Top of the Pops

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Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a Music phenomenon when I was growing up. You watched it religiously, every Thursday evening at 7pm. It was broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. and had always been shown on Thursday evening on BBC One, before being moved to Fridays in 1996, and then moved to Sundays on BBC Two in 2005. Each weekly programme had performances from some of that week's best-selling music artists, with a rundown of that week's singles chart. The way the programme worked in my generation is you had a studio audience who stood behind the presenter, who - to raucous screams and cheers - announced who you had just seen, and what countdown was of the top 40 singles that week. The studio audience always seemed slightly mental to me, they cheered and made so much noise

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[darren]

Re: Top of the Pops

its really sad its no longer around.
even though i did not weatch it much it was a gereat show for new talent.

it was great the way thecrowd got involved and they where so close to the stage.

no dobut it was a phenomenal show.

why was it axed was it no longer getting big viewing figures.