''Look-in'' was a children's magazine centred on
ITV's television programmes in the
United Kingdom
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, and subtitled "The Junior ''
TVTimes
''TV Times'' is a British television listings magazine. From 1955 until 1991, it was the only source of seven-day listings for ITV and, from 1982, Channel 4 (as well as S4C in Wales in an enclosed local supplement titled '' Sbec''). The magaz ...
''". It ran from 9 January 1971 to 12 March 1994.
Copy of the final issue at ''John's Look-out''
Briefly in 1985 a BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
-based rival appeared called ''BEEB Beeb or BEEB may refer to:
* BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, sometimes called "the Beeb" or "Auntie Beeb"
** '' BEEB'', a BBC children's magazine published in 1985
** BBC Micro, a home computer built for the BBC by Acorn Computers Ltd., ...
''; another was launched in 1989, ''Fast Forward
To fast-forward is to move forwards through a recording at a speed faster than that at which it would usually be played, for example two times or two point five times. The recordings are usually audio, video or computer data. It is colloquiall ...
'', which went on to outsell ''Look-in''.
Format
''Look-in'' had interviews, crosswords and competitions, and featured pictures and pin-ups of TV stars and pop idols of the time. Its main feature, however, was the many comic strips of favourite children's television programmes, all of which were being shown on the ITV network at the time.
When the magazine began publication, it was edited by Alan Fennell
Alan Leslie Fennell (10 December 1936 – 10 December 2001) was a British writer and editor best known for work on series produced by Gerry Anderson, and for having created the magazines '' TV Century 21'' and ''Look-in''.
Fennell wrote episod ...
and the strips were written by Angus Allan
Angus Peter Allan (22 July 1936 – 16 July 2007) was a British comic strip writer and magazine editor who worked on ''TV Century 21'' in the 1960s and ''Look-in'' magazine during the 1970s. Most commonly known as Angus Allan and sometimes cred ...
. Fennell left in 1975 and the art editor, Colin Shelborn, took over as editor. The covers were initially photographic, but beginning at issue 40, began to feature paintings by Arnaldo Putzu
Arnaldo Putzu (6 August 1927 – 1 September 2012) was an Italian artist renowned for his film posters for Italian and British films, such as ''Get Carter'' and the ''Carry On (film series), Carry On'' films.
Biography
Born in Rome, the son of ...
, an Italian working in London who had created many cinema posters in the 1960s, including designs for the '' Carry On'' films. His ''Look-in'' covers were mostly painted using acrylics.
Introduced mainly as a vehicle for children to find out what was on ITV, it included highlight listings for each ITV region of programmes likely to appeal to its target market, but ''Look-in'' also spotlighted popular children's topics and pastimes of the day. Skateboarding
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, BMX
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BMX began during the ea ...
and yo-yoing were all featured in the magazine. Although primarily a television magazine, it also often featured articles on sport such as '' On The Ball'' with Brian Moore, as well as science articles written by Peter Fairley
Peter Fairley (2 November 1930 – 5 August 1998) was a British science journalist who was the Science Editor for Independent Television News and '' TV Times'' magazine the late sixties and early seventies. His name became synonymous with ITN ...
. DJ Ed Stewart
Edward Stewart Mainwaring (23 April 1941 – 9 January 2016), known as Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, was an English radio broadcaster and TV presenter. He was principally known for his work as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 (particularly the Saturday morning
' ...
became a regular face in ''Look-in'', appearing in the first issue in a feature about a day in his life, he was later given his own pages called ''Stewpot's Newsdesk'' which ran until 1980. Alan Fennell
Alan Leslie Fennell (10 December 1936 – 10 December 2001) was a British writer and editor best known for work on series produced by Gerry Anderson, and for having created the magazines '' TV Century 21'' and ''Look-in''.
Fennell wrote episod ...
, who edited ''Look-in'', wrote episodes for most of Gerry Anderson
Gerald Alexander Anderson (; 14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist, who is known for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s production ...
's series.
