Scott and Charlene
The Australian soap opera Neighbours, was first screened on 27 October 1986 on BBC One, in the United Kingdom, and achieved huge popularity among British audiences. The on-screen wedding of popular couple Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell, was watched by a large domestic audience in November 1988, by which time both their actors had launched pop careers. The Olympics
In February, Eddie Edwards became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. One Moment in Time was used as a promotional song for the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Hippy Hippy Shake
The American film Cocktail was released in July. Tom Cruise starred as a bar tender, who did the Hippy Hippy Shake while serving customers. They Live
Rowdy Roddy Piper starred in the John Carpenter horror movie They Live. The film used made a good deal of use of typography in its story telling.
