radio
Bruce Woolley And The Camera Club In My English Garden
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 23rd January 1980
BBC1 The Two Ronnies (repeat)
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 Arena: Sleeping Beauty 7:55 -
Lene Lovich on German tour
BBC2 Something Else: Belfast (repeat 19 January 1980)
Thames London Night Out
The New Seekers
Frankie Vaughan
Thames In Performance
Sarah Vaughan and Buddy Rich 11:15 pm – 12:15 am
Scottish & Granada George Hamilton IV
Ulster Muddy Waters Blues Band
Anglia In Concert: Pat Boone and Family
Channel & Westward In Concert: Nana Mouskouri
HTV In Concert: Jack Jones
Thursday 24th January 1980
BBC1 Nationwide
The British Rock N Pop Awards with Simon Bates, Anne Nightingale
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Hosted by Mike Read
Azymuth -
Buggles -
The Nolans -
The Boomtown Rats -
Bee Gees -
Joe Jackson -
Suzi Quatro -
Dollar -
The Specials -
Barbara Dickson -
Matchbox -
Sheila & B.Devotion -
The Regents -
The Pretenders -
Kool & The Gang -
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe…and guests
Barbara Dickson
Border Engelbert Humperdinck
Friday 25th January 1980
BBC2 Sacha
Sacha Distel
Don Lusher
Diane Solomon
Thames Magpie
The Act
ATV Something Different (not listed in The Times or Daily Mirror)
Cliff Richard talks about religion with Mensi of the Angelic Upstarts
Saturday 26th January 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
Max Boyce
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It
Paitti Boulaye, Kenny Everett
ATV Tiswas
Buggles
The Police
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy!
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Tony Ceago
The Cruisers
Freddie ‘Fingers’ Lee
Alvin Stardust
Fumble
Richard Piper
Johnny Storm It's Late
Richard Piper Showdown.
Sunday 27th January 1980
BBC1 Cliff Richard and The Shadows 7:15 -
Farewell show with Tim Rice, Adam Faith, Olivia Newton-
LWT Michel Legrand and Friends
Monday 28th January 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College
Phil Lynott (cancelled)
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight
Pearly Gates
BBC2 Arena 11:30 pm -
Lene Lovich
Tuesday 29th January 1980
BBC1 Omnibus: Johnny B Goode 10:15 -
Chuck Berry documentary
BBC1 Look Hear
Diamondhead -
The Selecter -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Jags -
The Tourists -
Loudon Wainwright III -
Bette Midler -
The Ramones -
Toyah -
Granada Get It Together
The Tigers (seen listed)
Buggles Plastic age
Zaine Griff Tonight
The Jags Woman's World
ATV Al Martino in Concert
Wednesday 30th January 1980
BBC1 If It’s Tuesday... It Must be Belgium movie with Donovan
BBC1 The Two Ronnies (repeat)
Barbara Dickson
Thames This Is Your Life: George Martin
Paul McCartney
Cilla Black
Thames London Night Out
Peters and Lee
Westward / Channel / Southern George Hamilton IV
Thursday 31st January 1980
BBC1 Nationwide
The British Rock and Pop Awards article
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Hosted by Kid Jensen
The Selecter -
The Revillos -
Kenny Rogers -
Azymuth -
John Foxx -
Madness -
The Shadows -
Rupert Holmes -
The Ramones -
Jon & Vangelis -
Billy Ocean -
New Musik -
Keith Michell -
host chats to Radio One DJ Steve Wright
The Specials -
Queen -
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe
Judie Tzuke
Barbara Dickson
Thames Looks Familiar
Charles Aznavour
Friday 1st February 1980
ATV The Muppet Show
Anne Murray
BBC2 Sacha
Sacha Distel
Patti Boulaye
Saturday 2nd February 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
The Boomtown Rats
BBC1 Natalie Cole (repeat 23 June 1979)
ATV Tiswas
The Boomtown Rats
The Flying Lizards
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy!
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Tony Ceago
Richard Piper
Rock island Line
Rockola
Shakin' Stevens
Dee-
Michael Wallace
Tim Whitnall
The Oh Boy! Cats and Kittens
The Oh Boy! Boogie Band
Sunday 3rd February 1980
ITV Cleo
Cleo Laine
John Dankworth
Sky
Charlie Watts
Border The Sound Of... 3.45 -
The New Seekers
Monday 4th February 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:25 -
Spyro Gyra (cancelled)
Live Wire at Brighton Poly
Tuesday 5th February 1980
no The Old Grey Whistle Test
BBC1 Look Hear
Delegation -
The Beat -
BBC1 The Variety Club Awards 7:20 -
content unknown
Granada Get It Together
David Essex World
Jeep Wild Rover, Heiress on the run
Shakin’ Stevens Hot Dog
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 6th February 1980
BBC1 The Two Ronnies (repeat)
Barbara Dickson
Granada Live From Two
Mary Wilson and the Supremes -
Bev Bevan (ELO)
Thursday 7th February 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Hosted by Steve Wright
Jefferson Starship -
The Tourists -
Cliff Richard -
The Whispers -
The Boomtown Rats -
The Nolans -
The Chords -
The Regents -
Queen -
The Selecter -
AC/DC -
Buggles -
The Specials -
Joe Jackson -
Thames Looks Familiar
Humphrey Lyttelton, Ronnie Scott, Annie Ross
Granada Celebration
Alexis Korner Hell Hound On My Trail, Ain't Nothing Shakin’ But The Bacon, Mary Open The Door
The Moondogs Names and numbers
HTV / Granada George Hamilton IV
Friday 8th February 1980
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning
content unknown
Granada Live From Two
Gerard Kenny -
Mary Wilson and the Supremes -
Saturday 9th February 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
New Musik
BBC1 Parkinson
Mike Harding
BBC1 Alan Price 11:40 pm -
Live at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
ATV Tiswas
The Boomtown Rats
Dee Anne
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy!
Hosted by Billy Hartman
John Christie
Fumble
Richard Piper
Rockola
Shakin Stevens
Michael Wallace
Dee-
The Oh Boy! Cats and Kittens
The Oh Boy! Boogie Band
Sunday 10th February 1980
ATV Cleo and Love Letters
Cleo Laine
Monday 11th February 1980
BBC1 Blue Peter
Jerry Lee Lewis -
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:25 -
Secret Affair at Bristol University
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight
Dana – Totus Tuus
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 12th February 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
The Knack in Miami special (cancelled)
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Public Image Ltd – PopTones, Careering
Charlie Dore -
Jefferson Starship -
The Boomtown Rats -
Barclay James Harvest – The Song (They Love To Sing) (promo clip)
John Foxx -
BBC2 Tell Me On A Sunday 10:20 -
Marti Webb
BBC2 Between the Lines 1977 movie with Southside Johnny
Granada Get It Together
Excel -
Berni Flint -
Lips -
Sparks -
HTV In Concert: Al Martino
Westward George Hamilton IV
ATV In Concert: Jack Jones
Wednesday 13th February 1980
ITV Frank Sinatra: The First Forty Years 10:30 pm -
Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr, Paul Anka, Tony Bennett, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr
Granada Live From Two
Lulu
Granada / HTV George Hamilton IV
Thursday 14th February 1980
Thames White Light (first show) 5:15 – 5:45 pm
Hosted by John Mack and Gary Crowley
Elvis Costello -
ITV Liberace's Valentine Night Special
Friday 15th February 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Peter Skellern
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:55 -
NB A new TOTP sign is above one of the stages, it is removed immediately and is not seen again. It looks like TOTO, rather than TOTP
Hosted by Simon Bates
Kool and The Gang -
Matchbox -
Keith Michell -
The Flying Lizards -
Elvis Costello -
Michael Jackson -
Dave Edmunds (and Rockpile) -
Jon & Vangelis -
The Shadows -
Marti Webb -
Stiff Little Fingers -
Kenny Rogers -
The Ramones -
BBC2 Jazz
Newport Jazz Festival
Phineas Newborn, Herb Ellis Trio, Concorde Octet
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning
content unknown
Saturday 16th February 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
Rocky Sharpe and The Replays
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
Sunday 17th February 1980
BBC2 The Fifteenth Cambridge Folk Festival 9:30 -
Maddy Prior
Loudon Wainwright III
Rockin’ Dopsie
Telephone Bill & The Smooth Operators
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings (repeat)
Monday 18th February 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:15 -
Spyro Gyra at Leeds University
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7:00 -
NB The Daily Mirror has the guests as Gary Numan, The Shadows, The Pretenders
Elvis Costello & The Attractions I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
The Police The Bed's Too Big Without You
Michael Jackson Working Day And Night (Hot Gossip)
Tuesday 19th February 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Selecter -
The Carpettes -
Free -
The Flys -
The Original Mirrors -
Godley & Creme -
Granada Get It Together
Mal Cochrane Girls in room 429
Kicks Get off the telephone
Cliff Richard Carrie
Rocky Sharpe and the Replays Martian hop
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 20th February 1980
BBC1 The Two Ronnies (repeat)
Barbara Dickson
Thames White Light
content unknown
Anglia Celebrity Concert
Anne Murray
Thursday 21st February 1980
BBC1 Star Turn
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 The Fifteenth Cambridge Folk Festival
Doc Watson
HTV / Granada / Grampian George Hamilton IV
Thames White Light
content unknown
Thames The Jim Davidson Show
The Dooleys
Friday 22nd February 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:55 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Rainbow -
Shakin Stevens -
Blondie -
The Beat -
Buggles -
The Tourists -
Fern Kinney -
The Ramones -
The Whispers -
Cliff Richard -
Iron Maiden -
Kenny Rogers -
Peter Gabriel -
BBC2 Jazz
B B King
Jay McShane
Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning
content unknown
Granada Live From Two
Gerard Kenny -
Saturday 23rd February 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
Roger Whittaker
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
Amii Stewart
LWT George Hamilton IV
Monday 25th February 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:30 -
Robin Trower at University of London Union
BBC2 An Evening with Anthony Newley
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show
The Boomtown Rats – Someone Looking At You
Suzi Qautro – Mama’s Boy
Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Hot Gossip)
Cliff Richard – Living Doll
Tuesday 26th February 1980
BBC1 The Osmonds 6:55 – 7:25 pm
BBC1 Look Hear
The Swinging Cats -
Magnum -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
The Knack at the Gusman Theatre, Miami, October 1979
Granada Pop Gospel (first in new series)
Berni Flint
Garth Hewitt
Dana
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 27th February 1980
BBC1 The British Rock N Pop Awards
Hosted by Sue Lawley, Dave Lee Travis
Best Album -
Best Single -
Best Male Singer -
