Top of the Pops

Weekly pop-music show mixing live performances with pop videos, counting down the UK Singles Chart to the week's Number One record. The show began in 1964 and ran year-round for over 40 years and more than 2200 editions, making it the longest-running music show in the world. After the show ended in 2006, the annual Christmas Special - a review of the year's biggest sellers - continued.


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  • TOTP
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials December 1964 December 2023 162
Season 1 January 1964 December 1964 52
Season 2 January 1965 December 1965 51
Season 3 January 1966 December 1966 50
Season 4 January 1967 December 1967 52
Season 5 January 1968 December 1968 51
Season 6 January 1969 December 1969 49
Season 7 January 1970 December 1970 49
Season 8 January 1971 December 1971 53
Season 9 January 1972 December 1972 52
Season 10 January 1973 December 1973 50
Season 11 January 1974 December 1974 46
Season 12 January 1975 December 1975 53
Season 13 January 1976 December 1976 54
Season 14 January 1977 December 1977 53
Season 15 January 1978 December 1978 49
Season 16 January 1979 December 1979 52
Season 17 January 1980 December 1980 43
Season 18 January 1981 December 1981 53
Season 19 January 1982 December 1982 53
Season 20 January 1983 December 1983 53
Season 21 January 1984 December 1984 51
Season 22 January 1985 December 1985 52
Season 23 January 1986 December 1986 52
Season 24 January 1987 December 1987 53
Season 25 January 1988 December 1988 52
Season 26 January 1989 December 1989 52
Season 27 January 1990 December 1990 52
Season 28 January 1991 December 1991 52
Season 29 January 1992 December 1992 51
Season 30 January 1993 December 1993 52
Season 31 January 1994 December 1994 52
Season 32 January 1995 December 1995 52
Season 33 January 1996 December 1996 52
Season 34 January 1997 December 1997 51
Season 35 January 1998 December 1998 51
Season 36 January 1999 December 1999 51
Season 37 January 2000 December 2000 52
Season 38 January 2001 December 2001 51
Season 39 January 2002 December 2002 51
Season 40 January 2003 December 2003 52
Season 41 January 2004 December 2004 51
Season 42 January 2005 December 2005 52
Season 43 January 2006 July 2006 29
Unassigned Episodes 5
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials January 2013 1
Season 14 January 1977 1
Unassigned Episodes 2349
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 June 1976 1
Unassigned Episodes 2350
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Tommy Vance 4 12/29/1983
Gary Davies 4 12/29/1983 - 12/25/1988
Anthea Turner 2 12/25/1988
Peter Powell 2 12/29/1983
Adrian John 1 12/29/1983
Richard Skinner 1 12/29/1983
Bruno Brookes 1 12/25/1988
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Julian Smith 4 12/25/2016 - 12/31/2017
Michael Hurll 2 12/29/1983
Marcus Plantin 1 09/11/1980
David G. Hillier 1 11/10/1977
Verity Maidlow Cornwell 1 07/06/2018
Julian Clarke-Smith 1 12/25/2018
Brian Whitehouse 1 06/03/1976
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Clara Amfo 2 12/24/2022
Jack Saunders 1 12/24/2022

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BFI TV 100 (2000)

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The BFI TV 100 is a list of 100 television programmes or series that was compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI), as chosen by a poll of industry professionals, with the aim to determine the best British television programmes of any genre that had been screened up to that time.

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