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Minister: TOTP is for 'dad's music'.(TOTP news special)
While new music minister Shaun Woodward shares the nostalgic love shared by many for Top Of The Pops, he insists that the Government will not step in over the BBC'S decision to scrap the broadcasting institution.
Woodward, whose brief as creative industries and tourism minister covers both music and broadcasting, describes the loss of the programme as being akin to reaching 18 and moving out of the familiar family home, leaving behind childhood teddies and the old dog.
Asked if the Government would be likely to step in, in support of the British institution, Woodward says, "What would [the Government] make a big campaign for? This is about competition, this is the market, this is about young people who are huge buyers and consumers of our music. At the end of the day, TOTP is not created to be a programme for older people, even if older people watch it. It was actually a programme based at a young market, an exciting market, innovative. The truth is the BBC has had to take a tough decision because, of course, TOTP is popular, but it has done it."
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THE BBC is being forced to fill the Top of the Pops...them to attend a recording last night. The BBC had been unaware it was doing anything wrong...rules, as they use live musicians, but the BBC is considering pre-recording their music...
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Paine, Andr July 29, 2003 700+ words
...in September at 10.30pm. A BBC spokeswoman said: "There have...first black sitcom family on BBC. "In the first instance it...under scrutiny. She said of TOTP, which saw Trevor Phillips...not surprising that at last the BBC has gone for a sitcom based on...
- Eminem game receives 20,000 plays a week on TOTP site. (Marketing).(Brief...
- Magazine article from: New Media Age Dillabough, Chris March 6, 2003 700+ words
...Mile, is enjoying a record 20,000 plays a week on the BBC's Top of the Pops Web site. The Flash-based game...There's also a competition to win a platinum disc. bbc.co.uk/totp chris.dillabough@centaur.co.uk
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- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) Williams, Dale August 24, 1999 700+ words
...for an eight-week tour. The TOTP roadshow kicks-off tomorrow and...confirmed. Earlier this year, TOTP left its usual base at the BBC's Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire...will be on the website (www.totp.beeb.com), or through the...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) November 2, 2003 700+ words
...people around. I'm delighted to be hosting Top Of The Pops. I'd worked for the BBC since being sacked from Blue Peter but only on BBC3 and BBC Choice. TOTP is on BBC1, which is run by the person who was in charge of Children's TV when I...
- Brit all set for TOTP.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) January 18, 2002 700+ words
...year-old singer displayed no diva-like behaviour when she arrived to record the show last night at the BBC's studio in west London, a TOTP spokeswoman said. In contrast, fellow US superstar Jennifer Lopez reportedly travels with an army of...
- Eternally tops for Friday viewing; TELEVISION: TOTP's 2,000th episode serves up...
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) September 14, 2002 700+ words
...ball around the studio. TOTP - it's 2,000th edition...consigned to the annals of BBC entertainment history...songs. It was an age when TOTP was our weekly link to...will always want to be on TOTP and, as Alex James from...sparkle. ``But it's the BBC and it's never going...
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Conlan, Tara October 20, 2001 700+ words
...made him famous. Sir Jimmy was a guest at a TOTP special to mark the show's return to BBC TV Centre, its home for 25 years before it was...s had 'everything done'. The first ever TOTP was produced from a Manchester church on January...