Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops is a TV show on BBC4. The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 247 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2026.
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Top of the Pops
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08/11/1984
Simon Bates and Richard Skinner present the pop chart programme. Featured artists include Limahl, Alison Moyet, Billy Ocean, Gary Numan, Eugene Wilde and Chaka Khan.
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New
10/11/1983
David Jensen and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 10 November 1983. Features Musical Youth, Adam Ant, Eurythmics, Limahl, The Cure and Billy Joel.
New
21/07/2000
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 July 2000 and featuring The Corrs, Steps, Aaliyah, Darude, *NSYNC, Moloko and Ronan Keating.
New
26/08/1976
Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 August 1976 and featuring Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Robin Sarstedt, Acker Bilk and Elton John & Kiki Dee.
New
28/07/2000
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Ronan Keating, Savage Garden, Placebo, Shanks & Bigfoot, Destiny's Child, Louise, Robbie Williams and Five & Queen.
October 2026
Relive some of the biggest hits of 1996 with these Top of the Pops classic performances, including Spice Girls, Suede, Sleeper, Los Del Rio, Peter Andre, Alanis Morrisette, Dr Dre and Oasis.
Julian Clary presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 November 1996 and featuring Reef, Livin' Joy, Alisha's Attic, Space, Wham!, Toni Braxton, Jimmy Nail, East 17 and Spice Girls.
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 July 2000 and featuring Kylie Minogue, Lonyo, Samantha Mumba, Coldplay, Vengaboys, Sid Owen, Five & Queen and Eminem.
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 July 2000 and featuring Jessica Simpson, Steps, Atomic Kitten, Oasis, Alice Deejay and The Corrs.
David Hamilton presents the pop chart programme, featuring Thin Lizzy, Chanter Sisters, Liverpool Express, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and dance sequences from Ruby Flipper.
Simon Bates presents the pop chart programme, featuring Altered Images, Trevor Walters, Haircut 100, Squeeze, Olivia Newton John, OMD and Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin.
Noel Edmonds presents the pop programme, first broadcast on 15 July 1976 and featuring Sunfighter, Liverpool Express, Bobby Goldsboro, Glamour Puss and Demis Roussos.
Peter Powell presents The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin' Stevens.
Gary Davies and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 October 1987 and featuring Was (Not Was), Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, The Cure and Bee Gees.
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 June 2000 and featuring Mary Mary, Darude, Moby, Jamelia, Idlewild, Macy Gray and Black Legend.
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 June 2000 and featuring Black Legend, Lonestar, Girl Thing, Damage, David Gray, Oasis and Kylie Minogue.
Paul Heaton, Mick Hucknall, Sinitta, The Communards and Swing Out Sister are among the acts steering us through the changes that impacted Britain and the music industry in 1986.
Top of the Pops Big Hits is back with a bang for the year of 1986. Pop, new wave, rock, funk and R&B are all celebrated in this 60-minute special.
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, featuring S Club 7, Stephen Gately, Pink, York feat Chris Rea, Dr Dre & Eminem, Trevor & Simon, Mary Mary and Sonique.
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 October 1989 and featuring Sinitta, Cliff Richard and Living in a Box.