In an effort to find out which Countdown episodes people would like to see that have never been shown on Rage Retro, I am asking anyone who is interested to name their favourite unrepeated episodes.

The following is a list of 1983 Countdowns that have never been shown on Rage. The episode details can be found in the "Countdown Archives" section of this site. Please select any 3 in the order of your preference for votes towards 1983 episodes.

361 March 6 1983 Sharon O’Neill
364 March 27 1983 Gavin Wood via voiceover, Molly with Dire Straits
365 April 3 1983 Dave Mason (The Reels)
366 April 10 1983 Mark (aka comedian Bob Downe) and Wendy (Globos)
367
368
369 May 8 1983 Bernie Lynch and Grace Knight (Eurogliders)
371 May 22 1983 no host
373 June 5 1983 Wendy Stapleton (Wendy & The Rocketts)
374 June 12 1983 Tim Finn
375 June 19 1983 Bonnie Tyler
376 June 26 1983 Greedy Smith (Mental As Anything)
377 July 3 1983 David Sterry and Richard Zatorski (Real Life)
378 July 10 1983 John Hood (EONFM) and Keith Neill (Muir?) (7HT)
380 July 24 1983 Ian Grace (2SM) and Gary Shannon (6PM)
385 August 28 1983 Joan Armatrading
386 September 4 1983 John Paul Young
388 September 18 1983 James Reyne and Brad Robinson (Australian Crawl)
389 September 25 1983 Pat Wilson
390 October 2 1983 Marc Hunter (Dragon)
391 October 9 1983 David Sterry/Real Life
392 October 16 1983 Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men)
394 October 30 1983 Lynda Nutter (Dugites)
398 November 27 1983 James Reyne (Australian Crawl)
399 December 4 1983 Ross Wilson (Mondo Rock)
- December 5 1983 standby program of Molly’s favourite bands/videos

My three 1983 requests are:

8/5/83:
HOST: Eurogliders. REASON: I put this one up earlier, again looks like a great episode and would make a great companion piece to the other Eurogliders hosted shows.

22/5/83:
HOST: Molly. REASON: Has some greats clips on it including Tears For Fears single 'Change'.

19/6/83:
HOST: Bonnie Tyler. REASON: Bonnie does some live performances plus it has some clips by Forrest and The Thompson Twins with 'Love on our side'.

My 3 picks:

1. 30/9/83 (2/10?) - The America's Cup euphoria, 'Watch the World' by Little Heroes, 'Casual Encounter' by the Divinyls, 'The Walk' by the Cure, Kim Wilde IV and 'Love Blonde', and a 'Hair Fashion' segment by Tim and Debbie

2. 10/4/83 - Hosted by Globos (incl. Bob Downe), 'Losing you' by Sharon O'Neill, 'Der Kommissar' by Falco, Blancmange IV, the Fairlight Computer

3. 10/7/83 - Two more Flashdance DJs hosting, 'Pressure Sway' by the Machinations, 'Temptation' by Heaven 17, 'Nobody's Diary' by Yazoo,

10/04/1983 - BEEN DYING TO SEE THIS EPISODE! ... The main reason why I want to see this so much is because of the mini documentary on the Farlight Computer. I am a GREAT lover of 70s and 80s synthesizers so this has always been one I have had my eye on!... It also features an interview with Blancmange which I would really like to see *****



22/05/1983 - SIMPLE! ... This episode features a video I am completely 'DESPERATE' for:
* Venetians with "Sound On Sound"*
PLUS "Humdrum" was filmed at Mighty Music Machine which I would LOVE to see in the 80s as I know this store well!... AND it also features the video from Greg Kihn Band with the fantastic classic "Jeopardy"



19/06/1983 - Bonnie Tyler Hosting and performing 2 tracks live in the Countdown studio. Plus video's from Forrest "Rock The Boat" and more...








I have Benji's request from 30/09/83 and LOVE it as the Kim Wilde interview is FABULOUS! I am not requesting it as I have a timer code BUT if rage were to play it I would still be ecstatic as ANY airing time with Kim Wilde get's the thumbs up :-)

8/5/83 hosted by Eurogliders with a really rare clip (I think Countdown produced) for No Action, maybe the only clip made for that song. Also Goanna - Razor's Edge & Let The Franklin Flow, Wendy & The Rocketts, Toto Coelo, Styx etc

19/6/83 hosted by Bonnie Tyler with 2 live performances as well as Angels and Machinations live. Clips for Forrest, Haysi Fantayzee, Michael Sembello

26/6/83 hosted by Greedy Smith with Pseudo Echo live and ultra rare clip for Mi-Sex - Lost Time

@ Guru

I second your Top 3 episodes. I can't believe after all these years, the Bonnie Tyler hosted episode has been ignored by rage. The studio performance of "Total Eclipse..." has been shown so many times on Pay TV. Only just a couple of days ago they showed the performance on TV1.

Hi all!
Is there any chance to get the following episodes from "Countdown" on DVD:
Nr. 370 (15/5/83)
Nr. 371 (22/5/83)
Nr. 372 (29/5/83)
Nr. 373 (5/6/83)
Nr. 374 (12/6/83)

To whom I must write on the ABC channel for these shows? How much is there to pay for each episode? Or did anybody of you taped these original broadcasts in 1983?
Thank you
FALCOloge