Didn't Reggie step down from the chart show on his own accord?

 

I doubt it. Much more likely his contract wasn't renewed.

I have a theory they only renewed him after the first two years on the assumption that Fearne would also renew, and then were stuck with him for another 3 years when she didn't, but I could be wrong...

Hope this information helps for the early years -

1955 OCT 4 - Franklin Engelman - Tuesdays 9-10pm about once a fortnight. New releases only.

 

1956 JAN 10 - Alan Dell - details as above

 

During 1956 - Time Slot changed to Wednesdays 8.30-9.15pm later 7.30-8.15pm

 

1956 SEP 5 - David Jacobs takes over.

 

1956 OCT 6 - Time slot changed to Saturdays 6-6.45pm - only missed one week in each month.

 

1957 MAR 31 - Time slot changed to Sundays 11-11.55pm - now weekly

 

1957 SEP 29 - Alan Dell returns - Now includes current hits.

 

1957 NOV 16 - Time slot changed to 10.40-11.30pm

 

1958 MAR 30 - David Jacobs returns - Chart introduced - Top 20 selection & Top 3 in order followed by New Releases.

 

1958 MAY 24 - Time slot changed to Saturdays 11-11.55pm.

 

1961 SEP 23 - Alan Freeman takes over - Originally in three 20 miunute sections at 9.40, 10.40 and 11.20pm as part of the Saturday night show Trad Tavern.

 

1962 JAN 7 - Time slot changed to Sundays 4pm-5pm. Four Units - Chart climbers/entries, New Releases, LP spot and Top 10.

 

1962 - Last Quarter - David Jacobs returns.

 

1963 JAN - Alan Freeman returns.

 

1963 - Last Quarter - Don Moss takes over.

 

1964 JAN - Alan Freeman returns again.

 

1964 SEP 6th and 13th - Don Moss sits in.

 

1964 SEP 20 Alan Freeman returns yet again.

 

Time slot changed for a while during the sixties to 5pm-6pm

 

1965 JAN 3 - From this week onwards Fluff read out the whole Top 20 after the number one over his theme tune instead of reading out the Top 10 and then playing his theme tune as before

 

1967 SEP 24 Last show on the Light Programme.

 

1967 OCT 1 - First show on Radio 1 - extended to 2 hours - 5pm-7pm and now includes the full Top 20.

 

1972 SEP 24 - Last Pick of the Pops on Radio 1 until the various oldie versions appeared on various stations from 1982.

 

The above information has been compiled from various sources - if anyone has any corrections or furthur information for me I would welcome that.

 

Interesting to note that all the presenters on the Light Programme had their own theme tunes and format. Alan Freeman changed his theme tune during the sixties but from around 1970 returned to the 'Sound of the Swinging Symbals' in a brand new recording - the one that Tony Blackburn uses today.

Edited November 18, 201311 yr by ChartManiac

Allan Freeman sounds like a bit of a legend - there from the very early 60s and the first 5 years on radio 1!

If, as Dave Taylor alleges, Andy stood in on the Top 40 for Tommy Vance because the main host was drunk, how come at the end of the previous show, Tommy Vance said "I'll be in the jungle next week so you'll hear somebody else" - he obviously knew he was going to be off!

 

And if Simon Bates was caught out by snow at the last minute on 7 January 1979, why was Andy Peebles was credited to present the show in Radio Times? (I've seen that issue fairly recently) We need to know.....

 

Richard

If, as Dave Taylor alleges, Andy stood in on the Top 40 for Tommy Vance because the main host was drunk, how come at the end of the previous show, Tommy Vance said "I'll be in the jungle next week so you'll hear somebody else" - he obviously knew he was going to be off!

 

And if Simon Bates was caught out by snow at the last minute on 7 January 1979, why was Andy Peebles was credited to present the show in Radio Times? (I've seen that issue fairly recently) We need to know.....

 

Richard

Rumours Richard. Rumours. But it's a well known fact that Vance, was usually half cut, when presenting. The pub across the road was a frequent, for him.

 

Simon & snow, may not of been the 7th Jan. But it happen, at some point in his couple of runs. Mind you it may of been Tom Browne. Mind's not what it used to be. I better leave it to an expert, like yourself.

Edited November 22, 201311 yr by davetaylor

Interestingly in an article about the xmas number one race on the OCC website it is mentioned that the chart will be presented on Radio 1 by Scott Mills and Jameela Jamil. Perhaps Jameela doesn't yet feel up to presenting such an important edition of the show in her own right? Or perhaps they have Scott there either in recognition of his years of service to the charts show, or (and I hope I'm wrong) to mark his retirement from the chart show? Scott has now appeared on the chart show in as many calendar years as the previous record holder, Mark Goodier, and is now, I think, the same age as Mark was when Radio 1 'retired' him from the show, allegedly for being too old for a show geared towards teens. It won't be the first time that Scott has been on the christmas edition of the show in any case.

