What happened to TOTP?

[Richard1978]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

I don't think that many episodes exist officially, and even then, they would have had various acts and presenters edited out for all the obvious reasons.

Between 1964 & 1975 surviving shows are patchy, but most from 1976-7 survive, & all from 1978 apart from the odd one where the tapes are faulty.

[stud1al]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

All your TOTP queries can be resolved here

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Thank you very much.Zab.

[stud1al]

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Yeah, i have most from half way through May '76 until November '84.THANKS Richie ,George and Zab.

[darren]

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Ive came across some of the lp's totp released think i have a few.

anybody have any episodes from the early 70s? I've been collecting but can't seem to find any more .

[George 1978]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

It's interesting that the episodes of TOTP were first repeated in 2011 on BBC Four, and they started from April 1976 onwards. Was it any coincidence that Coronation Street episodes on Granada Plus when the channel started up in 1996, were also started from April 1976 as well?

I assume that April 1976 marked a watershed in British television where as of that month, programmes were officially archived from that point onwards, and would be officially complete as of that time. It seems like to me anyway unless anyone else knows any different?

[stud1al]

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You could be right.

[zabadak]

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Ive came across some of the lp's totp released think i have a few.

If you mean the cover version ones, sadly they weren't anything to do with the TV programme... :cry:

[agfagaevart]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

not true. they can be seen unedited on the net, no problem...

[agfagaevart]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

The sad part, due to various scandals, there are many groups that appeared on TOTP that will no longer be shown to the public.Many of us who watched it the first time around, will now be denied a chance to see a group we remember fondly.

not true. they can be seen unedited on the net, no problem...

[George 1978]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

I know that not all acts were available to perform on TOTP (mostly as they were based in the United States), so I was a bit miffed at Pans People and Legs and Co dancing in lieu of the actual acts. I mean, if I heard a song being performed, I would have liked to have the artiste themselves perform it rather than dancers dancing to it - I mean, it was a music show rather than just a disco.

On the other hand, although it was nice to see Tony Christie doing Amarillo himself when I saw him on the TOTP Christmas special in 2005, it would have been nice to have had the Peter Kay Comic Relief version played - you didn't get the proper benefit of the song without it. When they did Benny Hill's Ernie, they did the right thing and include the "milkman" video rather than have Hill in the studio performing it.

[Richard1978]

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Some Americans came over but sometimes without their regular backing band, so the BBC orchestra used to back them, with interesting results.

[George 1978]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

I very much doubt that Elvis Presley ever appeared live on TOTP - it would have been such a scoop. I am surprised how Tyne Tees got so many nationally known acts up to Newcastle to appear on Razzamatazz, The Tube or The Roxy.

[Richard1978]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

Elvis Presley never performed outside North America, thanks to his boss having dubious citizenship.

Even in the USA he tended to have dedicated shows rather than a guest slot once he became a big name.

[George 1978]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

Elvis Presley never performed outside North America, thanks to his boss having dubious citizenship.

Even in the USA he tended to have dedicated shows rather than a guest slot once he became a big name.

Amazing to say how big a star he was, that he never travelled outside his home country. No wonder we have so many Elvis impersonators here in the UK - it is the closest we get to the real thing, even when he was still alive.

[George 1978]

Re: What happened to TOTP?

All your TOTP queries can be resolved here

Now that was a logo and a half.