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‘entertainment’

EventDate
First Guernsey competitor took part in Miss World 22nd November
Dad’s Army actor John le Mesurier died 15th November
The Little Theatre was reprieved… for a while 8th November
Dame Sibyl Hathaway chose her Desert Island Discs 25th October
Guernsey Monopoly board game went on sale 24th October
Channel Television saw off a rival broadcaster 16th October
Island FM brings commercial radio to Guernsey 15th October
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was published 19th August
The Rolling Stones played St Peter Port 18th August
The Beatles played at Candie Gardens 8th August
ITV broadcasts first episode of Island at War 11th July
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie film opened 20th April
Enemy at the Door comes to the end of its run 29th March
BBC Radio Guernsey takes to the air 16th March
First ever broadcast of Puffin’s Pla(i)ce 3rd March
Debut of Guernsey-set comedy This is Jinsy 1st March
Alderney gets its first full-time radio station 12th February
Channel 4 gameshow Treasure Hunt comes to Guernsey 19th January
Doctor Who travels to Guernsey 18th January
Guernsey Zoo is sold as a going concern 5th January
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