I wonder if we get a separate show for the year to date chart, last year we ended up with a separate show and the top 150 was announced all day long.

Edit: Original comment was an error on my part...so removed it to avoid confusion.

Edited November 29, 201311 yr by MusicMaster

Interestingly in an article about the xmas number one race on the OCC website it is mentioned that the chart will be presented on Radio 1 by Scott Mills and Jameela Jamil. Perhaps Jameela doesn't yet feel up to presenting such an important edition of the show in her own right? Or perhaps they have Scott there either in recognition of his years of service to the charts show, or (and I hope I'm wrong) to mark his retirement from the chart show? Scott has now appeared on the chart show in as many calendar years as the previous record holder, Mark Goodier, and is now, I think, the same age as Mark was when Radio 1 'retired' him from the show, allegedly for being too old for a show geared towards teens. It won't be the first time that Scott has been on the christmas edition of the show in any case.

 

I think it's probably just because it's a special occasion. As long as Scott is still at Radio 1 I'm sure he'll still be given the occasional chart show. (Although how much longer he'll stay on R1 is another question).

Just realised that Scott Mills has done at least one chart show, and often several, every year since 1999, so either he doesn't want the job full time, or else he must feel like he is being repeatedly overlooked every time the position becomes vacant.

 

Edit: Just counted and even with all the gaps still to be filled he has done at least 55 chart shows without ever being the official host in his own right!

 

Yes Scott had a great run at chart stand-in host, he joined Radio 1 in 1998 so has done 15 years at the station.

Originally thought he hosted in 1998, but looks like judging from the list he first stood-in on the chart in 1999.

 

Mentioned this on Haven

 

Sunday 6 February 2005 - Jo Whiley & Colin Murray

 

Pretty sure this was Jo Whiley & Vernon Kay not with Colin Murray

I remember this being the chart Duran Duran - What Happens Tomorrow charted at 11

and Vernon said something about his loving them in his youth or something to which Jo replied "Sad".

On the other hand, I remember Colin Murray discussing the Top 40 entry of The Wedding Present with 'I'm From Further North Than You', and expressing surprise that they were still around - and that was on the chart dated 12-2-2005, so it would have been announced on the 5th. Maybe the Duran conversation happened in one of the song's later chart weeks?

On the other hand, I remember Colin Murray discussing the Top 40 entry of The Wedding Present with 'I'm From Further North Than You', and expressing surprise that they were still around - and that was on the chart dated 12-2-2005, so it would have been announced on the 5th. Maybe the Duran conversation happened in one of the song's later chart weeks?

 

Actually i think you're right, memory playing tricks, definately Colin hosting with Jo then.

 

Edited November 29, 201311 yr by MusicMaster

I've found this snippet of conversation online, that was written on the day of the Jo Whiley chart show in question, and it proves she presented the show with Colin Murray. Of course she could have had that exchange with Vernon Kay on a different show on Radio 1 perhaps or the following week on the chart show when Vernon presented it with Spoony (and Duran Duran dropped from 11 to 33).

http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9006

Edited November 29, 201311 yr by DanChartFan

Updated the Light programme list 1955-1967.

Updated til end July 2014

Updated both lists, still working on finishing touches of 1967-2014.

A year on from the original thread, and now we have the fantastic (if somewhat glitchy) resource BBC Genome to help us further with this project. For those who don't know, BBC Genome is a database on the bbc website that contains all the radio and tv listings published by Radio Times between 1923 and 2009. It therefore gives us instant access to the original RT listing for the majority of the BBC's chart shows, and those beyond 2009 are detailed (in vary degrees of helpfulness) on the previously reference existing bbc database. You can find genome at genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.

 

I have been spending most of the last week or so, making use of my time off of work, by paging through every Sunday in Radio 1's history and recording the presenter, producer and description (if any) in a spreadsheet. I have so far done 1967-Jan 2000 plus a few isolated periods beyond that, and hope to finish the whole lot before too long. I have now compared my spreadsheet to the list at the start of this thread, and now will listed the differences I have spotted (and also the weeks when no presenter was listed in RT). Bear in mind though that such discrepancies may be due to either a last minute substitution being made due to illness or sudden departures from the station, or simply Radio Times publishing incorrect information. Genome itself may also have some errors due to problems in the OCR scanning process (a particular problem throughout the database is that the new year lstings in a festive issue have, on several occasions in the database, been accidentally wrapped around to the start of the outgoing year, rather than put into the correct incoming year, which causes incorrect data in the outgoing year, and total absence of those days in the database in the incoming year). Interestingly the Producer is credited more or less every single week from 1967 to May 1993 (spanning Denys Jones to Simon Sadler) and then seemingly never listed again since. I will probably post the producer list with dates if anyone is interested.

