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'Top of the Pops' to Make Comeback on BBC4

Mark Allan, WireImage

The BBC are set to revive their flagship music show 'Top of the Pops'.

Reruns of the show will appear on BBC4 from April 7 in its original Thursday night slot, starting with the earliest archived recordings from 1976. It first aired in 1964, but according to Metro, poor archiving standards meant they didn't start keeping tapes until 12 years later.

The leading pop music show ran for 42 years and broke many leading artists in the UK, but falling ratings and the growing competition from 24-hour music channels led to the show being dropped in 2006.

While some fans welcomed the return, others were unhappy that the BBC wouldn't film new episodes.

Pop Justice founder and journalist Peter Robinson expressed on Twitter why he thought the BBC had missed the point.

"What really f---s 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.

"I don't think 'but there is the internet now' is a very strong argument. On that basis, the BBC might as well get rid of the news too."

As for placing the repeat broadcasts being placed on BBC 4, the digital-only station which targets older viewers, Robinson added, "BBC1's the only place TOTP can work. Commercial stations would get balance wrong [and] can't offer big enough audiences to attract big names.

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Anne

Is Peter Robinson over thinking things a bit? It is nostalgic entertainment, simple as that. Plenty of music channels to showcase todays music on (which is mostly tat anyway)

By the way, who the hell keeps advertising the dating agencies on here? Do you think it wil make us join?

March 31 2011 at 4:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kevvy

Best thing about "Top of The Pops" in the early 1970's was you could see the featured group live the following week for a couple of quid at the local "Working mans club".

March 31 2011 at 1:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
zuow7

Pop Justice founder and journalist Peter Robinson expressed on Twitter why he thought the BBC had missed the point.My boyfriend thinks the same with me. He is eight years older than me, lol. We met online at agelesscupid.c om a nice and free place for younger women and older men, or older women and younger men, to interact with each other. Maybe you wanna check out or tell your friends.

March 31 2011 at 8:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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wibblybib

Why don't you just GO AWAY! You are an advert, and nothing to do with the subject in question. BOG OFF!!!!

March 31 2011 at 10:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply