random retro-spective
Royal wedding: Andrew + Sarah
Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey on July 23rd 1986
the retro hour: 1995
We've been through the archive and compiled everything we think you need to know about the year. To make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, everything is organised into categories.
the top stories
Frederick West, in prison awaiting trail for the murder of 12 young women,
was found hanged in his cell
An earthquake in Japan killed nearly 4,000 people in the city of Kobe
British Prime Minister, John Major, and his Irish counterpart John Bruton,
presented their framework document for the future of Northern Ireland
The RAF presented its first woman bomber pilot
Author Gerald Durrell, comedian Larry Grayson, comedian and radio presenter
Kenny Everett and actor Peter Cook all died in this year
The Queen conducted her first visit to South Africa in nearly 50 years
The country celebrated the 50th anniversaries of VE and VJ day
on the chart
Blur won four awards at the Brits
Robbie Williams left Take That to embark on a solo career.
It was announced that Phil Collins was pop music's top earner
The Best Female and Best Male titles at the Brit awards went to Eddie
Reader and Paul Weller
The Eurovision Song Contest winners were Nocturne from Norway with the
song Secret Garden
Robson and Jerome, the two stars of the ITV series Soldier Soldier decided
to have a go at a singing career and found themselves at number one in
June with "Unchained Melody"
Michael Jackson scored two number ones (You Are Not Alone and Earth Song),
Simply Red reached the top for the first time with Fairground and Blur
and Oasis continued their disagreements in public (both had number ones
in 1995)
on the tv and at the cinema
Bet Lynch left Coronation Street
Diana, Princess of Wales, was interviewed on Panorama, attracting an audience
of 21.1 million - making it the most watched programme of the year
Father Ted showed us what life was like on Craggy Island and introduced
the world to the most unlikely household featuring three priests, Fathers
Ted, Dougal and Jack along with their inept house-keeper, Mrs Doyle
Colin Firth had millions reaching for their remotes - he starred as Mr
Darcy in Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice
Other favourites of 1995 were Heartbeat and Auntie's Bloomers
Hugh Grant was arrested on Hollywood Boulevard
in the company of his friend Divine Brown.
The Usual Suspects posed the question "who is Keyser Soze?"
Other films of the year were Braveheart, The American President, Apollo
13, The Bridges of Madison County and Sense and Sensibility
One of the flops of 1995 was Waterworld
The big winner at the Oscars was Forrest Gump
sports achievements and milestones
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was freed after serving
a three-year sentence for rape
Eric Cantona was banned for the rest of the season after attacking a fan.
On the field, Everton won the FA Cup, Blackburn Rovers won the Premiership.
England beat Scotland 24-12 at Twickenham to win the Five Nations Championship,
meanwhile the Springboks won the World Cup.
Royal Athlete, a 40-1 outsider, was first past the post in the Grand National
Stephen Hendry won the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre
in Sheffield
Jonathan Edwards set a new triple jump world record of 18.29 metres
The Wimbledon titles were taken by Peter Sampras and Steffi Graf
Michael Schumacher was the Formula 1 Drivers' Champion.
and finally
Australians celebrated the centenary of their unofficial national anthem
Waltzing Matilda
Bill Gates launched Windows 95 and Trevor Baylis unveiled his clockwork
radio