
Top of the Pops (1964)
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Episodes 3
25th Anniversary Special
This anniversary episode features new performances and a shedload of clips
from the show's 25 years on air, all introduced by an army of past Pops
presenters. There are no complete archive performances and the clips are all
about 15-30 seconds long and most are accompanied by prototype TOTP2-style
scrolling information. In fact the whole show feels a bit like an extended
episode of TOTP2, which can only be a good thing.
IMHO This show is a much better celebration of TOTP than the dreary '2006 Final
Countdown' was.
Presented by: David Jacobs, Pete Murray, Alan Freeman, Kenny Everett, David
Jensen, Simon Bates, Mark Goodier, Peter Powell, Tony Blackburn, Mike Read, Paul
Gambaccini, Jimmy Savile, David Hamilton
There are way too many clips to list individually, but the studio performances are:
- Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake
- The Tremeloes - Silence is Golden
- Mud - Tiger Feet
- Lulu - Shout
- Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me
- David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
- Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
- Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Any More
- Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House
- Status Quo - Rocking All Over the World
Read MoreJanuary 12, 1989
Sybil Ruscoe and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 January 1989 and featuring Milli Vanilli, Duran Duran, Roachford, Roy Orbison and Cookie Crew.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 1989
Bruno Brookes and Richard Skinner present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 January 1989 and featuring Roachford, Holly Johnson and Fine Young Cannibals.
Read MoreJuly 9, 1992
Adrian Rose and Femi Oke presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 July 1992 and featuring Roy Orbison, Dina Carroll, Joe Cocker, Urban Hype, and Sophie B. Hawkins.
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