25th Anniversary Special

Season 0 - Episode 1

This anniversary episode features new performances and a shedload of clips from the show's 25 years on air, all introduced by an army of pa...

1960s

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1980s

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1978 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 15

Noel Edmonds presents a special Top of the Pops from 1978, with Darts, Abba, Boney M, Brotherhood of Man, Father Abraham, Bee Gees, Brian an...

1980 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 17

Peter Powell and Jimmy Savile basically eat their way through the greatest hits of the year. Which are as follows (‘v’ denotes video):- The...

1981 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 18

Presented by – The Radio 1 D.J’s (specifically Jimmy Savile, Kid Jensen, Tony Blackburn, John Peel, DLT, Adrian Juste, Simon Bates, Andy Pee...

1982 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 19

Presented by – The Radio 1 Dj’s (DLT, John Peel, Peter Powell, Mike Reid, Andy Peebles, Steve Wright, Tommy Vance, Mike Smith, Richard Skinn...

1983 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 20

Presented by Simon Bates, Janice Long, Mike Smith, Andy Peebles Freez:IOU Michael Jackson:Billie Jean Shaking Stevens: Cry Just A Little ...

1984 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 21

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two tribes Howard Jones; what Is love? Duran duran: The Reflex Nik Kershaw: I Won't let the Sun Go Down On Me ...

1985 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 22

Presenters include: John Peel & Janice Long Steve Wright Gary Davies Dixie Peach Jonathan King Lineup includes: King – “Love & Pride”...

1986 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 23

Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way (v) A-Ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV (v) Europe – The Fina...

1987 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 24

Bee Gees – You Win Again Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up Video Compilation – Jackie Wilson, Ben E King, MARRS, Starship, The Firm, F...

1988 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 25

Presenters:- Bruno Brookes, Anthea Turner, Gary Davies Tracklisting:- S Express – Theme From S Express Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind ...

1989 Christmas Special

Season 0 - Episode 26

Erasure - Stop Gene Pitney (+Mark Almond) - Somethings Gotten Hold of my Heart Lisa Stansfield - All around the World Bros - Too Much ...

1977 Special

Season 0 - Episode 27

1984 Christmas Special part 2

Season 0 - Episode 29

Hosted by Lenny Henry in various guises.

Christmas 2019

Season 0 - Episode 30

Fearne Cotton and Clara Amfo take listeners through the pop highlights of 2019 and reveal the Christmas number one.

Review of the 80s

Season 0 - Episode 31

Mike Read and Paul Gambaccini present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 December 1989 and featuring Kim Wilde, Aswad and Band A...

Christmas Hits

Season 0 - Episode 32

Kylie Minogue

Season 0 - Episode 33

Compilation of Kylie's performances on Top of The Pops

The Story of 1976

Season 0 - Episode 100

The Story of 1977

Season 0 - Episode 102

Big Hits 1977

Season 0 - Episode 103

The Story of 1978

Season 0 - Episode 104

Big Hits 1978

Season 0 - Episode 105

The Story of 1979

Season 0 - Episode 106

Big Hits 1979

Season 0 - Episode 107

The Story of 1980

Season 0 - Episode 108

Big Hits 1980

Season 0 - Episode 109

The Story of 1981

Season 0 - Episode 110

Big Hits 1981

Season 0 - Episode 111

The Story of 1982

Season 0 - Episode 112

Big Hits 1982

Season 0 - Episode 113

The Story of 1983

Season 0 - Episode 114

Big Hits 1983

Season 0 - Episode 115

The Story of 1984

Season 0 - Episode 116

Big Hits 1984

Season 0 - Episode 117

The Story of 1985

Season 0 - Episode 118

1985. Spandau, Wham!, Culture Club & the Durans, have a relatively quiet year, ushering in a new generation of pop talent. TOTP is a baromet...

Big Hits 1985

Season 0 - Episode 119

Celebrating the big hits of 1985 with a selection of iconic Top of the Pops performances spanning the genres, from pure pop to power ballads...

The Story of 1986

Season 0 - Episode 120

Big Hits 1986

Season 0 - Episode 121

The Story of 1987

Season 0 - Episode 122

Big Hits 1987

Season 0 - Episode 123

As BBC Four's weekly repeats of Top of the Pops reach 1987, we celebrate this high watermark of hits with some classic TOTP performances fro...

The Story of 1988

Season 0 - Episode 124

1988. TOTP celebrates its silver jubilee & brings the show to a younger audience with lively new presenters – Anthea Turner, Nicky Campbell ...

Big Hits 1988

Season 0 - Episode 125

As the 1980s draw to a close, Top of the Pops remains a broad church. We celebrate 1988 by cherry-picking the cream of the crop. The progra...

