TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1983
Saturday 1st January 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.30 am -
The Pinkees
BBC1 Rod and Emu’s Saturday Special 5.25 -
The Drifters
Tight Fit
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.00 -
Thin Lizzy
BBC1 Val Sings and Rings In The New 8.30 -
Val Doonican
Stutz Bearcats
Sylvia
BBC2 Jane 7.15 -
Songs by Neil Innes
TSW / Channel Demis Roussos Magic 11.20 pm -
TVS Johnny Mathis In Concert 11.30 pm -
LWT The Best Of Saturday Night Live 11.45 pm -
Simon and Garfunkel
Randy Newman
C4 Get Knighted 7.15 -
The Barron Knights
C4 It’s George 9.00 -
Lindisfarne
Sunday 2nd January 1983
Central Star Parade 11.15 pm -
James Last
Silver Convention
Billy Swan
5000 Volts
C4 Ringo 7.00 -
Ringo Starr special with George Harrison
Monday 3rd January 1983 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 7.10 -
Modern Romance
BBC1 The Mike Hardin Show 11.25 -
BBC1 (Scotland) Philip Jap 11.25 -
Philip Jap
Kenny Lynch, Peter Powell
BBC2 Roustabout 3.15 -
BBC2 Rhythm on Two: Chris Barber’s Jazz and Blues Band 11.15 pm – 12.05 am
Live at the Assembly Rooms, Derby
C4 Zero Zero 8.00 -
Mike Batt
C4 Whatever You Want 9.30 -
The Damned
Tuesday 4th January 1983
BBC1 The Beatles: The Fab Four Phenomenon 8.10 -
Documentary about their fans in Britain and America
BBC2 King Creole 3.50 -
Scottish Donovan In Concert 6.10 -
Wednesday 5th January 1983
BBC2 Blue Hawaii 3.55 -
BBC2 Mary O'Hara 7.30 -
recorded at Mount Stewart House
C4 The Cut Price Comedy Show 6.00 -
Roger Ruskin Spear
Thursday 6th January 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.50 -
The first show to feature the chart provided by Gallup
Hosted by Mike Smith, Tommy Vance
Joe Jackson -
Phil Collins -
Ultravox -
Bucks Fizz -
Malcolm McLaren & The World Famous Supreme Team -
Wah! -
David Essex -
Chart 30 -
The Stranglers -
Chart 20 -
Dionne Warwick -
Chart 10 -
Renee & Renato -
Madness -
Granada Live At The Millionaire 11.15 -
Madeline Bell introduces a series of jazz sessions from the Manchester club
Esther Phillips
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
Clarence Frogman Henry -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Rubettes -
The Morton Music Machine -
Clarence Frogman Henry -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Rubettes -
The Morton Music Machine -
C4 Demis Roussos Variety Special 9.30 -
Demis Roussos
Bonnie Tyler
Jane Birkin
Annie Ross
Friday 7th January 1983
BBC1 (London) South East At Six 6.00 -
Frank Zappa interview
BBC1 (Wales) Tom Jones 9.25 -
Tom Jones
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 7.00 -
Level 42 -
LWT South of Watford 11.40 pm -
Pookie Snackenburger
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
A studio show, but without an audience
Queen at Milton Keynes, summer 1982 live and interview clips backstage, plus chats with fans on site
Mark Miwurdz
C4 No Problem 9.00 -
Situation comedy, directed by Michael Dolenz with Janet Kay
C4 Reggae Sunsplash 9.30 -
Toots & The Maytals
Denice Williams
Roy Shirley
Yellowman
C4 Jazz on Four: 4 Up 2 Down 11.15 pm -
Jimmy Witherspoon and his quintet -
Bobby McFerrin
Sax players report with clips of Stan Getz, John Coltrane, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker
Saturday 8th January 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.30 am -
Cinderella panto with Mark Wynter
BBC1 Rod and Emu’s Saturday Special 5.25 -
Dana
Modern Romance
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 5.55 -
Shalamar -
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
Graham Parker & The Rumour
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Musical Youth
LWT The Best Of Saturday Night Live 11.15 pm -
The Kinks
C4 The Other Side Of The Tracks 7.30 -
The show alternates fortnightly with Gastank
Hosted by Paul Gambaccini -
Phil Collins
Kajagoogoo
C4 The Lady Is A Tramp 9.30 -
Theme sung by Matt Monro
Sunday 9th January 1983
LWT Night Life Presents 11.35 pm -
John Miles at Royal Albert Hall
Ulster Leeds Folk Festival 11.35 pm -
Clannad
Monday 10th January 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
The Searchers -
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC1 (London / SE) Tom Jones Now! 6.55 -
Tom Jones
Gladys Knight – Love On The Rocks / Without You
BBC2 Riverside 6.30 -
Modelling special
content unknown
Thames This Is Me 4.45 -
Michael Grant (from Musical Youth)
TVS DJ 6.30 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen, Pauline Black
Isle of Wight Festival 1969 / 1970 film clips with The Who, Joan Baez
John Wetton -
The Stranglers -
C4 Whatever You Want 9.35 -
Killing Joke
Fad Gadget
Urban Shakedown
Dead Kennedys
Talisman
Level 42
The Thompson Twins
Amazulu
C4 Eleventh Hour: Live a Life 11.00 pm -
TUC Benefit show, The Rainbow, London (the last show to be played there)
The Beat
Black Slate
Tom Robinson
OK Jive
Tuesday 11th January 1983
BBC2 Neil Sedaka Says -
Recorded at the BBC in front of members of his fan club
BBC2 Russell Harty 8.30 -
Incantation
Granada Diamond Head In Concert 12.00 -
Wednesday 12th January 1983
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.25 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Marty Robbins
BBC2 Duke Ellington... and his Famous Orchestra 9.25 -
Documentary
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Glen Campbell
Diane Solomon
Thursday 13th January 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by John Peel, Dave Jensen
Incantation -
Men At Work -
Sharon Redd -
Keith Harris & Orville -
The Belle Stars -
LP chart 10 -
John Williams -
Chart 30 -
Eddy Grant -
Chart 21 -
The Maisonettes -
Chart 10 -
Phil Collins -
Donna Summer -
BBC2 The Nolans 9.00 -
The Nolans -
Granada Live at the Millionaire 12.00 -
content unknown
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
Billy J Kramer -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Swingin’ Blue Jeans -
The Morton Music Machine -
Billy J Kramer -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 14th January 1983
BBC1 Miss Great Britain 1983 9.25 -
Stutz Bear Cats
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 6.55 -
Soft Cell
First Priority
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
The Flying Pickets
Yorkshire Profiles In Rock 12.00 -
Kate Bush
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
“Rock On The Tyne” The Gateshead Pop Festival, Gateshead International Stadium, 31st July 1982
Hosted by Jools Holland
Sting and Brenden Foster interview with Jools
St John's ambulance staff talk to Jools
The Lords Of The New Church -
The Gang Of Four (with Eddi Reader) -
The Beat -
U2 -
The Police -
C4 Reggae Sunsplash 9.30 -
Aswad
The Twinkle Brothers
Chalice
Eek A Mouse
Michigan & Smiley
C4 Jazz on Four 11.15 pm -
Bobby McFerrin at the London Canteen
Saturday 15th January 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.30 am -
content unknown
BBC1 Rod & Emu’s Saturday Special 5.25 -
Showaddywaddy -
BBC1 The Les Dawson Show 8.20 -
Grace Kennedy
BBC1 Wogan 10.00 -
Phil Collins -
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
Mari Wilson & The Wilsations
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Metal Mickey 5.15 -
Hazel O'Connor
C4 Gastank 7.30 -
Alternates every second week with The Other Side Of The Tracks
Hosted by Rick Wakeman, Tony Ashton
Rick Parfitt
Alvin Lee
The Cimarons
Eric Burdon
Sunday 16th January 1983
LWT Live From Her Majesty’s 7.15 -
Rene and Renato
Lulu -
Monday 17th January 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Leo Sayer -
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 6.55 -
Tom Jones
Paul Anka
BBC2 Riverside 6.20 -
Big Country
David Sylvian
BBC2 Leo 8.10 -
Leo Sayer – Ain’t That Peculiar, Night People,
The Brass Ensemble
Leo Sayer – Jealous Guy
Leo Sayer & Steve Davis – Lean On Me
Judie Tzuke -
The Searchers – I Don’t Wanna Be The One
The Searchers & Leo Sayer -
Leo Sayer – How Much Love, unknown, When I Need You
Total Eclipse (dance troupe)
TVS DJ 6.30 -
content unknown
Thames Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.00 -
Diana Solomon
C4 Whatever You Want 9.35 -
The Anti-
The Meteors
Tuesday 18th January 1983
BBC2 Russell Harty 8.30 -
Linda Ronstadt
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Wednesday 19th January 1983
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.25 pm -
Barbara Mandrell
Andy Gibb
Minnie Pearl
BBC2 The New Swingle Singers 7.40 -
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Iris Williams
Johnny Logan
Thursday 20th January 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Lynsey de Paul
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Janice Long, Gary Davies
Kajagoogoo -
Joe Jackson -
Echo & The Bunnymen -
USA chart with Jonathan King -
Melba Moore -
U2 -
Chart 30 -
Laura Brannigan -
Chart 19 -
The Stranglers -
Chart 9 -
Phil Collins -
Billy Griffin -
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
Chris Andrews -
The Morton Music Machine -
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
The Morton Music Machine -
Chris Andrews -
The Morton Music Machine -
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
The Morton Music Machine -
BBC2 Russell Harty 8.25 -
Mary O'Hara
BBC2 The Nolans 9.00 -
The Nolans
Thames Looks Familiar 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
TVS Musical Special: Harry Belafonte 11.15 pm -
Granada Live at the Millionaire 11.55 pm -
Kathy Stobart
Friday 21st January 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Andrew Lloyd-
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 6.55 -
Diamond
Simple Minds
King
Fanzines special with John Peel
BBC2 The New Swingle Singers 10.15 -
Yorkshire Profiles In Rock 12.15 -
Supertramp
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
Jools Holland introduction, Paula Yates, Nick Laird-
Mark Miwurdz -
Bad News -
Steve Strange -
Clip from Party Party movie, movie director and Daniel Peacock interviewed by Nick
Laird-
Jools Holland plugs the Tube poster (£1.50 from The Tube, Tyne Tees TV, PO Box 1TN, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE99 1TN, and it comes in a tube)
Blitz -
Alternative Top Ten (using Yellow Pearl as background music)
Southern Death Cult -
Echo And The Bunnymen -
Kurtis Blow -
The Stranglers -
Icehouse -
Dance Class -
C4 Reggae Sunsplash 9.30 -
Burning Spear -
Steel Pulse
Matabaruka
Marcia Griffiths
C4 Jazz on Four 11.15 pm -
Art Blakey and his all-
Saturday 22nd January 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.30 am -
content unknown
BBC1 Rod & Emu’s Saturday Special 5.25 -
Haysi Fantasi
BBC1 Wogan 10.00 -
Cilla Black -
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
Joe Jackson
BBC2 Louis Armstrong Anniversary Concert 11.45 pm -
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
Central Luna 5.15 -
Sci-
Central Saturday Stayback 11.45 pm -
Theme by Roy Wood
Central Profiles In Rock 12.00 -
The Who
C4 The Other Side Of The Tracks 7.30 -
Joe Jackson
A Flock Of Seagulls
Sunday 23rd January 1983
BBC1 (Scotland) Spectrum 10.15 -
Dick Gaughan
BBC2 Two-
LWT Sunday Sunday 4.00 -
Lulu
LWT Live From Her Majesty’s 7.15 -
Dionne Warwick
LWT Maze -
Monday 24th January 1983
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 6.55 -
Tom Jones
Dusty Springfield
BBC2 Riverside 6.20 -
The Danse Society
BBC2 Leo 8.10 -
Leo Sayer
Laura Branngian
TVS DJ
content unknown
Thames Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.00 -
Maggie Moon
C4 The Comic Strip Presents: Bad News On Tour 9.00 -
The story of hard rockers Bad News
C4 Whatever You Want 9.35 -
Wah!
The Higsons
Fad Gadget
The Thompson Twins
Phil Lynott
Tuesday 25th January 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Cilla Black – Liverpool Lullaby
BBC1 (Scotland) Jean Redpath Sings... The Songs of Burns 11.10 -
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mary Wynter reads a story
S4C Pop Spot 6.50 -
Supertramp
Wednesday 26th January 1983
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
Petula Clark
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Helen Reddy
Wall Street Crash
Thursday 27th January 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Simon Bates, Richard Skinner
Level 42 -
The Belle Stars -
Central Line -
The Beatles -
China Crisis -
Wham! -
Bauhaus -
Chart 30 -
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes -
Chart 20 -
Dire Straits -
Chart 10 -
Men At Work -
Eddy Grant -
BBC2 Russell Harty 8.30 -
Herb Miller (Glen Miller's brother)
Granada Live at the Millionaire 11.55 pm -
Marsha Hunt
Mark Murphy
C4 10cc at Wembley 6.00 -
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
Ronnie Hilton -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Crystals -
The Morton Music Machine -
Ronnie Hilton -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Crystals -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 28th January 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Sacha Distel
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Sky
BBC1 Nationwide 6.22 -
David Bowie -
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 6.55 -
The Undertones -
Kajagoogoo -
Vitamin Z
Granada Friday Special
Mike Batt article on Zero Zero
The Moving Hearts
LWT South Of Watford 11.40 pm -
Hazel O’Connor
Yorkshire Profiles In Rock ELO 12.15 -
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
Jools Holland introduces and assistant asks members of the audience about their choice of music press (Sounds came top as they had a lot of Thin Lizzy fans in)
Paula Yates with piece of art by Mark Wardell
Michel Cremona
Laurel and Hardy -
The Thompson Twins -
Mark Wardell interviewed by Paula, and painting Hazel O'Connor
Phil Lynott and Scott Gorham -
The Jam -
Jamming fanzine filmed article, plus in studio with Jamming editor and Hazel O'Connor on music press
NME filmed article, Neil Spencer interviewed by Muriel Grey
Mark Miwurdz
Paula brings on a piano-
JoBoxers -
Hazel O'Connor -
Jools plugs the Tube poster again
Pat Benetar -
Syncopation -
Thin Lizzy -
The Beatles -
C4 Reggae Sunsplash 9.30 -
Steel Pulse
Chalice
Big Youth
Blue Riddim Band
Eek-
Mutabaruka
C4 Jazz on Four 11.15 pm -
Johnny Dankworth -
Art Blakey -
Charles Mingus -
Saturday 29th January 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.30 -
Tears for Fears
BBC1 Rod & Emu’s Saturday Special 5.25 -
Randy Edelman
The Nolans
BBC1 Wogan 10.00 -
Sky
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
UB40
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
Central Saturday Stayback 11.15 pm -
Rocky Sharpe and the Replays
C4 Gastank 7.30 -
Hosted by Rick Wakeman and Tony Ashton
Godley & Crème
Andy Fairweather-
Maggie Bell -
Ronnie Scott
Sunday 30th January 1983
LWT Sunday Sunday 4.00 -
Petula Clark
Sacha Distel
LWT Live From Her Majesty’s 7.15 -
Laura Brannigan
Gladys Knight & The Pips
LWT Kim Larsen in Paris 11.15pm -
Kim Larsen (Danish singer)
Ulster Leeds Folk Festival 11.25 -
Moving Hearts
Central Music International Presents 11.25 pm -
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Monday 31st January 1983
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 6.55 -
Tom Jones
BBC2 Riverside 6.25 -
Bobby Gee from Bucks Fizz
Mick Karn
Animal Nightlife
BBC2 Leo 8.10 -
Leo Sayer
Phil Collins
Linda Ronstadt
Thames This Is Me 4.45 -
Terri Coyle (singer from Belfast)
TVS DJ 6.30 -
content unknown
C4 Whatever You Want 9.35 -
Patrick Fitzgerald
Jah Wobble
Animal Magic
Tuesday 1st February 1983
TV AM begins broadcasting 6.00 -
BBC2 Russell Harty 8.35 pm
Randy Crawford
TVAM Good Morning Britain 7.00 -
Theme by Jeff Wayne
Scottish Corries and Other Folk 7.05 -
TVS Portrait Of A Legend: The Beach Boys 11.45 pm -
Wednesday 2nd February 1983
BBC2 Newsnight
Report on the launch of Compact Discs in the UK
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
George Chisholm and his Hefty Jazz
Maggie Moon
C4 The Comedian 9.00 -
1957 TV play with Mel Torme
Thursday 3rd February 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen, John Peel
Hazi Fantazi -
Indeep -
Fun Boy Three -
Fleetwood Mac -
Kajagoogoo -
Chart 30 -
Tears For Fears -
Chart 18 -
U2 -
Chart 10 -
Men At Work -
Billy Griffin -
BBC2 Stephane Grappelli 9.00 -
Diz Disley
Granada Live at the Millionaire 11.55 pm -
Dave Bitelli and his Onward Jazz Quartet
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Billy Fury tribute show instead of the intended show with Chris Farlowe and The Equals. According to Wikipedia Fury had recorded six songs for the show, with four broadcast.
