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1980 Christmas Special (Part 2)
Episode overview
Presenters: Dave Lee Travis & Tommy Vance Playlist: Status Quo – What You’re Proposing Ottawan – D.I.S.C.O. (video) Madness – Baggy Trousers The Jam – Going Underground Billy .. show full overview
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8th January 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Richard Skinner Playlist: (29) Racey – Runaround Sue (4) Adam & The Ants – Antmusic (30) The Look – I Am The Beat (21) Barry Manilow – Lonely Together (danced to by .. show full overview
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15th January 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Dave Lee Travis Playlist: (63) Susan Fassbender – Twilight Café (20) Gary Numan – This Wreckage (68) Light Of The World – I Shot The Sheriff (49) Dire Straits – Romeo & .. show full overview
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22nd January 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (6) The Look – I Am The Beat (14) Blondie – Rapture (video) (45) Spandau Ballet – The Freeze (13) Racey – Runaround Sue (54) XTC – Sgt Rock (Is .. show full overview
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29th January 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Tommy Vance Playlist: (58) Slade – We’ll Bring The House Down (2) John Lennon – Woman (video) (44) The Stranglers – Thrown Away (18) Madness – The Return Of The Los .. show full overview
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5th February 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Simon Bates Playlist: (35) Stray Cats – Rock This Town (5) Blondie – Rapture (video) (17) Spandau Ballet – The Freeze (19) Fred Wedlock – The Oldest Swinger In .. show full overview
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12th February 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Richard Skinner Playlist: (28) Pretenders – Message Of Love (2) Ultravox – Vienna (video) (31) Barbara Jones – Just When I Needed You Most (39) Coast To Coast – (Do) .. show full overview
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19th February 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Dave Lee Travis Playlist: (41) The Teardrop Explodes – Reward (4) Rainbow – I Surrender (video) (6) Fred Wedlock – The Oldest Swinger In Town (with Legs & Co) (15) .. show full overview
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26th February 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (19) Status Quo – Something ’Bout You Baby I Like (6) Roxy Music – Jealous Guy (video) (22) Beggar & Co – (Somebody) Help Me Out (43) Kim Wilde – .. show full overview
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5th March 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Mike Read Playlist: (47)Duran Duran – Planet Earth (14) Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime (video) (6) Adam & The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier (16) Toyah – It’s A .. show full overview
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12th March 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Tommy Vance Playlist: (13) The Teardrop Explodes – Reward (6) Kim Wilde – Kids In America (video) (41) Linx – Intuition (22) Kelly Marie – Hot Love (8) Freeez – .. show full overview
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19th March 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (28) The Jacksons – Can You Feel It? (background) (33) Sharon Redd – Can You Handle It? (2) Shakin’ Stevens – This Ole House (video) (30) Dave .. show full overview
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26th March 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Richard Skinner Playlist: (36) Polecats – John I’m Only Dancing (2) Kim Wilde – Kids In America (video) (43) Graham Bonnet – Night Games (23) Hazel O’Connor – .. show full overview
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2nd April 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Simon Bates Playlist: (47) Stiff Little Fingers – Just Fade Away (17) Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone – What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted? (45) Light Of The World – .. show full overview
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9th April 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Mike Read Playlist: (7) Linx – Intuition (2) Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up (27) Saxon – And The Bands Played On (39) Keith Marshall – Only Crying (32) David Bowie – .. show full overview
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16th April 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (8) The Jacksons – Can You Feel It? (background) (15) Bad Manners – Just A Feeling (18) Spandau Ballet – Musclebound (video) (33) Girlschool – .. show full overview
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23rd April 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Dave Lee Travis Playlist: (48) Level 42 – Love Games (49) Matchbox – Babes In The Wood (22) Eddy Grant – Can’t Get Enough Of You (55) Roger Taylor – Future .. show full overview
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30th April 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Jimmy Savile Playlist: (46) Thin Lizzy – Are You Ready? (5) Madness – Grey Day (video) (22) The Beat – All Out To Get You (42) Sheena Easton – When He Shines (28) .. show full overview
