100 Greatest TV Moments was broadcast on Channel 4 on 11 September 1999 and hosted by Graham Norton. The top ten * 1: The Apollo 11 moon landing (1969) * 2: The release of Nelson Mandela (1990) * 3: in the general election, which became to symbolise the end of the period of Conservative government which had begun in 1979 with Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister (1997) * 4: The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales (1997) * 5: The fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) * 6: 1966 FIFA World Cup Final - England beats West Germany 4-2; commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme's quotation "They think it's all over" (1966) * 7: Only Fools and Horses - "Yuppy Love": Del Boy falls through a bar flap and then Trigger pulls a face. * 8: Live Aid - The multi-venue rock concert to raise funds for the famine of Ethiopia (1985) * 9: Blackadder Goes Forth - "Goodbyeee": The protagonists go over the top (1989) * 10: John F. Kennedy assassination (1963)
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