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TOTP2 set to boost Bee Gees.
The Bee Gees and Roxy Music are set to be the next artists to benefit from the "Top Of The Pops 2 effect" as the BBC TV show prepares specials on both bands.
The Bee Gees programme is set to be broadcast this Wednesday (April 4) with the Roxy Music Special set for late May. Series producer Mark Hagen is also working on a documentary project on Eva Cassidy.
TOTP2 played a key role in the success of Cassidy's number one album Songbird, which received a timely sales boost before Christmas when the show screened previously unseen amateur video footage of the late singer performing Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Previously its only national media exposure had been via Radio Two. More recently, the Lionel Richie Special broadcast on March 7 and 10 helped push the former Commodore's Renaissance album into the Top 10.
The show is currently enjoying its eighth series and won a peak audience of 6.6m for one of its shows in January. Ratings have risen from around 400,000 when Hagen took over as producer ...
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