1991

Top Selling Singles

  1. Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
  2. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody”/”These Are the Days of Our Lives
  3. Cher – The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)
  4. Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy
  5. The Simpsons – Do the Bartman
  6. Jason Donovan – Any Dream Will Do
  7. Chesney Hawkes – The One and Only
  8. Vic Reeves & the Wonder Stuff – Dizzy
  9. Oceanic – Insanity
  10. Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up

Christmas No.1: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody”/”These Are the Days of Our Lives

Top Selling Albums

  1. Simply Red – Stars
  2. Eurythmics – Greatest Hits
  3. Queen – Greatest Hits II
  4. Tina Turner – Simply the Best
  5. Michael Jackson – Dangerous
  6. R.E.M. – Out of Time
  7. Michael Bolton – Time, Love & Tenderness
  8. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
  9. Cher – Love Hurts
  10. Paul Young – From Time to Time – The Singles Collection

At the Box Office

  1. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  3. The Silence of the Lambs
  4. Three Men and a Little Lady
  5. Dances With Wolves
  6. The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear
  7. Sleeping With the Enemy
  8. Home Alone
  9. The Addams Family
  10. The Commitments

Cost of Living

Average house price£56,853
Average salary £57,000
Average car price Citroën BX TZD: A sporty model that cost £13,102
Petrol 40p/litre
Pint of beer £1.29
Packet of 20 Cigarettes £1.80
Pint of milk 32p

In the News

  • Tax-exempt special savings accounts (TESSAs) were introduced
  • A train crash at Cannon Street station in London kills one person and injures over 500
  • The final phase of the M40 motorway through Oxfordshire is opened
  • The Gulf War begins, as the Royal Air Force joins Allied aircraft in bombing raids on Iraq
  • British scientist Tim Berners-Lee introduces World Wide Web, the first web browser, while working at CERN in Geneva
  • The Birmingham Six are freed after the Court of Appeal quashes their convictions over the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham
  • George Carey is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Kia, the Korean car company, begin importing cars to the United Kingdom for the first time
  • John McCarthy, a British hostage held in Lebanon for over five years is freed
  • It’s the launch of The Big Issue
  • The first Sumo tournament to be held outside Japan is hosted at the Royal Albert Hall in London
  • Bryan Adams makes history when his single (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, which features in the film Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves enters its fifteenth successive week at #1 in the UK singles charts.
  • Computer retailer PC World opens its first branch in Croydon
  • Terry Waite, a British hostage held in Lebanon, is freed after four-and-a-half years in captivity
  • Freddie Mercury dies aged 45 at his home in London, just 24 hours after going public with the news that he was suffering from AIDS

On the Telly

  • The Brittas Empire makes its debut on BBC1, starring Chris Barrie and Pippa Haywood.
  • Matthew Kelly succeeds Bruce Forsyth as presenter of ITV’s You Bet!.
  • While appearing as a guest on Aspel & Company, Rod Stewart takes off his shoes and tosses them into the audience.
  • ITV airs the first Prime Suspect series, starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison.
  • The Darling Buds of May makes its debut on ITV, starring David Jason, Pam Ferris and Catherine Zeta Jones.
  • Debut of Big Break on BBC1, presented by Jim Davidson.
  • Soldier Soldier makes its debut on ITV, starring Robson Green and Jerome Flynn.
  • The sitcom Bottom makes its debut on BBC2, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson
  • Noel’s House Party Debuts on BBC1, presented by Noel Edmonds.

1991 in music

  • Sweden’s Carola wins the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Rome) with “Captured by a Storm Wind”.

Top Selling Christmas Toys

  • Sega Game Gear – £97.95 (£204.24)
  • Nintendo Game Boy – £69.99 (£145.94)
  • Super Soaker 50 – £9.99 (£20.83)

Gadgets

  • Sony Video Walkman
  • Denon Portable CD Player – with a shock-mounted disc transport to prevent skipping
  • Psion Series 3 – Personal Organiser

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