The Morton Music Machine -
Billy Fury -
The Morton Music Machine -
Billy Fury -
The Morton Music Machine -
Billy Fury -
The Morton Music Machine -
Billy Fury -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 4th February 1983
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 6.55 -
Madness
One The Juggler
Vitamin Z
BBC2 Take Three Degrees 9.00 -
LWT South Of Watford 11.40 pm -
Ian Dury and Humphrey Ocean
Yorkshire Profiles In Rock: The Who 12.15 -
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
"A flimsy space theme", while two acts from Total Experience Records Yarborough & Peoples and The Gap Band were featured
Georges Meliers -
Jools Holland introduction
William Shatner chats to Jools in Burbank
Gary James
Georges Meliers -
Video games champion Stephen Bradley chats to Jools
OMD -
Paul Loasby (music promoter) talks to Gary James about a 1984 festival
David Bowie -
Yarborough & Peoples -
Paul Young & The Royal Family -
Georges Meliers -
Gary James makes plea on behalf of Status Quo's Alan Lancaster for the return of his stolen briefcase
Aztec Camera -
One the Juggler -
Jools Holland encourages viewers to send in provocations to make him swear live on TV
Yarborough & Peoples -
George Melliers film clip
Tears for Fears -
Stiff Little Fingers -
The Gap Band -
C4 Reggae Sunsplash 9.30 -
Chalice
Denice Williams
Blue Riddim
Marcia Griffiths
Lloyd Parks
C4 Jazz on Four 11.15 pm -
Stan Tracey Sextet live at the Band On The Wall in Manchester
Saturday 5th February 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.30 am -
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
BBC1 Rod & Emu’s Saturday Special 5.30 -
Suzi Quatro
Bardot
Precious Wilson
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 6.00 -
Musical Youth
BBC1 The Les Dawson Show 8.25 -
Jade
BBC1 Wogan 10.05 -
Chas and Dave
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
Thin Lizzy
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
The Thompson Twins -
The Fun Boy Three
Toyah
Central Saturday Stayback 11.15 pm -
Chas and Dave
LWT Night Life Presents 12.00 -
Ian Hunter (with members of the E Street Band)
C4 Zero Zero 6.45 -
Mike Batt
C4 The Other Side Of The Tracks 7.30 -
Vince Clarke
Lionel Richie
Sunday 6th February 1983
LWT Live From Her Majesty’s 7.15 -
Wall Street Crash
Marvin Hamlisch
Elaine Page
Monday 7th February 1983
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 6.55 -
Tom Jones
Tanya Tucker
BBC2 Riverside 6.30 -
The Cure -
The Fun Boy Three
Musical Youth
Don Letts talks about his movies
The Decorators
BBC2 Leo 8.10 -
Leo Sayer
Elkie Brooks
Incantation
TVS DJ 6.30 -
content unknown
Thames Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.00 -
Dana – If You Really Love Me
Tuesday 8th February 1983
BBC1 The British Rock And Pop Awards 8.10 -
Hosted by Anne Diamond, David Jensen from The Lyceum, London
Bananarama, The Belle Stars, Kim Wilde, Imagination, Junior
C4 Mini-
Directed by Mike Mansfield, this, the first edition of the only series, features young kids (7 to ten years old) miming to pop hits of the day
C4 The Harder They Come 9.00 -
Wednesday 9th February 1983
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Peggy Lee
Thursday 10th February 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Tony Bennett
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Janice Long, Pat Sharp
The Belle Stars -
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes -
Thompson Twins -
Depeche Mode -
Toto -
Level 42 -
Michael Jackson -
Chart 30 -
Central Line -
Chart 20 -
China Crisis -
Chart 10 -
Men At Work -
Elvis Presley -
BBC2 Russell Harty 8.25 -
Modern Romance
BBC2 Stephane Grappelli 9.00 -
Diz Disley
BBC2 Newsnight 10.40 -
Randy Newman article
Granada Live at the Millionaire 11.55 pm -
(possibly) Marsha Hunt introduces Angela Christian
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
Susan Maughan -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Searchers -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Bootleg Beatles -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Searchers -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 11th February 1983
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 6.50 -
Live from Glasgow
Blancmange
Set The Tone
Paul Quinn
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
Rock photography special
Paula Yates claims everyone is snowed in
Muriel Grey
Paul Young & The Family -
Chart run down with names and titles altered by record shop owner, leading to a chart competition, with the winner receiving a Tube sweat shirt
Men at Work -
Jill Firmanovski (photographer) -
Rock photography article with Chalky Davies and Starr photographing The Fun Boy Three
Mark Miwurdz
Street murals article
Linda McCartney filmed interviewed by Paula Yates
Coming up with promo clips of Paul Young, The Belle Stars, The Fun Boy Three
David Bowie -
Archive clips of Mary Quant
The Beatles -
Jerry Lee Lewis -
Myra Lewis -
Paul Young & The Family -
Two Tone Tyne Tees Alright Now article with The Specials, The Bodysnatchers
The Belle Stars -
Madness -
The Fun Boy Three -
C4 Real Lemon ad with Kenny Everett voice over
C4 Reggae Sunsplash 9.00 -
The Twinkle Brothers
Israel Vibrations
Matabaruka
Chalice
Marcia Griffiths
C4 Jazz On Four 11.15 pm -
Sam Rivers live at the Band On The Wall in Manchester
Saturday 12th February 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.30 am -
Cilla Black
BBC1 The Dukes of Hazzard 5.25 -
Mickey Gilley
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 6.15 -
Culture Club -
BBC1 Wogan 10.05 -
content unknown
TV-
Boy George
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Musical Youth
Spandau Ballet
Central Saturday Stayback 11.15 pm -
The Rockers featuring Roy Wood, Phil Lynott, Chas & Dave
Suzi Quatro
LWT Night Life Presents 12.00 -
Squeeze, The Q-
C4 Gastank 7.30 -
Donovan
Chris Farlowe
Alvin Lee
Ian Paice
Phil Lynott
Sunday 13th February 1983
LWT Live From Her Majesty’s 7.15 -
Tony Orlando
Precious Wilson
C4 Performance: Black Wax 8.15 -
Gil Scott-
Monday 14th February 1983
ITV Technicians walk out at 7.00 pm to attend a Union meeting
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 7.00 -
Denice Williams
BBC2 Riverside 6.30 -
content unknown
BBC2 Leo 8.10. 9.00 pm
Leo Sayer
Randy Crawford
Flairck (Dutch instrumentalists)
Thames Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.00 -
Jani Z (singer)
TVS DJ 6.30 -
content unknown
C4 Whatever You Want 10.00 -
Poetry special with Atilla The Stockbroker, Joolz, Benjamin Zephaniah
Moving Hearts
Jah Wobble
Sex Pistols (film clip)
Tuesday 15th February 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Peter Noone
BBC2 Arena: Juke Box Jazz 10.15 -
Hosted by George Melly, a collection of Soundies from the 1940s
Cab Calloway, Billie Holliday, Meade Lux Lewis, Fats Waller etc
C4 Phantom Of The Paradise 9.00 -
C4 Black On Black 10.40 -
Radio London Reggae Awards with Aswad, Winston Ready, General Saint
Carroll Thompson & Janet Kay
Wednesday 16th February 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Tim Rice
BBC1 Tim Rice 10.55 -
Bonnie Tyler
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.35 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Conway Twitty 8.00 -
Thames London Night Out
Dionne Warwick
Thursday 17th February 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Peter Powell, Gary Davies
Wham! -
Tears For Fears -
Icehouse -
Musical Youth -
USA chart with Jonathan King in New Orleans -
Patti Austin & James Ingram -
Madness -
Chart 30 -
Haysi Fantayzee -
Chart 20 -
Fun Boy Three -
Chart 10 -
Kajagoogoo -
BBC2 A Musical Canal Celebration 8.25 -
Mike Harding, The Spinners
Granada Live at the Millionaire 11.55 pm -
(possibly) Stan Sultzman
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
Chris Farlowe -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Equals -
The Morton Music Machine -
Chris Farlowe -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Equals -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 18th February 1983
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 6.50 -
Ultravox
Roman Holliday
LWT South Of Watford 11.30 pm -
Poetry special
Paul Weller
Seething Wells
Little Brother
Joolz
Yorkshire Profiles In Rock: The Cars 12.15 -
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
Australia special
Jools talks to author Nicolas Locke about his book about trash
Madness promo clip montage
Nick Laird-
Australian top ten (which featured no Australian acts)
Frank Ifield clip from Once A Jolly Swagman movie
Malcolm McLaren -
Mark Miwurdz
Frank Ifield -
Colin Rowe the show's stage manager -
Molly from Countdown says hello from Australia
Goanna -
Midnight Oil -
Mental as Anything -
Men At Work -
The Models -
Moving Pictures -
Icehouse -
Iva (from Icehouse) and Wendy (Wendy & the Rocketts) -
Wendy & The Rocketts -
Nick Laird-
Frankie Goes To Hollywood -
Icehouse -
Jenny Belle Star with her hat
The Thompson Twins -
Madness – Our House, Landlord, It Must Be Love, Tomorrow's Just Another Day, Primrose Hill, The Sun and The Rain, Grey Day (live, with full band and extended stage set) the final song was unbroadcast
U2 -
C4 Jazz on Four 11.15 pm -
from the Albany Empire, Deptford, London
Saturday 19th February 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.15 am -
Kajagoogoo -
Joan Armatrading
Blue Zoo
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 6.15 -
Dépêche Mode -
BBC1 Wogan 10.05 -
Kajagoogoo
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
The Thompson Twins at the Regal Theatre, Hitchen
TV-
Buster Bloodvessel
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Rocky Sharpe and The Replays
LWT Punchlines 6.40 -
Anita Harris, Diane Langton
Central Saturday Stayback 11.15 pm -
content unknown
LWT In Concert: Billy Squire 12.00 -
Central Profiles In Rock: Journey 12.00 -
C4 The Other Side Of The Tracks 7.30 -
Randy Newman
Lene Lovich
C4 Patti 9.30 -
Patti Boulaye
Risque
Sunday 20th February 1983
LWT Live From Her Majesty’s 7.15 -
Cilla Black – Sing A Rainbow, You’re My World, hits medley
The Nolans
Chas and Dave
LWT Star Parade 11.25 pm -
The Bellamy Brothers
Mireille Mathieu
James Last
Katerina Valente
Monday 21st February 1983
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 6.55 -
Tom Jones
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 Riverside: Seagulls In The Cable 6.20 -
MTV Special with A Flock Of Seagulls, Duran Duran
BBC2 Leo 8.10 -
Leo Sayer
Randy Newman
Tony Orlando
Suzi Quatro
C4 The Practical Book Review 5.30 -
Lynsey de Paul
C4 Whatever You Want 10.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 22nd February 1983
BBC2 Arena: William Borroughs 9.30 -
Frank Zappa
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Wednesday 23rd February 1983
BBC1 Tim Rice 11.25 pm -
Joan Armatrading
Thames Forsyth's Follies 8.00 -
Lulu
Thursday 24th February 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Andy Peebles
Spandau Ballet -
Michael Jackson -
Thompson Twins -
Toto -
Phil Everly & Cliff Richard -
Chart 30 -
The Eurythmics -
Chart 20 -
Bonnie Tyler -
Chart 10 -
Kajagoogoo -
Depeche Mode -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 8.00 -
Modern Romance
BBC2 Russell Harty 9.00 -
Joe Brown on the Flying Scotsman
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
Craig Douglas -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Fortunes -
The Morton Music Machine -
Craig Douglas -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Fortunes -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 25th February 1983
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 7.05 -
Spandau Ballet
Spyder
Tons Tons Macoute
TV-
Eartha Kitt
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
Peter Noone talks about his West End stage show
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
London / Newcastle club special
Paula Yates with Steve Strange outside the Camden Palace
Jools Holland arrives at the Newcastle studio on a motorbike
Michel Cremona
Chic -
Gary James talks to Abbie James lighting engineer at the Camden Palace
Prince -
Mark Miwurdz
The Tube Over The Top Ten chart (spoof chart)
Clem Burke chart with Jools
Paula chats to Kim Wilde in Camden
The Gold Mine club, Canvey Island article -
Soul On Sound chat with Gary James who refer to the two women behind him holding up a poster as 'tarts'
Greg Wilson and Mike Sharp two club DJs chat to Jools
David Joseph -
Mark Miwurdz
Pathe newsreel of The Cavern, Liverpool with The Merseybeats c1963
Annie Lennox chats to Michel Cremona
Squeeze -
Tilbrook & Difford -
John McVicar and Peter Holt chat to Paula
Visage -
The Eurythmics (with Eddi Reader) -
C4 Jazz On Four 11.15 pm -
from the Albany Theatre, Deptford, London
Dizzy Gillespie
Louis Jordon
Saturday 26th February 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.15 am -
Leo Sayer
Bucks Fizz
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 6.15 -
Madness -
BBC1 Paul Squire, Esquire 8.20 -
Mari Wilson
BBC1 Wogan 10.00 -
Bucks Fizz
BBC2 Arena: Brian Ferry & Roxy Music 6.20 -
Documentary
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
Randy Newman (The Planet Theatre, Slough)
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Chas and Dave
Bananarama
LWT Punchlines 6.40 -
Pearly Gates
Yorkshire 3-
Dana
Central Saturday Stayback 11.15 pm -
content unknown
LWT U2 12.00 -
Central profiles In Rock: Earth Wind and Fire 12.00 -
C4 Louis Armstrong All-
Concert footage from 1962
C4 Gastank 7.30 -
Suzi Quatro & Len Tuckey
Alvin Lee
Ian Paice
Howie Casey
C4 Patti 9.30 -
Patti Boulaye
Sunday 27th February 1983
LWT Live From Her Majesty’s 7.15 -
Jack Jones
Rita Moreno
Monday 28th February 1983
BBC1 Jackanory 4.25 -
Julie Covington reads The Borrowers
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 6.55 -
Tom Jones
Donny Osmond
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 Riverside 6.30 -
Sex Gang Children
Record industry article with Linval Golding, David Grant
BBC2 Roxy Music 8.10 -
Live in Frejus, France
C4 Whatever You Didn’t Get 10.00 -
A collection of unseen music clips from the series
Atilla The Stockbroker -
Depeche Mode -
The Meteors -
The Birthday Party -
Weekend -
Stiff Little Fingers -
Tuesday 1st March 1983
BBC1 Jackanory 4.25 -
Julie Covington reads The Borrowers
BBC2 Russell Harty 9.00 -
Eartha Kitt
BBC2 Arena: Catherine Wheel 9.30 -
Twyla Tharp choreography with David Byrne
Granada Profiles In Rock: Supertramp 12.00 -
Wednesday 2nd March 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill At One 1.00 -
Eartha Kitt
BBC1 Tim Rice 11.10 -
Simon Le Bon
C4 Bones 11.15 -
John Henry Nobles with Taj Mahal
Thursday 3rd March 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill at One 1.00 -
Sacha Distel with Barney Kessell
BBC1 Jackanory 4.25 -
Julie Covington reads The Borrowers
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen, John Peel
Icehouse -
Forrest -
OMD -
Chart 30 -
Bananarama -
Chart 20 -
Patti Austin & James Ingram -
Chart 10 -
Michael Jackson -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 8.00 -
Kajagoogoo
BBC1 (Wales) Welsh Rarebit 10.15 -
Petula Clark -
BBC2 Grace Kennedy 8.30 -
Grace Kennedy
BBC2 Russell Harty 9.00 -
Jack Jones
Granada Live From The Millionaire 12.00 -
Mark Murphy
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
Dave Berry -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Tremeloes -
The Morton Music Machine -
Dave Berry -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Tremeloes -
The Morton Music Machine -
Thames Strictly Private 12.00 -
The making of Handmade Film’s Privates On Parade
Friday 4th March 1983
BBC1 Jackanory 4.25 -
Julie Covington reads The Borrowers
BBC1 Pete Kelly's Blues 10.50 pm -
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 7.10 -
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know, Hungry Like The Wolf (despite the singer's mic' being live he is lip synching)
The Thompson Twins
Negatives In Colour
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
Jools Holland & The Millionaires
LWT South Of Watford 11.30 pm -
Difford & Tilbrook’s Labelled With Love musical
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
New band special
Jools Holland
Kajagoogoo -
Hayzee Fantazee -
Martin Rushent and Kate Garner (Hayzee Fantazee) -
Renee and Renato -
Gary James
Phil Redmond interviewed on the set of Brookside by Jools
Kajagoogoo chat in dressing room with Gary James
Jools mentions Freur
Tony Basil -
Record cover artists Peter Barrett, Ian Wright, Simon Halfon talk to Muriel Grey
Jools talks about new bands
Jimmy Gaynor (live)
Fatal Charm (live)
The Rolling Stones -
The Sines (Tube film)
No's 28 (live)
The Clash -
Campfabulous (live)
Kajagoogoo -
C4 Jazz on Four 11.15 pm -
Sunwind live at Ronnie Scott's club in London
Saturday 5th March 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.15 am -
Duran Duran
Spandau Ballet
BBC1 Paul Squire Esquire 8.20 -
Musical Youth
BBC1 Wogan 10.00 -
Leo Sayer
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
Level 42 live in Hitchen
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Modern Romance
Central Greatest Hits 1974 5.15 -
Hosted by Mike Smith
The Wombles -
Mike Batt -
The Glitter Band -
Suzi Quatro -
Les and Eric from The Bay City Rollers -
The Three Degrees -
Mud -
LWT Punchlines 6.40 -
Cilla Black
LWT Rough Trade 12.30 -
Live in Toronto
C4 The Other Side Of The Tracks 7.30 -
Joan Armatrading
Rick James
C4 Patti 9.30 -
Patti Boulaye
Monday 7th March 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Gerry Marsden
BBC1 For Schools, Colleges: The View From The Armchair 11.42 am -
Takes a look at the making of The Kenny Everett Television Show
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 Riverside 6.30 -
Post War Nudes
It’s Immaterial
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
C4 Whatever You Didn’t Get 10.00 -
Anti-
The Passions
The Redskins
Southern Death Cult
Aswad
Tuesday 8th March 1983
BBC2 Russell Harty 9.00 -
Toyah
TV-
Jack Jones
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Mynter reads a story
Scottish Corries and Other Folk 7.05 -
TVS Portrait Of A Legend: James Brown 11.45 pm -
Wednesday 9th March 1983
BBC1 Tim Rice 11.00 -
Difford & Tilbrook and cast of Labelled With Love
ITV Shirley Bassey – A Special Lady 8.00 – 9.00 pm
Shirley Bassey
Robert Goulet
Thursday 10th March 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Mike Smith, Tommy Vance
Modern Romance -
The Eurythmics -
Orange Juice -
Spandau Ballet -
Chart 30 -
Blancmange -
Chart 20 -
David Joseph -
Chart 10 -
Bonnie Tyler -
Thompson Twins -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 8.00 -
U2
BBC1 Claire Rayner's Casebook 11.15 -
Tom Robinson
BBC2 Grace Kennedy 9.00 -
Grace Kennedy
Imagination
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Caravelles -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Marmalade -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Caravelles -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Marmalade -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 11th March 1983
BBC1 Happy Endings 10.45 -
Peter Skellern
1: The Unexpected Visitations
BBC2 Scene: Ian Dury -
Documentary
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 7.10 -
The Cure
Tons Tons Macoute
Black Roots
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
Jools Holland with a mannequin of himself with a talking head
Paula Yates
Muriel Grey
Nick Heyward -
Freur -
Promo clip director Tim Pope -
The Style Council -
Jools mannequin (aka Tarquin) used for Youth Training Scheme
Archive clips of Isle of Wight Festival 1969 (Movietone newsreel), Jimi Hendrix at Monterey International Pop Festival
David and Henry Cobbold of Knebworth House filmed article -
Arena rock merchandising article with Brian Bilton and David Pellerman talking to Gary James
Mark Miwurdz (in the pub)
Pino Palladino (bass player) with Jools in the pub
Muriel Grey lists festivals over the coming summer
Otis Redding (Monterey Pop clip)
Students from Hollywood High with Jools and Paula
Missing Persons -
Jools and Muriel in the pub
Jank Mamba -
Wah! -
Jools in pub
Deep Purple -
Nick Heyward -
U2 -
C4 Jazz on Four 11.15 pm -
live from Ronnie Scott's Club, London
George Adams, John Pullen
Saturday 12th March 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.15 am -
Clare Grogan
BBC1 Paul Squire Esquire 8.25 -
Melba Moore
The Little Foxes
BBC1 Wogan 10.05 -
Helen Reddy
Tommy Steele
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
A Flock Of Seagulls (The Regal Theatre, Hitchen)
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Duran Duran
Nick Heyward
Central Greatest Hits: 1968 5.15 -
Mary Hopkin
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Marmalade
Steve Ellis of The Love Affair
Yorkshire 3-
Diane Solomon
C4 Gastank 7.30 -
John Entwistle
Steve Harley
Strawbs
C4 Patti 9.30 -
Patti Boulaye
Sunday 13th March 1983
LWT Sunday Sunday 3.00 -
Leo Sayer
Monday 14th March 1983
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 Riverside 6.20 -
23 Skidoo
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
Tyne Tees An Evening With Ray Charles 11.15 pm -
C4 Whatever You Didn’t Get 10.00 -
Spear Of Destiny -
Big Country -
The Cocteau Twins -
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart -
Moving Hearts -
The Damned -
Tuesday 15th March 1983
BBC2 Russell Harty
Peter Paul & Mary
Kenny Everett and Mike Harding -
Scottish Helen 7.00 -
Helen McArther
C4 Black On Black 10.50 -
Shani Benjamin (singer)
Wednesday 16th March 1983
BBC1 Tim Rice 10.55 -
The Eurythmics
Thursday 17th March 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn & Gary Davis
Blackburn's first regular show since April 1979
Bananarama -
The Style Council -
Mezzoforte -
European chart with Jonathan King -
Ultravox -
Chart 30 -
Bucks Fizz -
Chart 20 -
Joan Armatrading -
Chart 10 -
Bonnie Tyler -
Forrest -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 8.00 -
Duran Duran
BBC2 Grace Kennedy 8.30 -
Grace Kennedy
The Nylons
BBC2 Newsnight
David Bowie at press conference at Claridge’s, London
C4 Do It! 5.30 -
David Kid Jensen
The Damned
Hot Gossip
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Ivy League -
The Morton Music Machine -
Vanity Fair -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Ivy League -
The Morton Music Machine -
Vanity Fare -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 18th March 1983
BBC1 Happy Endings 10.15 -
Peter Skellern
BBC2 The Oxford Road Show 7.10 -
Orange Juice
China Crisis
The Belle Stars
Photostat
Duran Duran on film
The Style Council -
Border Country Music Jamboree 10.30 -
The Hillsiders
Mel Hague
June Brown
The Boothill Boys
LWT South of Watford 11.30 pm -
Michael Moorcock looks at new punk bands Blood and Roses, Brigandage and interviews Glen Matlock and Siouxsie Sioux
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
Ireland / Northern Ireland special
Jools Holland introduction and Billy the Spoon (Spoonplayer)
Paula, Mike Everitt
David Bowie -
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Let’s Keep This Precious (unbroadcast from 3rd December 1982 live set)
Mari Wilson -
Donald Fagan -
Flamingos – Rock and Roll (Rock Rock Rock movie)
Big Country – Echo Park, Fields of Fire (live)
Paul Young – chat with Jools Holland
Music in Northern Ireland article
Cruella De Vill – Gypsy Girl (live)
The Outcasts – interview at Downtown Radio in Belfast, Sex and Glory (Tube film)
Good Vibrations article with Feargal Sharkey and Terri Hooley
Bank Robbers – interview at Downtown Radio in Belfast, Jenny (The Pound Club, Belfast)
Mark Miwurdz in Belfast
Perfect Crime
Henry Cluney (ex SLF) interview at Downtown Radio in Belfast
10 Past 7 – Cracking Up
Bono interview by Mike Everitt (Everitt seems to think Bono knows everybody in Ireland)
Michel Cremona and Nick Laird-
The Undertones – Got To Have You Back, Chain of Love, Luxury (live)
Mark Miwurdz
Yvonne French and Graham Fletcher talking about The Tube’s replacement show ‘Switch’
David Bowie at press conference at Claridge’s, London, Let’s Dance (promo clip)
U2 – Gloria, New Year’s Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, 40, I Will Follow (live) the final two songs are unbroadcast
C4 Reggae Sunsplash 9.30 -
Highlights of festival in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Steel Pulse
Big Youth
Sister Nancy
Mighty Diamonds
Toots Hibbert
Saturday 19th March 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.15 am -
Bonnie Tyler
B A Robertson
BBC1 Paul Squires Esquire 8.10 -
Helen Reddy
BBC1 Wogan 9.45 -
Peter Skellern
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
The Undertones (Hitchen)
TV-
Tony Hadley
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Joe Brown
Central Greatest Hits: 1964 5.15 -
Mike Smith talks to modern day mods
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
Pirate radio clips
Wayne Fontana -
Various pop clips from TV and film
The Merseybeats -
News headlines from the year
P J Proby -
Number ones of the year
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
The Beatles -
LWT Donovan 11.15 pm -
C4 The Other Side Of The Tracks 7.30 -
Hall & Oates
Eddy Grant
Sunday 20th March 1983
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.35 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Dottie West
Jim Stafford
Monday 21st March 1983
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 Pop Carnival: Echo & The Bunnymen 6.15 -
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
Granada Coronation Street 7.30 -
Carol Kaye (ex Kaye Sisters) plays Maureen
C4 Whatever You Didn’t Get 10.00 -
Dead Kennedys
Talisman
Urban Shakedown
Fad Gadget
Level 42 -
Tuesday 22nd March 1983
BBC2 Russell Harty 9.00 -
Gary Glitter
Granada Studio 9.00 -
Drama about a recording studio, co-
Wednesday 23rd March 1983
BBC1 Back To The Egg 3.20 -
Paul McCartney and Wings TV special
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
a live show, moved to Wednesday because of A Song For Europe
Hosted by Dave Jensen, John Peel
JoBoxers -
David Bowie -
Orange Juice -
Leo Sayer -
USA chart with Jonathan King in New York -
Big Country -
Chart 30 -
Nick Heyward -
Chart 20 -
Altered Images -
Chart 10 -
Duran Duran -
David Joseph -
BBC1 Tim Rice 11.10 -
Dave Edmunds
Michael Dolenz
Thursday 24th March 1983
BBC1 A Song For Europe 7.00 -
445 songs cut down to 8 for tonight's contest
Sweet Dreams-
Sam Chllds -
Stuart Slater -
Casablanca -
Mirror – We’ve Got All The Time In The World
Audio -
Rubic -
Ritzy -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 8.00 -
Spandau Ballet
BBC2 Grace Kennedy 8.30 -
Grace Kennedy
Johnny Logan
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Merseybeats -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Foundations -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Merseybeats -
The Morton Music Machine -
The Foundations -
The Morton Music Machine -
Friday 25th March 1983
BBC1 Happy Endings 10.30 -
Peter Skellern
Border Country Music Jamboree 10.30 -
Colorado
Tony Goodacre
Rose-
The Moat Brothers Country Band
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Hosted by Yvonne French, Graham Fletcher-
The Respond Package Tour -
The Style Council -
The Specials -
Kings Road article
The Fun Boy Three live
C4 Reggae Sunsplash 9.30 -
Big Youth
Matabaruka
Marcia Griffith
Chalice
C4 Jazz on Four 11.15 pm -
live in Japan
Chick Corea
Gary Burton
Saturday 26th March 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.15 am -
The Belle Stars
BBC1 Paul Squire, Esquire 8.20 -
Marti Webb
BBC1 Wogan 10.00 -
Dolly Parton
BBC2 Sight & Sound In Concert 6.50 -
Weapon Of Peace
TV-
Jools Holland
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Greatest Hits: 1977 5.15 -
The Drifters
Darts
Brotherhood of Man
Smokie
LWT Joe Cocker 11.15 pm -
Joe Cocker live in Canada
Anglia Portrait Of A Legend: Frankie Valli 12.00 -
C4 Gastank 7.30 -
Roy Wood
The Cimarons
Frankie Miller
Steve Hackett
Howie Casey
C4 Patti 9.30 -
Patti Boulaye
Sunday 27th March 1983
LWT Sunday Sunday 3.00 -
Tommy Steele
Peter Skellern
Monday 28th March 1983
BBC1 Goin' Coconuts 10.55 am -
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 Pop Carnival: Bow Wow Wow 5.55 -
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
Border Sheena Easton 10.30 -
C4 Whatever You Didn’t Get 10.00 -
Orchestra Jazira
Wah!