Best Female Singer -
Radio One DJs Awards -
Daily Mirror Award -
Nationwide Awards -
Best Group -
BBC1 The Two Ronnies (repeat)
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 Arena: Bring Me Back A Song
Irish music: Planxty, The Bothy Band
Thursday 28th February 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Kid Jensen
Jefferson Starship -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Marti Webb -
The Vapors -
Michael Jackson -
Liquid Gold -
The Gibson Brothers -
Peter Gabriel -
Stiff Little Fingers -
Dave Edmunds (and Rockpile) -
The Police -
Rainbow -
The Shadows -
Blondie -
David Bowie -
BBC2 The 15th Cambridge Folk Festival
Ry Cooder
Thames White Light
The Photos
Thames The Jim Davidson Show
The Dooleys
Friday 29th February 1980
BBC2 Delia Smith’s Cookery Course
Kate Bush
BBC2 Jazz
Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock
Hank Jones and John Lewis
Martial Solal
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (host Tim Rice)
Rick Wakeman
Saturday 1st March 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
The Dooleys
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
Amanda Lear
LWT George Hamilton IV
Scottish The Jazz Show
Annie Ross
Sunday 2nd March 1980
BBC2 An Evening with James Galway
Val Doonican
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings
Monday 3rd March 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:30 -
Joe Ely at Middlesex Poly
BBC2 Marti Caine
Peter Skellern
BBC2 Arena: Bring Me Back A Song (repeat)
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show
Dusty Springfield
Gary Numan
The Shadows
Cliff Richard
Dave Edmunds
Tuesday 4th March 1980
BBC1 The Osmonds
With Andy Williams, Connie Stevens
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Ali Thompson -
The Beach Boys -
Cha Cha -
Martha & The Muffins -
Toyah -
Jerry Lee Lewis -
April Wine -
Granada Pop Gospel
Berni Flint
Garth Hewitt
Adrian Snow -
Steve Goddard -
Cliff Richard -
Revelation (dance troupe)
Thames The Brinsworth Tribute Show 10:30 -
NB Entertainment charity special from Blazers, Windsor
Manhattan Transfer
Lulu
Wednesday 5th March 1980
Westward George Hamilton IV
Thursday 6th March 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
The Gibson Brothers -
The Lambrettas -
Captain & Tenille -
UK Subs -
The Beat -
Martha & The Muffins -
Shakin' Stevens -
Squeeze -
Fern Kinney -
Tony Rallo & The Midnight Band -
Blondie -
Liquid Gold -
Thames White Light
content unknown
Thames The Jim Davidson Show
The Dooleys
HTV / Granada George Hamilton IV
Friday 7th March 1980
BBC2 Jazz
Lee Ritenour
Grover Washington Jr
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (host Jane Warmsley)
Kenny Everett
ATV The Muppet Show
Andy Williams
Saturday 8th March 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
Barbara Dickson
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It
Matchbox
Cleo Laine
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
Boney M
BBC1 Parkinson
The Chieftains
BBC2 Zabriske Point movie
Music by Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead etc
ATV Tiswas
Graham Gouldman
The Knack
Scottish The Jazz Series
Annie Ross
The Mike Carr Trio
Sunday 9th March 1980
BBC1 Tell Me On A Sunday (repeat)
Marti Webb
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings
Songs from Broadway
Monday 10th March 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College
April Wine at Reading University
BBC2 Marti Caine
Linda Lewis
Thames Food, Wine and Friends
Petula Clark
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show
content unknown
Tuesday 11th March 1980
BBC1 The Osmonds
How The Osmonds show is put together
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
John Cooper-
The Plastics -
The Fabulous Thunderbirds -
Girl -
The Clash -
Wreckless Eric -
Granada Pop Gospel
Garth Hewitt
Berni Flint
Kainos
Nutshell
John Pantry
Revelation
Wednesday 12th March 1980
BBC2 Arena Rudy’s Come Back 8:25 -
The Specials, The Selecter
Yorkshire / Westward George Hamilton IV
Thursday 13th March 1980
BBC2 Scene: The Fan Phenomenon
The Jam live clip
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
NB Another new TOTP logo appears above the stage, this one is printed neon pink on a black background
Hosted by Steve Wright
Rush -
The Dooleys -
The Police -
The Detroit Spinners -
The Brothers Johnson -
Secret Affair -
Liquid Gold -
Rainbow -
The Vapors -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
The Gibson Brothers -
Peter Gabriel -
Marti Webb -
Genesis -
Fern Kinney -
The Captain and Tenille -
BBC1 Lennie and Jerry
Helen Shapiro
BBC2 The 15th Cambridge Folk Festival
Richard Digence
Thames White Light
content unknown
Thames The Jim Davidson Show
The Dooleys
HTV / Granada George Hamilton IV
Friday 14th March 1980
BBC2 Jazz
The LA4
Ellis Regina
Hermeto Pascaal
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (host Tim Rice)
David Essex
Granada Live From Two
Graham Gouldman
Thames Magpie
BA Robertson
Saturday 15th March 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
David Soul
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It
Sister Sledge
Roger Greenaway
BBC1 Wonder Woman: Amazon Hot Wax
Wonder Woman goes under-
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
The Gibson Brothers
ATV Tiswas
The Dooleys
Rick Parfitt
Cozy Powell
Scottish The Jazz Series
Annie Ross
Sunday 16th March 1980
BBC1 Goldie and Liza Together
Liza Minelli
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings
Songs from films
Monday 17th March 1980
BBC2 Marti Caine
Mary Wilson of The Supremes
BBC2 Arena: Rudie’s Come Back (repeat)
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show
Ellen Foley – Stupid Girl
David Essex – sketch, Silver Dream Racer
The Knack – (Hot Gossip)
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Anglia Musical Special
Benny Goodman
Tuesday 18th March 1980
BBC2 Rhythm on Two 10:15 -
Lonnie Donegan and Friends (The Corn Exchange, Ipswich)
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Photos -
Bob Seger -
Pat Benetar -
The Original Mirrors -
OMD -
Neil Young -
Granada Pop Gospel
Garth Hewitt
Berni Flint
Nutshell
Mark Williamson and his Band
Revelation
Wednesday 19th March 1980
Thames The Leo Sayer Show 8:00 -
Janis Ian
Nola Rae
Hot Gossip (dance troupe)
Granada Live From Two
Joe and Vicky Brown -
Grampian George Hamilton IV
Anglia Celebrity Concert
Al Martino
Thursday 20th March 1980
BBC1 Star Turn
Patti Boulaye
Barbara Dickson
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Mike Read
The Detroit Spinners -
The Bodysnatchers -
Squeeze -
Rush -
Sad Cafe -
The Lambrettas -
Barbara Dickson -
Shakin Stevens -
David Soul chats to host
UB40 -
Martha & The Muffins -
B.A.Robertson -
The Jam -
The Vapors -
BBC2 Rhtythm on 2: Peter Skellern 9:00 -
BBC2 Fifteenth Cambridge Folk Festival
Loudon Wainwright III
Thames The Jim Davidson Show
The Dooleys
Friday 21st March 1980
BBC2 Jazz
Spyro Gyra
Willie Bobo
Salome Bay
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (host Terry Wogan)
content unknown
Saturday 22nd March 1980
BBC1 Swap Shop
Suzi Quatro
ATV Tiswas
The Liberators
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
Liquid Gold
Scottish The Jazz Series
Annie Ross
Sunday 23rd March 1980
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings
Sings Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter
LWT Bloody Kids 9:30 -
Play with Gary Holton
Monday 24th March 1980
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:30 -
Tom Petty at Oxford Polytechnic
BBC2 Marti Caine
The Realistics
Spyro Gyra
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show
John Williams
The Boomtown Rats
Tuesday 25th March 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Blues Band -
The Carpettes -
Stiff Little Fingers -
The Sports -
Pearl Harbor & The Explosions -
Jimi Hendrix -
Thames Pop Gospel
Berni Flint
Garth Hewitt
Barry Crompton
Aleksander John
Cindy Kent
Revelation
Wednesday 26th March 1980
BBC1 A Song For Europe
Twelve songs Includes Eddie Howell
Granada Live From two
Noel Murphy -
Scottish George Hamilton IV
Thursday 27th March 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Vapors -
Liquid Gold -
Genesis – Turn It On Again (repeat 13th March 1980)
The Brothers Johnson -
Dr.Hook -
Judas Priest -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Secret Affair -
The Dooleys -
John Foxx -
The Detroit Spinners -
The Jam -
Leon Haywood -
BBC1 Lennie and Jerry
Lonnie Donegan
BBC2 Fifteenth Cambridge Folk Festival
Dave Cousins
Maddy Prior
Telephone Bill & The Smooth Operators
Thames The Jim Davidson Show
The Dooleys
Friday 28th March 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill at One
Jack Jones
Thames Afternoon Plus
Kenny Everett
ITV Fully Licensed For Singing and Dancing
Ronnie Hilton
Saturday 29th March 1980
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK
The Nolans
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
Sister Sledge
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
ATV Tiswas
The Jam
Sad Funeral
Sunday 30th March 1980
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings
Channel Little River Band
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Monday 31st March 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop (first in new series)
Buggles Clean Clean
The Dooleys Love Patrol
Shakin’ Stevens Hot Dog
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7:40 -
Steve Forbert at Lancaster University
BBC2 Marti Caine
The Shadows
Labri Siffre
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show
Suzi Quatro
10cc
Joe Jackson
Westward / Channel Entertainers: Julie Felix
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Hosted by Den Hegarty
Chris Rea -
Lindesfarne -
The Young Bucks -
Rod Stewart -
Tuesday 1st April 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Rory Gallagher at Montreux Jazz Festival
Granada Pop Gospel
Garth Hewitt
Berni Flint
The Bill Mason Band
Nutshell
Adrian Snell
Revelation
Scottish Celebrity Concert: Nana Mouskouri
HTV Country Comes West
Graham Miller, Kelvin Henderson's Country Band, Johnny Spencer, Paula Kelly, Carl Gibson
Wednesday 2nd April 1980
BBC1 Dead Man’s Curve 6:55 -
Jan (Richard Hatch), Dean (Bruce Davison) with Mike Love, Bruce Johnston
NB Jan Berry was in the audience during the concert scenes
BBC1 Parkinson Meets Tommy Steele 10:45 – 11:45 pm
Thursday 3rd April 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Kid Jensen
Judas Priest -
Madness -
Barbara Dickson -
Dexy's Midnight Runners -
The Pretenders -
Leon Hayward -
UB40 -
The Selecter -
B.A.Robertson -
The Lambrettas -
Prima Donna -
The Jam -
Dr Hook -
BBC1 Lenny and Jerry
Helen Shapiro
BBC2 Fifteenth Cambridge Folk Festival
Rockin’ Dopsie and The Cajun Twisters
Harvey Andrews
Tanahill Weavers
HTV Country Comes West
Graham Miller, Kelvin Henderson's Country Band, Johnny Spencer, Paula Kelly, Slim Pickens
ITV The Sound of...
