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Thirty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1974. ABBA, Barry White, Eric Clapton, Queen and Showaddywaddy were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1974. The 1973 Christmas number-one, "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade, remained at number-one for the first two weeks of 1974. The first new ...
Football Focus: BBC One 1974 – present (part of Grandstand 1974 – 2001) The Grand Prix: BBC One & BBC Two 1976 – 1996; BBC Three 2009 – 2015 (Rebroadcast between 2009 – 2015 on BBC Red Button and BBC iPlayer) Formula 1: BBC One, BBC Two & BBC Three 1976 – 1996 & 2009 – 2015 (rights transferred to Channel 4)
6 April – The 19th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Brighton Dome, produced and transmitted by the BBC. Katie Boyle hosts the event for the fourth time. Sweden wins the contest with the song "Waterloo", performed (in English) by ABBA who become the first group to win the contest and go on to achieve huge international success.
6 January – For the first time, BBC Radio 1's Sunday chart show plays all 40 tracks and the show is renamed as The Complete Top 40. [3] This becomes possible due to an extension of the programme's duration – starting half an hour earlier at 4:30 pm. 1992. 1 March – Mark Goodier ends his first stint as presenter of BBC Radio 1's Complete ...
2021 () Classic Albums is a British documentary series about pop , rock and heavy metal albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
The first one to reach the charts was BBC TV's The Best of Top of the Pops on the Super Beeb record label in 1975, which reached number 21 and in 1986 the BBC released The Wizard by Paul Hardcastle (the 1986–1990 Top of the Pops theme tune) on vinyl under the BBC Records and Tapes banner.
This includes listings from the BBC’s first radio stations: 2LO in London, 2ZY in Manchester, 5IT from Birmingham, 5NO from Newcastle, 5WA from Cardiff and 5SC from Glasgow.
Main article: BBC Scotland This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) This is a list of television programmes that have been produced by or for BBC Scotland in the United Kingdom. A list of BBC programmes nationally can be found at List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC and the BBC's children's television programmes can be found at List of BBC ...