TOP OF THE POPS PEOPLE POWER OR MONEY TALKS

BBC reverse their stupid decision not to screen the traditional Christmas Day edition of TOTP.

BBC Press Office:

The BBC announced today that Top Of The Pops will be returning to BBC One this Christmas with two special, one-off shows – one on Christmas Day and one on New Year's Eve.

The Top Of The Pops Christmas Special is an hour-long celebration of all things pop.

Filmed in BBC Television Centre, it will feature exclusive performances from some of the year's biggest stars and will count down the chart to the all important Christmas number one.


The Top Of The Pops New Year's Eve Special is a brand new show that will review the year in pop.

This hour-long special marks the first time BBC One has shown a New Year's Eve edition of Top Of The Pops.

Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC One, said: "With shows on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, Top Of The Pops has never been bigger.

"The shows will form the centrepiece of a massive musical offering during the festive season that we hope viewers are really going to enjoy."


Notes to Editors

The Christmas and New Year's Eve specials are one off programmes. There are no plans to bring back TOTP full-time.

Top Of The Pops has never been bigger.

Oh yes it has, way back in the late 60's to the mid 70's

This hour-long special marks the first time BBC One has shown a New Year's Eve edition of Top Of The Pops.

Oh yes it has, anybody who knows anything about British Television knows that.




What made them change their minds? Was it Simon Cowell and his music industry cronies and money, was it the government or was the sheer amount of complaints they got from the music fans?


Was this news leaked to the Times last week? Maybe that's where the rumour that the programme will be making a comeback in 2009 came from, a rumour hotly denied by BBC.

BBC rules out TOTP return

From Musick Week

11:04 | Monday November 17, 2008

By Ben Cardew

The BBC has rubbished reports that it is set to bring back Top Of the Pops next year.

A report in The Times today says that the iconic programme “is expected to return to BBC television in the next year”, quoting music industry sources.

However, the BBC says, "Despite continuing speculation, there are currently no plans to bring back a weekly Top of the Pops programme on BBC television."


So can anybody tell me who is No 1 I aint known who's been at the "top of the pop" charts since July 2006 when TOTP was axed.

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