Wout Steinhaus
Friday 4th April 1980 Good Friday
ATV The Muppet Show
Diana Ross
LWT Bruce Forsyth’s Big Night
Madeline Bell
Saturday 5th April 1980
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK
The Dooleys
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show
Roy Clark
Nana Mouskouri
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill
Roger Whittaker
Marvin Hamlisch
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
LWT The Bee Gees Special 6:00 -
Hosted by David Frost
LWT Search For A Star Special: Dave Wolfe
Mary Wilson
Billy Preston and Syreeta
LWT George Hamilton IV
Yorkshire Entertainers: Vince Hill
Yorkshire 321
Acker Bilk
Sunday 6th April 1980
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest Previews part one 3:25 – 4:00 pm
Johnny Logan
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop Star Awards 4:50 -
Kenny Everett
Monday 7th April 1980 Bank Holiday
BBC2 Dr Hook -
Kate Bush
Tuesday 8th April 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Girl -
The Only Ones -
Pete Townshend -
Ian Matthews -
Linda Ronstadt -
Genesis -
Granada Pop Gospel
Garth Hewitt
Berni Flint
Revelation
Kainos
Sheila Walsh
Ritchie Pitts
Barry Crompton
Thames Magpie
The Osmonds
Channel George Hamilton IV
Tyne Tees Celebrity Concert: Jack Jones
HTV Country Comes West
Graham Miller, Kelvin Henderson's Country Band, Johnny Spencer, Paula Kelly, Vernon Oxford
Wednesday 9th April 1980
BBC1 Parkinson Meets Bette Midler (repeat)
BBC2 Arena
‘Double Vision’ with Brian Eno and artist Russell Mills
Thursday 10th April 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Simon Bates
Liquid Gold -
The Undertones -
David Essex -
Dr.Hook -
Saxon -
Sky -
Judas Priest -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Sad Cafe -
The Bodysnatchers -
Buggles -
The Detroit Spinners -
Secret Affair -
BBC1 Lennie and Jerry
Madeline Bell
BBC2 Barbara Fairchild Sings Country
Keith Nelson
Roger Brown
HTV Country Comes West
Graham Miller, Kelvin Henderson's Country Band, Johnny Spencer, Paula Kelly, Mikki & Griff
Friday 11th April 1980
LWT The London Programme 11:00 -
The pop music industry in London
Saturday 12th April 1980
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK
The New Seekers
BBC1 Tha Val Doonican Music Show
Charlie Pride
Janie Frickie
The Bellamy Brothers
ATV Tiswas
Cozy Powell
Roger Glover
Siouxsie Sioux
John Bonham
Shakin’ Stevens
Denny Laine
The Beat
Secret Affair
Genesis
Status Quo (listed in Daily Mirror)
LWT George Hamilton IV
Scottish Oscar Peterson Presents
Sunday 13th April 1980
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest Previews part two 3:25 – 4:00 pm
Monday 14th April 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4:20 – 4:40 pm
The Lambrettas Poison Ivy
Pussyfoot I Want To Be Me
Barbara Dickson January February
BBC2 Marti Caine
The Drifters
Elaine Paige
BBC2 Arena: Double Vision repeat
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show
NB Thames producer Philip Jones tells the daily Mirror that the next series may be in a different format “we are planning to increase the comedy content and the show will probably go to a later time”
The Police
Pete Townsend
Paul McCartney
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 15th April 1980
BBC2 Rhythm on 2: Tom Paxton 8:00 -
Telephone Bill
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
NB BB King might have been scheduled to appear
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Z Z Top -
OMD -
Squeeze -
Stevie Wonder -
Blondie -
Home Video article with Gary Numan live clip
Fischer Z -
Granada Pop Gospel
Garth Hewitt
Berni Flint
Harmoniser
Nutshell
John Pantry
Revelation
Granada / Channel / Westward George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 16th April 1980
Thames Afternoon Plus
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
HTV Celebrity Concert: Paul Williams
Thursday 17th April 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Leon Heyward -
Phil Lynott -
Barbara Dickson -
Girl -
Blondie -
B.A.Robertson -
The Selecter -
The Ruts -
The Pretenders -
Dexy's Midnight Runners -
The Nolans -
UB40 -
Sham 69 -
The Detroit Spinners -
Bobby Thurston -
Friday 18th April 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill at One
Sky
BBC2 MacLeod’s America 7:30 -
Nashville, with Carl Perkins
LWT The Cannon and Ball Show
Ritz
Saturday 19th April 1980
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK?
Dollar
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest
UK entry: Prima Donna
ATV Tiswas
Madness
LWT Celebrity Concert: Connie Stevens
HTV Entertainers: Tom Paxton
Scottish Oscar Peterson Presents
Sunday 20th April 1980
BBC2 Joan Armatrading -
Live in West Germany
Monday 21st April 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4:20 -
Suzi Quatro I’ve Never Been In Love
Dexy’s Midnight Runners Geno
Showaddywaddy Always and Ever
Southern Garth Hewitt 12:20 am daily show
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 22nd April 1980
no The Old Grey Whistle Test due to snooker
Granada Pop Gospel
Garth Hewitt
Berni Flint
Dana
100% Proof
Stuart and Kyle
Westward / Channel George Hamilton IV
Southern Garth Hewitt
Scottish Charles Aznavour
Wednesday 23rd April 1980
BBC1 Pleasure Cove 6:55 -
Tom Jones in acting role
BBC1 Lena
Lena Zavaroni
Channel Entertainers: Annie Ross
Thursday 24th April 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Hosted by Steve Wright
Rodney Franklin -
Smokie -
Paul McCartney -
The Cure -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Sky -
Sad Cafe -
The Cockney Rejects -
Bobby Thurston -
Bad Manners -
David Essex -
The Undertones -
Johnny Logan -
Blondie -
Dexy's Midnight Runners -
BBC2 Five to One 7:35 – 8:05 pm
Lene Lovich interviewed by young people
Granada Live From Two
B.B King Better not look down, The thrill is gone
Southern Garth Hewitt
Friday 25th April 1980
BBC1 Nationwide
Kate Bush
Granada Live From Two
Marianne Faithful Yesterday
Denny Laine -
Southern Garth Hewett
Saturday 26th April 1980
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK?
Showaddywaddy Always and Ever
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show
Charlie McCoy
Johnny Mathis
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
Southern Garth Hewitt
Scottish Oscar Peterson Presents
Sunday 27th April 1980
Westward / Channel Celebrity Concert: Burt Bacharach
Southern Garth Hewitt
Monday 28th April 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Matt Munro
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop
Matchbox Midnight Dynamos
The Undertones My Perfect Cousin
The Wurzels I Hate JR
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 29th April 1980
BBC1 Kenny Rogers and The American Cowboy 10:25 -
Mac Davis
The Charlie Daniels Band
no Old Grey Whistle Test
Granada Pop Gospel
Garth Hewitt
Berni Flint
Mark Williamson and Band Trade
Secret
Cliff Richard Moving In, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Revelation
Channel / Westward George Hamilton IV
Scottish Celebrity Concert: Tom Jones
Thursday 1st May 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Tommy Vance
Leon Heyward -
New Musik -
Narada Michael Walden -
The Chords -
Rodney Franklin -
Whitesnake -
Jimmy Ruffin -
Saxon -
Hot Chocolate -
Motorhead -
The Nolans -
The Beat -
Kate Bush -
Dexy's Midnight Runners -
Johnny Logan -
Saturday 3rd May 1980
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK?
Suzi Quatro
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show
Helen Reddy
Johnny Logan
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
Monday 5th May 1980 Bank Holiday
BBC1 The Multi Coloured Music Show 5:00 -
Cliff Richard Carrie
Boomtown Rats Someone’s Looking at You
Dr Hook When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman
Dollar Love’s Got a Hold of My Mind
The Police So Lonely, Walking on the Moon
Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star
The Pretenders Brass In Pocket
Godley & Crème An Englishman In New York
Sad Café Everyday Hurts
Gary Newman Cars
Barbara Dixon Caravan
Suzi Quatro She’s In Love With You
Blondie Union
10cc 125
Selecter On My Radio
Revillos Motorbike Beat
Matchbox Rockabilly Rebel
Darts Reet Petite
Queen Save Me
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
Foxy Feeling
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 6th May 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Jules and The Polar Bears -
The Pat Travers Band -
Willie Niles -
The Movies -
Eric Clapton -
Granada Pop Gospel
Garth Hewitt
Berni Flint
Just The Job
Nutshell
Bryn Howarth
Richie Pitts
Revelation
Scottish Celebrity Concert: Paul Williams
Westward / Channel / Southern George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 7th May 1980
BBC1 Lena (Zavaroni)
The Three Degrees
Westward / Channel Celebrity Concert: Roger Whittaker
Thursday 8th May 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
NB Executive Producer Robin Nash takes a chance of two new bands outside of the top forty, The Human League and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD)
Hosted by Peter Powell
Mystic Merlin -
Human League -
Johnny Logan -
Prelude -
Michael Jackson -
Matchbox -
Average White Band -
Jona Lewie (with Kirty MacColl) -
The Cockney Rejects -
Boney M -
The Ruts -
OMD -
The Undertones -
Dexy's Midnight Runners -
Hot Chocolate -
Yorkshire Miss Great Britain 1980
Hosted by Tony Monopoly
Judges include Iris Williams
Saturday 10th May 1980
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK?
The New Seekers
Monday 12th May 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop
Bad Manners Ne-
Smokie Take Good Care Of My Baby
New Seekers Tell Me
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 13th May 1980
BBC1 Lena
Lena Zavaroni
Fern Kinney
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
NB Janis Ian may have been scheduled to appear
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Fingerprintz -
The Monochrome Set -
Wishbone Ash -
The Sex Pistols -
The Jags -
New Musik -
Thames Pop Gospel
content unknown
Channel / Westward George Hamilton IV
Thursday 15th May 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Crown Heights Affair -
Squeeze -
Roxy Music -
Jimmy Ruffin -
Mystic Merlin -
Hot Chocolate -
Four Bucketeers -
Whitesnake -
The Nolans -
The Beat -
Kate Bush -
Peter Gabriel -
Narada Michael Walden -
Johnny Logan -
MASH -
BBC1 Jeremy Taylor 9:30 -
Alan Price
Telephone Bill & The Smooth Operators
Friday 16th May 1980
BBC2 Sing Country 9:00 -
The Marlboro International Festival
Frank Ifield
Stella Parton
Colleen Peterson
Shaji Tabuchi
Ronnie Prophet
The Glaser Brothers
Saturday 17th May 1980
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK?
