Christmas Day Special

 

2008 3.74m (30.6% audience share) 15th most popular progamme of the day

2009 3.40m (27.6%) 17th most popular programme of the day + BBC3 repeat - anyone got figures for this?

 

 

New Year's Special

 

2008 4.10m (20.8% share)

2009 4.78m (24.0% share) + BBC3 repeat - anyone got figures for this?

 

 

Total audience

 

2008 7.84m

2009 8.18m + BBC3 repeats

 

I'm not surprised the New Years one did better as it was on at a later time.

yeah the christmas day is an arkward one as i don't really like putting the tv on, when its surposed to be with family. The tv didn't go on until Doctor Who was on.

 

But really, i think the figures are pretty alright really

Surely if they brought back TOTP on BBC3 it'd be one of the channels top rated programmes with viewing figures like those...

The problem is with the Chrimbo one, is it's ALWAYS one when people are eating their dinners and stuff! I'm ALWAYS missing it down to eating my dinner at the time.

What was the difference between the Christmas TOTP and the New Years Eve TOTP? I thought the New Years Eve one was going to be the hits of 2000-2009.

 

Are they going to start showing TOTP every week?? :dance:

Are they going to start showing TOTP every week?? :dance:

 

I hope so. It really is time imo. The show declined because young people lost interest in mainstream music, but that just isn't the case anymore.

 

Sunday evenings on BBC1 would work well I think.

For many, many years, Christmas Day Top of the Pops was a chance to see all the number ones of that year - great viewing on BBC1 at 2pm, I watched it religiously, in the days before MTV and all the music channels, it was brilliant. In the last few years, number 2 hits snook onto the program as well.

 

But this year? What a joke. The Sugababes singing 'Santa Baby', and Diversity dancing to a medley of Michael Jackson songs. The biggest seller of the year, Poker Face', got a brief mention during a summary.

 

Without doubt, the worst Christmas day TOTP, a major disappointment.

If they brought back TOTP the BBC would seriously have to think about how they would brand the show. The Xmas/New Years special didn't cater for a broad audience. So whilst the kids would be happy, the over 40s would be grumbling thinking "this is just NOISE, why don't you lot listen to music". :lol:

 

For TOTP to work it'd have to cater for all tastes. So if Dame Vera Lynn is no. 1 in the albums charts, don't be ashamed to play on of her songs. If 50k people buy the album, surely that says everything. Just don't start the show with a song dropping 6-18, then spend the next 20 minutes playing songs that were top 5 four weeks ago. -_- That probably killed TOTP off back in the mid-late 90s. They focused more on who was presenting TOTP rather than who was performing. **sigh**

i didnt knoww there was a christmas one :lol:

I really think they should bring it back, but they would need the right people to work on the show and give the show a proper time slot,

I still think that Saturday teatime would be the perfect slot for it should it ever come back on a regular basis.

I've just read that the TOTP2 was watched by 3.5m viewers and was the 4th most watched programme on BBC2 w/e 27th December.

I was briefly excited a year or so ago when Simon Cowell wanted to bring back the show, but thinking back, that would be even worse. A typical show would consist of Joe, Leona, Alexandra, JLS, Cheryl Cole, and all his other acts...

Does anyone have the article from this week's Music Week about this? Does it say anything interesting?

If they brought back TOTP the BBC would seriously have to think about how they would brand the show. The Xmas/New Years special didn't cater for a broad audience. So whilst the kids would be happy, the over 40s would be grumbling thinking "this is just NOISE, why don't you lot listen to music". :lol:

 

For TOTP to work it'd have to cater for all tastes. So if Dame Vera Lynn is no. 1 in the albums charts, don't be ashamed to play on of her songs. If 50k people buy the album, surely that says everything. Just don't start the show with a song dropping 6-18, then spend the next 20 minutes playing songs that were top 5 four weeks ago. -_- That probably killed TOTP off back in the mid-late 90s. They focused more on who was presenting TOTP rather than who was performing. **sigh**

 

100% agree with you there, TOTP in the past has always featured a wide mix of artist and genres, and if it does

come back one day, this needs to be continued. It shouldn't be a primarily a teen pop show, as music is loved

by all ages.

If an artist that has an older fanbase makes the chart, they should get exposure on the show.

 

Not bad ratings for the specials too, there certainly is an audience for it.

 

I really think they should bring it back, but they would need the right people to work on the show and give the show a proper time slot,

 

Yes i agree, i think it should be a mix of both Radio 1 and 2 DJs on rotation, or maybe have

a two presenters each week, one from R1 and another from R2.

R2 could have the likes of Chris Evans, Zoe Ball, Steve Wright, Janice Long, Mark Radcliffe on

rotation, while R1 well could have the pick of their DJs particularly Scott Mills, Chris Moyles, Greg James,

Fearne & Reggie, etc.