The Undertones
The Flying Pickets
The Thompson Twins
Eddie & Sunshine
Tuesday 29th March 1983
BBC1 Wonderful Life 10.40 am -
BBC1 Nationwide 6.25 -
The TSB Rock School competition final
TVS Portrait Of A Legend: Merle Haggard 11.45 pm -
Border All Kinds of Country 11.30 pm -
Roger Whittaker
Wednesday 30th March 1983
BBC1 Summer Holiday 10.45 am -
BBC1 Tim Rice 11.05 -
Paul Jones and Roger Daltrey talk about The Beggars Opera
BBC2 Billy Cobham’s Drum Clinic 11.10 -
from the Greenwood Theatre, London
Thursday 31st March 1983
BBC1 The Young Ones 10.45 am -
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Richard Skinner, Steve Wright
There is a small carousel in the studio
New Order -
The Style Council -
Mari Wilson -
U2 -
Chart 30 -
Kajagoogoo -
Chart 19 -
Tracey Ullman -
Chart 10 -
Duran Duran -
Kenny Everett as Sid Snot plugging his show which follows on BBC1
Kenny Everett -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 8.00 -
The Thompson Twins
BBC2 Grace Kennedy 8.30 -
Grace Kennedy
Thames Portrait Of A Legend: Paul Anka 12.00 -
Granada Portrait Of A Legend: Pat Boone 12.00 -
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
The Morton Music Machine -
White Plains (now with a woman lead singer) -
The Morton Music Machine -
Clodagh Rodgers -
The Morton Music Machine -
White Plains -
The Morton Music Machine -
Clodagh Rodgers -
The Morton Music Machine -
C4 Tex-
content unknown
Friday 1st April 1983 Good Friday
BBC1 Musical Youth: Roots 1.20 -
BBC1 Three More Men In A Boat 9.15 -
Tim Rice
Central Songs On Tour: Janis Ian 11.50 pm -
ITV In His Image? 11.55 pm -
Iris Williams -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
New Order -
JoBoxers -
Carmel -
C4 Demis Roussos Variety Special 7.00 -
Demis Roussos
Charles Aznavour
Gilbert Becaud
C4 The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington 10.20 -
Live at St Paul’s Cathedral with Tony Bennett, Phyllis Hyman, Adelaide Hall, The New Swingle Singers
Saturday 2nd April 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 0 10.55 am (first in new series)
Roman Holiday
BBC1 Kids From Fame 6.45 -
part one of concert from the Royal Albert Hall
BBC1 Paul Squire Esquire 7.20 -
Bucks Fizz
The Flying Pickets
BBC1 Wogan 9.40 -
Jerry Lee Lewis
BBC1 Rod Stewart In Concert 12.00 -
live at the Forum, Los Angeles
BBC2 Russell Harty 8.55 -
Sacha Distel
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Dave Edmunds -
LWT Greatest Hits: 1959 5.05 -
Frankie Vaughan
Freddie Fingers Lee
Craig Douglas
Tony Hall and Jimmy Henney from Oh Boy!
LWT The Cannon & Ball Easter Show 8.15 -
Mari Wilson
Renee and Renate
C4 Willie Nelson: In The Spotlight 7.30 -
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London
C4 Patti 9.30 -
Patti Boulaye
Sunday 3rd April 1983
BBC2 Brother Sun, Sister Moon 3.35 -
BBC2 All-
Ella Fitzgerald in concert in Pittsburgh and in conversation with Andre Previn
TSW / Channel Leeds Folk Festival 11.55 pm -
The Fureys with Davey Arthur
Monday 4th April 1983 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Fun In Acapulco 1963 movie with Elvis Presley
BBC1 Disney Time 5.10 -
Hosted by Cilla Black
BBC1 Kids From Fame 7.40 -
second part of concert
BBC2 Toni Basil Special 5.55 -
The Word Of Mouth video special
C4 Raffaella Carra In London 6.00 -
Raffaella Carra
C4 Get Knighted 8.00 -
The Barron Knights
C4 Mirielle Mathieu Special 10.50 -
Mirielle Mathieu
Sacha Distel
Dionne Warwick
Tuesday 5th April 1983
BBC1 Paradise Hawaiian Style 11.00 am -
BBC1 Cliff! 7.0 -
BBC2 The Innes Book of Records 10.25 -
Neil Innes
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Host Lisa Stansfield
John Miles -
Dexy's Midnight Runners -
Kajagoogoo -
Yorkshire Classix Nouveaux In Concert 11.30 pm -
Anglia Johnny Mathis In Concert 11.30 pm -
Central Billy Jo Spears In Concert 11.35 pm -
C4 Playing Turkey 10.10 -
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Wednesday 6th April 1983
BBC1 Speedway 1966 movie with Elvis Presley
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Marti Webb sings three songs over three days from her forthcoming BBC TV special
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.30 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
BBC2 Ebony 7.30 -
Misty In Roots
BBC2 One Night In Lincoln 9.00 -
Mike Harding
BBC2 Innes Book Of Records 10.20 -
Neil Innes
C4 Elephant Parts The Music 8.30 – 9.00 pm
Mike Nesmith music video special
C4 Jazz on Four: Tribute to Billie Holliday 11.10 pm -
Tribute concert from the Hollywood Bowl
Maxine Weldon
Morgana King
Carmen MacRae
Nina Simone
plus Carol Kenyon in a London club
Thursday 7th April 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Marti Webb sings three songs over three days from her forthcoming BBC TV special
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Simon Bates, Peter Powell and members of the cast of TV series Fame who were touring the UK at the time
A Live broadcast
Dexy’s Midnight Runners -
Simon Bates with Gene Anthony Ray (Leroy) from Fame
Culture Club -
Peter Powell with Lori Singer (Julie) from Fame
JoBoxers -
Hosts with Carlo Imperato (Danny) from Fame
Twisted Sister -
Peter Powell with Debbie Allen (Lydia) from Fame
Michael Jackson -
Simon Bates with Lee Curreri (Bruno) from Fame
Tracie -
Chart 30 -
F.R.David -
Chart 20 -
Nick Heyward -
Chart 10 -
David Bowie -
Big Country -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 8.00 -
The Stranglers
BBC2 Grace Kennedy 8.30 -
Grace Kennedy
Peter Skellern
ITV ITV’s Channel Four Showcase: Father’s Day 8.00 -
theme sung by Paul Young, written by Difford and Tilbrook
Friday 8th April 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 8.15 -
Dave Brubeck
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Marti Webb sings three songs over three days from her forthcoming BBC TV special
BBC1 Happy Endings 10.15 -
Peter Skellern
BBC2 Toni Basil Tape 2 9.00 -
TV special made in Manchester
BBC2 The Innes Of Records 10.20 -
Neil Innes
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.35 pm -
Hosted by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Tom Petty -
A Flock Of Seagulls -
TV-
Brian Poole, Helen Shapiro
Border Country Music Jamboree 10.30 -
Colorado
Tony Goodacre
June Brown
The Boothill Band
The Moat Brothers Country Band
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Bow Wow Wow -
Friends Again -
Grace Jones
C4 The Very Hot Gossip Show 9.00 -
This replaced a Central TV produced show, a futuristic rock musical by Tony and Nick Bicat which had to be cancelled due to "contractual complications" according to The Times
Saturday 9th April 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
Kajagoogoo -
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.40 -
Panel: David Grant (captain), Rick Wakeman, Stella Barker (Belle Stars) vs B A Robertson (captain), Bill Nelson, Steve Askew (Kajagoogoo)
Clips: Yardbirds -
BBC1 Wogan 10.05 -
Barbara Dickson
TV-
Bananarama
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
Central Greatest Hits: 1981 5.15 -
Kate Robbins -
Bucks Fizz -
Kiki Dee
Steve Strange
Aneka
Yorkshire 3-
Sacha Distel
C4 American Bandstand 30th Anniversary 7.00 -
C4 The Cheryl Ladd Special 9.55 -
Rick Springfield
Sunday 10th April 1983
BBC1 Eurovision Song Contest Preview 3.30 -
part one
C4 Bert Kaempfert In Concert 7.15 -
Monday 11th April 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Spandau Ballet
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records 10.15 -
Neil Innes
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
Hosted by Steve Taylor, from the Albany in Deptford
Grace Jones
Sade Adu
Tuesday 12th April 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Dr John and Chris Barber
BBC1 Cliff! 7.10 -
Cliff Richard
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.20 pm -
Barbara Mandrell
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records 10.25 -
Neil Innes
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.00 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Chris Rea & Band -
The Belle Stars -
Freur -
Wednesday 13th April 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Sweet Dreams (UK's Eurovision representatives)
BBC2 Ebony 7.30 -
Carroll Thompson
BBC2 One Night In Lincoln 9.00 -
Mike Harding
Thames This Is Your Life: Jimmy Tarbuck 8.00 -
Cilla Black
Thursday 14th April 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Andy Peebles, Gary Davies (The Daily Mirror and The Times lists the hosts as Dave Lee Travis and Andy Peebles)
Sweet Dreams -
The Eurythmics -
Bauhaus -
USA chart with Jonathan King -
Kissing The Pink -
Chart 30 -
Sunfire -
Chart 20 -
Kajagoogoo -
Chart 10 -
David Bowie -
New Order -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 8.00 -
Chas and Dave
BBC2 Tomorrow 5.35 -
The making of the West End production of Annie
BBC2 Peter Skellern 8.30 -
The title has also been seen as Swingtime With The Nolans
Peter Skellern
The Nolans
Friday 15th April 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Dave Swarbrick and Simon Nicol
BBC1 Happy Endings 10.15 -
Peter Skellern
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
Host and Producer: Jonathan King
New York
Lou Reed -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 pm -
‘Pop-
REO Speedwagon, Gary Moore
Border Country Music Jamboree 10.30 -
content unknown
Ulster Robert White Sings The American Songbook 10.30 -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Orange Juice -
Yazoo – live
C4 Jazz on Four 8.30 -
Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia at the Royal Albert Hall
Saturday 16th April 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
The Belle Stars
Spandau Ballet
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.40 -
Panel -
BBC1 Wogan 9.55 -
Johnny Mathis
TV-
Data Run with Robert Palmer
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT The Children’s Variety Performance 6.45 -
Modern Romance
Kim Wilde
Kajagoogoo
Mari Wilson
TSW / Channel Average White Band 11.30 pm -
C4 Square Pegs 6.00 -
Theme: The Waitresses
Sunday 17th April 1983
BBC1 Eurovision Song Contest Preview 2.45 -
part two
Sweet Dreams (UK entry)
Monday 18th April 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
The Barron Knights
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Mathis Magic 8.30 -
Johnny Mathis
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
Difford & Tilbrook
Morrissey -
Tuesday 19th April 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Alvin Stardust
BBC1 Cliff! 7.10 -
Cliff Richard
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.00 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Junior Giscombe
Fun Boy Three -
Peter Tosh -
Central All-
content unknown
Wednesday 20th April 1983
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.45 -
Two members of Bardo lead the teams
Sweet Dreams
Tracie
BBC2 Ebony 7.30 -
Mikey Dread
BBC2 One Night In Lincoln 9.00 -
Mike Harding
Thursday 21st April 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Richard Skinner, Janice Long
Culture Club -
Human League -
F.R. David -
Twisted Sister -
Toto -
Heaven 17 -
Chart 30 -
Thompson Twins -
Chart 20 -
Spandau Ballet -
Chart 10 -
David Bowie -
Michael Jackson -
TV-
Gloria Gaynor
C4 Alter Image 8.30 -
Pookiesnakenburger
Friday 22nd April 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Christopher Cross
BBC1 Diary Of A Mad Housewife 10.50 pm -
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from Los Angeles
Laura Brannigan
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 12.15 1.00 am (first in new series)
Theme Stone Fox Chase gets an electro-
There is still a seated audience, but the large Starkicker logo is still seen at the back of the studio
Hosted by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Big Country -
Neil Young -
Hypothetical Prophets -
Guitar instructional video clip
Pink Floyd -
The Pale Fountains -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
The Undertones -
Bourgie Bourgie -
Dexy’s Midnight Runners -
I Level -
Heaven 17 -
Roman Holliday -
Spandau Ballet -
Aztec Camera -
C4 Jazz On Four 8.30 -
Ray Charles at the Capital Jazz Festival at Knebworth
Saturday 23rd April 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
A Flock Of Seagulls
The Fun Boy Three
BBC1 Eurovision Song Contest 1983 8.00 -
UK Entry -
TVAM Good Morning Britain 6.00 -
Steve Strange
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Gary Numan
TSW / Channel Sade Cafe In Concert 11.15 pm -
Monday 25th April 1983
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Mathis Magic 8.30 -
Johnny Mathis
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
Edward Tudor Pole (guest host)
Terry Hall & Lynval Golding from The Fun Boy Three
Paul Haig
Tuesday 26th April 1983
BBC1 Cliff! 8.10 -
Cliff Richard
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.10 -
Barbara Mandrell
Dolly Parton
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.00 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Flock Of Seagulls -
Spandau Ballet -
Blancmange
Wednesday 27th April 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Val Doonican
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Team leader -
Darts
Tommy J
The Maisonettes
BBC1 Max Boyce and Friends 9.25 -
from the Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy
BBC2 One Night In Lincoln 9.00 -
Mike Harding
TV-
Julie Felix -
Thursday 28th April 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Elaine Page
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Phil Everly
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Host Dave Jensen & John Peel
A live broadcast and the 999th show
Galaxy With Phil Fearon -
Sweet Dreams -
Far East chart with Dave Jensen in Singapore -
The Creatures -
European chart with John Peel in Paris -
Chart 30 -
Tears For Fears -
Chart 21 -
Kissing The Pink -
Chart 10 -
Spandau Ballet -
The Kids from Fame -
BBC1 Fame 8.00 -
Jimmy Osmond
Friday 29th April 1983
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from New Orleans
Fats Domino, Kiss
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.50 pm -
Hosted by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Spandau Ballet Code of Love, Foundation, Gold
Joni Mitchell Chinese Café (live promo clip)
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul -
Loudon Wainwright III I Don't Think Your Wife Likes Me (live in Hitchen)
Greg Kihn Jeopardy (promo clip)
Robert Wyatt Shipbuilding (promo clip)
Robert Palmer Pride (promo clip)
MeatLoaf -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Blancmange
Galaxy
The Appolonaires -
Heaven 17 -
Tears For Fears –
C4 Jazz on Four 8.30 -
Lionel Hampton live at the Capital Jazz Festival at Knebworth Park
Saturday 30th April 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
The Fixx
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.35 -
Panel -
BBC1 Val Doonican Music Show 8.45 -
Val Doonican
Sky
Chas and Dave
Nana Mouskouri
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
compilation show
Yorkshire 3-
Vince Hill
TSW ELO In Concert 11.05 pm -
LWT Leeds Folk Festival 11.45 pm -
Maxi & Mitch, Bob Fox, Stu Luckley
Granada Dave Edmunds In Concert 12.55 -
Sunday 1st May 1983
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.20 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Monday 2nd May 1983 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Mike Read’s Replay Selection 5.30 -
JoBoxers -
Altered Images -
Bad Manners -
Roger Glover and Friends -
Blancmange -
Talk Talk -
Haysi Fantayzee -
David Bowie -
Kissing the Pink -
Kevin Rowland and Dexy’s Midnight Runners -
Duran Duran -
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.45 -
Phil Collins
C4 Loose Talk
guest host -
Ray Lowry (NME cartoonist)
The Chevallier Brothers
Tuesday 3rd May 1983
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
TV-
Lonnie Donegan -
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.00 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Phil Everly -
Modern Romance -
The Undertones -
Yorkshire / Border Antibes Jazz Festival 11.35 pm -
content unknown
TVS Portrait Of A Legend: Aretha Franklin 11.35 pm -
Thames Portrait Of A Legend: Tina Turner 12.05 -
Wednesday 4th May 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Max Boyce
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Thereza Bazar & Gary Davies – team leaders
The Belle Stars -
Bad Manners -
Hot Chocolate -
BBC1 Max Boyce and Friends 9.30 -
Max Boyce
BBC2 Ebony 7.25 -
content unknown
BBC2 One Night In Lincoln 9.00 -
Mike Harding
Thursday 5th May 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops The 1000th Edition 7.10 -
It was revealed this week that Thin Lizzy had turned up late for rehearsals for a recent show and were told to go home
The weekly audience was about eleven million by this time
Introduction by Jimmy Savile
The Kids from Fame -
The Thompson Twins -
Peter Powell with Steve Strange
Simon Bates with Roger Taylor and John Deacon (from Queen)
Human League -
Andy Peebles, Janice Long and Tommy Vance with Imagination
The Beat -
Dave Lee Travis and Noel Edmonds
The 60s -
Dave Lee Travis, Noel Edmonds with Cilla Black
Heaven 17 & Carol Kenyon -
Noel Edmonds, Steve Wright and Tony Blackburn with Chas & Dave, Gary Glitter
The 70s -
The 80s -
Noel Edmonds with Bill Wyman, Gary Numan
New Edition -
Dave Jensen with Jeffrey Daniels (Shalamar)
John Peel with Claire Grogan
Jonathan King in New York introducing greetings from The Police, Charlene, Lionel Richie, Meat Loaf, Rod Stewart
Paul Gambaccini and Mike Read
Chart 30 -
Blancmange -
Mike Read with Sandie Shaw, Kim Wilde
Chart 20 -
The Fun Boy Three -
Gary Davies, Pat Sharp and Mike Smith with Bucks Fizz
Charts 10 -
Spandau Ballet -
Outro by Jimmy Savile
Men At Work -
BBC2 Lulu 11.30 pm -
live at Blazer's Club, Windsor
TV-
Jimmy Savile (probably talking about the TOTP 1000th edition)
Thames Rowan’s Report 4.30 – 4.45 pm
Annabella Lewin (Bow Wow Wow)
Friday 6th May 1983
BBC1 The Time Of Your Life: Henry Cooper 8.00 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
BBC2 Did You See? 7.50 -
John Peel on Rock music on television
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from Dallas / Fort Worth
Hall & Oates
Julio Inglasias
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.50 pm -
Introduced by David Hepworth
The Fun Boy Three live at the Regal Theatre, Hitchen
C4 Switch 6.00 -
UB40 -
Spandau Ballet -
Paul Haig – live
C4 Jazz on Four 8.30 -
The Modern Jazz Quartet live at the Capital Jazz Festival, London 1982
Saturday 7th May 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
JoBoxers
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.35 -
Panel: Jake Burns (captain), Martin Kemp, John Deacon, vs Dave Edmunds (captain), Maggie Bell, Martin Chambers
Clips: The Everly Brothers -
BBC1 Val Doonican Music Show 8.40 -
Val Doonican
Cleo Laine
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
Bad Manners -
Paula Yates -
Yorkshire 3-
Marion Montgomery
Anglia Tales of the Unexpected: Heir Presumptuous 9.30 -
David Cassidy
TSW / Channel Randy Edelman Live 12.00 -
Yorkshire Profiles In Rock: Van Halen 12.00 -
Monday 9th May 1983
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 7.20 -
BBC2 The Mathis Magic 8.30 -
Johnny Mathis
BBC2 Arena: It’s All True 9.25 -
Julian Temple directed vision of the future of video communication
Boy George, Mari Wilson & Ray Davies, Grace Jones
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
guest presenter -
Eddi and Sunshine
Tuesday 10th May 1983
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Musical Youth special
Thames Portrait of a Legend: Kenny Rogers 12.00 -
TVS Portrait of a Legend: Alice Cooper 11.30 pm -
Wednesday 11th May 1983
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Team leader Bernadette Nolan
JoBoxers -
Modern Romance -
Kissing The Pink -
BBC1 Max Boyce and Friends 9.25 -
max Boyce
BBC2 Ebony: Robert Nesta Marley 7.35 -
documentary
Thursday 12th May 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Tommy Vance (who announces that it's edition 1001), Mike Read
Modern Romance -
Hall & Oates -
The Belle Stars -
Pink Floyd -
Hot Chocolate -
Galaxy with Phil Fearon -
Chart 30 -
The Creatures -
Chart 20 -
Men At Work -
Chart 10 -
Agnetha Faltskog -
Spandau Ballet -
Kissing The Pink -
BBC2 Second Sight 5.40 -
The Thompson Twins at the Regal Theatre, Hitchen
BBC2 The Young Ones 9.00 -
Friday 13th May 1983
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from Florida
content unknown
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.40 pm -
