Top of the Pops set to return
 

Top of the Pops 'set for comeback' on Friday nights.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-10188113.html

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Why?

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Because it should never have got cancelled in the first place?

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Well we all know the BBC like to resurrect their old shows and with the charts now being released on a Friday they obviously see it as a good opportunity to bring it back but whether it proves popular again remains to be seen.

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I would have thought re-animating corpses was more descriptive.:erm:

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Personally l loved it but whether it can be a success again remains to be seen as times have changed a awful lot in the intervening years since it was took off the air..

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Times have changed too much, and it'll always have the ghost of molesting DJ's associated with it, best to keep it buried I'd say.

I liked it myself back in the 70's when I was a kid, but the Worlds moved on so much it's not really pertinent anymore.

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Well let's hope this time they actually do check ages of the audience.:erm:

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Why? teeny pop bands etc, shown/filmed pre watershed, I don't see why a music show should be over 18's ?

Better to make sure the *performers/crew* behave themselves I'd say.

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My way will make sure they do.

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And staying at home is the best way to avoid a road accident.

Problems should be dealt with, not hidden from. That's how life goes on.

But Saville et al have totally poisoned the debate, it seems.

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Would watch with Fearne Cotton doing it, but not with Dermot O Dreary as a co host.

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LOL I just remembered Jimmy Saville's dead.

I was gonna say I wonder if they'll ask him back.

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What a travesty. Is there no one with any imagination left at the Beeb?

Hopefully it will be re-buried in the media cemetary known as BBC3.

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I wonder which arcane method of measuring the top 40 or whatever they will base this upon.

There could conceivably be a situation where the same barely literate rapper has 15 songs in the charts.

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Why not ?

Its a vast improvement on Soaps / Reality TV.

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It'll make a welcome change from 'Celebrity this that or the other' too...

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As soon as the soaps and reality shows come on l go to the other room as l can't stick the rubbish.:nono::walk:

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I just wish someone would introduce the concept of Celebrity Hara-Kiri to the masses of A, B and C listers. We could do with a cull... :D

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It will certainly make a change, not sure about the 'welcome' though.

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Because the music industry hasn't had decent coverage on the mainstream TV channels for years (certainly since the T4 strand was taken off channel 4). In fact, the ONLY coverage I can see on the mainstream channels (1 to 5) is the odd guest spot on Strictly, 30 seconds either side of every ad break on Sunday Brunch and whatever TV show Simon Cowell happens to be on (which is usually produced by his own TV company and only has guest spots from acts he is linked to).

Finally, the teen to 25 age group are not, as far as I can see, catered for at all by the mainstream channels beyond BBC Three, E4, Hollyoaks and ITV Be. BBC Three is about to go online only. E4 is largely US shows (which can be obtained legally and illegally by other means anyway), which leaves Hollyoaks and ITV Be. The TV companies know that they need to compete with various online sites for the teenagers attention, but seem to be unwilling to do so. I find this surprising, particularly for the commercial channels as this is the demographic that tends to have the highest percentage of disposable income (they are less likely to have things like kids and mortgages).

TOTP, while it may not be perfect (or even good), would at least be an *attempt* by a mainstream channel to compete for this potentially lucrative audience. OK, so the BBC aren't supposed to be interested in this sort of thing, but they *are* supposed to represent what the population are interested in, and , with BBC Three going online only, it could be argued they will no longer be representing the interests of a lot of people.

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The BBC, just like the National Lottery good causes, does not and has never attempted to represent the interests of a lot of people.

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They should revive Tomorrows World on BBC1 too

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Why not?

It would be, nigh on, impossible for it to be any worse than The Gadget Show has become these days.

Well from when I gave up watching it at the beginning of the current series.

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Yes l used to love watching that when l was younger.:Yikes:

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Not half!

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BBC to launch Top of the Pops-style music show.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...yle-music-show

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I quite enjoy the TOTP reruns on Beeb 4 so it'll be interesting to see how much they change the format for this and if it works.

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Well I guess if we get remakes of The Crystal Maze and Blind Date why not?

And what next? The Generation Game perhaps?

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Actually, yes.

http://renewcanceltv.com/generation-...vived-bbc-one/

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There are many more old fossils in the pipeline l can assure you.