Top Of The Pops

Production
Title screen used in 2003.
Format	Music chart
Created by	Johnnie Stewart
Presented by	Various
Starring	Fearne Cotton (2004–present) Reggie Yates (2004–present)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	2209 (to 13 March 2009)
Executive producer(s)	Mark Cooper (2005–06) Andi Peters (2003–05) Chris Cowey (1997–03) Ric Blaxill (1994–97) Stanley Appel (1991–94) Paul Ciani (1988–91)
Producer(s)	Johnnie Stewart Robin Nash Michael Hurll Sally Wood and various others
Running time	30–60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Television Service (Jan 1964 – Apr 1964) BBC One (Apr 1964 – Jul 2005; and all Christmas specials) BBC Two (Jul 2005 – Jul 2006)
Original run	1 January 1964 – 30 July 2006 (weekly) 25 December 1964 – present (Christmas specials) 31 December 2008 – present (New Years Eve specials) 13 March 2009 (Comic Relief special)
Chronology
Related shows	Top of the Pops 2 (1994–present) Top Gear of the Pops (2007) Top of the Pops Saturday/Top of the Pops Reloaded (2002–2006) TOTP@Play (2000-2001)
External links
Official website

Description

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. It was traditionally shown every Thursday evening on BBC1, before being moved to Fridays in 1996, and then moved to Sundays on BBC Two in 2005. Each weekly programme consisted of performances from some of that week`s best-selling popular music artists, with a rundown of that week`s singles chart. Additionally, every year there was a special ion of the programme on Christmas Day featuring some of the best-selling singles of the year. Although the weekly show was cancelled,1 the Christmas special has continued.234 It was also survived by TOTP2, which began in 1994 and featured vintage performances from the Top of the Pops archives. In the 1990s, the show`s format was sold to several foreign broadcasters in the form of a franchise package, and at one point various versions of the show were shown in nearly 100 countries.