After television, the next biggest topic featured was pop music. This usually took the form of interview articles and pull-out pin-ups of the top acts of the day, from ABBA
ABBA ( ) were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, and are one of the List ...
and the Bay City Rollers
The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity, as a band in the 1970s. One of many 70s acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beatles", they were called the "tartan teen sensations fro ...
in the 1970s to Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants were an English Rock music, rock band that formed in London in 1977. The band existed in two versions, both fronted by Adam Ant, between 1977 and 1982. The first phase began when the band were founded in May 1977 and were call ...
and Bros in the 1980s. Picture strips on pop groups at first featured life stories on ABBA and The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...
(among others) and went on to become original adventures stories for groups such as Madness and Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz were an English pop group, that achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Making Your Mind Up". The group was formed in January 1981 specifically for the contest and c ...
.
In September 1981, ''Look-in'' changed its design, adopting a new logo and with photo covers replacing the cover paintings. By the late 1980s, the comic was struggling to compete with glossier teen magazines and sales were dropping. By the early 1990s, ''Look-in'' was catering for a younger age group by featuring picture strip stories based on cartoons and short and choppy fact-file type articles. The final issue was published in 1994.
During its run, ''Look-in'' annuals and Summer Special issues were released each year. In 2007 Carlton Books
Welbeck Publishing Group, formerly Carlton Publishing Group, is a London-based independent book publisher of fiction, narrative and illustrated non-fiction, as well as gift and children's books. Established in 2019 by Executive Directors Mark S ...
published a compilation reprint, ''Best of the Seventies'', under their Prion and Sevenoaks imprints. This was followed-up by a ''Best of the Eighties'' the following year.
Picture strips
The mainstay of ''Look-in'' was the picture strips. The following is a selected list of various strips featured:
Television-based
* ''Timeslip
''Timeslip'' is a British children's television series, children's science fiction television series made by Associated TeleVision, ATV for the ITV (TV network), ITV network, and broadcast in 1970 and 1971. It was first shown on Monday evenings ...
'' (Jan 71 – Dec 72)
* ''Freewheelers
''Freewheelers'' is a British television series made by Southern Television between 1968 and 1973 for the ITV network. It was created by the television producer Chris McMaster, who was aware of the popularity of adult action series such as '' ...
'' (Jan 71 – Mar 72)
* ''Please Sir!
''Please Sir!'' is a British television sitcom created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and featuring actors John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Penny Spencer, Joan Sanderson, Noel Howlett, Erik Chitty and Richard Davies. Produced by London Weeke ...
'' (Jan 71 – Jan 73)
* ''Crowther in Trouble'' (Jan 71 – Dec 72)
* ''Bright's Boffins
''Bright's Boffins'' was a British children's television comedy about a team of eccentric inventors working for the British Government. It starred Alexander Doré as Group Captain Bertram Bright (referred to as "The Groupie" by his colleagues), " ...
'' (Apr – Aug 71)
* ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, and starring Walter Pidgeon and Robert Sterling. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden ...
'' (May – Sep 71)
* ''Follyfoot
''Follyfoot'' is a children's television series co-produced by the majority-partner British television company Yorkshire Television (for transmission on ITV) and the independent West German company ''TV München'' (for transmission on the ZD ...
'' (Jul 71 – May 74)
* ''On the Buses
''On the Buses'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom that was broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 1969 to 1973. It was created by Chesney and Wolfe, Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, who wrote most of the episodes. It spawned thr ...
'' (Aug 71 – May 74)
* ''The Flaxton Boys
''The Flaxton Boys'' is a British historical children's television series set in the West Riding of Yorkshire and covering a timespan of almost a century. The series was made by Yorkshire Television and was broadcast on ITV between 1969 and ...
'' (Sep – Nov 71)
* '' The Fenn Street Gang'' (Nov 71 – Nov 73)
* ''Catweazle
''Catweazle'' is a British children's fantasy television series, starring Geoffrey Bayldon in the title role, and created by Richard Carpenter for London Weekend Television. The first series, produced and directed in 1969 by Quentin Lawrence ...
'' (Jan – Oct 72)
* '' Doctor at Large / at Sea / On the Go'' (May 72 – Oct 78)
* '' Elephant Boy'' (Oct 72 – Apr 73)
* '' Pathfinders'' (Dec 72 – May 73)
* ''The Tomorrow People
''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction on television, science fiction television series created by Roger Price (television producer), Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV (TV network), ITV Network, th ...