Hosted by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Aztec Camera -
Annabel Lamb -
The Police -
Muddy Waters -
Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul -
Charts article
C4 Switch 6.00 -
The Beat
David Joseph
Aztec Camera
Wham! -
Malcolm McLaren -
Saturday 14th May 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
Spandau Ballet
BBC1 The Keith Harris Show 6.15 -
Cilla Black – Beautiful Boy
Sweet Dreams
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.50 -
Panel -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.45 -
Val Doonican
Dionne Warwick
Gheorghe Zamfir
BBC2 John Denver: His Guitar and His Music 11.30 pm -
TV-
Madness
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
Modern Romance -
TSW / Channel Nazareth Live In Concert 11.15 pm -
Yorkshire Jazz From De Kroeg 11.25 pm -
content unknown
Granada The Stranglers In Concert 1.05 -
Sunday 15th May 1983
Central Music International Presents 11.30 pm -
Black Sabbath in concert
Monday 16th May 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Jose Feliciano
BBC1 (West) RPM 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Best Of Russell Harty 8.30 -
compilation with Grace Jones, Rod Stewart
BBC2 Private Lives 10.15 -
Peter Skellern
TV-
The Three Degrees
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
Coati Mundi
14 Carat Gold
Tuesday 17th May 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 8.45 -
Larry Adler
BBC1 Battle of the Pop Bands 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Panel -
Six new bands, Dutch, Moscow, Blasé, Kick Partners, Uma Vogue, Sugar Ray Five
plus Shakatak
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.20 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Teddy Pendergrass
Mickey Gilley
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
TV-
Liza Minnelli
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Nick Lowe -
Altered Images -
Blancmange -
Thames Portrait of a Legend: James Brown 12.45 -
Central No Excuses (first two episodes 9.00 – 10.00 pm and 10.45 – 11.50 pm)
Not fully networked as Thames decide to show all episodes after News At Ten
Charlotte Cornwall (from Rock Follies) plays Shelley Maze, a rock singer in this
seven-
Yorkshire Antibes Jazz Festival 11.45 pm -
Wednesday 18th May 1983
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Team leaders: Tony Blackburn and Deborah Appleby
The Beat
David Van Day – Young Americans Talking
Big Country
BBC1 Max Boyce and Friends 9.45 -
Max Boyce
Mary Hopkin
TV-
Anita Harris
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
Georgie Fame
Thursday 19th May 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
The Daily Mirror have the Manchester United football team as making an appearance
Hosted by Simon Bates and Gary Davies
A live broadcast
D Train -
New Edition -
David Grant -
Blancmange -
The Beat -
Wham! -
Members of the Brighton football team with their FA Cup song playing in the background
JoBoxers -
The Police talk to Simon Bates and plug their new single Every Breath You Take
Charts 30 -
Yazoo -
Charts 19 -
The Fun Boy Three -
Charts 6 -
Spandau Ballet -
BBC2 The Young Ones: Bomb (repeat)
Thames No Excuses 10.45 pm -
first two episodes
C4 Alter Image 8.30 -
Philip Greenwood video maker with Calling Hearts (promo video)
Friday 20th May 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 8.45 -
David Essex
BBC1 Time Of Your Life 8.00 -
Tony Blackburn
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from New York City
content unknown
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.35 pm -
Hosted by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Marillion -
Wah -
Meatloaf -
Heaven 17 -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
The B52s -
Prince Charles & The City Beat Band
The Style Council -
Maze -
Saturday 21st May 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
Blue Zoo
Poparound: The Police interviewed by Peter Powell
BBC1 The Keith Harris Show 6.16 -
Junior
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.50 -
Panel -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.55 -
Val Doonican
Sweet Dreams
Don Williams
TV-
Mari Wilson -
TVS Number 73 9.30 -
Dave Jensen -
LWT Chas N Dave’s Knees Up 7.30 -
Linda Lewis
Eric Burden – Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Yorkshire Profiles In Rock: Smokey Robinson 11.55 pm -
HTV West In Concert 11.55 pm -
The Blues Band
Sunday 22nd May 1983
BBC2 John Denver: His Guitar and His Music part two 11.40 pm -
live at the Apollo Theatre, Victoria, London
LWT This Sporting Summer 1.45 -
Roger Daltrey on trout fishing
Central Music International 11.15 pm -
ELO in concert
HTV West The Cimarons Live at The Fair Deal, Brixton 11.15 pm -
Monday 23rd May 1983
BBC1 Film ‘83 11.20 pm -
David Bowie talks about Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
ITV A Better Read 12.30 -
Ian Dury talks about his favourite books
Yorkshire Average White Band 11.35 pm -
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
Aztec Camera
The Joeys
Tuesday 24th May 1983
BBC1 Perry Como’s Spring in San Francisco 12.40 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Bonnie Tyler
The Police
Kajagoogoo -
UK Players
Yorkshire Antibes Jazz Festival 11.55 pm -
C4 Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist 11.25 -
Wednesday 25th May 1983
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Team Leaders: Cheryl Baker & Bobby Dubby (from Bucks Fizz)
Blue Zoo -
Yazoo -
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays -
BBC2 Ebony 7.35 -
Peter Tosh
TVAM Good Morning Britain 6.25 -
Rick Wakeman
ITV Film Fun – The Movie 4.20 -
A look at pop music in movies with David Essex, Cliff Richard, The Rolling Stones
Thames Simon & Garfunkel Concert In Central Park 10.40 pm -
Thursday 26th May 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.55 -
A shorter than normal show due to the FA Cup Final replay -
Hosted by Peter Powell, Pat Sharp
Big Country -
Chart 30 -
Manchester United -
The Style Council -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Hot Chocolate -
Chart 9 -
The Police -
Chart 6 -
New Edition -
Forrest -
Thames No Excuses 10.45 -
Charlotte Cornwell plays a rock star
Friday 27th May 1983
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
From Chicago
Bryan Ferry -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 12.00 -
Hosted by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
The Waterboys -
The Eurythmics -
Elton John -
Steve Miller -
Neil Young -
David Bowie -
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
Sandie Shaw
LWT James Bond -
Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney
C4 Switch 6.30 -
Mari Wilson
Altered Images
I Level
Saturday 28th May 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
Ultravox
BBC1 The Keith Harris Show 5.50 -
Gloria Gaynor
Sweet Dreams
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.25 -
Panel: Roy Wood (captain), Clare Grogan, Leee John vs Paul Jones (captain), Edwyn Collins, Brian Robertson
Clips: Curved Air -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 9.30 -
Val Doonican
Ronnie Milsap
Rita Coolidge
TV-
David Essex
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
content unknown
Yorkshire Profiles in Rock: The Police 12.15 -
Sunday 29th May 1983
LWT Peter Sarstedt: A Portrait 11.30 pm -
Central Music International 11.30 pm -
Thin Lizzy in concert
Monday 30th May 1983 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Mike Read’s Replay Selection 5.00 -
Tracey Ullman -
Orchestra Manoeuvres in the Dark -
Madness -
Goofy -
Bucks Fizz -
The Kids From Fame -
Bonnie Tyler -
Kajagoogoo -
Spandau Ballet -
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 6.40 -
Kajagoogoo -
BBC1 The Little and Large Show 7.20 -
The Shadows
BBC1 The Spinners On Tyneside 10.55 -
BBC2 Private Lives 9.45 -
Peter Skellern
Thames The Outrageous Millie Jackson 11.45 pm -
Live in Manchester
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
Robert Wyatt and Elvis Costello
Matt Fretton
Tuesday 31st May 1983
BBC1 South East At Six 6.05 -
(possibly) David Bowie interview
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
JoBoxers – Just Got Lucky
Thames CB TV Channel 14 4.45 -
Kajagoogoo on the road special
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
with the David Bowie China Girl edited version of the promo clip
C4 Petula Clark Variety Special 8.30 -
Filmed in France
Petula Clark
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Wednesday 1st June 1983
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
The Police -
The Fun Addicts -
David Grant -
BBC2 Ebony 7.35 -
Compilation show -
TSW / Channel Tom Jones at Knotts 11.40 pm -
Thursday 2nd June 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile and Tony Blackburn
A live broadcast
Wham! -
Elton John -
JoBoxers -
USA chart with Jonathan King in Las Vegas -
Booker Newbury III -
Yazoo -
Chart 30 -
Flash & The Pan -
Chart 20 -
The Style Council -
Chart 10 -
The Police -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
BBC2 Second Sight 5.35 -
UB40 (Sight & Sound In Concert)
BBC2 Food and Drink 8.35 -
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on his fish farm
BBC2 The Young Ones 9.00 -
Central Central News 6.25 -
David Bowie concert report
Thames Michael Barrymore 9.10 -
Jade -
ITN News At Ten 10.00 -
David Bowie concert report
Thames No Excuses 10.45 -
Charlotte Cornwell
Granada Elton John and Sydney Rome Show 11.45 pm -
TVS Dick Cavett Meets Abba 11.15 pm -
HTV West Gillan In Concert 11.45 pm -
C4 Film On Four: Living Apart Together 9.40 -
with B A Robertson
Friday 3rd June 1983
BBC1 (South) Jazz In The Park 10.35 -
The Lennie Best Quintet with Ruth Allen
BBC1 (Northern Ireland) As I Roved Out .......... Ralph McTell 10.35 -
Ralph McTell
Jargon
BBC2 Did You See 7.50 -
Sandie Shaw on review panel
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from New York
content unknown
BBC2 Out On The Floor 9.30 -
Play about the Northern Soul scene
BBC1 Pete Sayers Electric Music Show 10.05 -
Pete Sayers
Diane Somers
Steve Somer Western Boogie Band
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.40 pm -
Hosted by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Nick Lowe might have been scheduled to appear
Roman Holliday -
Robert Wyatt -
Computer disc demo's with Chris Sievey And Pete Shelley
Def Leppard -
ZZ Top -
Bob Seger -
Donald Fagen -
C4 Switch 6.30 -
Japan -
Robert Wyatt -
Yello -
Main T Posse -
Imagination -
Saturday 4th June 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.35 -
Orange Juice
BBC1 The Keith Harris Show 6.15 -
Modern Romance
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.50 -
Panel -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.50 -
Val Doonican
David Essex
BBC2 Dave Brubeck Live at the Vineyard 11.20 pm -
live in California
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
Mari Wilson & The Wilsations -
ITV Just Amazing 7.00 -
co-
LWT Chas and Dave’s Knees Up 7.45 -
Chas and Dave
Lulu
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
HTV Nazareth In Concert 11.45 pm -
Granada Evening with Sad Cafe 12.15 -
Sunday 5th June 1983
Central Music International Presents Mireille Mathieu 11.40 pm -
Monday 6th June 1983
BBC2 Petula 8.30 -
Petula Clark in concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC1 Private Lives 10.10 -
Peter Skellern
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
Yorkshire At Home With The Spinners 11.30 pm -
HTV West ELO In Concert 11.30 pm -
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
Elvis Costello (aka The Imposter) -
Tuesday 7th June 1983
BBC1 Dean Martin, This Is Your Lunch 10.50 -
Variety Club celebration at The Hilton Hotel, London
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.40 -
TV-
Vince Hill
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Bucks Fizz -
Seona Dancing (with Ricky Gervais) -
China Crisis
The Bloomsbury Set
Wednesday 8th June 1983
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Team leaders: members of the group Bardo
Nick Heyward
Bucks Fizz
Kissing the Pink
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Transmission changed to Wednesday because of the General Election the following day. A new version of the title sequence with a television screen is used.
Hosted by John Peel, Dave Jensen
Twisted Sister -
David Bowie -
Ultravox -
Irene Cara -
H2O -
George Benson -
The Imposter (Elvis Costello) -
Chart 30 -
Shakatak -
Chart 20 -
Big Country -
Chart 10 -
The Police -
Rod Stewart -
Thames Jim Davidson’s Special 8.00 -
Roy Wood
Thursday 9th June 1983
BBC2 The Young Ones 9.00 -
C4 Do You Remember? 7.30 -
Stuart Henry Multiple Sclerosis appeal show
Craig Douglas
Del Shannon
Bert Weedon
Karl Denver
C4 Alter Image 8.30 -
Poookiesnakenburger
Friday 10th June 1983
BBC2 Pete Sayers Electric Music Show 10.10 -
Pete Sayers
Diane Solomon
Joe Fagin
Terry McMillan
TSW / Channel Black Sabbath Live 11.40 pm -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
The Bluebells -
The Style Council – (repeat)
The Undertones -
C4 Silk Cut Festival of Jazz 8.00 -
Live at The Barbican, London
Peggy Lee with Louis Belson -
Saturday 11th June 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
John Miles
Clare Grogan
Kissing The Pink
BBC1 The Keith Harris Show 6.15 -
Bobby Crush (the pianist had written Keith & Orville's hit I Wish I Could Fly)
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.50 -
Panel: Cliff Richard (captain), Cheryl Baker, Stuart Adamson vs Micky Dolenz (captain), Hal Lindes, Nick Heyward
Clips: The Bee Gees -
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Chas and Dave’s Knees Up 7.45 -
Chas and Dave
Mike Berry – Rave On
The Flying Pickets
Granada Mink DeVille In Concert 1.00 -
Monday 13th June 1983
BBC2 The Good Old Way 7.40 -
The Watersons at the Co-
BBC2 Petula 9.20 -
Part two of Petula Clark’s show with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
C4 Loose Talk 5.30 -
Eddie Tenpole Tudor -
Jools Holland -
Tuesday 14th June 1983
ITV Lady Killers: Not For The Nervous 2.30 -
Elaine Page
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Nick Heyward -
Freur -
China Crisis
TVS Portrait of a Legend: Andy Williams 11.30 pm -
Thames Portrait of a Legend: Rick Nelson 12.00 -
Yorkshire Antibes Jazz festival 11.30 pm -
Thursday 16th June 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Charles Aznavour
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
A live broadcast
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Mike Read 7.25 -
Imagination -
Kajagoogoo -
Nick Heyward -
Shalamar -
Bucks Fizz -
The Truth -
Chart 30 -
Marillion -
Chart 20 -
Michael Jackson -
Chart 10 -
The Police -
Flash and The Pan -
BBC2 Second Sight 5.35 -
Level 42
Thames No Excuses 10.30 -
Charlotte Cornwell
C4 Alter Image 8.30 -
The Residents
Friday 17th June 1983
BBC1 Nationwide 6.25 -
Steve Rourke (manager of Pink Floyd)
BBC2 Pete Sayer's Electric Music Show 10.15 -
Pete Sayers
Diane Solomon
TV-
Tony Blackburn
TSW / Channel Donovan In Concert 11.30 pm -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Coati Mundi -
Nick Heyward –
Nona Hendrix -
Talking Heads (promo clip)
The Residents (promo clip)
Malcolm McLaren (promo clip)
C4 Jazz On Four 8.00 -
Blossom Dearie at the Silk Cut Festival of Jazz
C4 All Of You Out There 10.30 -
Stuart Henry documentary
Saturday 18th June 1983
BBC1 Get Set 10.05 -
A shorter than usual show due to sport
Cava Cava
Toto Coelo
Peter Powell looks at three bands he think will succeed -
Nick Heyward -
BBC1 The Keith Harris Show 6.15 -
Wall Street Crash
Grace Kennedy
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.50 -
Panel -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.50 -
Val Doonican
Charles Aznavour
The Chieftains
Blossom Dearie
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
Tom Robinson – interview, War Baby, Cabin Boy
Elton John interview, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (promo clip)
LWT Chas and Dave’s Knees Up 7.45 -
Chas and Dave
Captain Sensible
Bernie Flint
Granada Profiles In Rock: Asia 12.15 -
Sunday 19th June 1983
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 9.10 -
Joni Mitchell at Wembley Arena, April 1983 (a stereo simulcast on Radio One)
LWT Ray Charles In Concert 11.00 pm -
Monday 20th June 1983
BBC2 The Good Old Ways 7.40 -
Alison MacMorland, Pete Webb at the Co-
BBC2 The Vocal Touch 8.30 -
Lulu
Edwina Lawrie (Lulu's sister)
BBC2 Private Lives 9.00 -
Peter Skellern
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
C4 Ear To The Ground 11.00 -
Hazel O’Connor looks back at the past week's events
Tuesday 21st June 1983
TV-
Joe Loss
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Peter Schilling -
Ashton & Hayes -
Dead Or Alive -
The Truth
Anthony Daniels from Star Wars
Yorkshire Antibes Jazz Festival 11.30 pm -
TVS Portrait of a Legend: Sly Stone 11.30 pm -
Thames Portrait of a Legend: Pat Boone 12.00 -
Wednesday 22nd June 1983
BBC2 The Vocal Touch 8.25 -
Ben Vereen
Thames Starburst 8.00 -
Cilla Black – Stay, Liverpool Lullaby
Thursday 23rd June 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Simon Bates, Peter Powell
A Live broadcast
Freeez -
Rod Stewart -
Elton John -
European charts with John Peel in Amsterdam -
Shakatak -
Chart 30 -
Simon Bates chats to cricketer Dennis Lilley
Mike Oldfield with Maggie Reilly -
Chart 18 -
H2O -
Chart 10 -
The Police -
ELO -
BBC1 Tom Jones Now 11.15 -
Tom Jones
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
Clannad
Thames No Excuses 10.30 -
Charlotte Cornwell
C4 Mardi Gras 8.30 -
Zachary Richard (accordionist)
Friday 24th June 1983
BBC1 (West) The Stranglers 10.15 -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Echo & The Bunnymen -
Marc & The Mambas -
Curtis Mayfield
C4 A Midsummer Night’s Tube 8.00 pm -
African music article with Vivian Goldman, Robert Palmer, Sammy Massamba -
Wham! -
There's plenty of alcohol, particularly a punch called Vesuvius, on tap, but not available to the audience
Shalamar -
Andrew Ridgely -
Culture Club -
Robert Palmer -
Duran Duran -
The Truth -
Marillion -
King Sunny Ade -
David Bowie – retrospective and interview
Malcolm McLaren -
The Tubes -
U2 -
Elton John -
Donna Summer -
Bruce Foxton
Nick Heyward
Clare Grogan
Mark Mywurdz
Paul Young -
Haysi Fantasi
Saturday 25th June 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
Heaven 17
Write a lyric contest
BBC1 Pop Quiz 6.30 -
Panel -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 9.00 -
Val Doonican
Al Jarreau
Elaine Paige
BBC1 Night Music 10.50 -
Jack Jones
TV-
The Thompson Twins
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
Kissing The Pink -
LWT Chas and Dave’s Knees Up 7.45 -
Chas and Dave
Clarence Frogman Henry
Sunday 26th June 1983
BBC2 Humph at 35 – But Looking Older 9.15 -
Humphrey Lyttelton’s thirty-
Monday 27th June 1983
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.25 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Ronnie Milsap
The Blackwood Singers
BBC2 The Good Old Way 7.35 -
Martin Carthy, Frankie Armstrong at the Co-
BBC2 The Vocal Touch 8.25 -
Anita Harris
BBC2 Private Lives 9.00 -
Peter Skellern
BBC2 Dancing Girls 9.35 -
Spoonooch dance troupe
Granada Alphabet Zoo 10.00 -
Ralph McTell
Tuesday 28th June 1983
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Roman Holliday -
Jimmy The Hoover -
Depeche Mode
The Truth -
Wednesday 29th June 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.00 -
Andrew Lloyd Webber
BBC1 Scotland Scene Around Six 6.00 -
David Bowie concert report and interview
Central Starburst 8.00 -
Dennis Waterman (as a singer)
Dollar
George Melly and John Chilton’s Feetwarmers
Precious Wilson
Lance Ellington
Thursday 30th June 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Richard Skinner, Tommy Vance
Shalamar -
Heaven 17 -
Nick Heyward -
Irene Cara -
Richard Skinner talks to Jennifer Beals, star of Flashdance
Paul Young -
Chart 30 -
Tom Robinson -
Chart 16 -
Bucks Fizz -
Chart 9 -
Rod Stewart -
The Truth -
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 11.25 -
Tom Jones
Lynn Anderson
BBC1 Nine O’Clock News 9.00 -
David Bowie concert report and interview
ITN News At Ten 10.00 -
David Bowie concert report and interview
Thames No Excuses 10.30 -
Charlotte Cornwell
Friday 1st July 1983
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Shalamar
New Edition
The Thompson Twins
C4 Jazz On Four 8.00 -
Sarah Vaughan live at The Barbican Centre, London
Billy Eckstein
C4 Benjamin Zephaniah 10.30 -
C4 Performance 11.30 pm -
Saturday 2nd July 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.40 -
Wham!
