Number 1 single: Blondie - "Atomic"

Number 1 single: Fern Kinney - "Together We Are Beautiful"
Number 1 single: The Jam - "Going Underground/Dreams of Children"
Number 1 album: The Shadows -  "String of Hits"
Number 1 album: Johnny Mathis -  "Tears & Laugher"

NEWS... Robert Mugabe becomes Zimbabwe's first black prime minister...

On TV: Tales of the Unexpected, and the best spaceship in the universe ever is destroyed in Blake's 7...

At the movies: Star Trek the Motion Picture

Number 1 single:  Roxy Music - "Jealous Guy"
Number 1 single: Shakin' Stevens - "This Ole House"
Number 1 album:  Phil Collins - "Face Value"
Number 1 album:  Adam & the Ants - "Kings of the Wild Frontier"

NEWS... US President Ronald Reagan is shot... The 'Gang of four' launches the SDP... 7,500 people jogged through the normally quiet Sunday streets of the capital to compete in the first ever London marathon...

On TV: Mork & Mindy, Metal Mickey, Tiswas

Number 1 single: Tight Fit - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

Number 1 single: Goombay Dance Band - "Seven Tears"
Number 1 album:  The Jam - "The Gift"
Number 1 album: Barbra Streisand - "Love Songs"

NEWS...

On TV: the last ever MULTI-COLOURED SWAP SHOP - the end of an era!

Number 1 single: Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
Number 1 single: Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

Number 1 single: Duran Duran - "Is There Something I Should Know"
Number 1 album:  Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
Number 1 album:  U2 - "War"
Number 1 album:  Tears for Fears - "The Hurting"

NEWS...

On TV: Hart to Hart, Tucker's Luck

At the Movies: Local Hero

Number 1 single: Nena - "99 Red Balloons"
Number 1 single: Lionel Richie - "Hello"

Number 1 album: The Thompson Twins - "Into the Gap"
Number 1 album:  Howard Jones - "Human's Lib"

NEWS... the 130th Boat Race is postponed after the Cambridge vessel collides with a barge and sinks...

On TV: Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Blue Thunder, The Adventure Game

At the Movies: To Be or Not To Be