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Good riddance!: BBC should have axed TOTP years ago.(VIEWPOINT)
Axing Top Of The Pops has not come a moment too soon. The BBC should have axed it years ago. In fact, I think it was an act of optimism to keep TOTP on the air as long as it did. It worked at a time when you could only see these groups once a week but, once we had 24-hour video music channels, its days were really numbered.
We all tried to keep it going in our own way, but it was never going to be prime-time TV any more and, in the end, the decision to cancel it came from a television perspective, not a music one. Music is as popular as ever, but you don't need a half-hour programme once a week covering it any more.
My personal view is that the revamp of 2003 finally killed it off, because at least in Chris Cowey's time, it had a bit of musical credibility, but once they took that away and turned it into a kids show, the writing was on the wall.
The BBC is looking at all its heritage brands and wondering what to do with them. In a way, TOTP and Grandstand are similar. ...
- 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
- TRUTH BEHIND MY PAP PIX; Richard Bacon `I couldn't keep my eyes off Pam's...
- 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...
- TOTP is told 'we don't like Fridays'
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London DAVID LISTER Arts News Editor September 11, 1996 700+ words
...a thinly veiled threat to the BBC Paul Burger, chairman of Sony...the relationship between the BBC and the record industry. Over...half a million pounds supporting TOTP, half of which is in setting...becoming very concerned." A BBC spokeswoman said: "The record...
- Here's The Week's Top 10 TOTP facts:.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) July 30, 2006 700+ words
...and Lily Savage. One of the few acts never to have appeared on TOTP was Midland band Led Zeppelin, despite their hit Whole Lotta...it was a genuine mistake or a deliberate joke by the band and BBC. Many acts mocked the show's miming rule, such as Oasis deliberately...
- Interactive TOTP.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) September 1, 2000 700+ words
LONG-running BBC music show Top of the Pops is to go interactive with a new spin-off series. Viewers will be able to choose the tracks they want...
- Mermaid charts TOTP set change. (News).
- Magazine article from: Design Week October 18, 2001 700+ words
MERMAID DESIGN has revamped Tops of the Pops, after the show's move to a purpose-built home at the BBC Television Centre in London. Tops of the Pops will feature a 929[m.sup.2] set incorporating five stages and a built-in...
- Billy Sloan The Diary: ITV TAKE ON TOTP; Gail v Jayne in ratings battle.(Billy...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) September 16, 2001 700+ words
...head to head with her mate Jayne Middlemiss, who fronts the BBC's legendary chart programme. The Scots star is one of the...Channel 5 has not succeeded in drawing as big an audience as its BBC rival. Artists and music business insiders have welcomed the...