Tears For Fears
BBC1 The Gift Of Love 11.05 am -
BBC1 Night Music 10.45 -
Recorded at Portmerion, North Wales
Stephanie Lawrence
Phil Everly
TV-
Ultravox
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Chas and Dave Knees Up 7.45 -
Chas and Dave
Lonnie Donegan
Diz and The Doormen
Monday 4th July 1983
BBC1 Roy Clark’s Travelling Music Show 11.25 pm -
Roy Clark
Dana
BBC2 Cliff Richard 8.30 -
In concert with the Royal Philharmonic at the Royal Albert Hall
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
Tuesday 5th July 1983
BBC1 Freddie Starr Showcase 7.45 -
The Belle Stars
Mari Wilson
BBC2 Six Fifty Five Special
Elvis Costello
TV-
Inside Mickey Dolenz's house
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
The Belle Stars
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
The Police
JoBoxers
Yorkshire Antibes Jazz festival 11.30 pm -
content unknown
Central Doc Severinsen In Concert 11.35 pm -
C4 Black On Black 10.50 -
Jimmy Cliff
Wednesday 6th July 1983
Thames A Plus 2.00 -
Gil Evans live at the Roundhouse, London
Central Starburst 8.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Amii Stewart
Thursday 7th July 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by John Peel, Dave Jensen (dressed as The Blues Brothers)
Roman Holliday -
Mary Jane Girls -
Iron Maiden -
Freeez -
ELO -
The Cure -
Jimmy The Hoover -
Charts 30 -
The Eurythmics -
Chart 20 -
The Funk Masters -
Chart 10 -
Rod Stewart -
Mike Oldfield -
BBC1 (North West) The Maddy Prior Band 10.15 -
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 10.40 -
Tom Jones
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Marti Webb
BBC2 Riverside
Seagulls on the Cable -
ITV On Safari 4.20 -
Kenny Everett
Thames No Excuses 11.30 pm -
Charlotte Cornwall as Shelley sings all 17 songs from the previous shows
Friday 8th July 1983
BBC1 Time Of Your Life: George Melly 8.00 -
BBC2 Pete Sayers Electric Music Show 10.15 -
Pete Sayers
Diane Solomon
Billy Fields
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Pete Shelley -
Spear Of Destiny -
Marc & The Mambas -
Bananarama
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Bo Diddley
Mud
C4 Well Being Special: Walking The Tightrope Living With Diabetes 10.30 -
Mari Wilson
C4 Jazz On Four: The Wizard of Waukesha 12.33 -
Les Paul documentary
Saturday 9th July 1983
BBC1 Get Set 9.15 -
Musical Youth
BBC1 Night Music 11.00 -
Labi Siffre
Flairck
TV-
Imagination
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
The Belle Stars -
Monday 11th July 1983
BBC1 Roy Clark’s Travelling Music Show 11.20 pm -
Roy Clark
Suzi Quatro
Terry McMillan
Tuesday 12th July 1983
BBC1 Freddie Starr Showcase 7.45 -
10cc
BBC2 Six Fifty-
Murray Head
BBC2 Diane Solomon Entertains 10.10 -
Diane Solomon
B A Robertson
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
content unknown
Granada The Video Entertainers 7.00 -
Christopher Cross -
The Tremeloes -
Marti Webb -
Yorkshire The Mills Brothers 11.00 pm -
Scottish James Brown -
Wednesday 13th July 1983
Central Starburst 8.00 -
Randy Edelman
Grace Kennedy
The Nolans
Kate Robbins
Thursday 14th July 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Andy Peebles, Peter Powell
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Malcolm McLaren -
Peter Powell plugs the Top Of The Pops t-
Paul Young -
USA chart with Jonathan King at Seaside Heights, New Jersey -
Heaven 17 -
Echo & The Bunnymen -
Chart 30 -
Bananarama -
Chart 20 -
Sylvian & Sakamoto -
Chart 10 -
Rod Stewart -
Donna Summer -
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 10.55 -
Tom Jones
Chaka Khan
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Charles Aznavour
Friday 15th July 1983
BBC1 The Times Of Your Life: Jenny Agutter 7.30 -
Dave Edmunds
BBC1 Paris Blues 11.20 pm -
HTV (West) Black Sabbath In Concert 11.15 pm -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
The B52’s (repeat)
Defunkt
Soft Cell
Gwen Guthrie
Paul Haig (promo clip)
Tracey (promo clip)
The Cramps (promo clip)
Animal Nightlife (promo clip)
Talking Heads (promo clip)
Cabaret Voltaire (promo clip)
Report on fanzines Certain Gestures, Intimacy
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Wayne Fontana
Crispin St Peters
C4 Jazz on Four 12.20 -
Talmadge Farlow documentary
Saturday 16th July 1983
BBC1 Get Set 10.05 -
Depeche Mode
Poparound: Boy George interview
BBC1 The Main Attraction 8.40 -
Andrew Lloyd-
Wall Street Crash
Roger Whittaker
BBC1 Night Music 11.05 -
Helen Reddy
Gerard Kenney
TV-
Godley & Creme
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
content unknown
ITV The Tube Return Ticket 12.40 -
Culture Club, Yazoo, Mari Wilson, Eric Burdon
Monday 18th July 1983
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
BBC2 The Paul Daniels Magic Show 8.20 -
Anita Harris
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
ITN News 1.00 -
The Beatles at Abbey Road article (three different)
Yorkshire Antibes Jazz Festival 11.45 pm -
content unknown
Tuesday 19th July 1983
BBC1 Freddie Starr Showcase 7.40 -
Morrissey-
The Nolans
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
The state of the British music scene special with Tim and Jo Rice, Paul Gambaccini
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz: Rock And Pop Awards Show 4.20 -
Spandau Ballet -
The Eurythmics -
Kim Wilde -
Depeche Mode -
Granada The Video Entertainers 7.00 -
Sacha Distel -
Barney Kessel
Wednesday 20th July 1983
ITV Definition 3.30 -
Crossword panel show with Tony Blackburn
Central Starburst 8.00 -
Chas and Dave
C4 The Beggar’s Opera 9.00 -
Paul Jones as MacHeath
Thursday 21st July 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Pat Sharp
Savile is again wearing an old yellow Top of the Pops t-
Jimmy The Hoover -
The Eurythmics -
Shakin' Stevens -
Roman Holliday -
The Police -
Freeez -
Chart 30 -
Gary Byrd & The GB Experience -
Chart 20 -
The Cure -
Chart 10 -
Paul Young -
Clubhouse -
Granada Profiles In Rock: Van Halen 12.00 -
Friday 22nd July 1983
Thames Freetime 4.50 -
fan meets Bucks Fizz
LWT South Of Watford 11.30 pm -
David Bowie -
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Elvis Costello – live
Animal Nightlife
Yello
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Brian Poole
The Platters
C4 Jazz On Four: Meeting of the Spirits 12.15 -
Larry Coryell, John MacLaughlin, Paco DeLucia at the Royal Albert Hall 1979
Saturday 23th July 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
Modern Romance
BBC1 The Main Attraction 8.15 -
Chas and Dave
The Kessler Twins
Frankie Vaughan
BBC1 Night Music 11.15 -
The Stylistics
Angie Gold
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
content unknown
C4 Hot For Dogs 6.00 -
Directed by Mike Mansfield
Modern Romance
Sunday 24th July 1983
LWT Summer Arts Festival 1983 2.15 -
Kim Wilde
John Cooper-
Peter Skellern
ITV The Tube Return Ticket shown on TVS 11.00pm -
content unknown
Monday 25th July 1983
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.30 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Jim Stafford
Dottie West
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Song-
Granada Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
Central News 6.00 -
Jet Harris article
Tuesday 26th July 1983
BBC1 Freddie Starr Showcase 7.45 -
Shakin’ Stevens
BBC1 Dean Martin’s Comedy Classics 10.15 -
Thames Once Upon A Time 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Musical Youth -
The Thompson Twins -
Granada The Video Entertainers 7.00 -
Helen Shapiro -
Peter Skellern -
The Tom Robinson Band -
Wednesday 27th July 1983
BBC1 A View Of The Pier 11.35 pm -
Harry Strutter's Hot Rhythm Orchestra
BBC2 The Vocal Touch 10.20 -
Precious Wilson
Alvin Stardust
Neil Innes
TV-
David Van Day
Central Starburst 8.00 -
Sacha Distel
The Nolans
Thursday 28th July 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Mike Read & Janice Long
KC & The Sunshine Band -
Depeche Mode -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
The Creatures -
The Lotus Eaters -
Malcolm McLaren -
Robert Plant -
Chart 30 -
George Benson -
Chart 20 -
Bananarama -
Chart 10 -
Paul Young -
Heaven 17 -
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 10.55 -
Tom Jones
Marie Osmond
Friday 29th July 1983
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Echo & The Bunnymen -
Cabaret Voltaire -
The Lotus Eaters -
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Georgie Fame
Helen Shapiro
C4 Jazz on Four 12.15 -
Pat Metheny live in Montreal
Saturday 30th July 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
Kim Wilde
BBC1 The Main Attraction 8.45 -
Shakin’ Stevens
Modern Romance
Elaine Page
BBC1 Night Music 11.05 -
Tina Cross
John Miles
BBC2 Bucks Fizz 7.05 -
Bucks Fizz (each does a solo song)
Paris
TV-
Tony Hadley
Galaxy
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT The Tube Return Ticket 11.10 pm -
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Granada The Cimarons In Concert 12.25 -
C4 Hot For Dogs 6.00 -
Imagination
Monday 1st August 1983
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Patti Boulaye
Granada World In Action: The Race Against Reagan 8.30 -
Stevie Wonder
Tuesday 2nd August 1983
BBC1 Freddie Starr Showcase 7.45 -
Jujuka
Katie Kissoon
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
King Sunny Ade
Spandau Ballet
TV-
inside Grace Kennedy's house
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Paul Haig -
Altered Images
Thames Kim Wilde -
Documentary about her first tour
Granada The Video Entertainers 7.00 -
Paul Brady
C4 The Ride of Jessie Hallam 9.00 -
with Johnny Cash
Wednesday 3rd August 1983
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Stephanie Lawrence
Rod Argent
Thames A Plus Revisited 2.00 -
The Flying Pickets (repeat clip)
Central Starburst 8.00 -
Gene Pitney
The New Vaudeville Band
The Flying Pickets
Maggie Moon
Thursday 4th August 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.05 -
Hosted by John Peel, Mike Smith
Wham! -
The Police -
Kim Wilde -
Galaxy with Phil Fearon -
Elton John -
Tracie -
Chart 30 -
Bruce Foxton -
Chart 20 -
Shakin’ Stevens -
Chart 10 -
Paul Young -
Hosts are joined by Gary Byrd -
Gary Byrd & The GB Experience -
BBC1 Tom Jones Now 10.55 -
Tom Jones
Lala Falana
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Demis Roussos
Barry Mason
Friday 5th August 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.00 -
Gary Byrd
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Mike Harding
BBC2 The Vocal Touch 10.20 -
Stephanie Lawrence
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Wham!, The Stray Cats, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Steve Walsh all listed as appearing by The Times
Elvis Costello -
The Style Council -
Pete Shelley XL-
Blancmange
Prince -
Galaxy -
The Beatles -
The Fun Boy Three
Kate from Hazee Fantazee
Coati Mundi -
Paul Young
The Farmers Boys
Spandau Ballet -
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Mark Wynter
The Glitter Band
C4 Jazz on Four: Crossing Bridges 12.10 -
Six guitarists -
Saturday 6th August 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
The Lotus Eaters
BBC1 The Main Attraction 9.10 -
Kenny Baker
The Belle Stars
BBC1 Night Music 10.40 -
Rick Wakeman with Robert Powell
BBC2 Billy Fields Swings 10.10 -
Australian singer live at Blazer's, Windsor
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
content unknown
ITV Some You Win 6.00 -
10cc
ITV The Tube Return Ticket 11.45 pm -
Bananarama, The Rolling Stones
Grampian Portrait Of A Legend: Merle Haggard 11.50 pm -
C4 Hot For Dogs 6.00 -
Spandau Ballet
Sunday 7th August 1983
BBC2 Roxy Music 9.00 -
C4 Song By Song by Johnny Mercer 7.15 -
Monday 8th August 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 8.45 -
Henry Mancini
BBC2 Motives 10.10 -
Petula Clark talks to Dr Anthony Clare
Granada The Starlight Ballroom 8.00 -
Alvin Stardust stars in drama as a big band leader Umberto Rossi with Lynsey de Paul playing his girlfriend
Tuesday 9th August 1983
BBC1 The Freddie Starr Showcase 7.45 -
The Shadows
Chopper Harris (singing group)
The Bouncing Czechs
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Harvey and the Wallbangers
TV-
inside Diane Solomon's house
Thames A Plus Revisited 2.00 -
Wynton Marsalis (repeat clip)
Granada Hold Tight! 4.55 -
The Farmers -
David Grant -
Granada The Video Entertainers 7.00 -
The Albion Band -
The Dolly Dots -
Harvey and the Wallbangers -
Lulu -
Wednesday 10th August 1983
BBC1 Breakfast Time 6.30 -
Ray Davies
BBC2 Country Cousins 10.30 -
Pete Sayer
Carey Duncan
Terry McMillan
TV-
Humphrey Lyttelton
Central Starburst 8.00 -
Bucks Fizz
Thursday 11th August 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.05 -
Hosted by Richard Skinner, Tommy Vance
David Grant -
The Style Council -
Level 42 -
Spandau Ballet -
The Creatures -
The Lotus Eaters -
Chart 30 -
Depeche Mode -
Chart 20 -
Robert Plant -
Chart 10 -
KC & The Sunshine Band -
Herbie Hancock -
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 10.55 -
Tom Jones
BBC2 Country Cousins 10.25 -
recorded at Blazer's, Windsor
Little Ginny
Gerry Hale
Yellowstone Picnic Band
Friday 12th August 1983
BBC1 (West) Jazz and Jenner 10.30 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
Frankie Vaughan interview
Flairck
C4 Switch 6.00 -
UB40 -
Paul Young
Freeze
Big Country
The Weather Girls (promo clip)
Level 42 (promo clip)
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Desmond Dekker
The Rockin’ Berries
C4 Jazz On Four 12.15 -
Recorded at the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
Neils-
Toots Thielman
The Lonnie Herd Band
Tommy Smith
Saturday 13th August 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
Paul Weller
Paul Jones reads a tale from the Arabian Nights
BBC1 The Main Attraction 8.55 -
Sammy Cahn
Acker Bilk
TVAM Summer Run 8.40 -
Paul Young
TVS Number 73 10.30 am -
Roger McGough
Kim Goody & Harry -
Kim Goody -
JoBoxers -
ITV The Tube Return Ticket 11.25 pm -
Tik and Tok, The Rolling Stones, Bad News, The Jam, Twisted Sister
C4 Hot For Dogs 6.00 -
Spandau Ballet
C4 Da Doo Ron Ron: The Phil Spector Story 7.35 -
Interviews with -
Sunday 14th August 1983
C4 Song By Song by Cole Porter 7.15 -
Monday 15th August 1983
BBC1 The Six Fifty-
Rod Argent
Tuesday 16th August 1983
BBC1 Freddie Starr Showcase 7.45 -
Bonnie Tyler
TV-
Kim Wilde
Granada Hold Tight! 4.45 -
Depeche Mode -
Kim Wilde -
Thames Musical Youth 4.45 -
CBTV special
Granada The Video Entertainers 7.00 -
Gloria Gaynor -
Prelude
Border Jazz 11.30 pm -
content unknown
C4 Black On Black 10.55 pm -
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Relator
Explainer
Wednesday 17th August 1983
BBC2 Good Time George 9.00 -
recorded at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
George Melly
Elaine Delmar
Thames Yarwood In Town 8.00 -
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Elaine Page
Thursday 18th August 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.50 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Gary Davies
The Kinks -
Wham! -
Kim Wilde -
Elton John -
Modern Romance -
Galaxy With Phil Fearon -
Chart 30 -
Tracie -
Chart 20 -
Madness -
Chart 10 -
KC & The Sunshine Band -
Kraftwerk -
BBC1 Tom Jones Now! 10.55 -
Tom Jones
Dionne Warwick
Granada Born in The 60s -
Lisa Stansfield special
Thames Portrait of a Legend: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 12.00 -
C4 Goldie and Kids Listen To Us 10.30 -
Goldie Hawn TV special
Barry Manilow
Friday 19th August 1983
BBC2 Mr Moonlight 6.15 -
Frankie Vaughan documentary
BBC2 The Six Fifty-
David Essex
Modern Romance
Carmel
TV-
Chris Tarrant in Brighton with Pookiesnackenburger
C4 Switch 6.00 -
Edwin Starr -
The Kane Gang -
New Edition
Victor Romero-
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Chicory Tip
Kathy Kirby
C4 Jazz On Four 12.15 -
Larry Coryell
Saturday 20th August 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
The Belle Stars
BBC1 The Main Attraction 9.05 -
Eartha Kitt
Stutz Bear Cats
TVAM Summer Run 8.40 -
Paul Weller
Buster Bloodvessel of Bad Manners
ITV Saturday Royal 8.15 -
The Little Foxes
ITV The Tube Return Ticket 11.20 pm -
Thin Lizzy, The Undertones, U2
C4 Hot For Dogs 6.00 -
Kim Wilde
Sunday 21st August 1983
C4 Song By Song By Irving Berlin 7.15 -
Monday 22nd August 1983
Grampian Presenting Price, Alan Price 11.30 pm -
Alan Price
Tuesday 23rd August 1983
BBC2 Pop Carnival 6.50 -
live at Sefton Park, Liverpool
Big Country
TV-
The Moody Blues
Roman Holiday
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Dreams -
H2O -
Jools Holland
Thames Duran Duran 4.45 -
Filmed in France
Granada The Video Entertainers 7.00 -
Bertice Reading -
Wednesday 24th August 1983
BBC2 Pop Carnival 6.40 -
live at at Brunel University
Tears For Fears -
BBC2 Good Time George 9.00 -
George Melly and the Feetwarmers
BBC2 Sing Country 10.25 -
Tammy Wynette
Ronnie Prophet
Ed Bruce
Tom Gribbin
Wendel Adkins
Thursday 25th August 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.55 -
A live broadcast
Hosted by Mike Smith, Simon Bates
David Grant -
Rod Stewart -
Carmel -
USA chart with Jonathan King at Shea Stadium, New York -
UB40 -
Chart 30 -
Shalamar -
Chart 20 -
Level 42 -
Chart 10 -
The Style Council -
Chart 2 -
Two of The Stray Cats with the hosts
KC & The Sunshine Band -
BBC2 Pop Carnival 6.15 -
live at Sefton Park, Liverpool
Nick Heyward
Friday 26th August 1983
BBC1 The Monkees 9.00 -
BBC2 Pop Carnival 6.55 -
live at Brunel University
JoBoxers
ITV By George, It's Country 2.00 -
The 1980 All British Country Music Festival, Brighton
C4 Switch 6.00 -
The The
The Stray Cats
The Special AKA
C4 Unforgettable 8.00 -
Ronnie Carroll
The Four Pennies
C4 Jazz on Four 12.20 -
The Bruce Turner Jump Band at the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
Saturday 27th August 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
JoBoxerss’s Dig Wayne
BBC1 The Main Attraction 9.00 -
The Shadows
Kajagoogoo
BBC2 Rock Around The Clock
3.15 pm intro with David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Anne Nightingale, Steve Blacknell
The promo clips included were from an ongoing Video Vote, with a choice of twenty clips, voted for on the phone
Queen -
3.25 Roman Holliday live at the Regal Theatre, Hitchen
David Bowie -
4.00 Robert Nesta Marley (Ebony documentary)
Meat Loaf -
4.35 Rock Pop In Concert: Ultravox
4.55 Rock Pop In Concert: Robert Palmer
Both the above live at Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, 2nd July 1983
5.25 Australia Now documentary with Men At Work, Midnight Oil, Mental As Anything, Little River Band, Split Enz, Icehouse, No Fixed Address
Madness -
6.25 Duran Duran at Hammersmith Odeon
The Jam -
7.30 All This And World War Two movie
The Jacksons -
9.00 10CC live at the Regal Theatre, Hitchen
The Sex Pistols -
9.30 Randy Newman On Tour documentary -
Led Zeppelin -
10.25 Spandau Ballet Over Britain documentary
The Beatles -
11.00 pm American Graffiti movie
12.55 am Airplay 9th June 1982 documentary on New York radio station WNEW-
Frank Zappa -
1.50 Guitar Heroes: Eric Clapton (1977 Old Grey Whistle Test Jubilee concert)
2.35 Guitar Heroes: Jimi Hendrix The Movie
3.25 Deadman’s Curve (Jan & Dean TV movie biopic)
Adam & The Ants -
5.00 The Police In The East
The Clash -
5.55 And So To Bed
Lynyrd Skynyrd -
6.15 am scheduled finish
TVS Genesis In America 11.20 pm -
C4 Hot For Dogs 6.00 -
John Miles
Sunday 28th August 1983
BBC2 Good Time George 8.30 -
George Melly & The Feetwarmers
Acker Bilk
C4 Song By Song By Frank Loesser 7.15 -
Monday 29th August 1983 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Hey Look…That’s Me 9.15 -
A look at new band Laughter In The Garden
BBC1 Knockout Star Gala 6.10 -
Bucks Fizz
Helen Shapiro
