I started to watch Top of the Pops in 1987. this was when the cookie cutter factory of Stock, Aitken and Watermen producing hits that sounded the same even if they performed by different acts and just around the corner was the faceless House music craze which just turned me off. The early 1990's saw the show hosted by a bunch of people who nobody had ever heard of before or since. The mid 1990's saw a slight upturn as some interesting music was being produced but then came Louis Walsh with his identikit boy bands. In 2003 Top of the Pops was given over to (extremley annoying)Kids TV presenter turned media exec Andi Peters who tried to make the show hip but all unwatchable and TOTP ended with a whimper in 2006. Peters by the way now hosts 3 minute phone in quiz segments on Breakfast TV.
However you can remind yourself that when the show was good it was good with the repeats on BBC4. They currently on 1983. There has been eclectic mix of acts with likes of U2, Duran Duran, The Style Council, Bucks Fizz and Bonnie Tyler performing in the studio.
A word of warning for those who do not watch the BBC4 repeats as yet, some editions are not shown. Those presented by 2 men who committed vile acts are not shown on understandable grounds of taste and decency and those presented by the late Mike Smith are not shown as he refused permission when he was alive and his widow Sarah Greene has carried on with his wishes.
However you can remind yourself that when the show was good it was good with the repeats on BBC4. They currently on 1983. There has been eclectic mix of acts with likes of U2, Duran Duran, The Style Council, Bucks Fizz and Bonnie Tyler performing in the studio.
A word of warning for those who do not watch the BBC4 repeats as yet, some editions are not shown. Those presented by 2 men who committed vile acts are not shown on understandable grounds of taste and decency and those presented by the late Mike Smith are not shown as he refused permission when he was alive and his widow Sarah Greene has carried on with his wishes.