Darts
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show
Marti Webb
Woody Herman
HTV Entertainers: Tony Monopoly
Sunday 18th May 1980
BBC2 Brubeck
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Annie Ross
LWT The South Bank Show
Rock Movies including The Great Rock N Roll Swindle, Rude Boy
ATV Pat Boone in Concert
Monday 19th May 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop
Martha & The Muffins Saigon
The Chords Something’s Missing
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays Teenager In Love
BBC2 Barbara Dickson 9:00 – 9:30 pm
Harvey Andrews
Southern George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 20th May 1980
BBC2 Hollywood Nights 8:10 -
Olivia Newton-
Thames Pop Gospel
Hosted by Garth Hewitt, Berni Flint
Nutshell
Larry Hogan
John Pantry
Anglia / Channel George Hamilton IV
Scottish Celebrity Concert: Jack Jones
Wednesday 21st May 1980
BBC1 Lena
Lena Zavaroni
Janis Ian
David Gates
Thames Breakers
Child
Thames The TV Times Top Ten Awards
Cliff Richard, Marti Webb
Thursday 22nd May 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Hosted by Mike Read
Lipps Inc -
The Lambrettas -
Michael Jackson -
UK Subs -
Jona Lewie -
Karel Fialka -
The Specials -
The Cockney Rejects -
Gary Numan -
Junior Murvin -
Average White Band -
MASH -
Matchbox -
Johnny Logan -
Jermaine Jackson -
BBC2 Jeremy Taylor
Telephone Bill and the Smooth Operators
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11:30 pm -
The Blues Band at Keele University
Celebration Ten Years In An Open Necked Shirt
John Cooper Clarke
Friday 23rd May 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Showaddywaddy Always and Ever, Three Steps To Heaven
BBC2 Sing Country 9:00 -
Don Everly with Albert Lee
Roy Clark
Matchbox
Little Ginny
Peggy Sue & Sonny Wright
Bill Monroe
Saturday 24th May 1980
BBC2 Clambake 1967 Elvis Presley movie
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Something Else (Skelmersdale) 6:10 -
Sad Cafe
Secret Affair
The Casino, Wigan northern soul article
BBC2 The Levin Interviews
Stephen Sondheim
HTV Entertainers: Ralph McTell
Sunday 25th May 1980
LWT George Hamilton IV
ATV Blood Sweat and Tears
Anglia Celebrity Concert
Charles Aznavour
Monday 26th May 1980 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 6:20 -
The Boomtown Rats
Tuesday 27th May 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons -
The Roches -
Second Vision -
Devo -
Krokus -
Granada Get It Together 4:15 – 4:45 pm
Hosted by Roy North, Linda Fletcher
The Kidda Band
Les McKeown
ELO
NB possible Showaddywaddy Always and Ever
The Inmates
Thames Magpie
Denny Laine talking about his guitar tutor book and plays Tears In Japan
Wednesday 28th May 1980
Thames Breakers (repeat)
content unknown
Granada Live From Two
Alan Price -
Thames All Kinds of Dana 9:30 – 10:00 pm
NB The show was meant to be shown last autumn, but failed to be shown due to the ITV strike
Dana and her two brothers
Thursday 29th May 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway -
Liquid Gold -
Hot Chocolate -
Elton John -
Crown Heights Affair -
Don Mclean -
Thin Lizzy -
Roxy Music -
OMD -
Jermaine Jackson -
Stiff Little Fingers -
Mystic Merlin -
Lena Zavaroni -
MASH -
Lipps Inc -
BBC2 Something Else repeat 24 May 1980
BBC2 Jeremy Taylor
Telephone Bill and The Smooth Operators
Barbara Dickson
HTV Cymru George Hamilton IV
Friday 30th May 1980
BBC1 Here We Go ‘Round The Mulberry Bush movie with Traffic, Spencer Davis Group
BBC2 Sing Country
Faron Young
Branda Lee
Boxcar Willie
Joe Sun
Granada Live From Two
Dory Previn -
Saturday 31st May 1980
BBC1 Val Doonican Music Show
Ray Charles
Granada Fun Factory 10:30 am -
NB Made at a converted Victorian warehouse near the Coronation Street set
Elvis Costello -
Sunday 1st June 1980
LWT George Hamilton IV
Yorkshire Celebrity Concert: Sergio Mendes
ITV Come Sunday
Vince Hill
Monday 2nd June 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop
Dollar The Girls Are Out To Get You
The Regents See You Later
Liquid Gold Substitute
BBC2 The Innes Book of Records 9:00 -
Neil Innes
Granada Girl on a Motorcycle movie with Marianne Faithfull
Tuesday 3rd June 1980
BBC1 Crystal Gayle Special 10:25 -
Judy Collins
B B King
The Statler Brothers
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Hazel O'Connor -
Graham Parker -
Devo -
The Beat -
Linton Kwesi Johnson -
Music Press article
Paul Gambaccini and Anne Nightingale discuss recent pop movies You Can't Stop The Music, The Wanderers, Breaking Glass
Ronnie Lane
Thames Oscar Peterson Presents 1:30 – 2:00 pm
Louis Bellson
Granada Get It Together (repeat)
content unknown
Yorkshire Little River Band
Scottish Pat Boone
Wednesday 4th June 1980
BBC1 Lena
The Nolans
Granada Breakers 4:45 -
Rosetta Stone
ATV Arrival Two 8:00 -
Sphinx
Thursday 5th June 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Hosted by Simon Bates
BBC1 Don McLean and Friends In Concert 11:05 -
The Jordanaires
Elkie Brooks
BBC2 Jeremy Taylor 9:30 – 10:00 pm
Catherine Howe
Channel / Westward George Hamilton IV
Friday 6th June 1980
BBC2 Sing Country
Janie Frickie
Barbara Fairchild
Charlie Pride
Jimmy C Newman
Granada Reports
Toyah Blue Meanings
Saturday 7th June 1980
BBC1 California Fever
US sitcom about an American pirate DJ
Granada Fun Factory
content unknown
HTV Entertainers: Tony Christie
Sunday 8th June 1980
LWT Celebrity Concert: Al Martino
Yorkshire Celebrity Concert: Jack Jones
ATV Celebrity Concert: Anne Murray – Ladies Night
Monday 9th June 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop
B A Robertson To Be Or Not Be
Darts Let’s Hang On
Jona Lewie Kitchen At Parties
BBC2 The Innes Book of Records
Neil Innes
Thames Police Story: A Chance To Live 10:30 pm – 12:15 am
David Cassidy
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 10th June 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
NB New Musik may have been scheduled to appear
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Broken Home -
Julien Temple -
Videodisk article -
The Birth of The Beatles movie clip
Genesis -
G Force -
Paul Gambaccini -
Graham Parker -
Steel Pulse
ITV Tell me Another
Acker Bilk
Granada Get It Together
Goldie
Zoot Alors
Gerard Kenney
Thursday 12th June 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
BBC1 Mike Yarwood Christmas Show repeat with Johnny Mathis
BBC2 Jeremy Taylor
Peter Skellern
Friday 13th June 1980
BBC2 Sing Country
Commander Cody
Raymond Froggett
Charlie Rich
Roy Acuff
The Kendalls
Saturday 14th June 1980
Granada Fun Factory
Graham Parker and the Rumour
Sunday 15th June 1980
Granada George Hamilton IV
Monday 16th June 1980
BBC1 The Innes Book of Records
Neil Innes
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 17th June 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Genesis at the Lyceum, London, 7th May 1980
Granada Get It Together (repeat)
Jackie & Labi (Siffre)
Elvis Costello
Billy Hartman
Bruce Wooley & The Camera Club
Thames The Andy Williams Show 12:00 – 12:25 am
Scottish / Westward George Hamilton IV
Thursday 19th June 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Simon Bates
BBC1 Jeremy Taylor
Telephone Bill and The Smooth Operators
Granada Celebration
Genesis at the Empire theatre, Liverpool
Turn it on again, Duke's travel, Duchess, Deep in the Motherlode, Behind the lines, I know what I like, Dance on a volcano, Los Endos
Friday 20th June 1980
BBC2 Sing Country
Emmylou Haris
The Bellamy Brothers
Kitty Wells
Bobby Bare
Thames Looks Familiar
Sammy Davis Jr
Granada Reports
The Two Tone Pinks
Saturday 21st June 1980
Granada Fun Factory
B.A Robertson To be or not to be
LWT Rock With Laughter 6:30 – 7:00 pm (first edition)
The Ivy League Oh Carol, Funny How Love Can Be
Yorkshire The Entertainers: The Wurzels
Sunday 22nd June 1980
BBC1 Green Belt Live! 6:25 -
Cliff Richard
After the Fire
Garth Hewitt
BBC2 Kate repeat 10:30 -
Kate Bush special
ATV Darts in Concert 11:30 pm – 12:15 am
Anglia Celebrity Concert
Roger Whittaker
Monday 23rd June 1980
BBC2 The Innes Book of Records
Neil Innes
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 24th June 1980
BBC1 Ask Aspel
BA Robertson
Granada Get It Together (repeat)
The Tigers,
Zaine Griff
The Jaggs
Buggles
Scottish Celebrity Concert: Al Martino
Wednesday 25th June 1980
Thames Here Comes The Summer 8:00 – 9:00 pm
Showaddywaddy Always and Ever
Tony Monoploy
Thursday 26th June 1980
BBC1 Top of the Pops 7.35 -
Saturday 28th June 1980
Granada Fun Factory
The Moondogs Who's gonna tell Mary
LWT Rock With Laughter
The Ivy League
Ulster Celebrity Concert: Jack Jones
Sunday 29th June 1980
LWT 20th Century Box 2.00 -
Theme by John Foxx
contents unknown
LWT Celebrity Concert -
Yorkshire Celebrity Concert: Roger Whittaker
Monday 30th June 1980
BBC2 The Innes Book of Records
Neil Innes
Westward Celebrity Concert: Engelbert Humperdinck
Tyne Tees Check It Out
content unknown
Tuesday 1st July 1980
Granada Get It Together (repeat)
David Essex
Jeep
Shakin’ Stevens
ITV ExtraOrdinary 4:45 – 5:15 pm
Alan Price
Thames Oscar Peterson Presents 12:00 – 12:30 am
Count Basie
Yorkshire Amazing Darts 12:00 – 12:30 am
Channel / Anglia George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 2nd July 1980
BBC1 The Big Time 3: Sheena Easton – Pop Singer 8:10 -
With Lulu, Dusty Springfield, Dorothy Squires
BBC1 Barry Manilow part one 11:05 -
Royal Albert Hall, London
Granada The Beatles (cartoon series)
Granada Live From Two
Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia -
HTV / Border George Hamilton IV
Thursday 3rd July 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
BBC2 Sing Country Extra
Stella Parton
Emmylou Harris
Boxcar Willie
Charlie Pride
Frank Ifield,
Friday 4th July 1980
Thames The Andy Williams Show 3:45 – 4:15 pm
content unknown
Saturday 5th July 1980
Granada Fun Factory
The Modettes Paint it Black
LWT Rock With Laughter
The Ivy League
LWT It’s A Long Way There: The Little River Band 11:15 pm – 12:15 am
Sunday 6th July 1980
BBC2 Peter Skellern 8:10 -
LWT George Hamilton IV
Grampian The Entertainers
Annie Ross
Monday 7th July 1980
BBC1 The Innes Book of Records (final show of first series)
Neil Innes
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 8th July 1980
Granada Get It Together
Berni Flint
Excel
Lips
Sparks
Wednesday 9th July 1980
BBC1 Barry Manilow part two (repeat)
BBC1 The Good Old Days
Vince Hill
HTV Cymru Celebrity Concert: Roger Whittaker
Thursday 10th July 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Border George Hamilton IV
Tyne Tees Alright Now 10:30 – 11:00 pm
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Friday 11th July 1980
Thames Andy Williams 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Saturday 12th July 1980
Granada Fun Factory
The Blues band
Darts Boy from New York City, Come back my love
Dexy's Midnight Runners There there my dear
LWT Rock With Laughter
The Ivy League Let's Hang On, Big Girls Don't Cry
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Bob Geldof guest host
The Undertones -
The Pretenders -
Girl -
The Boomtown Rats -
Anglia Musical Special
Anne Murray -
Sunday 13th July 1980
BBC2 Peter Skellern
LWT 20th Century Box 1:30 – 2:00 pm
Spandau Ballet at the Scala Cinema
LWT George Hamilton IV
Grampian The Entertainers
Roger Whittaker
Anglia Celebrity Concert
Paul Williams
Monday 14th July 1980
Channel / Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Thursday 17th July 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 8.00 -
Border George Hamilton IV
Tyne Tees Alright Now 10:32 – 11:00 pm
Billy Connolly guest host
Rory Gallagher -
Dr Feelgood -
Angelic Upstarts -
Led Zeppelin -
Billy Connolly tries to interview John Bonham
Anglia Words and Music
Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent
