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TOTP sings Sunday's praises: scheduling switch to BBC2 next year aims to build event around unveiling of weekly charts.(Exclusive)
The BBC is moving Top Of The Pops to a new slot and new channel from next April in an historic step for the corporation's flagship music show.
The programme will be switched to BBC2 every Sunday evening, as the Beeb looks to create a TV event around the unveiling of the weekly charts for the first time in its history.
Final decisions on the slot and format of the show have yet to be finalised, but it is expected that it will be broadcast from some point after 6.30pm and before 8pm.
The dramatic decision, which is due to be officially confirmed today (Monday), comes after a year in which a revamp has failed to arrest its audience decline.
Although Andi Peters (who took over as the show's executive producer in September last year), head of production Mark Cooper and head of entertainment Wayne Garvie are understood to have led the call for a move, BBC executives at the very highest level have approved the decision, including director general Mark Thompson and director of TV Jana Bennett.
Cooper adds, "It is going to be an extended show. And it will have the ability on terrestrial television to announce the ...
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