Today's Golden Hour
This morning Ditchy and Salty will be playing songs from 1985...
TV/Film/Songs:
VH-1 made its broadcasting debut.
The Chinese were bemused by the pop sensation Wham!
Cilla Black first appeared on Blind Date
Roger Moore played his last role as James Bond in A view to a Kill.
Live Aid took place in London and Philadelphia.
Dynasty was one of the most watched shows.
The film The Breakfast Club opened in cinemas.
The film Teen Wolf was released.
The Golden Girls was one of the most popular TV shows.
In Coronation Street bet Gilroy was made the manageress of the Rovers Return.
Pop group Duran Duran split up.
MacGyver sold millions of Swiss Army knives.
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King was a best selling book.
Madonna began her first tour.
The A-Team was popular weekend viewing.
Michael J Fox took us 'Back to the Future'.
Michael Jackson bought the rights to more than 250 Beatles songs.
Pop Stars in LA record "We are the World" is recorded.
Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes number 1 for 3 weeks.
The 27th Grammy Awards take place.
Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Centre.
"Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres.
The Go-Gos called a press conference to announce their intention to split
Bruce Springsteen married actress Jullianne Phillips in Oregon
Frankie Goes To Hollywood left Britain to go into tax exile for a year
‘Eastenders' was broadcast for the 1st time.
Other:
Canned & bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola.
Transformer toys were a best selling product.
The Gothic look was in.
Pound Puppies were popular toys this christmas
In-ear headphones were launched.
Boris Becker won Wimbledon at the age of 17.
Lasers were first used in surgery.
New words included Wannabe & Brat Pack.
BT launched the mobile phone
Playboy stopped putting staples in their centrefolds.
Fingerless gloves were in fashion.
British scientists report the opening of an enormous hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica
A 13-year-old Maths genius gains a first class degree from Oxford uni.
Gorbachev became the new Soviet leader.
The unsuccessful battery operated car, the Sinclair CV was launched
The first McDonalds restaurant, in Illinois, became the first museum of fast food
English football fans were banned from Belgium in the wake of the Heysel tragedy
It was proposed that alcohol should be banned from problem football grounds across the UK
John McEnroe was reported as saying "any man can beat any woman at any sport"
A fire at Bradford City football ground killed 52 people
The Miners strike ended
A TWA airliner was hijacked by Arab terrorists
UEFA banned English football clubs from playing in Europe after events at the Heysel stadium
Barry McGuigan beat Panamanian Eusebio Pedroza to win the WBA featherweight championship
At the Brits Alison Moyet took the best female award while Paul Young won Best male. Wham won best group
Ian Botham completed a charity walk from Land's End to John O' Groats
Boris Belker became the youngest Wimbledon Men's singles champion
President Reagan began his second term in the White House