List of people who have turned on the Oxford Street Christmas lights

Since 1959, Oxford Street in London has been decorated with festive lights for Christmas, remaining in place until Twelfth Night (January 6th). The lights are ceremonially turned on in November by a celebrity with appeal to parents and children, as listed below.


 * 2010 &mdash; Children from Kids Company
 * 2009 &mdash; Jim Carrey
 * 2008 &mdash; Sugababes
 * 2007 &mdash; Leona Lewis
 * 2006 &mdash; All Saints
 * 2005 &mdash; Westlife
 * 2004 &mdash; Emma Watson, Il Divo, Steve Redgrave
 * 2003 &mdash; Enrique Inglesias
 * 2002 &mdash; Blue
 * 2001 &mdash; S Club 7
 * 2000 &mdash; Charlotte Church
 * 1999 &mdash; Ronan Keating
 * 1998 &mdash; Zoë Ball
 * 1997 &mdash; Peter André
 * 1996 &mdash; Spice Girls
 * 1995 &mdash; Coronation Street Cast
 * 1994 &mdash; Lenny Henry
 * 1993 &mdash; Richard Branson
 * 1992 &mdash; Linford Christie
 * 1991 &mdash; Westminster Children's Hospital
 * 1990 &mdash; Cliff Richard
 * 1989 &mdash; Gorden Kaye
 * 1988 &mdash; Terry Wogan
 * 1987 &mdash; Derek Jameson
 * 1986 &mdash; Leslie Grantham, Anita Dobson
 * 1985 &mdash; Bob Geldof
 * 1984 &mdash; Esther Rantzen
 * 1983 &mdash; Pat Phoenix
 * 1982 &mdash; Daley Thompson
 * 1981 &mdash; Pilin Leon (Miss World, Venezuela)