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Top Of The Pops To Make Comeback On BBC4

After being dropped in 2006....

March 31, 2011 by Holly Frith
Top Of The Pops To Make Comeback On BBC4

Top Of The Pops is set to make a return on BBC4.

The hit music show, which ran for forty two years before being dropped in 2006, will make its return to Thursday nights on BBC4 from April 7, reports Metro.

BBC4 will run the show from its earliest recordings in 1976 but will not be filming any new episodes.

There have been a mixed reaction to the news, journalist Peter Robinson said over Twitter: ''What really f*cks me off about the BBC4 wheeling out classic TOTP episodes from 1976 onwards is that they are admitting how culturally important TOTP was as a cultural record, but they don't seem to mind that pop music in 2011 is not being archived in a similar way.''

Top Of The Pops is still aired every year for a special Christmas Day edition.

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  • FFS why can't they just BRING IT BACK!!! Its just like woolworths. Iconic. AND people dont want to watch youtube videos to find out what a band look like - everyone misses TOTP. We only have Jools and he's seasonal. Change the format a bit - have a brand new band (even unsigned!!!!) and have an old band (reformed) and then some chart stuff - - still something for all ages. Makes me cross.

    ~ by Lucie 3/31/2011 Report

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  • dam right Lucie, nail on head. Bring it back, it helped break Bands and was a fantastic marketing tool for the Uk record industry. get rid of fnng fern and that poncy git who Ran it down on purpose. put on Real Dj, music press, or some people with Real talent to present the show. and put it on prime time tv slot....oh we cannot do that can we Beeb, fnng soaps, soaps and nothing but fnng soaps will complain.

    ~ by cleggdaggend 3/31/2011 Report

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  • TOTP would be wasted on the youth now!I,for one,cannot wait for the re-runs.Its been a long time coming.There really should be a channel devoted to TOTP but this will do for now.

    ~ by sean 3/31/2011 Report

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  • Early episodes don't have Fern Cotton in them. Do you need any more reasons?

    ~ by Al 3/31/2011 Report

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  • Agree totally with Lucie.

    ~ by barrypenge 3/31/2011 Report

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