Top Of The Pops to GO!

what the fuck is andy peters doing at the bbc exactly? get back in the broom cupboard please.

It all went downhill when TOTP moved from Thursday.

Actually, this sounds quite good. I won't have to listen to JK and Joel!!!

Popworld on Friday night is an OK idea - but the slot they have it in means I am either in bed, or still out - so more dud programming.

PLEASE! PLEASE!! PLEASE!!! could someone tell me where I can download my weekly Popworld fix?

The music equivalent of The Culture Show? No thanks.

But isn't it the case that TOTP was killed by the stupid belief in Keeping It Real - i.e. let's have all the acts play (or mime) live instead of the videos which everyone really wants to watch (and indeed can watch on MTV and elsewhere), and instead of presenters with personality and individuality, let's have identikit, dopey-faced dressers-down who might look like rejects from the Camden Barfly but, Hey, It's "Real"!

TOTP - killed, in every sense of the word, by rockism.

Afraid not. Mine broke 2 years ago - and I've been waiting for DVD recorders/Freeview PVRs to come down to an affordable price as I don't want another one of the horrible things.

they've not gone for a magazine style show in the same vein with music. It'd be hideous

Yeah, this idea failed to get me a new job.

Cos it's all international franchise these days, innit? It's in Holland, New Zealand, and, er... somewhere else, I think. Maybe Germany. Plus which, who else could bring you such exclusives as Eminem on a boat, Nelly by a swimming pool, and V underneath a 'rain machine'?

D'you not watch the Six O'Clock News? Huw Edwards is the new face of British pop.

"It's like any drastic change. You might be a good looking dude with long hair, and be a hit with all the girls, but those same girls might hate it when you get your hair cut short. But give it some time and people will get over it and get used to your new haircut and they'll say: "No, he does look better like that." If we don't make the most of this opportunity then we didn't deserve to get the chance."

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Even better than SOTU, October 30, 2004
Reviewer: Steveweiser from Sydenham, London
Having made the best pop album of 2003, who would have thought Girls Aloud could better their debut album "Sound Of The Underground"? They have with their long awaited followup, "What Will The Neighbours Say?".

The second album from Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah features the singles "Jump", "The Show", "Love Machine" and new Children In Need single "I'll Stand By You". Alongside all that, the girls have come up with another electic mix of styles, with influences ranging from Michael Jackson to Aphex Twin. Standout tracks include the thumping "Wake Me Up", "Graffiti My Soul", which was originally written for Britney Spears as a "Sound Of The Underground" sound-a-like (she eventually got Cathy Dennis to write "Toxic"), and the ballads "Hear Me Out" and "100 Different Ways".

For the first time, Girls Aloud get to show off their songwriting skills, there is one song written by each girl on the album, and they're all great efforts that deserve to be on the album. Also included is "Here We Go", a cover of the Lene Nystrom (from Aqua) song that was not released in the UK.

So how did Girls Aloud followup the best pop album of 2003? They made the best pop album of 2004. Make sure you join your neighbours in saying that you have the Girls Aloud album in your collection.

Hey, the only place I got to see "Chewing gum"

Bastard.

But isn't it the case that TOTP was killed by the stupid belief in Keeping It Real

Fischerspooner stood out for the wrong reasons though - they were embrassing and sounded really weak on TOTP.

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Magical evaporating clothes? I don't remember that performance, but what magical times we live in!

the digital TV/cable/internet argument needn't affect that. if the BBC has a responsibility to entertain, as Jowell says, it should cover pop music on TV and the best way to represent that for a mainstream/universal audience is still the Top 40 (tho I think they should be doing other music TV shows as well).

Oh well. Leave it to 'Orange phones and Pepsi chart bring you the top 20 streaming download chart from itunes'

No doubt they will relaunch it in a few years though...

I hope they give it a proper send off, at least. I want Jimmy Saville to be guest presenter on the last ever show.

Anyway BBC should reallocate the budget for TOTP for a weekly music show commissioned by ME. That Jools Holland later show doesn't cater for my interests, 90s % + of that show is a snorefest.

Snub Tv / Whistle Test / The Tube for the 00s

Good riddance, no more fucking Chilli Peppers concerts in the presence of Gary Lineker.

Actually, that was quite good. The Lineker moment, I mean.

06:00 Breakfast Start your day with all the latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. [S] >>
10:00 Saturday Kitchen Blending new shows with classics, guest chefs and a feast of recipes. It's the tastiest way to spend Saturday. >>
11:35 Bill's Food Days and Nights Sydney-based restauranteur Bill Granger shows how to master the art of stress-free parties. First up is a grown up gathering fuelled by lobster sandwiches, Moscow mule and white chocolate mousse with passion fruit. Then Bill turns his hand at catering for a kids' party consisting of vanilla cup cakes with white chocolate frosting, lemon honey chicken wings and individual pitta pizzas. [S] >>
12:00 BBC News National and international news from the BBC. [S] Followed by Weather. >

Now all that food porn is understandable but where oh where are today's Trevor and Simon?

on the separate CBBC channel i guess, harder for kids to (be bothered to) find.

So, d/l NOW the vids that are there or never seethem again.

Unless BBC4 start repeating odd isolated episodes.

they can't be downloaded, can they?

BBC must wake up and smell the goldmine re releasing TOTP compilations (inc. artist specific compilations) on DVD. Anyone standing in their way (inc. the artists themselves) should themselves be axed.

TOTP, the end