The Story of 1989

Season 0 - Episode 126

Big Hits 1989

Season 0 - Episode 127

The Story of 1990

Season 0 - Episode 128

Big Hits 1990

Season 0 - Episode 129

The Story of 1991

Season 0 - Episode 130

As the 1990s start to get going, this is the year in which indie kids, ravers, alternative comedians and even a certain grunge band from Sea...

1991 Biggest Hits

Season 0 - Episode 131

Top of the Pops Big Hits re-opens the BBC vaults to showcase and celebrate the biggest and best performances of 1991. There are some massive...

The Story of 1992

Season 0 - Episode 132

The early 90s continued to be an interesting musical mix on the long-running pop music show. Still getting used to its new TV home at Elstre...

1992 Biggest Hits

Season 0 - Episode 133

The Top of the Pops vaults are opened up to relive some of the classic and biggest songs of 1992. Featuring the hip-hop and dance of Kris Kr...

The Story of 1993

Season 0 - Episode 134

Recession, high unemployment and unrest dominated the news in early 1993, but every Thursday night, the BBC’s much-loved weekly music show c...

1993 Biggest Hits

Season 0 - Episode 135

A look back at some of the songs performed on the show in 1993. Dance music and Euro pop continued to dominate the charts with performances ...

The Story of 1994

Season 0 - Episode 136

An under-threat TOTP is revamped by young Radio One producer Ric Blaxill, just as Britpop takes off with the likes of Blur, Oasis, Pulp and ...

1994 Biggest Hits

Season 0 - Episode 137

Revel in many of the biggest singles of 1994 as the TOTP archives are opened once more. Love ballads proved irresistible in 1994, with Wet ...

The Story of 1995

Season 0 - Episode 138

The year that pop, rock and dance music converged on the nation’s favourite music show. The legendary battle of the Britpop bands takes cent...

1995 Biggest Hits

Season 0 - Episode 139

A look back at some of the biggest hits of 1995, courtesy of Top of the Pops' extensive back catalogue. Watch the year dance classics were ...

The Story of 1996

Season 0 - Episode 140

1996 saw mad cow disease and hostage crises dominating the news, but each week at Elstree, it was feuds and farewells that headlined the pop...

1996 Biggest Hits

Season 0 - Episode 141

Relive some of the biggest hits of 1996 with these Top of the Pops classic performances. Summer hits were aplenty with Peter Andre, Gina G a...

The Story of 1997

Season 0 - Episode 142

Revolution was in the air for the long-running music show, both in terms of the music and the show itself. Techno-pop punk rock arrived in t...

1997 Biggest Hits

Season 0 - Episode 143

It’s the year Robbie Williams took flight with his anthemic Angels, Chumbawamba proved nothing could get us down, and Barbie and Ken had us ...

The Story of 1998

Season 0 - Episode 144

As the nation’s favourite weekly music show moves towards the end of the 90s, pop has a resurgence after Britpop’s peak, and girl groups are...

Biggest Hits 1998

Season 0 - Episode 145

A look back at some of the biggest hits of 1998, courtesy of the extensive Top of the Pops back catalogue. Film soundtracks dominated the c...

The Story of 1999

Season 0 - Episode 146

On the cusp of the new millennium, the BBC’s long-running music show continued to offer all the best pop music every week on the nation’s TV...

Biggest Hits 1999

Season 0 - Episode 147

Relive some of the biggest hits of 1999 with these classic Top of the Pops performances. As a new millennium approached, the Vengaboys were ...

Smashie and Nicey's TOTP Party

Season 0 - Episode 148

Originally broadcast on 4 January 1994, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's DJ alter egos, Smashie and Nicey, present Top of the Pops in a 3...

Review of the Year 2022

Season 0 - Episode 149

Halloween Special

Season 0 - Episode 150

St Patrick's Day Special

Season 0 - Episode 151

Review of the Year 2024

Season 0 - Episode 152

Clara Amfo looks back over the musical stories and highlights of 2024 with a mix of global stars, breakthrough artists and some of the bigge...

Blur

Season 0 - Episode 163

Compilation of blur's appearances on Top of the Pops.

Oasis

Season 0 - Episode 164

A special edition of the show focusing on the band Oasis.

Eternal

Season 0 - Episode 165

All Saints

Season 0 - Episode 166

The Bee Gees

Season 0 - Episode 167

Britney Spears

Season 0 - Episode 168

Donna Summer

Season 0 - Episode 169

Paul McCartney

Season 0 - Episode 170

Rednex

Season 0 - Episode 171

Robbie Williams

Season 0 - Episode 172

BBC Music Live

Season 0 - Episode 173

Tweenies Special

Season 0 - Episode 174

TOTP Tuesday

Season 0 - Episode 175

Christmas 2006

Season 0 - Episode 176

Christmas 2007

Season 0 - Episode 177

Christmas 2007

Season 0 - Episode 178