Friday 18th July 1980
BBC1 Des O’Connor Tonight
Pearly Gates
LWT Diary of the Cannes Film Festival 9:00 – 10:00 pm
With Paul McCartney
Saturday 19th July 1980
LWT Rock With Laughter
The Ivy League
Granada Fun Factory
John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett DK 50-
Sector 27 Not ready
Ultravox Sleepwalk
Anglia Musical Special
Blood Sweat and Tears
Sunday 20th July 1980
BBC2 Peter Skellern 8:15 – 8:50 pm
LWT Song By Song By Johnny Mercer 10:30 – 11:30 pm
Lena Horne
Monday 21st July 1980
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tyne Tees Check It Out
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Tuesday 22nd July 1980
Yorkshire Celebrity Concert: Al Martino 11:30 pm – 12:30 am
Wednesday 23rd July 1980
Granada Live from Two
George Melly – two songs
Thursday 24th July 1980
no Top Of The Pops
BBC2 Rhythm On 2: Sky part one 8:20 -
Tyne Tees Alright Now 10:32 – 11:00 pm
Suzi Quatro guest host
The Tourists -
Squeeze -
The Police -
Saturday 26th July 1980
LWT Rock With Laughter
Ivy League Tossing And Turning
Granada Fun Factory
Any Trouble Second choice
John Foxx Burning cars
The Piranhas Tom Hark
LWT Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 9:45 – 11:20 pm
Documentary about the Stephen Sondheim musical
LWT Celebrity Concert: Burt Bacharach 11:20 pm – 12:20 am
Ulster George Hamilton IV
Channel Celebrity Concert: Jack Jones
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Bill Oddie guest host
Secret Affair -
Mike Oldfield -
Ray Jackson Band -
Lindisfarne -
Blondie -
Sunday 27th July 1980
BBC2 Peter Skellern 8:10 -
LWT Song by Song by Cole Porter
Monday 28th July 1980
Scottish George Hamilton IV
Tyne Tees Check It Out
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Tuesday 29th July 1980
Southern Tell Me Another
Vince Hill
Thursday 31st July 1980
no Top Of The Pops
BBC2 Rhythm on 2: Sky part two 8:10 -
Border / Anglia George Hamilton IV
Tyne Tees Alright Now 10:30 – 11:00 pm
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Anglia Words and Music
Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent
Thames Looks Familiar (repeat)
Anne Shelton
Dennis Lotis
Friday 1st August 1980
BBC1 Des O’Connor Tonight
Helen Shapiro
Saturday 2nd August 1980
BBC1 Take Me High 1973 Cliff Richard movie
Granada Fun Factory
Echo and the Bunnymen Villiers Terrace
The Flatbackers Pumping iron
Jona Lewie Big shot
Channel / Westward Entertainers: Acker Bilk
Yorkshire Entertainers: Tony Monopoly
Tyne Tees London Rock N Roll
Sunday 3rd August 1980
BBC2 Peter Skellern 9:45 – 10:15 pm
LWT Song By Song By Irving Berlin
Monday 4th August 1980
Grampian (Sidney) Divine Country 6:30 – 7:00 pm
Westward / Channel / Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Monday 4th August 1980
Tyne Tees Check It Out
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Tuesday 5th August 1980
BBC1 The Trouble With Girls Elvis Presley movie
Wednesday 6th August 1980
BBC2 Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris movie
With Mort Shuman
Thursday 7th August 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop (repeat)
Buggles
Shakin Stevens
The Dooleys
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
NB The first show in ten weeks due to the Musician Union strike and various sporting events
Hosted by Peter Powell, Elton John (wearing the same hat he wore on the Little Jeannie clip)
Run down of tonight's show
The Piranhas -
Diana Ross -
Roxy Music -
Tom Browne -
Chart 30 -
Hot Chocolate -
Chart 20 -
Kelly Marie -
The Gap Band -
The Gibson Brothers -
A brief look at what was going on in the chart while the show was away
Clip from The Big Time documentary about Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton -
Bad Manners -
Chart 10 -
Abba -
George Benson -
Thames Meet Paul McCartney 3:45 -
Interviewed by Tim Rice
Tyne Tees Alright Now 10:32 – 11:00 pm
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Anglia Words and Music
Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent
Friday 8th August 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop (repeat)
The Lamberettas
Barbara Dickson
Pussyfoot
BBC1 Little and Large
Dana
Thames The Andy Williams Show
Saturday 9th August 1980
BBC1 Summer Holiday Cliff Richard movie
Granada Fun Factory
Girlschool Race with the Devil
Paul Jones
Hazel O'Connor
Pauline Murray and the Invisible girls Dream Sequence one
LWT / Anglia George Hamilton IV
Scottish Oscar Peterson Presents
Sunday 10th August 1980
BBC1 Kimberley Jim 1965 Jim Reeves movie
BBC2 Peter Skellern
ITV Summer Royal
Anita Harris
Grampian The Entertainers
The Wurzels
Monday 11th August 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop (repeat)
Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Suzi Quatro
Showaddywaddy
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 12th August 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop (repeat)
The Undertones
The Wurzels
Matchbox
BBC1 GI Blues Elvis Presley movie
Westward / Anglia / Channel George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 13th August 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop (repeat)
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays, Martha & The Muffins
BBC1 The Good Old Days
Frankie Vaughan
BBC2 Lost In The Stars 1974 movie with Melba Moore
Thames The Big Top Variety Show 8:00 – 9:00 pm
Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Wurzels
Border Engelbert Humperdinck
Granada George Hamilton IV
Thursday 14th August 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop (repeat)
Liquid Gold
The Regents
Dollar
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:35 -
Hosted by Roger Daltrey, Tommy Vance
Run down of tonight's show
Ultravox -
David Bowie -
ELO -
Mike Berry -
Chart 30 -
Grace Jones -
The Village People -
Sue Wilkinson -
Chart 10 -
Abba -
Diana Ross -
Tyne Tees Alright Now 10:30 – 11:00 pm
Bob Geldof
Anglia Words and Music
Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent
Friday 15th August 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop repeat
BA Robertson
Darts
Jona Lewie
Saturday 16th August 1980
BBC1 Wonderful Life Cliff Richard movie
Granada Fun Factory
Paul Jones
The Skids Circus games
Teena Marie Lonely desire
Channel Al Martino
Ulster George Hamilton IV
LWT Dudley Moore In Concert part one
Sunday 17th August 1980
LWT 20th Century Box
NB shot in black and white
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Iron Maiden, Neal Kay (heavy metal DJ), Geoff Barton (Sounds deputy editor),
LWT Song by Song by Frank Loesser
Monday 18th August 1980
BBC1 Goodbye Columbus movie with theme by The Association
BBC2 Fan Phenomenon 7:50 -
The Jam
Granada World In Action 8:30 -
Chart rigging special
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Tyne Tees Check It Out
The Pretenders
Tuesday 19th August 1980
BBC1 Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley movie
Wednesday 20th August 1980
Thames The Big Top Variety Show
The New Seekers
Grampian Celebrity Concert: Anne Murray
HTV Genesis In Concert 11:30 pm -
Channel George Hamilton IV
Thursday 21st August 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 – 8:05 pm
Hosted by Steve Wright, Cliff Richard
Run down of tonight's show
The Nick Straker Band -
Sheena Easton -
The Jam -
Shakin’ Stevens -
The Clash -
Billy Joel -
Chart 30 -
Hazel O'Connor -
The Piranhas -
Kelly Marie -
Cliff Richard -
Chart 10 -
David Bowie -
ELO -
Tyne Tees Alright Now 10:32 – 11:00 pm
Hosted by Billy Connolly
John Bonham -
Dr Feelgood
Rory Gallagher
Angelic Upstarts
Anglia Words and Music
Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent
Friday 22nd August 1980
Thames The Andy Williams Show
Roger Miller
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Mike Oldfield
Saturday 23rd August 1980
BBC1 Can’t Stop The Music -
Village People
Granada Fun Factory
The Lambrettas Another day, another girl
The Revillos Hungry for love
The Salford Jets She's gonna break your heart
LWT Dudley Moore In Concert part two
Sunday 24th August 1980
LWT Summer Royal
Johnny Logan
Grampian Let The Music Take You
Julie Felix
Grampian The Entertainers
The Frank Jennings Syndicate
LWT Song by Song by British Lyricists
Georgia Brown
Monday 25th August 1980 Bank Holiday
BBC2 Dick Deadeye, Or Duty Done movie with Linda Lewis
ITV Star Parade
The James Last Orchestra
Roger Whiitaker
Guys N Dolls
Tuesday 26th August 1980
BBC1 Roustabout Elvis Presley movie
BBC1 Just A Boy’s Game (repeat)
Play with Frankie Miller
Wednesday 27th August 1980
Granada The Best Of Marc 4:45 -
Marc Bolan
Stephanie DeSykes
The Jam
Heart-
Thames Big Top Variety Show
Peters and Lee
Thursday 28th August 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
NB The Daily Mirror has the host as Simon Bates
Hosted by Peter Powell, B.A.Robertson
Run down of tonight's show
Barracudas -
Gary Numan -
The Selecter -
Mike Berry -
The Skids -
Elton John -
Chart 30 -
Sue Wilkinson -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
The Village People -
Judas Priest -
Chart 10 -
David Bowie -
The Beat -
ITV Miss United Kingdom 1980
The Three Degrees
Tyne Tees Alright Now 10:32 – 11:00 pm
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Anglia Words and Music
Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent
Friday 29th August 1980
Thames The Andy Williams Show
Saturday 30th August 1980
BBC1 Barry Manilow part one (repeat)
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Granada Fun Factory (last in series)
The Barracudas Summer fun
The Beat Talk about yourself
Buzzcocks Are everything
The Heebeegeebees Meaningless songs
The Houghton Weavers Martians have landed in Wigan
LWT Celebrity Concert: Neil Sedaka in Canada
Sunday 31st August 1980
BBC1 Poacher Sings Country
ITV Remember Jack Buchannan
Anita Harris
LWT George Hamilton IV
ATV Summer Royal
Bobby Crush
Monday 1st September 1980
Border George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 2nd September 1980
BBC1 Barry Manilow part two repeat
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Wednesday 3rd September 1980
Granada The Best Of Marc
Marc Bolan
The Bay City Rollers
Mud
Alfapha
10CC
Heart-
Thames Garth Hewitt (epilogue)
BBC2 Newsnight
Stevie Wonder interviewed at EMI
Thursday 4th September 1980
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Kevin Keegan
Run down of tonight's show
Secret Affair -
Kelly Marie -
The Nick Straker Band -
Hazel O'Connor -
Chart 30 -
Billy Joel -
Chart 19 -
Cliff Richard -
Sheena Easton -
The Beat -
hosts chat with Cliff Richard about the current chart
Randy Crawford -
Chart 10 -
The Jam -
The Clash -
Thames Garth Hewitt
Friday 5th September 1980
Westward The Beatles 12:00 – 12:27 pm
BBC2 Ronnie Prophet Entertains 9:50 -
Ronnie Prophet, Terri Hollowell, Shoji Tabuchi (Japanese fiddler)
LWT The Gentle Touch (first in second series)
Something Blue
Chris Hamill (aka Limahl) in acting role
Saturday 6th September 1980
ATV Tiswas (first in new series)
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LWT Metal Mickey (first episode)
Directed by Mickey Dolenz
LWT In Concert: Pat Boone
Sunday 7th September 1980
BBC1 ABBA In Concert 8:25 -
Southern Genesis In Concert 11:15 pm – 12:00 am
Scottish Musical Special: Anne Murray
ATV / Grampian Sky In Concert
Ulster Musical Special: Darts
Granada George Hamilton IV
Monday 8th September 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Cleo Laine & John Dankworth
BBC2 Cleo Laine & James Galway
With John Dankworth
Thames White Light (first in second series)
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Grampian Divine Country
Sidney Divine
Wednesday 10th September 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Gilbert O’Sullivan
BBC1 Where Are They Now?
Brian Poole
Granada The Best of Marc
Marc Bolan
Hawkwind
The Boomtown Rats
Jamie Wilde
Alan David
Haert-
Channel Celebrity Concert: Roger Whittaker
Thursday 11th September 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Run down of tonight's show
The Skids -
Richard Skinner presents silver and platinum awards to Diana Ross
Black Sabbath -
Host presents two women from the audience with singles
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Host chats to Leo Sayer
Elvis Presley -
Richard Skinner reads the music news
Chart 30 -
Shakin' Stevens -
Richard Skinner with more music news
Chart 20 -
Judas Priest -
Splodgnessabounds -
Host with Robin and Maurice Gibb
Split Enz -
Chart 10 -
Kelly Marie -
Queen -
Channel The Monkees
Friday 12th September 1980
BBC2 Ronnie Prophet Entertains
Ronnie Prophet, Terri Hollowell, Family Brown
Saturday 13th September 1980
ATV Tiswas
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Sunday 14th September 1980
BBC2 A Musical Railway Celebration
The Five Penny Piece
Monday 15th September 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill at One
The Nolans
BBC1 Step This Way: The Pleasures of Dancing 1: Disco
BBC2 Shirley Bassey 8:15 -
The Three Degrees
Dana
Thames White Light
content unknown
Tuesday 16th September 1980
BBC2 Play Away
Peter Hammill -
Wednesday 17th September 1980
BBC1 The Best of Mike Yarwood
The Nolans
BBC2 The Albion Band 8:15 -
Granada The Best of Marc
Marc Bolan
Rosetta Stone
Thin Lizzy
Steve Gibbons
HTV The Harder They Come movie
Thursday 18th September 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
NB Mostly repeats and promo clips due to industrial action. There is no regular studio set or audience.
Hosted by Simon Bates, Olivia Newton-
Run down of tonight's show
XTC -
Randy Crawford -
Stevie Wonder -
Sheena Easton -
Music news
Chart 30 -
The Nick Straker Band -
Host talks to Jonathan King who has a Rubik's Cube
Chart 19 -
Madness -
Host chats to Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)
Billy Joel -
Chart 10 -
Kelly Marie -
Queen -
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Channel Darts
Southern Music Special: Oscar Peterson
Friday 19th September 1980
BBC2 Ronnie Prophet Entertains
Ronnie Prophet, Terri Hollowell, Colleen Peterson
Saturday 20th September 1980
BBC1 The Dukes of Hazard
Musicians kidnap a country singer
ATV Tiswas
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Border Music Special: Anne Murray
Sunday 21st September 1980
BBC1 Art Asia
Punk group Alien Attack
LWT Sammy and Bruce 8:00 – 9:00 pm
Sammy Davis Jr and Bruce Forsyth
LWT Ghost Story 1975 movie with Marianne Faithfull
Anglia Paul Anka: Music My Way
Ulster Music Special: Sky
Grampian Celebrity Concert: Al Martino
ATV Star Parade: Abba 11:15 pm – 1:15 am
Monday 22nd September 1980
BBC2 Shirley Bassey (repeat)
Tony Monopoly
Freddy Cole
Thames White Light
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Tuesday 23rd September 1980
BBC2 The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
New Orleans jazz movie
Granada Get It Together (first in new series)
The Blue Meanies Pop sensibility, I'm not in love with you
The Piranhas Tom Hark
Wednesday 24th September 1980
BBC1 Perry Como’s Bahamas Holiday 7:40 -
Captain and Tennille
BBC1 Parkinson
Olivia Newton-
Granada The Best Of Marc
Marc Bolan
David Bowie
Generation X
The Rods
Thursday 25th September 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Mike Read, Russ Abbot, Leo Sayer
Run down of tonight's show
Black Slate -
Leo Sayer chats to Mike Read
Split Enz -
Leo Sayer introduces
Diana Ross -
Queen -
Mike Read with the pop news
Chart 30 -
Ottawan -
Chart 19 -
Shalamar -
Linx -
Chart 10 -
The Police -
Change -
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Friday 26th September 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
Leo Sayer Once In A While
BBC2 Ronnie Prophet Entertains
Live from The Phantom Club of RAF Bentwaters
Ronnie Prophet, Terri Hollowell , Don Everly
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning (Hosted by Tim Rice)
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Saturday 27th September 1980
BBC1 Multi-
Cliff Richard
Showaddywaddy
ATV Tiswas
Madness
Sunday 28th September 1980
BBC1 Music Music Music 9:30 -
Carpenters’ special with Ella Fitzgerald
BBC1 Diary Of A Mad Housewife movie with Alice Cooper
ITV The Electric Theatre Show
Profile of composer Roy Budd
Monday 29th September 1980
BBC1 Step This Way: Rock and Roll
BBC2 Shirley Bassey (repeat)
The Drifters
Lulu
Demis Roussos
Thames White Light
content unknown
Thames Give Us A Clue
Kenny Everett
Anglia Genesis In Concert 11:30 pm -
Anglia News
Radio Caroline article
Scottish George Hamilton IV
Yorkshire / Channel Oscar Peterson
Tuesday 30th September 1980
Granada Get It Together
Public Skool Baby come back, Walking the rat
The Salford Jets She's gonna break your heart
Leo Sayer Once in a while
Wednesday 1st October 1980
BBC1 Lynda Carter Encore 7:40 -
Tom Jones
Merle Haggard
Thursday 2nd October 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Run down of tonight's show
Gillan -
DLT introduces The London Proof car
Stevie Wonder -
Matchbox -
Thin Lizzy -
Change -
Music news
Chart 30 -
Odyssey -
Chart 19 -
Madness -
Chart 10 -
DLT awards prizes to the best dancers
The Police -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Thames Telethon 7:00 pm -
Cliff Richard
Friday 3rd October 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
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BBC2 The Family Brown Sing Country
Live from RAF Bent-
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning
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Saturday 4th October 1980
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop
Gary Numan
BBC1 Parkinson
Tom Lehrer
BBC2 Rock Week
Rock Around The Clock 1955 movie 3:15 -
Jailhouse Rock 1957 movie 5:10 -
Long Distance Information 9:20 -
Rock Goes To College: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at Oxford Poly 30 min
The Old Grey Whistle Test: John Lennon 1975 interview 30 min
NB both the above were last minute replacements for other shows
Heroes Of Rock N Roll 11:15 pm -
ATV Tiswas
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Sunday 5th October 1980
BBC2 Rock Week
The Girl Can’t Help It movie 2:55 -
Loving You movie 4:30 -
American Graffiti movie 10:45 pm -
Granada George Hamilton IV
Monday 30th June 1980
BBC2 Russell Harty
Gilbert O'Sullivan -
BBC2 Shirley Bassey (repeat)
Third World
The Nolans
BBC2 Rock Week
Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light 10:15 -
Thames White Heat
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Tuesday 7th October 1980
BBC2 Rock Week
Kate Bush at Hammersmith Odeon 7:00 -
The Kinks in America 10:02 -
Granada Get It Together 4:15 -
The Juniors (seen listed)
Expresso By tonight, Tango in Mono
John Hart Toytown
Shakin’ Stevens Marie, Marie
Showaddywaddy Why do lovers break each others hearts
Ulster Celebrity Concert: Burt Bacharach
Wednesday 8th October 1980
BBC1 Lena’s Music
Ralph McTell
BBC1 Parkinson
George Shearing
BBC2 Rock Week
XTC at The Manor 8:00 -
Recording Towers of London at The Manor, Oxfordshire. Although Andy Partridge later recalled that this was all false as the track had already been recorded at The Townhouse and these 'sessions' was faked for the TV special
Cream The Last Concert 10:20 -
Granada The Jazz Series
Annie Ross
Thursday 9th October 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Run down of tonight's show
Status Quo -
Hosts plugs the new Top of the Pops t-
Diana Ross -
Host chats to Dennis Waterman
OMD -
Music news
Chart 30 -
Coffee -
Chart 18 -
Black Slate -
Host chats to Dennis Waterman
The Nolans -
Host chats to Paul Jones of The Blues Band
Linx -
Gilbert O'Sullivan -
Chart 10 -
The Police -
Ottowan -
BBC2 Rock Week
Van Morrison at The Rainbow 7:55 -
Rainbow at Castle Donnington 10:20 -
Friday 10th October 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
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BBC2 Rock Week
The Police In The East 7:30 -
Randy Newman In Ahoy 10:20 -
BBC2 Friday Night, Saturday Morning 11:45 pm -
Hosted by Tim Rice
David Bowie interviewed in New York and excerpt from The Elephant Man
The Hollies
Saturday 11th October 1980
BBC1 Multi-
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BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Annie Ross
BBC2 Rock Week
The Old Grey Whistle Test: The Story So Far 11:30 pm -
350th show, beginning of tenth series
Hosted by Anne Nightingale and Bob Harris
Archive studio clips -
On Film -
Other TV clips -
Abstract film clips -
Promos -
ATV Tiswas
Dave Bartram & Malcolm Allured (of Showaddywaddy) interview
Rick Parfitt interview
Tyne Tees Today
Russ Field (of Showaddywaddy) interview
Sunday 12th October 1980
BBC1 Wake Up Sunday
Dana
LWT The Electric Theatre Show (movies)
Roger Daltrey, Hazel O’Connor
Monday 13th October 1980
BBC1 The Amazing Adventures of Morph (first in series)
Theme by Georgie Fame
BBC2 Shirley Bassey (repeat)
Dusty Springfield
Michel Legrand
Thames White Heat
content unknown
Tuesday 14th October 1980
BBC1 Best Of British
Elton John Captain Fantastic and the DJ
Interviewed by Paul Gamabccini
Bernie Taupin
BBC2 Boom Boom...Out Go The Lights 10:20 -
The Blues Band
Granada Get It Together
Rock Pile Wrong way, & Carlene Carter Baby Ride Easy
Andy Fairweather Low Hard Hat Boogie
Madness Baggy Trousers (promo clip)
Thames United Kingdom Disco Dancing Championships 1980
content unknown
Wednesday 15th October 1980
BBC1 The Goodies: Saturday Night Grease
ATV Stardust
Sheena Easton -
Peter Skellern -
Peters & Lee -
Grace Kennedy, unknown song, It's A Miracle
Granada Live From two
Peter Straker – two songs
Border Celebrity Concert: Anne Murray
Thursday 16th October 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Tommy Vance
Run down of tonight's show
Madness -
Host chats to Suzi Quatro
Showaddywaddy -
Barbra Streisand -
Host chats to Michael Palin about Monty Python's Contractual Obligations Album
Adam & The Ants -
Music news
Host chats to Dollar who have just got engaged
Chart 30 -
George Benson -
Chart 20 -
Matchbox -
Bad Manners -
Chart 10 -
The Police -
Ottowan -
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Friday 17th October 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
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BBC2 Boxcar Willie Sings Country
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning
B A Robertson
Saturday 18th October 1980
BBC1 Multi-
Dire Straits
Johnny Logan
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
The Brotherhood of Man I Will Survive
Johnny Logan Too much Too Soon
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:40 pm -
Live at Rockpalast, Essen, West Germany
Hosted by Anne Nightingale in London, Alan Bangs in Essen
Jack Bruce interviewed by Alan Bangs
Bruce Springsteen -
Graham Parker -
The Police -
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
Sunday 19th October 1980
LWT Celebrity Concert
Engelbert Humperdinck
Monday 20th October 1980
BBC2 Shirley Bassey
Thames White Heat
content unknown
Tuesday 21st October 1980
Granada Get It Together
Matchbox When you ask about love
Moondogs Who's gonna tell Mary, Schoolgirl crush
The Tourists Don't say I told you so
Granada Here Comes Channel 8
The Dooleys
Wednesday 22nd October 1980
ATV Stardust
The Hollies
Elkie Brooks
Johnny Logan
Anglia Musical Special
Sky
Thursday 23rd October 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
NB There are several new cars on the set to promote the Motor Show in Birmingham, plus glamour girls provided by the car companies
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Run down of tonight's show
Status Quo -