'' (Jul 73 – Apr 78)
* '' Bless This House'' (Dec 73 – Sep 75)
* ''The Kids from 47A
''The Kids from 47A'' is a British children's television series produced by Associated Television. Three series were made; the first (comprising 15 episodes) was shown in 1973, the second (13 episodes) and third (13 episodes) in 1974. The third ...
'' (Feb – Sep 74)
* ''The World at War
''The World at War'' is a 26-episode British documentary television series that chronicles the events of the Second World War. Produced in 1973 at a cost of around £880,000 (), it was the most expensive factual series ever made at the time. ...
'' (Feb – May 74)
* ''Kung Fu
Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms Kung fu (term), kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (sport), wushu (), are Styles of Chinese martial arts, multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater Ch ...
'' (Apr 74 – Jun 75)
* ''The Adventures of Black Beauty
''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' is a British adventure family television series produced by London Weekend Television and shown by ITV in the United Kingdom between 1972 and 1974. It was distributed internationally by London Weekend Interna ...
'' (Jun 74 – Sep 75)
* ''The Benny Hill Show
''The Benny Hill Show'' is a British comedy television show starring Benny Hill that aired on the BBC and ITV between 15 January 1955 and 1 May 1989. The show consisted mainly of sketch comedy, sketches typified by slapstick, mime, parody, and ...
'' (Jan 75 – Jan 81)
* ''The Six Million Dollar Man
''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After being seriously injured in a NASA test f ...
'' (Jun 75 – Mar 79)
* '' Space: 1999'' (Sep 75 – Mar 77)
* ''Man About the House
''Man About the House'' is a British sitcom created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. It starred Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy (actor), Brian Murphy. Six series were broadcast on ITV (TV netw ...
'' (Oct 75 – Jul 76)
* ''The Bionic Woman
''The Bionic Woman'' is an American science fiction film, science fiction Action-adventure fiction, action-adventure television series created by Kenneth Johnson (producer), Kenneth Johnson based on the 1972 novel Cyborg (novel), ''Cyborg'' by ...
'' (Aug 76 – May 79)
* ''Just William
''Just William'' is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922. The book was the first in the series of William Brown books which was the basis for ...
'' (Apr – Oct 77)
* ''Man from Atlantis
''Man from Atlantis'' is an American Superhero fiction, superhero television series that ran on the NBC network from 1977–78. It began as four TV movies that aired in Spring 1977. The movies achieved high ratings which led to the commissioning ...
'' (Feb – Jul 78)
* ''Logan's Run
''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusian future society in which both population and the consumption of resources ...
'' (Apr – Sep 78)
* '' The Famous Five'' (Jul 78 – Feb 80)
* '' How the West Was Won'' (Oct 78 – Apr 79)
* ''Mind Your Language
''Mind Your Language'' was a British sitcom that premiered on ITV in 1977. It was produced by London Weekend Television and directed by Stuart Allen. Three series were made by London Weekend Television between 1977 and 1979, and it was briefly ...
'' (Oct 78 – Mar 80)
* ''Dick Turpin
Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ear ...
'' (Mar – Oct 79)
* ''Worzel Gummidge
Worzel Gummidge is a scarecrow in British children's fiction, who originally appeared in a series of books by the English novelist Barbara Euphan Todd. '' (Apr 79 – Sep 82)
* ''Bionic Action'' (combining ''The Six Million Dollar Man
''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After being seriously injured in a NASA test f ...
'' and ''The Bionic Woman
''The Bionic Woman'' is an American science fiction film, science fiction Action-adventure fiction, action-adventure television series created by Kenneth Johnson (producer), Kenneth Johnson based on the 1972 novel Cyborg (novel), ''Cyborg'' by ...
'') (May – Nov 79)
* ''CHiPs
''CHiPs'' is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. After the final first-run telecast on NBC in May 1983, the series went into reruns on Sundays fr ...
'' (May – Jun 79, May 81 – Feb 83)
* ''Sapphire & Steel
''Sapphire & Steel'' is a British supernatural/fantasy television series starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who conceived the ...
'' (Aug 79 – Apr 81)
* ''Battlestar Galactica
''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series, '' Galactica 1980'', a line of book adaptat ...
'' (Oct 79 – Oct 80)
* ''Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for ABC. It originally aired from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, airing for five seasons consisting of 115 episodes. It was produ ...
