Live Aid, sweary punks and a kiss so romantic it never fails to make you cry … as TV turns 100, here are the things that are for ever lodged in Guardian readers’ brains
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elevision turns 100 this year, so the Guardian charted our pick of the biggest TV moments from a century of television. Then we asked readers to share their own milestone TV moments. Here are the best.
Mum and dad bought a Vidor TV for the coronation in 1953. We used to watch the Television Newsreel on Saturday evening – I was fascinated by the start, which was the BBC revolving round the Alexandra TV tower. I think this (together with listening to the shipping forecast on the radio) is what sparked my lifelong obsession with radio! It is still with me 70+ years later. Phil Holliday, 78, New Zealand
I can still remember my father waking me up late at night to watch the first human landing on the moon. He woke me because he had to share this event with someone and didn’t want to wake my mother. He said: “Sorry to wake you up, son, but you must come and see this. You’ll never see anything like this again.” And so we sat and watched it on our old stuttering black-and-white television, and although I wasn’t aware of the immense significance of the moment, I became caught up in my father’s fascination and excitement. I’ll never forget that night. Laurie, West Midlands