Gladys Knight & The Pips say hello
The Nolans -
Gilbert O'Sullivan -
Elkie Brooks says hello
Kelly Marie (plus Tony and Pinkie as per usual) -
Chart 30 -
Air Supply -
Chart 19 -
Kate Bush -
Matthew Waterhouse (new Doctor Who assistant) -
OMD -
Ottawan -
Chart 10 -
10 George Benson -
9 The Nolans -
8 Sweet People -
7 Odyssey -
6 Matchcbox -
5 Madness -
4 Status Quo -
3 The Police -
2 Ottawan -
1 Barbra Streisand -
Coffee -
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Friday 24th October 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
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Saturday 25th October 1980
BBC1 Multi-
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BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
The Nick Straker Band The Last Goodbye
BBC1 Parkinson
Adam Faith
BBC2 Sixteenth Cambridge Folk Festival 8:05 -
Don McLean
Lonnie Donegan
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Leo Kottke
Silly Wizard
Richard & Linda Thompson
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
Sunday 26th October 1980
BBC1 Shoestring
Eddie Shoestring has to find a sixties pop star who has suddenly become popular
ATV The Muppet Show
Linda Ronstadt
Monday 27th October 1980
Thames White Heat
content unknown
Scottish George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 28th October 1980
BBC2 The Specials 6:55 -
BBC2 Sixteenth Cambridge Folk Festival 10:20 -
Silly Wizard
Lonnie Donegan
Vin Garbutt
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Granada Get It Together
The Inmates So much in love, Stop it baby
The Vapors Waiting for the weekend
TSD's dance to Modern Romance
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 29th October 1980
Thames London Night Out
Sheena Easton
Hot Gossip
Granada Live From Two
Gerrard Kenny – You’re The Best
Thursday 30th October 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
NB The audience noise is very loud in the audio mix
Hosted by Peter Powell, Colin Berry
Run down of tonight's show
Adam & The Ants -
Host plugs Top of the Pops t-
Odyssey -
Bad Manners -
Colin Berry reads the music news
Chart 30 -
David Bowie -
Chart 19 -
Sheena Easton -
Olivia Newton-
Showaddywaddy -
Chart 10 -
Barbra Streisand -
Stephanie Mills -
BBC1 Blankety Blank
Patti Boulaye
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Friday 31st October 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
content unknown
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning
content unknown
Saturday 1st November 1980
BBC1 Multi-
content unknown
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Frankie Vaughan -
BBC1 Parkinson
Robin Sarstedt
BBC2 The Two Ronnies
Elkie Brooks – Don’t Cry Out Loud
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:15 -
Paul Simon in New York, interviewed by Anne Nightingale, rehearsals in SIR Studio, New York
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
LWT Pro-
Joe Brown
Sunday 2nd November 1980
BBC1 Cliff In London 7:15 -
The Apollo, Victoria, London
ITV Sing To The Lord
Cindy Kent
LWT Celebrity Concert: Anne Murray
Anglia Musical Special
Darts
Monday 3rd November 1980
Thames White Heat
content unknown
Westward / Channel George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 4th November 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6:55 -
BBC2 Sixteenth Cambridge Folk Festival 10:20 -
Don McLean
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Leo Kottke
Rockin’ Dopsie and his Cajun Twisters
Diz Disley and Johnny Silva
Granada Get It Together
After the Fire Wild West show
Modern Romance Modern Romance, I believe in me
XTC Towers of London
Wednesday 5th November 1980
Thames London Night Out
The Three Degrees
Freddie & The Dreamers
Hot Gossip
Thames Fanfare for Young Musicians
Barbara Thompson
Thursday 6th November 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Richard Skinner
Kool & The Gang -
Host joined by Richard Skinner
Status Quo -
Host joined by Robert Palmer
Stephanie Mills -
Richard Skinner with music news
Neil Diamond -
Chart 30 -
Dennis Waterman -
Chart 18 -
Roxy Music -
UB40 -
Motorhead -
Host gives prizes for best dressed dancers
Chart 10 -
Barbra Streisand -
BBC1 Oscar Peterson -
With Ella Fitzgerald
Southern Paul Anka -
BBC2 Russell Harty 8:30 -
Gilbert O’Sullivan
HTV Cymru Oscar Peterson
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Friday 7th November 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
content unknown
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning
Bryan Ferry
Saturday 8th November 1980
BBC1 Multi-
Bob Geldof
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Showaddywaddy Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts
Dana Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand
BBC1 Parkinson
Jonathan King
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:10 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Residents -
Pat Benetar -
Genesis -
Teardrop Explodes -
The Doors -
Nine Below Zero -
Klaus Nomi -
BBC2 The Two Ronnies
Barbara Dickson – Fallen Angel
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
LWT Pro-
Joe Brown, Dave Lee Travis
Sunday 9th November 1980
BBC2 Electra Glide in Blue movie
Monday 10th November 1980
BBC2 Something Else 6:50 -
The Regulators
Dexy’s Midnight Runners
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight
Val Doonican
Thames White Heat 5:15 -
content unknown
Tuesday 11th November 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6:50 -
BBC2 Rhythm On Two: George Shearing
Granada Get It Together
The GB Band When Will I Be Loved?
Marshall Doktors The Worrying Kind
The Piranhas I Don't Want My Body
U2 I Will Follow
Wednesday 12th November 1980
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records (repeat)
Thames Fanfare For Young Musicians
Judge: Barbara Thompson
Thames London Night Out
The Shadows
Charles Aznavour
Clodagh Rodgers
Thursday 13th November 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Simon Bates
Run down of tonight's show
Iron Maiden -
David Bowie -
host chats to Ray and Dennis from Dr Hook
Gladys Knight & The Pips -
Music news and chat with Stu Francis from Crackerjack and plugs the Top of the Pops compilation album
Chart 30 -
John Lennon -
Chart 19 -
Liquid Gold -
Spandau Ballet -
Abba -
Chart 10 -
Blondie -
Young and Co -
BBC2 Oscar Peterson: Words and Music
Louis Bellson
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Friday 14th November 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
content unknown
BBC2 Friday Night…Saturday Morning
The Heebee Geebees
Saturday 15th November 1980
BBC1 Multi-
Paul Nicholas
Andrew Lloyd-
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Demis Roussos -
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Elkie Brooks – Paint Your Pretty Picture
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:40 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Hitmen -
Hazel O’Connor's Megahype -
The Beatles -
Stiff Little Fingers -
Paul Gambaccini -
Ry Cooder -
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
Sunday 16th November 1980
ATV The Muppet Show
Melissa Manchester
Monday 17th November 1980
BBC2 Something Else 6:55 -
The Damned
Young Marble Giants
Granada Reports
In Focus: Bow Wow Wow
Westward / Channel George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 18th November 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.50 -
Granada Get It Together
The Boomtown Rats Banana Republic (promo clip)
Nick Straker Band Leaving on the midnight train
The Purple Hearts My life's a jigsaw
BBC2 Russell Harty
Grace Jones (hits the host)
BBC2 Louis Bellson and the Big Band Explosion
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 19th November 1980
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records repeat
BBC1 Parkinson
Wall Street Crash
Thames Fanfare for Young Musicians
Judge: Barbara Thompson
Thames London Night Out
Petula Clark
Thursday 20th November 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Run down of tonight's show
Motorhead -
The Boomtown Rats -
Diana Ross -
Eddy Grant -
Chart 30 -
Rod Stewart -
Chart 21 -
Kool & The Gang -
Dennis Waterman -
host plugs the Top of the Pops compilation album
Chart 10 -
Blondie -
UB40 -
BBC2 Russell Harty
Rod Stewart interview and live in Dublin
Anglia George Hamilton IV
Friday 21st November 1980
BBC2 Friday Night..Saturday Morning
Linda Hayes (American singer)
Saturday 22nd November 1980
BBC1 Multi-
Barclay James Harvest Life Is For Living (promo clip)
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Kelly Marie Loving Just For Fun
Darts Sh-
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Barbara Dickson
BBC1 Parkinson
Charles Aznavour
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:45 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Split Enz -
The Q Tips -
Ulravox -
The Pretenders -
Martha & The Muffins -
Joy Division -
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
Sunday 23rd November 1980
BBC1 Royal Variety Performance
Aretha Franklin
Peggy Lee
Sheena Easton
Wall Street Crash
Cleo Laine
Sammy Davis Jr
Monday 24th November 1980
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight
Marti Webb
BBC2 Something Else 6:50 -
The Specials
General Accident
Westward / Channel George Hamilton IV
Tuesday 25th November 1980
BBC2 Russell Harty
Kate Bush, interview and Delius promo
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.50 -
BBC2 Joe Ely Sings Country 10:20 -
Granada Get It Together
The Cheaters Nothing ever happens on a Saturday
John Foxx Miles Away
Hitmen Hold on to her
Kicks If looks could kill
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 26th November 1980
BBC1 Parkinson
Barry Manilow
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records repeat
Thames London Night Out
Peters and Lee (possibly their last television appearance)
Hot Gossip
Scottish George Hamilton IV
Thursday 27th November 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Tommy Vance
Run down of tonight's show
Showaddywaddy -
UB40 -
host chats to Daryl Hall & John Oates
Robert Palmer -
host chats to Bev Bevan from ELO and plugs his book about the band
ELO -
Chart 30 -
The Stray Cats -
Chart 20 -
Spandau Ballet -
host chats to two members of The Motels
Madness -
Chart 10 -
Abba -
Young and Co -
BBC2 Russell Harty
NB Live from Manchester with an audience of rock and roll fans
Marty Wilde
Shakin’ Stevens Marie Marie
BBC1 Oscar Peterson: Words and Music
Count Basie
Joe Pass
Friday 28th November 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
content unknown
BBC1 Sounds Different: Music out of Time 7:25 – 7:55 pm
Ian Carr & Nucleus
BBC1 What’s New Pussycat movie with Manfred Mann
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning
Hosted by Toyah Wilcox
Vivian Stanshall
Steve Strange
Saturday 29th November 1980
BBC1 Multi-
Mari Webb
Supertramp
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Liquid Gold The Night, The Wine and The Roses
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Elkie Brooks
BBC1 Parkinson
Engelbert Humperdinck
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:40 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Motels -
Dire Straits – Tunnel Of Love
Bob Seger -
Saxon -
The Planets -
Echo & The Bunnymen -
ATV Tiswas
Rod Stewart -
Elton John -
Hank Marvin -
Alby Donnelly from Supercharge
Sunday 30th November 1980
BBC1 Marti Caine (repeat)
Labi Siffre
The Shadows
Monday 1st December 1980
BBC2 Something Else (Greenock)
Stiff Little Fingers
Pretty Boy Floyd
BBC2 Alan Price 10:15 -
Madeline Bell
Tuesday 2nd December 1980
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6:50 -
Granada Get It Together
The Freshies I'm in love with the girl on the Virgin
Little Roosters I need a witness
Showaddywaddy Blue moon
Scottish George Hamilton IV
