Number 1 single: M*A*S*H - "Suicide is Painless"
Number 1 single: Don McLean - "Crying"
Number 1 album: Peter Gabriel - "Peter Gabriel"
Number 1 album: Roxy Music - "Flesh and Blood"

NEWS...

On TV: Citizen Smith

At the movies: Dawn of the Dead

Number 1 single:  Smokey Robinson - "Being With You"
Number 1 single: Michael Jackson - "One Day in Your Life"
Number 1 album:  Starsound - "Stars on 45"
Number 1 album: Motorhead - "No Sleep Til Hammersmith"

NEWS... a 17-year-old man is arrested for shooting a replica gun at the Queen as she rides past on horseback...

On TV: **

At the movies: For Your Eyes Only

Number 1 single: Adam Ant - "Goody Two Shoes"

Number 1 single:  Charlene - "I've Never Been to Me"
Number 1 album:  Roxy Music - "Avalon"
Number 1 album:  Madness - "Complete Madness" (re)

NEWS... The Princess of Wales gives birth to her first son, William, at St Mary's Hospital, London... A ceasefire between British and Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands is agreed on June 14th... the 20p coin introduced as legal tender in the UK...

On TV: Fame

At the Movies: ****

Number 1 single: The Police - "Every Breath You Take"
Number 1 album:  The Police - "Synchronicity"

NEWS... Margaret Thatcher leads the Conservative Party to a landslide second term victory in the General Election...

On TV: The Black Adder dynasty is chronicled for the very first time

At the Movies: Octopussy

Number 1 single: Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"

Number 1 single: Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Two Tribes"
Number 1 album: Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Legend - The Best of ..."

NEWS... O Levels and CSE exams to be abolished and replaced by GCSEs...

On TV: the full-length version of the "Two Tribes" video premieres on The Tube

At the Movies: Romancing the Stone