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 7.00 -
Compilation with Culture Club
BBC2 Musical Youth -
Granada Andy Williams In Concert 11.40 pm -
Grampian The Flying Pickets 11.45 pm -
C4 Bugsy -
Michael Dolenz
Tuesday 30th August 1983
TV-
Heaven 17
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Kajagoogoo
Thorn
The Cherry Boys -
Paul Young -
Thames Kajagoogoo Special 4.45 -
C4 The Land Of Look Behind 11.15 pm -
Reggae in Jamaica society documentary with Gregory Isaacs, Matabaruka, Bob Marley’s funeral
Wednesday 31st August 1983
BBC1 South East At Six 6.00 -
Sotheby’s Rock Memorabilia article
BBC2 40 Minutes: Rocky Circus 7.30 -
Gary Glitter
BBC2 Good Time George 10.00 -
George Melly & The Feetwarmers
Memphis Slim
BBC2 Sing Country 10.30 -
International Festival of Country Music, Wembley Arena, London
John D Loudermilk
Porter Wagoner
Jimmy C Newman
TV-
Gary Glitter
Thursday 1st September 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.40 -
Hosted by David Jensen, John Peel (dressed as cowboys)
A live broadcast. Sharron Redd -
Modern Romance -
Madness -
Gary Numan -
European chart with John Peel in Paris -
Genesis -
Chart 30 -
Big Country -
Chart 21 -
The Stray Cats -
Chart 10 -
UB40 -
New Order -
BBC1 Frank Sinatra -
BBC2 Sing Country 10.30 -
The Burrito Brothers
Linda Cassady
Billy Walker
Billie Jo Spears
Tompall Glaser & The Glaser Brothers
C4 An Evening For Nicaragua 10.30 -
Pooksnackenburger
Benjamin Zephania
Charlie Dore
Friday 2nd September 1983
C4 Switch 6.00 -
The Style Council
Galaxy
Blancmange
JoBoxers
Gary Numan
Grace Jones
Spandau Ballet
Prince Charles & The City Beat Band
George Clinton -
Michael Jackson -
Dexy’s Midnight Runners -
C4 Unforgettable 8.-
The Allisons
New Vaudeville Band
C4 Jazz on Four 12.15 -
live at the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh
Archie Schepp
The Paul Hart Quintet
Saturday 3rd September 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
Toyah
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 6.15 -
Theme by Gary Kemp
The Bee Gees
Ryan Paris -
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.25 -
Bonnie Tyler
Central The Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Hosted by Tommy Boyd
David Bowie – (promo clip)
Paul Young -
ITV The Who -
live in Toronto
C4 Video Video 6.00 -
In the first of a series, regular host Adam Faith looks at the video recorder revolution
Sunday 4th September 1983
BBC1 Olivia Newton-
ITV Mary O'Hara and Friends 6.40 -
Granada The Flying Pickets 11.00 – 11.45 pm
C4 Song By Songs By British Lyricists 7.15 -
Monday 5th September 1983
BBC2 Riverside 7.05 -
Paul Weller talks about Respond Records with Tracie, The Questions
The Armoury Show (with Richard Jobson)
Tuesday 6th September 1983
BBC2 The Shout 9.00 -
BBC2 Sing Country 10.25 -
T R Dallas
Rattlesnake Annie
Bill Monroe
TV-
Paul Young
Patti Boulaye
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Classix Nouveau -
Pookiesnackenburger -
Central The Oshima Gang 11.35 pm -
The making of Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence with David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto
C4 Loose Talk 10.45 -
Hosted by Steve Taylor, from the Albany Theatre, Deptford
Bella from The Belle Stars
Carmel
Wednesday 7th September 1983
TV-
Lynsey de Paul
Thames The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
compilation show with Maggie Moon
C4 Jazz at the Gateway 11.15 pm -
Michael Brecker
The Kenny Wheeler Quartet
Thursday 8th September 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Andy Peebles, Peter Powell
A live broadcast
Heaven 17 -
Rod Stewart -
Annabel Lamb -
Status Quo -
JoBoxers -
Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack -
Chart 30 -
Ryan Paris -
Chart 20 -
Paul Young -
Chart 10 -
UB40 -
Level 42 -
BBC1 Late Night In Concert 11.00 -
Simple Minds (Newcastle)
BBC2 Sing Country 9.50 -
Bobby Bare
The Dillards
Roy Acuff
Barbara Fairchild
Narvel Felts
Friday 9th September 1983
C4 Ladybirds 9.15 -
Lynsey De Paul
Saturday 10th September 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 6.15 -
There was a near fatal car crash stunt at Santa Pod raceway performed on this week’s show
content unknown
BBC1 Blanket Blank 7.00 -
Anita Harris
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.25 -
Big Country
TV-
Gary Numan
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Limahl
Gary Numan
LWT The Krankies Club 5.05 -
Suzi Quatro
Modern Romance
LWT 25th Anniversary of the Marquee 11.50 pm -
Hosted by Dave Dee
LWT The Ohsima Gang: The Making of Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence 12.50 am -
David Bowie
TVS Pink Floyd at Pompeii 11.20 pm -
Granada ELO In Concert 12.15 am -
Sunday 11th September 1983
BBC2 Barry at Blenheim 7.15 – 8.00 pm part one
Barry Manilow
Monday 12th September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Tom Jones
BBC1 Film 83 11.00 -
George Harrison interviewed on set of Handmade movie Bullshot
BBC2 Riverside 7.00 -
APB
The Residents -
Peter Murphy -
BBC2 Johnny Mathis 9.25 – 10.20 pm
Johnny Mathis in a tribute to Nat King Cole
Natalie Cole
C4 How To Be Celtic 9.00 -
Paddy Maloney of The Chieftains
Tuesday 13th September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Mel Torme and George Shearing
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Big Country -
Toyah -
Thames Entertainment Express 8.00 -
Jose Feliciano
Lynsey DePaul
C4 Loose Talk 10.55 -
Howard Jones -
Jeffrey Daniels from Shalamar
Wednesday 14th September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Stubby Kaye
BBC1 James Last In Brighton 10.15 -
BBC2 Eight Days A Week 6.05 -
Hosted by Robin Denslowe
Panel -
C4 Jazz on Four 11.30 pm -
Freddie Hubbard
Pete King Quartet
Thursday 15th September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Brendan Shine
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Janice Long
Only three new clips in this weeks' show
Kajagoogoo -
Jimmy Savile chats to Boy George
Culture Club -
Genesis -
David Essex -
Big Country -
The Truth -
Chart 30 -
Cliff Richard -
Chart 20 -
Modern Romance -
Chart 8 -
UB40 -
Monyaka -
BBC1 Tommy Steele – This Is Your Lunch 9.25 – 10.00 pm
Variety Club lunch from the Savoy, London
BBC1 Late Night In Concert 10.55 -
Men at Work live in Ontario
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 9.00 -
BBC2 Sing Country 10.20 -
Boxcar Willie
Margo Smith
Roy Drusky
Foster and Allen
Terry McMillan
Friday 16th September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Gloria Gaynor
BBC2 Open University: James Bond 5.10 -
Marvin Hamlisch's work on The Spy Who Loved Me
Granada Mike Oldfield 12.45 -
C4 Ladybirds 9.15 -
Barbara Dickson
Saturday 17th September 1983
BBC1 Get Set Picture Show 9.15 -
Nick Beggs and Jez Strode from Kajagoogoo
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 6.20 -
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Culture Club
BBC1 Blankety Blank 7.05 -
Lynsey de Paul
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.30 -
Sacha Distel
TV-
Toyah
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
The Truth
JoBoxers – chat with David Rappaport
Big Country (promo clip)
David Essex (promo clip)
LWT The Krankies Club 5.05 -
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
Lisa Stansfield
TVS Joe Cocker On Tour 11.15 pm -
LWT Pink Floyd at Pompeii 11.45 pm -
LWT Profiles In Rock: Roger Daltrey 12.45 am -
Tyne Tees Jam Special 12.25 -
Sunday 18th September 1983
BBC1 The Old Grey Whistle Test 1.55 -
The Fun Boy Three
BBC2 Barry at Blenheim 7.15 -
Barry Manilow
Monday 19th September 1983
BBC2 Riverside 7.00 -
The Mystery Girls -
King Kurt -
Tom Robinson – interview
Gary Numan – Host Steve Blacknell takes a trip in his plane
ITV Alphabet Zoo 12.00 -
Ralph McTell
Tuesday 20th September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Gloria Gaynor
BBC1 South East At Six 6.05 -
Ronnie Lane’s ARMS Group -
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
Kenny Everett
TV-
Patti Boulaye
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Endgames -
Nick Heyward -
Thames Give Us A Clue 7.30 -
Hank Marvin
Thames Entertainment Express 8.00 -
Jack Jones
C4 Loose Talk 10.50 -
Paul Young
Wednesday 21st September 1983
BBC1 Russell Harty 6.55 -
Paul Young
BBC1 James Last in Berlin 9.55 -
BBC2 Eight Days A Week 6.05 -
Panel -
ITV The All Electric Amusement Arcade 4.45 -
drama about the manager of the pop group Electric Arc
C4 Aliey Celebrates Ellington 9.00 -
introduced by Gladys Knight
A tribute to Duke Ellington by the Alvin Aliey American Dance Centre
Thursday 22nd September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Jade (singer)
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Public Image Limited were scheduled to appear but couldn't make it, so The Alarm were booked to replace them
Hosted by Mike Read, Simon Bates
Howard Jones -
David Bowie -
Hot Chocolate -
Toyah -
The Alarm -
Nick Heyward -
Status Quo -
Chart 30 -
Soft Cell -
Chart 20 -
Heaven 17 -
Chart 10 -
Culture Club -
Hot Streak -
BBC1 Late Night In Concert 10.30 -
King Sunny Ade
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 9.00 -
U2
TV-
Billy Jo Spears
C4 The Malibu World Disco Dancing Championship 1983 8.00 -
Compare: Leee John (Imagination)
Haywood
C4 A Frame With Davis 12.00 -
Steve Davis snooker match
Frankie Vaughan
Friday 23rd September 1983
Yorkshire Donovan In Concert 11.00 pm -
TVS The Flying Pickets 11.45 pm -
C4 Ladybirds 9.15 -
Bonnie Tyler
Saturday 24th September 1983
BBC1 Get Set For Summer 9.15 -
Cy Curnin (The Fixx)
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 6.15 -
Leo Sayer helps to break the record for the quickest journey from Paris to London
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.25 -
The Style Council -
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Perfect Stranger
LWT The Krankies Club 5.05 -
The Rockin’ Berries
Johnny Logan
LWT Punchlines 7.30 -
Pearly Gates
Tyne Tees Rock Around Midnight 12.05 -
content unknown
LWT Presenting Price 12.35 am -
Alan Price in concert in Newcastle
Granada The Ventures In Concert 1.00 -
C4 Four Track Live 10.00 pm -
Hosted by Richard Digence, Steve Strange
All acts do a thirty minute set, live from Shepton Mallett Festival
Big Country
Strawbs
The Belle Stars
Sally Oldfield
UB40
David Essex
Sunday 25th September 1983
BBC1 Raccoons On Ice 1.55 -
the voices of Leo Sayer and Rita Coolidge
BBC1 The Good Old Days 8.55 -
Anita Harris
Monday 26th September 1983
BBC2 Riverside 7.00 -
Eddie & Sunshine
John Foxx
Mick Karn and Midge Ure
Tuesday 27th September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Kajagoogoo -
BBC1 Russell Harty 7.05 -
Wham! – interview, Blue
BBC1 Roger Whittaker In Kenya 10.40 – 11.35 pm
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter tells a story
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
The Lotus Eaters -
The Truth -
Thames Entertainment Express 8.00 -
Patti Boulaye
Wall Street Crash
C4 Loose Talk 10.45 -
A Certain Ratio and Tony Wilson -
Wednesday 28th September 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
BBC1 Harty 6.50 -
Buck Fizz
BBC2 Eight Days A Week 6.-
Panel -
BBC2 Peter Paul & Mary 7.40 -
Live at the Southport Theatre
Thames The Morecambe and Wise Show 8.00 -
Stutz Bear Cats
TSW / Channel Harvest Jazz at Paul Massan 11.30 pm -
Flor Purim and Airto
Thursday 29th September 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Tommy Vance
Black Lace -
David Essex -
Tracey Ullman -
Travis chats to new Radio One DJ Mark Hayes
George Benson -
Monyaka -
Kajagoogoo -
USA chart with Jonathan King in Hollywood -
Chart 30 -
Unique -
Chart 20 -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Chart 10 -
Culture Club -
Public Image Limited -
BBC1 Late Night In Concert 10.40 -
Stevie Nicks (Wilshire Theatre, Los Angeles)
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 9.00 -
content unknown
TSW Portrait Of A Legend: Merle Haggard 12.00 -
HTV Profiles In Rock: Earth Wind and Fire 12.00 -
C4 The Malibu World Disco Dancing Championship 1983 8.00 -
C4 The Entertainers 8.30 -
Chris Rea
Roman Holliday
Friday 30th September 1983
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Gary Numan
Dreams
BBC1 International Battle Of The Pop Bands 6.45 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
Judges: Robin Gibb, Kim Wilde, Carlene Carter, Tony Visconti, Paul Gambaccini
Bands from Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Finland
UK entry: The Sugar Ray Five
Saturday 1st October 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Kajagoogoo
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 6.15 -
Agnetha
Meat Loaf
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.25 -
Roman Holliday
BBC2 Tony Sings and Buddy Swings 10.35 -
Tony Bennet and Buddy Rich
TV-
The Truth
Fab Five Freddy
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Cutting Edge
LWT The Krankies Club 5.05 -
Modern Romance
Pookiesnackenburger
LWT Punchlines 7.30 -
Bernie Flint
LWT The Boomtown Rats 1.00 am -
Live at Hammersmith Odeon
C4 For 4 Tonight 11.00 -
Directed by Michael Dolenz
Sunday 2nd October 1983
BBC1 The Good Old Days 8.55 -
Vince Hill
Mary O'Hara
Monday 3rd October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Bucks Fizz
BBC2 Daytime On Two: The Making Of The Kenny Everett Television Show 11.42 am -
BBC2 Riverside 7.05 -
Steve Jansen article about trip to Japan with Riurychi Sakamoto, Ippu Do
Nick Heyward
Tuesday 4th October 1983
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.25 -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Bobby Goldsboro
The Bellamy Brothers
TVAM Through The Keyhole 7.55 -
Billy J Kramer
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Ralph McTell -
Roman Holliday -
Thames Entertainment Express 8.00 -
The Platters
C4 Loose Talk 10.55 -
Steve Walsh
Thereze Bazar
Wednesday 5th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Shorty Rogers
BBC2 Eight Days A Week 5.40 -
Panel -
TV-
Ian Gillan
Thursday 6th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
documentary about Barry Manilow at Blenheim Palace
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen, John Peel (dressed as Roman soldiers)
Freeez -
David Bowie -
Depeche Mode -
Meat Loaf -
Nick Heyward -
Howard Jones -
David Grant -
Chart 30 -
The Alarm -
Chart 18 -
New Order -
Chart 9 -
Culture Club -
The Rocksteady Crew -
BBC1 Late Night In Concert: Thomas Dolby 11.25 pm -
Live at Riverside Studio
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 9.00 -
Duran Duran
C4 The Malibu World Disco Dancing Championship 1983 8.00 -
Leee John
Friday 7th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Richard Carpenter
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.50 -
Big Country -
Nick Heyward -
BBC1 Show Business 6.50 -
Hosted by Mike Smith, Sally James, Richard Skinner
C4 Ladybirds 9.15 -
Bertice Reading
Saturday 8th October 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Leo Sayer
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 6.15 -
Kenny Rogers via satellite
Bucks Fizz -
BBC1 Three Of A Kind 8.15 -
Junior
TV-
Richard Carpenter
Billy Joel
Brian Poole
TV-
Nick Heywood
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Kajagoogoo
LWT The Krankies Club 5.05 -
Linda Lewis
Roman Holliday
TSW Songmakers 6.00 -
content unknown
LWT Thin Lizzy 1.00 am -
Monday 10th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
The Spinners
BBC2 Riverside 6.40 -
Paul Haig
New Order interviewed at the Hacienda
Bill Nelson -
BBC2 Photo-
Dave Lee Travis' photos of The Maddy Prior Band
Tuesday 11th October 1983
BBC1 Russell Harty 7.05 -
Sheena Easton
BBC1 Olivia Newton-
Live in Utah
BBC2 Photo Assignment 7.15 -
Dave Lee Travis' photos of Kim Wilde
BBC2 Photo-
Dave Lee Travis' photos of The Maddy Prior Band
TVAM Good Morning Britain 6.25 -
Sheena Easton
David Essex
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
The Belle Stars -
Cruella De Ville -
Grampian Corries and Other Folk 7.00 -
Thames Entertainment Express 8.00 -
Billy Jo Spears
Max Bygraves
C4 Loose Talk 10.50 -
Pete Townshend
Wednesday 12th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Adam Faith
Elaine Delmar
BBC1 Russell Harty 7.55 -
Boy George
BBC1 Bob Hope Royal Gala 9.25 -
Roy Budd
BBC2 Eight Days A Week 5.55 -
Panel: Simon Napier-
BBC1 Photo Assignment 7.30 -
Dave Lee Travis takes photos of The Maddy Prior Band
BBC2 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames 9.30 -
live at the Questors Theatre, London
BBC1 Photo Assignment Extra 11.50 pm -
Dave Lee Travis takes photos of The Maddy Prior Band
TV-
David Essex
ITV Play It Again 12.30 -
Frankie Vaughan
Thursday 13th October 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Powell, Richard Skinner
Roman Holliday -
Tracey Ullman -
Black Lace -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
George Benson -
Bucks Fizz -
Chart 30 -
Lydia Murdock -
Chart 20 -
Lionel Richie -
Chart 10 -
Culture Club -
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson -
BBC1 Late Night In Concert 11.24 -
King Crimson (Frejus, France 1982)
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 9.00 -
Spandau Ballet
BBC1 Photo Assignment Extra 11.40 -
Dave Lee Travis takes photos of The Maddy Prior Band
C4 The Malibu World Disco Dancing Championship 1983 8.00 -
Leee John
Friday 14th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Helen Shapiro
Paula Ann Bland
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.50 -
Junior
Kajagoogoo
BBC1 Show Business 6.50 -
The Bee Gees interview
Tracey Ullman (as a singer)
C4 Ladybirds 9.15 -
Jane Birkin
Saturday 15th October 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Boy George – interview
Musical Youth
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.50 -
Adam Ant
Randy Crawford
TV-
Jazz in the Camden Palace
Edwina Lawrie
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT The Krankies Club 5.05 -
Mari Wilson
LWT Punchlines 7.30 -
Joe Brown
LWT Murray Head at Olympia 1.15 am -
live in Paris
TVS The Roots Of Rock N Roll 11.30 pm 12.30 am
compilation
TSW / Channel Osibisa In Concert 11.30 pm -
Tyne Tees Rock Around Midnight: Presenting Price 11.30 pm -
Alan Price at the Newcastle City Hall with guest Eric Burden
Sunday 16th October 1983
TSW Songmakers 6.00 -
content unknown
Yorkshire Harvest Jazz 12.05 -
content unknown
Monday 17th October 1983
BBC2 Riverside 6.30 -
Brian Eno
Jane
Billie McKenzie
Steveo (of Some Bizarre Records)
Marilyn
Tuesday 18th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Cilla Black interview
(possibly) Rick Wakeman -
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
John Denver
TV-
Jonathan King
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Naked Eyes -
Passion Puppets -
Thames Entertainment Express 8.00 -
Gloria Gaynor
The Bachelors
C4 Loose Talk 11.10 pm -
Tom Waits talks to Ian Hislop
Wednesday 19th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Brenda Lee
Sky
BBC1 Russell Harty 6.50 -
David Essex
BBC1 Late Night In Concert 11.35 pm -
Steve Miller (Pine Knob, Michegan)
BBC2 Eight Days A Week 6.05 -
Panel -
BBC2 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames 9.30 -
live at Questeros Theatre, London
TV-
The Nolans
Thames Name That Tune 7.00 -
Resident singer: Maggie Moon
Thursday 20th October 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Andy Peebles, Janice Long
David Grant -
The Rocksteady Crew -
Howard Jones -
Billy Joel -
Gary Numan -
Freeez -
Elton John -
Chart 30 -
Depeche Mode -
Chart 20 -
Men Without Hats -
Chart 10 -
Culture Club -
Meat Loaf – Midnight At The Lost and Found (playout record and audience dancing)
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 9.00 -
The Thompson Twins