'' (Nov 79 – May 81)
* '' The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist'' (1980)
* ''Mork & Mindy
''Mork & Mindy'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to May 27, 1982. A spin-off after a highly successful episode of ''Happy Days'', " My Favorite Orkan", it starred Robin Williams as Mork, an extrater ...
'' (Mar 80 – Mar 81)
* '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' (Oct 80 – Jan 82)
* ''Hart to Hart
''Hart to Hart'' is an American mystery television series that premiered on August 25, 1979, on ABC. The show stars Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, respectively, a wealthy couple who lead a glamorous jetset ...
'' (Dec 80 – Apr 81)
* '' The Smuggler'' (May – Sep 81)
* ''Cannon and Ball
Cannon and Ball were an English double act comprising Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball, who met in the early 1960s while working as welders in Oldham, Lancashire. They started as singers working the pubs and clubs of Greater Manchester and switched ...
'' (Jul 81 – Oct 88)
* ''Magnum, P.I.
''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980, to May 1, 1988, during its first-run broadcast on ...
'' (Jan – Jul 82)
* ''Danger Mouse Danger Mouse is a British action cartoon which has had two incarnations:
* ''Danger Mouse'' (1981 TV series), a 1981 British animated television series
* ''Danger Mouse'' (2015 TV series), a 2015 reboot of the British animated television series
...
'' (Mar 82 – Nov 85, Sep 86 – 89)
* ''The Fall Guy
''The Fall Guy'' is an American action-adventure television series produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981, to May 2, 1986. It stars Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who moonl ...
'' (Jun 82 – Oct 84)
* '' Into the Labyrinth'' (Sep – Dec 82)
* Star Fleet (based on the UK dubbed version of ''X-Bomber
(released as ''Star Fleet'' in the UK) is a Japanese marionette tokusatsu TV series created by manga artist Go Nagai, and produced by Cosmo Productions and Jin Productions. The show aired on Fuji TV from to , with a total of 25 episodes (incl ...
''), Jan – Jul 83)
* ''Murphy's Mob
''Murphy's Mob'' is a British children's television series, created and written by Brian Finch which was produced and directed by David Foster for Central Independent Television, and screened in the UK on ITV for four series between 1 March 19 ...
'' (Mar – Sep 83)
* ''Knight Rider
''Knight Rider'' is an American media franchise, entertainment franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The core of ''Knight Rider'' is its three-television series: the original ''Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Knight Rider'' (1982–1986) and sequ ...
'' (Aug 83 – Sep 86)
* ''Terrahawks
''Terrahawks'' is a 1980s British science fiction television series created by Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr for London Weekend Television. The series was Anderson's first in over a decade to use puppets for its characters, and also his ...
'' (Dec 83 – Apr 84)
* ''Robin of Sherwood
''Robin of Sherwood'' is a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 28 April 1984 to 28 June 1986 on the ITV network. In th ...
'' (Apr 84 – Sep 86)
* ''The A-Team
''The A-Team'' is an American Action television, action television series that ran on NBC from January 23, 1983, to March 8, 1987, about a fictional team of former United States Army Special Forces who work as mercenaries while on the run from ...
'' (Oct 84 – Mar 88)
* ''Super Gran
''Super Gran'' is a Scottish fictional series about a grandmother with superpowers. Initially a series of books written by Forrest Wilson, a children's television show was adapted by Jenny McDade and produced by Tyne Tees Television for Ch ...
'' (Feb – Oct 85, 89)
* ''Street Hawk
''Street Hawk'' is an American action television series that aired for 14 episodes on American Broadcasting Company, ABC in 1985. The series is a Limekiln and Templar Production in association with Universal Television. Its central characters w ...
'' (Mar – Oct 85)
* ''Alias the Jester
''Alias the Jester'' is a British animated series created by Cosgrove Hall Productions, airing in 13 episodes on ITV starting on 13 November 1985. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired the show in 1987 during their after school timeslo ...
'' (Nov 85 – Sep 86)
* '' That's My Boy'' (Apr – Sep 86)
* ''Airwolf
''Airwolf'' is an American action military drama television series. It centers on a high-technology attack helicopter, code-named '' Airwolf'', and its crew. They undertake various exotic missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War the ...
'' (Sep 86 – Jan 87)
* ''Inspector Gadget
''Inspector Gadget'' is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series '' Inspector Gadget''. Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated ...