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7th May 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (32) Kim Wilde – Chequered Love (26) Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut (video) (5) Shakin’ Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy (12) Keith Marshall – Only .. show full overview
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14th May 1981 (Cup Final Special)
Episode overview
Presenter: Tommy Vance Playlist: (24) Thin Lizzy – Are You Ready? (23) Sheena Easton – When He Shines (22) Department S – Is Vic There? (20) Kim Carnes – Bette Davies Eyes .. show full overview
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21st May 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Dave Lee Travis Playlist: (21) The Undertones – It’s Going To Happen (2) Shakin’ Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy (23) Smokey Robinson – Being With You (video) (13) Toyah – .. show full overview
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28th May 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Simon Bates Playlist: (36) Polecats – Rockabilly Guy (11) Champaign – How ‘Bout Us (video) (16) UB40 – Don’t Let It Pass You By (6) Tenpole Tudor – Swords Of A Thousand .. show full overview
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4th June 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Richard Skinner Playlist: (29) Siouxsie & The Banshees – Spellbound (2) Shakin’ Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy (13) Kate Robbins & Beyond – More Than In Love (40) Squeeze .. show full overview
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11th June 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Jimmy Savile Playlist: (25) Bucks Fizz – Piece Of The Action (9) Hazel O’Connor – Will You? (44) Landscape – Norman Bates (34) Elaine Paige – Memory (28) Coast To .. show full overview
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18th June 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (32) Linx – Throw Away The Key (27) Phil Collins – If Leaving Me Is Easy (6) Odyssey – Going Back To My Roots (22) Kool & The Gang – Take It To .. show full overview
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25th June 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Simon Bates Playlist: (32) Gillan – No Laughing In Heaven (9) Elaine Paige – Memory (40) Kirsty MacColl – There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (31) .. show full overview
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2nd July 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Dave Lee Travis Playlist: (3) Bad Manners – Can Can (25) Third World – Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love) (video) (2) The Specials – Ghost Town (16) Quincy Jones – .. show full overview
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9th July 1981 (900th Edition)
Episode overview
Jimmy Savile, Alan Freeman, David Jacobs & Pete Murray Playlist: (16) Kirsty MacColl – There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (12) Randy Crawford – You Might Need .. show full overview
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16th July 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (26) Saxon – Never Surrender (10) Third World – Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love) (video) (19) Depeche Mode – New Life (30) The Jacksons – .. show full overview
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23rd July 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Richard Skinner Playlist: (44) The Vapors – Jimmie Jones (16) Sheena Easton – For Your Eyes Only (video) (22) Shakin’ Stevens – Green Door (28) Reo Speedwagon – Take It .. show full overview
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30th July 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Steve Wright Playlist: (23) Duran Duran – Girls On Film (35) Kim Wilde – Water On Glass (12) Depeche Mode – New Life (36) Bill Wyman – (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star (7) .. show full overview
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6th August 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Jimmy Savile Playlist: (16) Dexys Midnight Runners – Show Me (8) Sheena Easton – For Your Eyes Only (video) (36) Tenpole Tudor – Wunderbar (27) Lobo – The Caribbean .. show full overview
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13th August 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Simon Bates Playlist: (6) Duran Duran – Girls On Film (2) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On Classics (video) (26) Soft Cell – Tainted Love (13) Kim Wilde – Water .. show full overview
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20th August 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Dave Lee Travis Playlist: (25) Enigma – I Love Music (3) The Human League – Love Action (I Believe In Love) (36) U2 – Fire (32) Siouxsie & The Banshees – Arabian .. show full overview
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27th August 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Richard Skinner Playlist: (18) Startrax – Startrax Club Disco (27) Cliff Richard – Wired For Sound (video) (2) Soft Cell – Tainted Love (26) The Nolans – .. show full overview
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3rd September 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (16) Modern Romance – Everybody Salsa (40) John Foxx – Europe (After The Rain) (7) UB40 – One In Ten (32) Bucks Fizz – One Of Those Nights (33) .. show full overview
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10th September 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Jimmy Savile Playlist: (33) Linx – So This Is Romance (4) Cliff Richard – Wired For Sound (video) (36) The Hollies – Holliedaze (18) Randy Crawford – Rainy Night In .. show full overview