BBC2 Simply Simon (repeat 27 December 1975)
Paul Simon special
Anglia Country Music Festival 7.00 -
content unknown
C4 The Malibu World Disco Dancing Championship 1983 8.00 -
Leee John
C4 The Entertainers 8.30 -
The Dialtones
Friday 21st October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Leo Sayer
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.50 -
Haircut 100 -
BBC1 Show Business 6.45 -
content unknown
C4 Rockers Roadshow 9.15 -
Hosted by Mikey Dread from the Trinity Hall, Bristol
Black Roots
Talisman
Rainbow Steel Band
Saturday 22nd October 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Adam Ant
Nick Heyward
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.50 -
Duran Duran
Phil Collins
BBC1 Blankety Blank 6.40 -
Joe Brown, Lynsey de Paul
BBC1 Carrott’s Lib 10.35 -
The Animals
TV-
Depeche Mode
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Bruce Foxton – chat with David Rappaport
TVS DJ 5.35 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen with Tracie Young
content unknown
TSW / Channel Tina Turner 11.15 pm -
TVS The Roots Of Rock N Roll 11.20 pm -
Tyne Tees Rock Around Midnight 11.35 am -
content unknown
Granada Jerry Lee Lewis Live In London 12.15 -
LWT Black Sabbath 1.05 am -
Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Sunday 23rd October 1983
BBC1 Top Secret 5.20 -
Lynsey de Paul
BBC1 Omnibus: Profile of Roger Daltrey 9.55 -
TSW Songmakers 6.00 -
content unknown
Monday 24th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
The Revillos
BBC2 Riverside 6.30 -
Phillip Glass
The Glove (Robert Smith and Budgie)
Tuesday 25th October 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Andy Williams -
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Granada Hold Tight! 4.20 -
Musical Youth compete against their old school, Duddeston Manor
Musical Youth -
Pookiesnackenburger -
Paul Young -
C4 Loose Talk 10.40 -
Tom Robinson, Simon Napier-
Wednesday 26th October 1983
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
The Three Degrees
BBC2 Eight Days A Week 5.40 -
Panel -
Thames A Plus 1.30 -
The Hank Wangford Band
TSW Jazz at Paul Masson 11.35 pm -
Thursday 27th October 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Tony Blackburn
King Kurt -
Lionel Richie -
Musical Youth -
Olivia Newton-
Duran Duran -
The Cure -
Will Powers -
Chart 30 -
Adam Ant -
Chart 20 -
UB40 -
Chart 10 -
Culture Club -
Shalamar -
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 9.00 -
content unknown
Anglia Country Music Festival 7.00 -
content unknown
Yorkshire Osibisa In Concert 11.30 pm -
C4 The Malibu World Disco Dancing Championship 1983 8.00 -
Friday 28th October 1983
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Natasha -
Cutting Edge -
BBC1 Show Business 6.40 -
content unknown
BBC1 My Kind Of Music 10.15 -
Lulu
Shakin’ Stevens
Granada Harvest Jazz Festival 12.50 -
content unknown
C4 The Tube 5.30 -
French and Saunders in the pub and throughout the programme
Hosted by Jools Holland, Leslie Ash (covering for Paula Yates who was on maternity leave)
Billy Bragg -
Peter Adamson as the barman in the pub
Paul Young & The Family -
The Eurythmics -
Mick Jagger -
Tina Turner -
The Police -
Swans Way -
Pete Frame -
The Sex Pistols -
Public Image Limited -
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson -
Mark Miwurdz on the phone from Deptford
Clips of upcoming acts -
The Eurythmics -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 9.15 -
Cool Running
Restriction
Rainbow Steel Band
Saturday 29th October 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Llmahl
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.50 -
Madness -
Paul & Linda McCartney -
Olivia Newton-
BBC2 The Beggars Opera 8.00 -
Roger Daltrey as MacHeath
TVAM Data Run 8.40 -
Elvis Costello in Glasgow
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Cliff Richard talks about his favourite films
Gary Numan on tour
TVS DJ 5.35 -
content unknown
LWT Punchlines 7.30 -
Joe Brown
TVS The Roots Of Rock N Roll 11.15 pm -
content unknown
TSW No Nukes Festival 11.15 pm -
content unknown
Granada The Boomtown Rats 12.10 -
LWT John Watts 1.00 am – end
on his European tour
Sunday 30th October 1983
BBC2 Did You See…? 8.45 -
David Essex on review panel
Monday 31st October 1983
BBC1 Film ‘83 10.55 -
Location report on Kenny Everett’s film ‘Bloodbath at the House of Death’
BBC2 Riverside 7.00 -
The Specimen at the Bat Cave Club
Danielle Dax
Tuesday 1st November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Cliff Richard interview
BBC1 Russell Harty 7.05 -
Robin Gibb
BBC2 Rock School 6.40 -
Guitar -
Drums -
Bass -
The Bass with John Taylor of Duran Duran, John Entwistle
BBC2 Barclay James Harvest 7.05 -
Live in Berlin
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Eurythmics -
Adam Ant -
Melanie -
Thames Des O’Connor Tonight 8.00 -
Tom Jones
Border ABBA 11.30 pm -
C4 Loose Talk 10.55 -
The The -
Wednesday 2nd November 1983
BBC1 One Night In Lincoln 11.00 -
Mike Harding
BBC2 Eight Days A Week 5.40 -
Panel -
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from San Francisco
David Bowie -
Bo Diddley -
Jimi Hendrix Foundation article
BBC2 Karen Kay 9.30 -
Hank Marvin
The Barron Knights
Thursday 3rd November 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Powell, Mike Read
A live broadcast
ABC -
Donna Summer & Musical Youth -
Elton John -
Peter Powell says happy birthday to one of the cameramen
The Police -
USA chart with Jonathan King -
Mike Read teaches Peter Powell the Status Quo chord on a guitar
Status Quo -
Chart 30 -
Madness -
Chart 20 -
Shakin’ Stevens -
Chart 10 -
Billy Joel -
Men Without Hats -
BBC2 The Kenny Everett Television Show 9.00 -
content unknown
BBC2 Ebony 10.25 -
Eek-
Anglia Country Music Festival 7.00 -
content unknown
C4 The Malibu World Disco Dancing Championships 8.00 -
semi finals
Leee John
C4 Movemental 9.05 -
Tiger
Invader
Gard Bird
The Dread-
C4 Ian Dury 11.45 pm -
Documentary
Friday 4th November 1983
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Modern Romance
David Joseph
BBC1 Show Business 6.55 -
Tommy Steele
BBC1 My Kind Of Music 10.15 -
Moira Anderson with Tony Hatch and his orchestra
Granada Harvest Jazz Festival 12.50 -
content unknown
C4 The Tube 5.15 -
First anniversary show. Leslie Ash was in hospital so was missing.
Jools Holland introduction
Tony Fletcher (editor of Jamming fanzine) becomes co-
The Equals -
Kitchenware Records article with The Kane Gang -
Rough Trade Records article with Geoff Travis interview, The Smiths -
French and Saunders in the pub
Tracie -
Jools Holland -
Elvis Costello -
SPK -
Jonathan Perkins -
Eddy Grant -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
C4 Paul Hogan’s England 9.05 -
Bucks Fizz
Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Saturday 5th November 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Eddy Grant
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.50 -
Elton John
TV-
UB40
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
Granada Pop Goes Guy Fawlkes 11.05 -
Hosted by Gary Byrd from Alton Towers
Dave Edmunds
Culture Club
Spandau Ballet
Roman Holliday
Carmel
LWT No Nukes Festival 12.50 am -
live in Holland
Bad Manners
Steel Pulse
Sunday 6th November 1983
Granada Pop Goes Guy Fawkes 4.30 -
Monday 7th November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Dean Friedman
BBC2 Riverside 7.05 -
Compilation show -
BBC2 Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-
Sammy Davis Jr
C4 Grove Music 11.45 pm -
music from Ladbroke Grove, London
Tuesday 8th November 1983
BBC1 Sixty Minutes 5.40 -
Mick Jagger interview
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
ABC
BBC2 Rock School 6.40 -
Deirdre Cartwright (guitar), Geoff Nicholls (drums) and Henry Thomas (bass)
Guitar strings and drum heads -
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
The Walkers -
Kim Wilde -
Blancmange -
Will Powers -
Bruce Foxton -
Thames Des O’Connor Tonight 8.00 -
Elaine Paige
C4 Loose Talk 10.50 -
The Joeys
Tom Robinson
JoBoxers
Wednesday 9th November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Buddy Greco
BBC2 Harty 7.05 -
The Belle Stars
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from New York
The Police -
Twiggy, Anthony Newley
MTV
TSW / Channel Peter Sarstedt 11.35 pm -
C4 Shampw 11.05 -
Film made by band Bando
Thursday 10th November 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by John Peel, Dave Jensen (dressed as Robin Hood's merry men)
Musical Youth -
Adam Ant -
Marilyn -
The Eurythmics -
Chart 30 -
Limahl -
Chart 19 -
The Cure -
Chart 9 -
Billy Joel -
Joy Division -
BBC1 Strike Up The Band 11.15 -
The Syd Lawrence Orchestra with Matt Monro, Tina Cross
Anglia Cambridge Folk Festival 7.10 -
content unknown
Central Magic Micro Mission (not listed in newspapers)
Synthesizer article with Francis Monkman
Tyne Tees Mixdown 10.32 -
The show presents more MOR/Easy artists
Hosted by Paul Burnett
News items by Brian Matthew
C4 The Malibu World Disco Dancing Championships 8.00 -
The final
Imagination
Friday 11th November 1983
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Thompson Twins
Jimmy The Hoover
BBC1 Show Business 6.55 -
George Michael
Modern Romance
BBC1 My Kind Of Music 10.15 -
Anne Lorne Gilles
Alan Price
BBC2 The Innes Book of Records 10.30 -
Neil Innes
TV-
Georgie Fame
Frankie Vaughan
Central Auf Weidersehen Pet 9.00 -
Theme by Joe Fagin -
Features Gary Holton from the Heavy Metal Kids
C4 The Tube 5.30 -
Dr John was due to be on but cancelled
Jools Holland and Leslie Ash introduction
Muriel Grey talks about Just Seventeen magazine
Mark Miwurdz
Jools talks to old gents in a pub about Just Seventeen magazine
Ray Davies -
Gerry Anderson interviewed by Jools about Terrahawks and goes backstage, Kate Kestrel
-
Mark Miwurdz
The Assembly -
Jools at the piano in the foyer explaining that Dr John couldn't be here
MTV sting animations
The Fixx -
The Toy Dolls (repeat clip from first show)
The Rolling Stones -
Mick Jagger and Julien Temple -
Carmel -
Wham! -
The Call -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 9.15 -
Denym
Gerant Jarman
Saturday 12th November 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 pm -
JoBoxers
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.50 -
Status Quo
BBC1 Blankety Blank 6.40 -
Cilla Black
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
Chas and Dave
TVS DJ 5.35 -
Tracie
LWT Punchlines 7.30 -
Joe Brown
TVS Profiles In Rock: Supertramp 11.45 pm -
Tyne Tees Rock Around Midnight 11.45 pm -
content unknown
Sunday 13th November 1983
BBC1 Top Secret 5.20 -
Lynsey de Paul
LWT The Royal Variety Show 7.15 -
The Rock Steady Crew
Monday 13th November 1983
BBC2 Sussex Folk Plus Jamboree 7.05 -
hosted by Johnny Silvo
Prelude
Diz Disley
Peter Rowan
TV-
Herb Alpert
Tuesday 14th November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Boxcar Willie
BBC2 Rock School 6.40 -
Drums: Carl Palmer
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Limahl -
Eddy Grant -
ABC -
Thames Des O’Connor 8.00 -
Sheila Ferguson
Wednesday 16th November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Kay Starr
Mike Batt
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
Toyah
BBC1 One Night In Lincoln 11.00 -
Mike Harding
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from Hawaii
George Benson
BBC2 Karen Kay 9.30 -
Tony Christie
BBC2 Arena: Eddie Cochran -
Joe Brown, Sharon Sheely
Thursday 17th November 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Gary Davies
Aztec Camera -
Shakin’ Stevens -
Double Dutch team from Connecticut chat to Jimmy Savile
Madness -
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson -
Chart 30 -
The Assembly -
Chart 20 -
The Rolling Stones -
Chart 10 -
Billy Joel -
Michael Jackson -
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.15 -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Jerry Reed
BBC2 Ebony 10.20 -
Winston Reedy
report on the need for a black radio station in London
Tyne Tees Mixdown 10.32 -
Hosted by Paul Burnett
News items by Brian Matthew
Ulster Music Of Man 11.00 pm -
content unknown
TVS Portrait of a Legend: Stevie Wonder 12.00 -
Friday 18th November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Rosemary Clooney
Brook Benton
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Blue Zoo
Haywoode
BBC1 Show Business 6.55 -
Ringo Starr -
BBC1 My Kind Of Music 10.15 -
Barbara Dickson
Colin Blunstone
BBC2 Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 pm -
Billy Joel -
This replaces the scheduled Whistle Test On The Road (first of six shows) The Truth live at Aston University, Birmingham
C4 The Tube 5.30 -
Ozzy Osbourne rises out of a coffin
Imagination -
Jools Holland and Leslie Ash
Wham! arriving at the studio
Ozzy Osbourne (dressed as Dracula standing up in a coffin) -
Ready Steady Go! article with John Platt interviewed by Tony Fletcher, clips of The Beatles, Them, Lulu, chart run down, The Rolling Stones
Yardbirds article with John Platt interviewed by Tony Fletcher, A Heart Full Of Soul (1968 TV clip with Jimmy Page)
Simon Napier-
REM -
Dr John -
Mark Miwurdz
Wham! -
Clips of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry movies
Marc Bolan clip -
Jackson Browne -
Z Z Top -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 9.15 -
from the Asylum, Nottingham
Marcia & The Modettes
Jackie Kenton
Pegasus
Hyson Green’s Realistics
Natural Ites
Saturday 19th November 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Toyah
Status Quo
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.50 -
content unknown
BBC1 Blankety Blank 6.35 -
Jonathan King
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 5.25 -
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
TVS DJ 5.35 -
content unknown
LWT Punchlines 7.30 -
Tony Blackburn, Cheryl Baker
TVS The Roots Of Rock and Roll 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Rock Around Midnight 11.20 pm -
content unknown
LWT Fela In Concert 1.00 am -
Fela Ransome Kuti live in Paris
Sunday 20th November 1983
LWT Sunday Sunday 5.30 -
Marvin Hamlisch
Yorkshire Harvest Jazz 12.20 -
content unknown
Monday 21st November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Dana
BBC2 Sussex Folk Plus Jamboree 7.05 -
introduced by Johnny Silvo
Roaring Jelly
The Cat’s Whiskers
English Country Blues Band
Merribell’s Gospel Choir
Tuesday 22nd November 1983
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
Deborah Harry -
BBC2 Rockschool 6.40 -
Rhythm and Blues
TVAM Through The Keyhole 7.55 -
Captain Sensible
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Belle Stars -
Tom Robinson -
Marilyn -
Toyah Willcox
Musical Youth
C4 Black On Black 11.05 pm – 12.00 am
Hosted by Pauline Black
Aswad – interview
Wednesday 23rd November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Ian Dury
BBC1 Harty 6.40 -
Tracey Ullman (as a singer)
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from Denver
Kenny Rogers
BBC2 Karen Kay 9.30 -
Ronnie Scott
BBC2 Arena: Juke Box Jazz II 11.00 -
Hosted by George Melly, Slim Gaillard
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Nat Cole Trio, Louis Armstrong
TVAM Good Morning Britain 6.25 -
Eartha Kitt
Thursday 24th November 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Simon Bates, Richard Skinner
A Live broadcast
Paul Young -
Tina Turner -
The Smiths -
The Thompson Twins -
Marilyn -
Chart 30 -
Simple Minds -
Chart 20 -
Style Council -
Chart 10 -
Billy Joel -
The Eurythmics -
BBC2 Ebony 10.20 -
Winston Reedy
Tyne Tees Mixdown 10.32 -
Hosted by Paul Burnett
News items by Brian Matthew
Yorkshire John Miles In Concert 11.30 pm -
Friday 25th November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Alvin Stardust
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Limahl -
Chas & Dave -
BBC1 Children In Need 6.55 pm -
Kenny Everett
BBC1 (Scotland) Double Bill 9.40 -
Billy Jo Spears
BBC1 James Last Plays The Beatles 11.05 -
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 11.40 pm -
Introduced by Mark Ellen
Level 42 live at The Ace, Brixton
C4 The Tube 5.30 -
Kid Creole was scheduled to appear
French and Saunders intro and throughout the show as the two fans
Jools Holland and Leslie Ash
The Style Council -
Gary Crowley interviewed by Leslie Ash
The Who – A Whole Scene Going 1966 clip, Substitute (promo clip), Pictures Of Lily (Beat Club)
Cab Calloway -
Tom Tom Club -
Yardbirds -
Paul Young -
Einstürzende Neubauten -
John Peel talks about Marc Bolan to Gary James
Marc Bolan -
Mickey Finn talks about Marc Bolan to Gary James
The Fall -
The Europeans -
The Pretenders -
The Style Council -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 9.15 -
From Huddersfield
Progression All Stars
Karen Williamson
Jab Jab
Brasilia
Saturday 26th November 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Limahl
David Grant
The Flying Pickets
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 5.40 -
BBC2 Rhythm On Two: Peter Paul & Mary 9.45 -
part two of a concert from the Southport Theatre
Central Saturday Show
Toyah
TVS DJ
content unknown
Monday 28th November 1983
BBC2 Sussex Folk -
Albion Band, Christy Moore
BBC2 The Bob Monkhouse Show 8.30 -
Kenny Everett
Tuesday 29th November 1983
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
Randy Edelman
BBC2 Rock School 6.40 -
Heavy Metal -
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Guest host Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo)
The Assembly -
Howard Jones -
Toyah -
Vikki Benson -
Thames Des O’Connor
Chas and Dave
Wednesday 30th November 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Jethro Tull -
Chris Barber
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from Los Angeles
content unknown
Thames Up The Elephant And Round The Castle 8.30 -
Sit-
Thursday 1st December 1983
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.10 -
Shakin' Stevens
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Steve Wright
Slade -
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton -
The Flying Pickets -
Genesis -
Ozzy Osbourne -
Radio Times covers presentation
Cliff Richard -
Chart 30 -
Tracey Ullman -
Chart 20 -
Aztec Camera -
Chart 10 -
Billy Joel -
BBC2 Ebony 10.20 -
content unknown
ITV Little Girls Don't 2.30 -
play with Toyah Willcox
Yorkshire Nazareth Live 11.30 pm -
TVS Portrait of a Legend: Olivia Newton-
Tyne Tees Mixdown 10.32 -
Hosted by Paul Burnett
News items by Brian Matthew
Friday 2nd December 1983
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Lynsey de Paul & Neil Adams
Kim Wilde
The Look
BBC1 Show Business 6.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Chieftains Image Of Ireland 10.45 -
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 11.35 pm -
Introduced by David Hepworth
Tom Robinson and the Crew at Goldiggers, Chippenham
TSW / Channel Thank God It's Friday 10.35 pm -
C4 The Tube 5.30 -
Culture Club -
Boy George -
Hull article with Jools Holland -
Muriel Grey talks about Boystown / Hi-
Divine -
Mark Miwurdz
The Icicle Works -
Fats Waller -
Dress designers Peter Leathers and Michelle Hogard who had made Leslie's dress
Muriel Grey talks about The Tube Late Night Extra later tonight Michael Jackson -
David Bowie -
Simple Minds -
The Pretenders -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 9.15 -
Mikey Dread at Highfiled in Leicester
Oneness
Eastern Vibration
C4 What The Censor Saw: Carnal Knowledge 11.20 pm -
C4 The Tube: Late Night Extra: Michael Jackson’s Thriller 1.05 am -
Channel 4 couldn't begin showing it until MTV in the USA had finished. Later on a Tyne Tees editor reversed the transformation scene making it look as though he was going from a werewolf to Jackson, leading to the girl screaming.