Wednesday 3rd December 1980
BBC1 The Innes Book of Records repeat
Thames Fanfare for Young Musicians
Barbara Thompson
Thursday 4th December 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Run down of tonight's show
Eddy Grant -
Neil Diamond -
host chats to Verdene and Maurice White of Earth Wind and Fire
Jona Lewie -
Chart 30 -
Kenny Rogers -
Chart 21 -
AC/DC -
Chart 16 -
St.Winifred's School Choir -
host chats to Mike Oldfield
The Boomtown Rats -
Chart 10 -
Abba -
Diana Ross -
BBC1 Blankety Blank
Kenny Everett
BBC2 Oscar Peterson: Words and Music
Friday 5th December 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
content unknown
BBC2 Sounds Different: Feeling For The Sounds 7:25 -
The AT’s (from Bristol)
Yorkshire Calendar Goes Pop 6:00 – 6:30 pm
Richard Jobson, Simon Ludgate, Dollar
STV Hear Here
Simple Minds
Saturday 6th December 1980
BBC1 Multi-
Hazel O’Connor
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
The Drifters Can I Take You Home Little Girl
Peter Skellern Raining In My Heart,& Basil Brush Top Hat, White Tie & Tails
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Barbara Dickson – January February
BBC1 Parkinson
Cliff Richard
Sammy Cahn
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:35 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
No Entry Band -
Steve Swindells -
Zoom Lens -
Richard Digence -
Nina Hagen -
Jimi Hendrix -
ATV Tiswas
The Beat
LWT Pro-
Joe Brown
Sunday 7th December 1980
ATV The Muppet Show
Gladys Knight
Monday 8th December 1980
BBC2 Something Else (Derry)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
The Sect
BBC2 Des O’Connor
The Three Degrees
BBC2 Alan Price 10:15 -
Protest songs
Tuesday 9th December 1980
BBC1 / ITN News
Reports on the death of John Lennon
BBC1 Nationwide 5:55 -
John Lennon tribute with Andy Peebles, Alan Price, plus clips from the 1975 The Old Grey Whistle Test interview, 24 Hours (15 December 1969), Sir Lew Grade tribute show
BBC1 Help! 1965 Beatles movie (replaces Paul Newman movie ‘Winning’)
BBC1 Play For Today: The Flipside of Dominick Hide
Meal Ticket
BBC1 Best of British: George Shearing 11:10 – 11:45 pm
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 9:00 -
The early evening repeat was cancelled and replaced with this John Lennon tribute
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Imagine (promo clip)
Excerpts from the 1975 The Old Grey Whistle Test interview
With guests -
Intsant Karma (Top of the Pops 12th February 1970)
Slippin' and Slidin' (recording session for The Old Grey Whistle Test)
Give Peace A Chance (Montreal clip, not Amsterdam as claimed by the host)
Thames Anne Murray: Ladies Night 11:00 – 11:50 am
Granada John Lennon 1940-
An hour-
Westward and Channel John Lennon
Forty-
Granada Get It Together
NB The Daily Mirror lists The Stray Cats and Barclay James Harvest
Buggles Elstree
Chas and Dave Rabbit
Split Enz Nobody takes me seriously
ATV Late Night Country Music: Loretta Lynn
Wednesday 10th December 1980
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records repeat
BBC1 / ITN News
John Lennon coverage continues
Thames Fanfare for Young Musicians
Barbara Thompson
Thursday 11th December 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Richard Skinner
Run down of tonight's show
Adam & The Ants -
Showaddywaddy -
host chats with Jermaine Jackson and is given a birthday cake from his record company
Madness -
Status Quo -
Music news and host chats with Gary Numan
Matchbox -
The Police -
Chart 30 -
Queen -
Chart 19 -
The Stray Cats -
Chart 10 -
Abba -
John Lennon -
Granada Celebration
Grace Jones in Liverpool, with George Melly
BBC2 Oscar Peterson: Words and Music
Stephane Grappelli, Toots Thielmans
Grampian The Entertainment
Acker Bilk
Friday 12th December 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
content unknown
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning
Sheena Easton
Yorkshire Calendar Goes Pop 5:15 -
Vardis
Paula Yates talks about her book Rock Stars in their Underpants
Tom Robinson
Mike Howlett
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Pauline Black guest host
Body Snatchers -
The Beat -
The Selector -
Tropical Islanders Steel Band -
The Specials -
Saturday 13th December 1980
BBC1 Multi-
Darts
Racey
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Lena Zavaroni
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Elkie Brooks – Lilac Wine
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:15 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Jon Anderson & The New Life Band -
Fingerprintz -
Meat Loaf -
Colin Newman -
OMD -
Blackfoot -
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
Sunday 14th December 1980
LWT 20th Century Box
Funk Music
Light of the World, Chris Hill, Lynx
Tyne Tees Check It Out
content unknown
ATV The Muppet Show
Joan Baez
Monday 15th December 1980
BBC2 Something Else (Coventry)
Siouxsie & The Banshees
God’s Toys
David Bowie -
BBC2 Alan Price
Songs of the rock n roll era
Thames Bachman Turner Overdrive 9:55 – 10:45 am repeat documentary
Thames Close
Anita Harris
Tuesday 16th December 1980
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Gary Glitter
Acker Bilk
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.40 -
Thames World Disco Dancing Championship 1980 (Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square)
ITV Look Who’s Talking
The Spinners
Granada Get It Together
Gary Glitter What Your Mamma Don’t Know
Status Quo Lies
Bobalouis Go Ahead
Wednesday 17th December 1980
BBC1 Elvis Lives 8:10 -
Documentary about his fans
BBC1 Parkinson 11:15 pm -
Kenny Everett
Bob Geldof
BBC2 Dolly Parton On Tour 7:20 -
Thames Secombe With Music
Roy Budd
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Mickie Most guest host
The Blues Band -
Gary Numan -
Elvis Costello and The Attractions -
Alexis Corner -
Thames Fanfare for Young Musicians
Barbara Thompson
Thursday 18th December 1980
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7:20 -
Hosted by Simon Bates (originally listed as Peter Powell)
The Beat -
St. Winifred's School Choir -
The Barron Knights -
host chats to Little and Large
The Specials -
host plugs the Top of the Pops compilation album
Gary Numan -
Robert Palmer -
Chart 30 -
Chas & Dave -
Chart 17 -
The Nolans -
Chart 10 -
Jona Lewie -
John Lennon -
BBC2 Oscar Peterson: Words and Music
Victor Feldman
ATV Toyah 11:00 pm -
Documentary
ATV Blood Sweat and Tears 11:05 pm -
Friday 19th December 1980
BBC1 Crackerjack
content unknown
LWT The Black Abbots
Southern Cliff At Chichester 11:00 pm -
Cliff Richard
Garth Hewitt
Network
Yorkshire Calendar Goes Pop 5:15 – 5:45 pm
Shakin’ Stevens attacks host Richard Madeley
Staus Quo
Music For Pleasure
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Phil Lynott guest host
Wild Horses -
The Jimi Hendrix -
Rockpile -
Phil Lynott and Wild Horses -
Phil Lynott -
Saturday 20th December 1980
BBC1 Multi-
content unknown
BBC1 Rolf at Christmas
Darts
BBC1 The Little and Large Show
Lena Zavaroni
Sheena Easton
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:45 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Sniff N The Tears -
U2 -
Paul Gambaccini & David Hepworth -
Gary Numan -
Japan – Swing, My New Career
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (promo clip)
ATV Tiswas
The Barron Knights
Tyne Tees Saturday Shake-
Paul Flash Band
Sunday 21st December 1980
ITV Guitar
Mason Williams
LWT To Russia With Elton 2:15 -
Documentary with Elton John in the USSR, May 1979
LWT Night Of A Hundred Stars 7:15 -
Joe Brown
Lulu
Showaddywaddy
Marti Webb
Don Lang
Monday 22nd December 1980
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop
Darts White Christmas
Shakin’ Stevens Shooting Gallery
Showadddywaddy Blue Moon
BBC2 Alan Price 9:00 -
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
BBC2 Arena 10:15 -
Dire Straits
Thames Pufnstuff (1970 movie)
Cass Eliott as Witch Hazel
Tuesday 23rd December 1980
BBC1 Christmas on Nationwide
Peter Skellern
BBC2 Country Holiday
Pete Seeger
George Hamilton IV
BBC2 Christmas with the Five Penny Piece
Granada Get It Together
The Cheaters Gonna get myself a car, I wanna be a policeman
Matchbox Somewhere over the rainbow
The Moondogs Schoolgirl crush, Talking in the canteen
Thames Elvis -
David Frost follows the British Elvis Presley fan club as 350 of them pay a visit to his home in Memphis
Wednesday 24th December 1980 Christmas Eve
BBC1 California Fever
Story about a rock band
BBC1 Val Doonican Years Of Christmas
Gilbert O’Sullivan -
BBC2 Sky In Concert
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:00 -
Ian Dury and the Blockheads at The Dominion, London
Thames Disney World 25th Anniversary 11:00 am -
Michael Jackson
The Osmonds
Thames Give Us A Clue For Christmas
Kenny Everett
Thames London Night Out Christmas Special
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Cilla Black
Hot Gossip
Thursday 25th December 1980 Christmas Day
BBC1 Top Of the Pops ‘80 2:00 -
NB There is no audience and some acts perform in a corner of the studio
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Peter Powell
The Nolans -
Dexy's Midnight Runners -
Blondie -
Paul McCartney -
Barbra Streisand -
Liquid Gold -
David Bowie -
Marti Webb -
The Police -
Fern Kinney -
Johnny Logan -
Abba -
Lipps Inc -
Leo Sayer -
Sheena Easton -
Pink Floyd -
St.Winifred's School Choir -
BBC1 Mike Yarwood Christmas Show 8:05 -
Engelbert Humperdinck
Yorkshire A Merry Morning
Guys N Dolls
Southern A Christmas Runaround
Madness -
Friday 26th December 1980 Boxing Day
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It
B A Robertson
BBC2 The Two Ronnies
Elkie Brooks
BBC1 Boxing Night at the Mill
Wall Street Crash
Thames Christmas Star Games
Lynsey DePaul
LWT An Audience With Dame Edna Everage 10:15 -
Suzi Quatro in audience
Saturday 27th December 1980
BBC1 Multi-
content unknown
BBC1 Emu’s Magical Music Show 4:05 -
Showaddywaddy Blue Moon
BBC1 Basil’s Christmas Cruise
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Legs and Co
ATV Tiswas
Possibly Adam Ant
Sunday 28th December 1980
BBC1 Perry Como’s Christmas Special
LWT Song By Song by Noel Coward
Cleo Laine
Monday 29th December 1980
BBC2 Captain Beakey’s World of Words and Music 7:40 -
Volume 2 with Peter Skellern, Petula Clark
Tyne Tees Celebrity Concert
Roberta Flack
Tuesday 30th December 1980
BBC2 The Innes Book of Records (repeat)
BBC2 The Showadywaddy Show 7:40 – 8:20 pm
Kiki Dee
Granada There Goes 1980 7:00 -
The Rockin’ Berries
Liquid Gold
Johnny Logan
Granada Live From Two
Ian Dury
ITV The Chieftains in Thomond
Wednesday 31st December 1980
BBC1 The Birth of The Beatles 8:10 -
Biopic of The Beatles up until 1963
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 12:01 -
Introduced by Anne Nightingale
Spoof OGWT title sequence from Not the Nine O'Clock News
The Specials -
Yellow Magic Orchestra -
The Skids -
Aldo Reserve -
Cozy Powell -
Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons -
Selecter -
John Cooper-
April Wine -
Toyah -
The Clash -
The Damned -
Frank Zappa -
ZZ Top -
Fischer Z -
Talking Heads -
The Roches -
Eberhard Schoener -
Public Image Limited -
Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Thames The Kenny Everett New Year’s Daze Show 11:50 pm -
David Essex – Once In A While, sketch
Hot Gossip – All Stood Still
Also This Year
Thames Today
Paul McCartney -
Southern Day By Day
Paul McCartney -
ATV The Muppet Show
Deborah Harry
Thames This Is Your Life: Joe Loss
Elvis Costello and Ross McManus
ITV Elvis Costello -
ATV Tiswas
The Pretenders -
Tyne Tees Alright Now
The Pretenders -
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show
Squeeze -
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Squeeze -
BBC1 Delia Smith cookery show
Kate Bush
STV Hear Here
a series of pop shows