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17th September 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Steve Wright Playlist: (35) Gidea Park – Seasons Of Gold (3) OMD – Souvenir (41) Beggar & Co – Mule (Chant No.2) (42) Sheena Easton – Just Another Broken Heart (29) .. show full overview
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24th September 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Simon Bates Playlist: (45) Slade – Lock Up Your Daughters (5) Alvin Stardust – Pretend (24) Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough (36) Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – .. show full overview
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1st October 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Mike Read Playlist: (7) The Tweets – Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) (6) Godley & Creme – Under Your Thumb (37) Sheena Easton – Just Another Broken Heart (25) The Teardrop .. show full overview
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8th October 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Dave Lee Travis Playlist: (7) Madness – Shut Up (8) Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – It’s My Party (30) Barry Manilow – Let’s Hang On (video) (40) Shakin’ Stevens – It’s .. show full overview
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15th October 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: David Jensen Playlist: (44) Gary Glitter – And Then She Kissed Me (5) Toyah – Thunder In The Mountains (video) (36) B.A. Robertson & Maggie Bell – Hold Me (16) Altered .. show full overview
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22nd October 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Jimmy Savile Playlist: (47) This Year’s Blonde – Platinum Pop (6) The Human League – Open Your Heart (video) (16) Barry Manilow – Let’s Hang On (video) (29) The Four .. show full overview
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29th October 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Simon Bates Playlist: (2) Altered Images – Happy Birthday (18) Rod Stewart – Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt Me) (video) (22) The Fureys With Davey Arthur – When You Were .. show full overview
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5th November 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Peter Powell Playlist: (45) Modern Romance – Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey (3) The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (video) (47) The Dukes – Mystery Girl (26) Rush – .. show full overview
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12th November 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Dave Lee Travis Playlist: (25) Kool & The Gang – Steppin’ Out (5) OMD – Joan Of Arc (11) Olivia Newton-John – Physical (video) (14) The Fureys With Davey Arthur – When .. show full overview
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19th November 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Steve Wright Playlist: (17) Modern Romance – Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey (3) Julio Iglesias – Begin The Beguine (video) (12) Pretenders – I Go To Sleep (26) ABC – Tears Are Not .. show full overview
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26th November 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Mike Read Playlist: (25) The Jets – Yes Tonight Josephine (3) Earth, Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove (video) (23) Toyah – Good Morning Universe (15) Cliff Richard – Daddy’s .. show full overview
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3rd December 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: David Jensen Playlist: (34) Bad Manners – Buona Sera (4) Soft Cell – Bedsitter (27) Status Quo – Rock ’N’ Roll (26) Duran Duran – My Own Way (5) Diana Ross – Why Do .. show full overview
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10th December 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Jimmy Savile Playlist: (35) Showaddywaddy – Footsteps (7) Madness – It Must Be Love (video) (26) Dollar – Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) (NEW) Ken Dodd – Hold My Hand (9) .. show full overview
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17th December 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: Simon Bates Playlist: (14) Duran Duran – My Own Way (2) Cliff Richard – Daddy’s Home (live clip/audience dancing) (36) Chas & Dave – Stars Over 45 (8) Godley & Creme – .. show full overview
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24th December 1981
Episode overview
Presenter: David Jensen Playlist: (41) Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (4) Adam & The Ants – Ant Rap (video) (45) Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Sweet .. show full overview
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1981 Christmas Special
Episode overview
Presenters: Jimmy Savile, Kid Jensen, Tony Blackburn, John Peel, Dave Lee Travis, Adrian Juste, Simon Bates, Andy Peebles,Paul Burnett, Paul Gambaccini, Steve Wright, Peter Powell, .. show full overview
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31st December 1981
Episode overview
31 December 1981 Presenter: Mike Read Shakin’ Stevens – This Ole House (Video) Adam & The Ants – Stand & Deliver (Video) John Lennon – Imagine (Video) Roxy Music – Jealous Guy .. show full overview

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