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I did cry at Di's funeral as they buried her on a Saturday and we didn't get a day off work. Also some of the pubs were shut.

"Merry Christmas, Ange"

The only two of these I know I saw was Alan Bradley getting hit by a tram and Who Shot JR? Probly saw a couple of the Bonds. May have seen the To the Manor Born ep god help me that shit was like the start of the 80s.

lemon meringue pie!

I never saw Jaws, is it any good?

Nah it's shit.

*SPOILERS*

The shark done it.

i miss diana so much, don't get me wrong. but obviously it's gotta be the tin-throwing brilliance of paul hogan when i was eight.

fake shark, xpost

ones i actually watched:

Funeral of Princess Diana (32.10 million) 6 September 1997, BBC1/ITV
EastEnders: Den divorces Angie (30.15 million) 25 December 1986, BBC1
Coronation Street: Alan Bradley killed by tram (26.93 million) 8 December 1989, ITV
Coronation Street: Hilda Ogden leaves (26.00+ million) 25 December 1987, ITV
Only Fools and Horses: Time On Our Hands (24.35 million) 29 December 1996, BBC1
EastEnders: Pat Butcher runs down little girl (24.30 million) 2 January 1992, BBC1
Crocodile Dundee (21.75 million) 25 December 1989, BBC1
Dallas: Who Done It? aka Who Shot J.R.? (21.60 million) 21 November 1980, BBC1

Crocodile Dundee

also the first 15 movie i ever saw

Akshully the Diana funeral was on in every fucking pub so technically I saw a little bit of it.

I think Jaws is the only one after I was born that I didn't see (apart from Princess Anne's wedding, but I was only 11 months old)

FA Cup replay: Chelsea vs. Leeds (28.49 million) 29 April 1970, BBC1/ITV

I was sent to bed when this was on, as it was on too late!

i don't even know what Only Fools it was, but it has to be that.

Prince Edward's wedding didn't make it?

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I voted for Den and Angie but this sense makes no sense, like, at all. Why was Crocodile Dundee such a big deal as late as 1989? Why did so many people watch Pat Butcher running down a small child?

Crocodile Dundee = Xmas day movie before large scale uptake of Sky.

Everybody watched Pat Butcher for the lulz.

Over half of these were on Nov-Jan = fuck all else to do.

Charles + Di wedding was ace, toddler spacecadet and family got the entire beach to themselves on a sunny July day

We went down the park and played footie.

The only one of those that I know I saw was The Wedding of Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips. And I was four at the time.

A lot of these past cultural touchstones of British tv are only such for people whom the Daily Mail approves of. My family of lefty, immigrants were not like that at all.

It seems odd that no other FA Cup final would get anywhere near the same figures as that one replay.

What is EastEnders anyway? They play that 10x a week here in the US on PBS... I tried watching it once, and what is it, a soap opera for old people?

also something weird about a series 1 sitcom finale getting so many more viewers than any other episode of the show (or other sitcoms from the time) - as if thousands of people tuned in just to see the end without seeing any of the others.

Burt it's a prime time soap but it's audience is across the board. It's probably more popular with kids than Coronation Street.

I thought it was the one where Penelope Keith finally hooked up with that dude out of Only When I Laugh that was the big ratings ep there, and I'm sure that wasn't the end of the first series.

xpost

Because kids have no taste and revel in unpleasantness.

If I had to choose to watch one of these now I might go for the RVP. Voted Fools & Horses because it's the one I enjoyed the most at the time (altho there was much cringeworthy) and don't really care about any of the others enough now to pick them.

Incidentally, Pat Butcher's wedding dress was hanging up in my wardrobe for a while a few months ago. I'm a little disappointed her wedding didn't make the list.

I don't remember her getting married but I do remember Mike Read's first appearance in the show. Masterful.

REID

Funeral of Margaret Thatcher (26.4 million) 29 September 2009, BBC1/ITV/MTV Base/Setanta

Wanna see that one live.

It'll probably have to kick off at noon on a Sunday and the police presence will be unbelievable.

Incidentally, Pat Butcher's wedding dress was hanging up in my wardrobe for a while a few months ago. I'm a little disappointed her wedding didn't make the list.

-- Matt DC,

Yo have to explain this.

You even, I'm not trying to be all youth.

(ie 'Yo! DC! Explain bro!')

he bought it as something to wear during house chores, v simple.

I voted for Den & Angie but I think there should be an honourable mention for the 1985 World Snooker Championship Final - 18.5M viewers, and that's a post-midnight BBC2 figure!

HOLY SHIT
MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON

cmon people. (not that i saw it meself.)

Not enough TVs back then, I assume?

Anna - my (now former) housemate bought it off eBay. It's actually the dress from her wedding to Roy, which isn't quite as exciting. I believe it was supposed to be part of a charity auction which was then cancelled, which is just as well seeing as it only made £4 on eBay.

It's a two-piece really, and the waistline is like a pair of clown trousers, with elastic braces to match.

Actually, no, that doesn't make sense seeing as the 66 World Cup Final is in there.

Lunar is fake

xxpoost

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haha i hadn't seen any of it

Moon landing was in early hours of the morning in UK iirc

Crocodile Dundee? For real?

wot no big brother

lol Channel 4