'' (Sep 86 – 88)
* '' Alf'' (Mar – Sep 88)
* '' Galaxy High School'' (89–90)
* ''Count Duckula
''Count Duckula'' is a British children's television series, children's animated comedy horror television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall Films, Cosgrove Hall Productions and produced by Thames Television as a spin-off of ''Dang ...
'' (89)
* ''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' is a children's animated television series that adapts the classic 1844 Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and ''The Three Musketeers'', produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Ja ...
'' (89)
* '' Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures'' (91–92)
* ''Garfield
''Garfield'' is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis (cartoonist), Jim Davis. Originally published locally as ''Jon'' in 1976 (later changed to ''Garfield'' in 1977), then in nationwide Print syndication, syndication from 1978, it chro ...
'' (88 – Mar 94)
* ''Scooby-Doo
''Scooby-Doo'' is an American media franchise owned by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Entertainment and created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'', for Hanna-Barbera (which wa ...
'' (87 – Mar 94)
* '' No. 73'' (86–88)
Music-based
* David Cassidy
David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical-sitcom ''The Partridge Family''.
After completing high school, Cassidy purs ...
– ''The Adventures of David Cassidy ''(Dec 72 – Dec 73)
* Bay City Rollers
The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity, as a band in the 1970s. One of many 70s acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beatles", they were called the "tartan teen sensations fro ...
– ''Shang-A-Lang'' (Mar – Sep 75)
* Slik
Slik were a Scottish pop group of the mid-1970s, most notable for their UK number 1 hit " Forever and Ever" in 1976. Initially glam rock, the band later changed their style to soft rock/ bubblegum. It was the first band with whom singer and g ...
– ''Slik Stories ''(Jul–Oct 76)
* Flintlock
Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking lock (firearm), ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early 16th century. The term may also apply to a particular form of the mechanism its ...
– ''It's Flintlock!'' (Oct 76 – Feb 77)
* ABBA
ABBA ( ) were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, and are one of the List ...
– ''ABBA Exclusive Official'' (Mar 77 – Mar 78)
* Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...
– ''Elvis the Story'' (Jan – Sep 81)
* The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...
– ''The Story of the Beatles'' (Sep 81 – Feb 82)
* Madness – ''It's Madness'' (Sep 81 – Feb 83)
* Haircut One Hundred
Haircut One Hundred (also Haircut 100) are a British pop group formed in 1980 in Beckenham, London, by Nick Heyward, Les Nemes and Graham Jones. In 1981 and 1982, the band scored four UK top-10 singles: " Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" ...
(Jul 82 – Jan 83)
* Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz were an English pop group, that achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Making Your Mind Up". The group was formed in January 1981 specifically for the contest and c ...
(Feb 83 – Feb 85)
* a-ha
A-ha (often stylised as ''a''-h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band ros ...
* Five Star
Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) were a British Pop music, pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman Pearson, Stedman, Lorraine, Denise Pearson, Denise, Doris, and Delroy Pearson. From 1985 to 1988, Five Star had four top-20 a ...
– ''The 5 Star Life'' (87–89)
* Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band formed in 1972. Regarded as the first New Zealand band to gain significant recognition outside of Australasia, they were initially noted for their progressive rock, progressive/art rock sound, flamboyant visua ...
(November 80)
* Bros
* Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fas ...
* Jason Donovan
Jason Sean Donovan (born 1 June 1968) is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap ''Neighbours'', playing Scott Robinson, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 millio ...
* Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significan ...
Miscellaneous
* ''Mark Strong
Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia; 5 August 1963) is a British actor best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in '' Stardust'' (2007), Archibald in '' RocknRolla'' (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in ''Sherlock Holmes'' (200 ...
'' (Jul 72 – Jan 73) — based on a toy
* ''The Smurfs
''The Smurfs'' (; ) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was created and introduced as a series of comic characters by ...
'' – ''Meet the Smurfs!'' (Sep 78 – Aug 81) – Fictional characters, predating the TV series
* ''When They Were Young'' (Sep 83 – Jan 84) – Life stories of various celebrities
* ''The Story So Far'' (Nov 85–89) – Life stories of various pop stars
References
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Look-in The best of the Eighties Book
Lookin the best of the seventies book
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