Top of the Pops: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Top of the Pops is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006. It was traditionally shown every Thursday evening on BBC1, except for a short period on Fridays in late 1974, before being again moved to Fridays in 1996, and then to Sundays on BBC Two in 2005. Each weekly programme consisted of performances from some of that week's best-selling popular music artists, with a rundown of that week's singles chart. Additionally, there was a special edition of the programme on Christmas Day (and usually, until 1984, a second such edition a few days after Christmas), featuring some of the best-selling singles of the year.

Series details

• Title: Top of the Pops
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 1964-01-01
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 31 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7769
• TVDB ID: 78332

Cast and credited roles

• Fearne Cotton — Presenter
• Reggie Yates — Presenter
• Richard Bacon — Presenter
• Sarah Cawood — Presenter
• Mel Giedroyc — Narrator
• Jamie Theakston — Presenter
• Jimmy Savile — Presenter
• Liz Bonnin — Presenter
• Tony Blackburn — Presenter
• Simon Mayo — Presenter
• Mark Goodier — Presenter
• Jayne Middlemiss — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1964: premiered 1964-01-01; final listed air date 1964-10-22.
• Season 1965: premiered 1965-01-28; final listed air date 1965-12-09.
• Season 1966: premiered 1966-01-27; final listed air date 1966-12-29.
• Season 1967: premiered 1967-01-05; final listed air date 1967-12-28.
• Season 1968: premiered 1968-01-04; final listed air date 1968-12-19.
• Season 1969: premiered 1969-01-02; final listed air date 1969-12-18.
• Season 1970: premiered 1970-01-01; final listed air date 1970-12-31.
• Season 1971: premiered 1971-01-07; final listed air date 1971-12-27.
• Season 1972: premiered 1972-01-06; final listed air date 1972-12-28.
• Season 1973: premiered 1973-01-04; final listed air date 1973-12-27.
• Season 1974: premiered 1974-01-03; final listed air date 1974-12-27.
• Season 1975: premiered 1975-01-02; final listed air date 1975-12-25.
• Season 1976: premiered 1976-01-01; final listed air date 2011-04-01.
• Season 1977: premiered 1977-01-06; final listed air date 2012-01-06.
• Season 1978: premiered 1978-01-05; final listed air date 1978-12-25.
• Season 1979: premiered 1979-01-04; final listed air date 1979-12-27.
• Season 1980: premiered 1980-01-03; final listed air date 1980-12-25.
• Season 1981: premiered 1981-01-01; final listed air date 1981-12-31.
• Season 1982: premiered 1982-01-07; final listed air date 1982-12-30.
• Season 1983: premiered 1983-01-06; final listed air date 1984-12-24.
• Season 1984: premiered 1984-06-07; final listed air date 1984-12-27.
• Season 1985: premiered 1985-01-03; final listed air date 1985-12-25.
• Season 1988: premiered 1988-06-09; final listed air date 1988-06-09.
• Season 1989: premiered 1989-01-05; final listed air date 1989-08-03.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-12-25; final listed air date 1990-12-25.
• Season 1995: premiered 1995-01-05; final listed air date 1995-12-25.
• Season 1996: premiered 1996-01-04; final listed air date 1996-12-25.
• Season 1999: premiered 1999-01-08; final listed air date 1999-04-16.
• Season 2001: premiered 2001-07-20; final listed air date 2001-07-20.
• Season 2002: premiered 2002-01-18; final listed air date 2002-11-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Top of the Pops on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.