Saturday 3rd December 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
BA Robertson
Bucks Fizz
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.50 -
Elton John -
BBC1 Blankety Blank 6.35 -
Kenny Everett, Cleo Laine
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 5.30 -
TV-
The Eurythmics
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
content unknown
Yorkshire 3-
Frankie Vaughan
LWT The Cannon and Ball Show 7.00 -
Cliff Richard
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
LWT Punchlines 7.45 -
Dana
LWT After Midnight 12.00 -
Marilyn in chat show
LWT Lene Lovich 12.40 am -
Live in Canada
TVS The Roots of Rock N Roll 11.20 pm -
The Doobie Brothers
Tyne Tees Rock Around Midnight 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Sunday 4th December 1983
LWT Sunday Sunday 5.30 -
Bucks Fizz
Monday 5th December 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Modern Romance
BBC2 Sussex Folk -
Renaissance
BBC2 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-
Sammy Davis Jr
BBC2 The Bob Monkhouse Show 8.30 -
Rosemary Clooney
TV-
Rick Wakeman
ITV Record Tokens advert with Alan Freeman
Tuesday 6th December 1983
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
Duran Duran backstage in Manchester
Videostars 9.25 -
play about a cable television company written by Howard Schumann
Tim Curry
BBC2 Rock School 6.40 -
Funk with Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Nile Rogers
TV-
Sandie Shaw interview
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Michael Barrymore
Dominic & Julie From Guys n Dolls
Real Life -
Peter Schilling -
The Pretenders -
Thames Des O’Connor Tonight 8.00 -
Brenda Lee
Wednesday 7th December 1983
BBC1 Harty 6.40 -
Slade
BBC1 One Night In Lincoln 11.10 -
Mike Harding
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from Toronto
Boy George
Channel Guernsey Jazz Five 10.00 -
TSW / Channel Harvest Jazz at Paul Masson 12.05 -
Thursday 8th December 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Mike Read, Tommy Vance
The Thompson Twins -
Billy Joel -
Paul Young -
Tina Turner -
Tears For Fears -
Chart 30 -
Howard Jones -
Chart 20 -
Culture Club -
Chart 10 -
The Flying Pickets -
Wham! -
BBC2 Ebony 10.20 -
content unknown
Ulster Music of Man 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Yorkshire Jerry Lee Lewis 11.30 pm -
Friday 9th December 1983
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Toyah -
David Grant -
BBC1 Show Business 6.55 -
Spandau Ballet in America
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 11.20 pm -
The Smiths at the Assembly Rooms, Derby
C4 The Tube 5.30 -
Jools Holland outside in the queue
Leslie Ash in the green room
Gary Holton in Auf Weidersehen Pet clip, interviewed by Leslie Ash
Gary Holton -
Cucumber Videos article with Green Cross Code advert, Tom Tom Club -
Ian Dury And The Blockheads -
Frankie Goes to Hollywood -
Mark Miwurdz
Natural Ites and The Realistics -
Echo and the Bunnymen -
Mick Jagger – interviewed by Jools in a London hotel room, plus Rolling Stones archive clips, Under Cover (heavily edited version of promo clip)
Simple Minds -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 9.15 -
Recorded at The Dolphin pub in Slough
Mighty Stripes
Rush
Natural Roots
Saturday 10th December 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Elton John
The Police
Slade
BBC1 The Late Late Breakfast Show 5.55 -
Rod Stewart (via satellite)
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.10 -
Elaine Paige
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 5.35 -
TVAM Data Run 8.40 -
The Pretenders filming promo for 2000 Miles
Central Saturday Show 10.30 am -
The Jets
The Flying Pickets
TVS DJ 5.35 -
New Order -
Marilyn -
Yorkshire 3-
Marion Montgomery
Georgie Fame
LWT Cannon & Ball 7.00 -
Status Quo -
The Platters
LWT Punchlines 7.45 -
Joe Brown
TSW Pink Floyd In Pompeii 11.35 pm -
Granada Alexis Korner and Friends in Concert 12.30 -
LWT Randy Edelman in London 1.15 -
TVS Women In Rock
content unknown
Sunday 11th December 1983
LWT Freeze Frame 11.30 am -
Culture Club
Monday 12th December 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Duran Duran
BBC1 International Pro-
Glen Campbell
BBC2 Sussex Folk Plus Jamboree 7.05 -
Donovan
Incantation
BBC2 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-
Tiny Tim
TVS Profiles In Rock: Toto 12.05 -
Tuesday 13th December 1983
BBC1 Harty 7.05 -
The Flying Pickets
BBC2 Rock School 6.15 -
Reggae with Sly & Robbie
BBC2 Barry at Blenheim 9.25 -
Barry Manilow
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz 4.20 -
Paul McCartney – interview, Pipes Of Peace (promo clip)
Bucks Fizz -
Status Quo -
Rick Springfield -
Limahl
Thames Give Us A Clue 7.30 -
Suzi Quatro
Wednesday 14th December 1983
BBC1 Harty 6.40 -
Paul McCartney and George Martin mixing Pipes Of Peace, plus promo clip
BBC2 Entertainment USA
from Washington DC
The Weather Girls
BBC2 Dianne Solomon Entertains 11.20 -
live at Blazer's, Windsor
Dianne Solomon
BA Robertson
Paradox
C4 Arts Review Of The Year 9.00 -
Barbara Dickson
Boy George
Thursday 15th December 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Simon Bates, Janice Long
Status Quo -
UB40 -
Slade -
Barry Manilow -
Chart 30 -
The Pretenders -
Chart 20 -
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton -
Chart 10 -
The Flying Pickets -
Kool and The Gang -
BBC2 Ebony 10.20 -
Bob Marley article on Buffalo Soldiers
Report on the Dread Broadcasting Company, a pirate radio station
Thames A Plus 1.30 -
Bertice Reading
Friday 16th December 1983
BBC1 Crackerjack
Bucks Fizz
Tears For Fears
Plus repeat clips of
Chas & Dave -
Modern Romance -
Suzi Quatro -
Limahl -
Dexy’s Midnight Runners -
BBC1 Show Business 6.40 -
Location report for the Kenny Everett Christmas Show from a cemetery
BBC1 The Chieftains Images of Ireland 10.15 -
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 11.35 pm -
Introduced by Mark Ellen
Aztec Camera at Aston University, Birmingham
HTV I’m Coming Home 12.30 am -
Tom Jones special
C4 The Tube 5.30 -
French and Saunders
Dress designers Peter Leathers and Michelle Hogard who had made Leslie's dress
Muriel Grey and a preview of the show
Jools Holland
Paul McCartney -
Madness -
Inspirational Choir of the First Born Church of the Living God (live)
Peter Leathers and Michelle Hogard filmed article with Leslie Ash as the model
Tony Fletcher
Killing Joke -
Colour newsreel of The Cavern, Liverpool
Paul McCartney -
Frankie Goes to Hollywood -
Tina Turner -
Echo & The Bunnymen -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 9.15 -
Mikey Dread
Pre-
Medium Wave
Beshara
Saturday 17th December 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Duran Duran
Boy George
The Police
Slade
BBC1 Little & Large Show 5.25 -
Lonnie Donegan
Bucks Fizz
BBC1 Can’t Stop The Music 6.00 -
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.00 -
Stephanie Lawrence -
BBC2 Whistle Test On The Road 6.15 -
Aztec Camera
LWT The Saturday Show 10.30 am -
The Flying Pickets
TVS DJ 5.35 -
Modern Romance
Wham!
Nik Kershaw
Bucks Fizz
Boy George on tour article
LWT Cannon & Ball 7.00 -
Shakin’ Stevens
Sarah Brightman
LWT Punchlines 7.15 -
Dana, Stephanie Lawrence
Tyne Tees Rock Around Midnight 12.30 -
content unknown
LWT Electric Light Orchestra 1.00 am -
Sunday 18th December 1983
LWT Sunday Sunday 5.30 -
The Flying Pickets
Monday 19th December 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Nick Heyward -
BBC2 The Bob Monkhouse Show 8.30 -
Marvin Hamlisch
Tyne Tees Music Special 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Channel Women In Rock 11.25 pm -
Tuesday 20th December 1983
BBC1 Perry Como’s French-
BBC2 Rock School 5.40 -
Crossover -
Thames Sounds Like A Story 12.10 -
Mark Wynter reads a story
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz Christmas Special 4.15 -
The Eurythmics -
Blancmange -
Eddy Grant -
Spandau Ballet -
Adam Ant -
The Police -
Yorkshire Emmerdale Farm 7.00 -
Features a punk rock singer, Maggie (played by Jacqueline Reddin)
Thames Des O’Connor 8.00 -
Grace Kennedy
Thames Cher at Caesar’s Palace 11.20 pm -
Central Central News
The Police – interview and rehearsal
Wednesday 21st December 1983
BBC1 Harty 6.40 -
Shakin’ Stevens
BBC1 Barbara Mandrell 11.25 pm -
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Bobby Vinton
Andrea Crouch
BBC2 Entertainment USA 9.00 -
from New York
content unknown
BBC2 Barry at Blenheim 9.55 -
Barry Manilow
HTV West Johnny Mathis Chante Noel 12.10 -
Thursday 22nd December 1983
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by John Peel, Dave Jensen
A live broadcast
Slade -
Culture Club -
Tears For Fears -
Billy Joel -
Dennis Waterman & George Cole -
Chart 30 -
Paul McCartney -
Chart 20 -
Howard Jones -
Chart 10 -
Flying Pickets -
Roland Rat -
Friday 23rd December 1983
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Cilla Black
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Chas & Dave
The Jets
BBC2 Arena: The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert 9.15 -
live at the Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC2 Whistle Test Pick Of The Year 11.50 pm -
Introduced by David Hepworth and Mark Ellen -
Big Country -
Bow Wow Wow -
Eurythmics -
Joni Mitchell -
Bauhaus -
Aztec Camera -
Neil Young -
Spandau Ballet -
Kate Bush -
Japan -
Captain Beefheart -
Fashion -
Ultravox -
Peter Gabriel -
Carmel -
Grace Jones -
Marillion -
Robert Wyatt -
David Bowie -
Granada Pop Goes Christmas 5.15 -
Dexy's Midnight Runners -
David Essex -
Musical Youth -
The Nolans -
Shakin' Stevens -
St. Winifred's Choir -
Toyah -
Mari Wilson and the Wilsations -
C4 The Tube
No live bands in the studio with Jools and Leslie making live links. The show has a Prisoner theme with Jools as Number 6 and Leslie as Number 2.
The Weather Girls -
A Day In The Night Of New York -
Billy Bragg -
Tina Tuner -
U2 -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 11.55 pm -
from Barr Hill school, Coventry
Splashdown
Glasshouse
Shaper 7
Saturday 24th December 1983 Christmnas Eve
BBC1 Pop Quiz Christmas Special 5.55 -
Panel: Dave Edmunds (captain), Mari Wilson, Leee John vs Roger Taylor (captain), Limahl, Midge Ure
Clips: various promo clips from 1983, Gerry & The Pacemakers -
BBC1 The Little and Large Show 6.30 -
Joe Brown
Chas and Dave -
BBC1 Flash Gordon 7.10 -
BBC1 Val Doonican’s Christmas Party 8.55 -
The Nolans
BBC2 Sky at Drury Lane 6.55 -
BBC2 Whistle Test Presents: Paul Young and The Royal Family 10.00 -
Paul Young and The Royal Family live at the Hammersmith Odeon (the '12 days of Christmas' tour)
LWT Data Run's Christmas Party 8.40 -
Lynsey de Paul
The Belle Stars
The Lotus Eaters
Tracey Ullman
Madness
LWT Adam Ant -
live at the Dominion Theatre, London
LWT The Krankies At Christmas 4.30 -
Modern Romance
Barbara Dickson
David Grant
Yorkshire 3-
Dana
Julie Rogers
LWT Cilla Black Christmas Eve 7.45 -
The Bee Gees via satellite
George Benson
Julio Inglasias
C4 Unforgettable Swingtime 4.35 -
hosted by Pat Phoenix
Kay Starr
Ronnie Hilton
Sunday 25th December 1983 Christmas day
BBC1 The Christmas Raccoons 8.35 -
the voices of Rita Coolidge, Rupert Holmes
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 1983 2.00 -
Hosted by Simon Bates, Janice Long (dressed as the principal boy), Mike Smith (dressed as a pantomime dame), Andy Peebles
Freeez -
David Bowie -
Michael Jackson -
Shakin’ Stevens -
Men At Work -
Bonnie Tyler -
The Eurythmics -
Irene Cara -
Adam Ant -
Duran Duran -
Bucks Fizz -
Lionel Richie -
Heaven 17 -
UB40 -
Billy Joel -
The Flying Pickets -
K.C. & The Sunshine Band -
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 7.15 -
Elton John -
BBC1 The Spinners at York 11.45 pm -
BBC2 the Bob Monkhouse Show 10.05 -
Bertice Reading
LWT Jimmy Tarbuck’s Christmas All-
Shakin’ Stevens & Bonnie Tyler – Rockin’ Good Way
The Temptations
The Four Tops
Andy Williams
C4 Twice Knightly 6.15 – 7.15 pm
The Barron Knights special
C4 The King Of Comedy 1983 movie with The Clash
Monday 26th December 1983 Boxing Day
BBC1 The Keith Harris Christmas Party 4.35 -
Shakin’ Stevens
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show 7.15 -
The Police
Thames Give Us A Clue 5.30 -
Bob Geldof
Thames Eric & Ernie’s Christmas Show 8.45 -
Peter Skellern
C4 Renaldo & Clara 1977 movie 9.30 pm -
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Ronnie Hawkins, Ronnee Blakely, Jack Elloitt, Joni Mitchell, Roger McGuinn, David Blue, Arlo Guthrie, Roberta Flack
Tuesday 27th December 1983
BBC2 The Wiz 4.25 -
Thames The Mike Yarwood Hour 7.45 -
The Three Degrees
Thames Shirley Bassey – A Special Lady 11.15 pm -
C4 Rockers Roadshow 12.30 -
from The Rialto in Handsworth, Birmingham
B B James
Assignment
Amlak
Reality
C4 Supersonic 4.00 -
Elton John -
Bonnie Tyler -
John Cougar -
Modern Romance -
Shakin’ Stevens
Meat Loaf
Adam Ant
Status Quo
Marilyn
Soft Cell
Limahl
Bonnie Tyler & Shakin’ Stevens
C4 ITV Comedy Classics: The Morecambe & Wise Show (repeat 19th March 1966)
Herman’s Hermits
Wednesday 28th December 1983
BBC1 The Best Of Three Of A Kind 9.00 -
content unknown
Thames Jim Davidson’s Special 8.00 -
Suzi Quatro
Gary Glitter
Thursday 29th December 1983
BBC1 Blue Peter Review Of The Year 5.05 -
Elton John
BBC1 A Question Of Sport 6.00 -
Max Boyce, Georgie Fame on panel
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 1983 part two 7.00 -
Hosted by Peter Powell, Adrian John, Gary Davies, Richard Skinner, Tommy Vance
The Daily Mirror has The Assembly making an appearance
JoBoxers -
Mike Oldfield With Maggie Reilly -
Thompson Twins -
Tracey Ullman -
The Cure -
USA chart of the year Jonathan King -
Phil Collins -
The Belle Stars -
Paul Young -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Spandau Ballet -
Howard Jones -
Rod Stewart -
The Style Council -
Culture Club -
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson -
Yorkshire An Evening with Charles Aznavour 11.45 pm -
TSW / Channel Randy Edelman 11.45 pm -
Central Peter Sarstedt 11.45 pm -
C4 The Snowman 7.30 -
with David Bowie introduction
Friday 30th December 1983
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 5.05 -
Gary Davies & Bernadette Nolan are team leaders
David Grant
Thompson Twins
Bucks Fizz
LWT Tom Jones -
live from St David's Hall, Cardiff
with the Treorchy Male Voice Choir
C4 The New Year's Tube 5.30 -
Compilation show with co host Dame Edna Everage
The Police -
Simple Minds
U2 -
Public Image Limited
Wham!
Culture Club
David Bowie -
Paul Young -
The Jam -
The Eurythmics –
Elvis Costello –
The Smiths
Divine
C4 Unforgettable Christmas Show 8.00 -
The Beverley Sisters
Freddie 'Fingers' Lee
Coast to Coast
Lipstick
Clive Dunn -
Mike Morton Band
C4 Paul Hogan's England 9.00 -
Paul Young
Dire Straits
C4 Max Boyce Meets The Dallas Cowboys 10.55 -
Saturday 31st December 1983
BBC1 Saturday Superstore 9.00 am -
Howard Jones
David Essex
Wham!
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 5.20 -
Chris Barber
BBC1 The Little and Large Show 5.55 -
Roy Wood
Status Quo
BBC1 A Farewell Celebration Of The Good Old Days 10.45 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC1 At Last It’s 1984!
The Shadows
Granada Pop Goes New Year 5.05 -
Culture Club -
Rick Springfield
Tracey Ullman -
The Eurythmics -
Limahl -
The Style Council with Bobby Valentino -
Yorkshire Petula 8.35 -
Petula Clark
Paul Jones
Billy Eckstein
C4 Unforgettable Swingtime 4.35 -
Hosted by Pat Phoenix
Rosemary Clooney
Denis Lotis
C4 Party At The Palace 8.00 -
Mari Wilson
Gary Byrd
Janet Kay
C4 The Music Machine 9.00 -
Also this year
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Television Show
ABBA -
Tyne Tees Razzamatazz
Adam & The Ants -
Granada Hold Me Tight
Altered Images -
BBC2 Russell Harty
Deborah Harry talks about Videodrome
C4 Loose Talk
Yazoo -
C4 Whatever You Want -
ITV The Academy Awards
Joe Cocker -
BBC1 Three Of A Kind
Phil Collins -
BBC1 Breakfast Time
Elvis Costello -
BBC2 Eight Days A Week
Elvis Costello -
BBC1 News 9-
The Everly Brothers -
BBC1 Pebble Mill 12-
Fairport Convention -
BBC1 Late Late Breakfast Show 12-
Genesis -
C4 The Norman Gunston Show
Mick Jagger -
BBC2 Leo Sayer Show
Jethro Tull -
BBC1 Late Late Breakfast Show 12-
Billy Joel -
C4 No Problem
Kid Creole -
C4 Switch interview
The Coconuts -
C4 The Tube
Killing Joke -
Thames Thames At Six
Mike Oldfield -
BBC1 Nationwide 8-
The Police -
BBC1 Saturday Morning Picture Show
The Police -
BBC1 Nationwide
John Lydon -
BBC1 South East At Six (October)
Captain Sensible -
BBC1 Harty
Slade -
BBC2 Entertainment USA
Rod Stewart -
C4 The Tube
The Stranglers -
BBC1 Saturday Superstore
The Style Council -
BBC1 Time Of Your Life
The Troggs -
BBC1 The Kenny Everett Show 4-
U2 -
BBC1 Breakfast Time
Rick Wakeman -
BBC2 Dancers documentary about Sponooch dance troupe with music by Wakeman, repeated from 1982
Central Magic Micro Mission 12-
Rick Wakeman -
ITV Wham! -
Central Starburst
Roy Wood -
? Visions
David Bowie at press conference at Claridge’s, London
ITV Janet Street Porter
Deborah Harry interview about Videodrome
C4 Loose Talk
The Cocteau Twins -
Thames The English Programme -
a schools' documentary about the making of A Midsummer Night’s Tube
BBC1 Breakfast Time (June)
Eric Clapton interview
ITV Alliance advert
possibly Godley & Creme soundtrack
ITV boiler advert
song by George Melly
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Elvis Costello -