 

1968

Sep 22nd and Sep 29th - We have Pete Murray as a cover presenter for Alan Freeman in these weeks, owing to Alan being in the US, however the Radio Times lists Alan and Pete as effectively co-presenters (with Alan first of the two) for those weeks, and explains that Alan is in New York and Pete in London, and that the show features both the UK top 20 and the US top 20!

 

1972

March 12th - Alan was credited as usual in RT throughout March 1972, so Ed Stewart was a last minute replacement whichever week it was.

November 5th - A special chart show was broadcast, retitled 50 years of pop, to mark the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast by the BBC (then still a company rather than a corporation). According to the description for the programme, Brian Matthew recalled earlier hits while Tom Browne played those of today.

 

1977

June - RT had Simon Bates credited for 3rd and 10th of June, not 10th and 17th, though they could have been incorrect at the time I guess.

 

1981

August 2nd - RT was not printed for the week covering that show, due to a printing dispute. It is very likely, however, to have been Tony presenting, as we have listed, since it has been said that he never missed a show.

 

1983

April 3rd and 10th - Again no RT covering these weeks, again due to a printing dispute, so would be interested in finding another source to corroborate those two weeks (did say The Times or another reliable newspaper publish listings during the strike periods?). Tommy then Simon, which we have, does seem plausible though, as RT agrees that Simon did do the 17th April chart.

December 4th - Once again no RT for that week, and once again due to a printing dispute, though thankfully this was the final one to affect the 'official organ of the BBC' as it was once described. Our list gives Tommy, but a source would be good for corroboration here.

 

1985

January 27th - RT listed Richard Skinner, but we have Tommy Vance. Could have been last minute cover I suppose.

 

1986

March 31st and April 6th - We have Bruno for both of these shows, having taken over from Richard Skinner at this time, but RT still listed Richard for both of these weeks (possibly no one told RT about the presenter change, or it was in someway unplanned?).

 

1988

February 21st - we have Mark Goodier, but RT listed Bruno. Again could have been last minute cover.

 

1989

March 26th - again we have Mark G and RT listed Bruno. Another last minute cover perhaps.

June 11th - just to mix things up, on this occasion we have Bruno, but RT listed Mark Goodier (who it also listed, as do we, the following week).

 

1991

May 8th - we have Tommy Vance this week, as well as the following one, whereas RT only lists Tommy on the 15th, and Mark as usual on the 8th.

 

1992

April 19th - we have Mark Goodier, RT listed Bruno as usual.

September 27th - in a sign of things to come RT managed, for the first time, not withstanding strike hit editions, to not credit any presenter at all for the chart show. Bruno, as we have, does seem likely though.

October 25th - we have Simon Bates, RT listed Bruno as usual.

November 8th - we have Mark Goodier, RT listed Bruno as usual.

 

1993

July 4th - we have Mark Goodier, RT listed Bruno as usual.

August 1st - we have Mark Goodier, RT listed Bruno as usual.

 

1994

March 6th - no presenter credited in RT, we have Bruno as usual.

March 20th - no presenter credited in RT, we have Bruno as usual.

May 8th - no presenter credited in RT, we have Bruno as usual.

June 26th - no presenter credited in RT, we have Bruno as usual.

July 3rd - we have Mark Goodier, RT listed Bruno as usual (the previous weeks lack of credit not withstanding).

September 25th - no presenter credited in RT, interestingly we listed the chart show debut of Neale James that week, so I assume we have a source for that somewhere.

October 2nd - we have Neale James for a second week, but RT lists Bruno as usual (again the previous weeks lack of credit not withstanding).

October 23rd and 30th and November 6th - no presenter listed in RT any of these weeks, in which we have Bruno as usual throughout.

 

I'll do 1995-Jan 2000 in another box as this is getting quite long, and as missing RT presenter credits begin to dominate the list.

Edited November 24, 201410 yr by DanChartFan

For most of the period covered by this site (which is fascinating) Radio Times went to press two or three weeks before the publication date. Therefore they will have been less up to date than the current publication.

1995

January 8th - no presenter credited in RT, we have Bruno Brookes as usual.

October 15th - we have Dave Pearce listed, in the first of two consecutive weeks, but RT only listed for him on the 22nd and had Mark Goodier listed as usual on the 15th.

December 24th - in a bizarre anomaly Genome has no knowledge of a chart show on radio 1 on that day at all. But as the listed show, Soul on Sunday, appears to run from 14:00 to 19:00, a total of five hours, I'm assuming that somehow the chart show either got missed/lost during Genome's OCR scanning process (perhaps a symbol in the listings of RT directed the reader to a separate box on the page, which wasn't then incorporated into the Genome data?), or else it got accidentally missed in the original edition of the Radio times.

 

1997

January 12th, February 2nd, 9th and 16th, March 2nd, 9th and 16th, May 4th and 18th, June 1st, 15th, 22nd and 29th, July 6th, 13th and 27th and August 10th and 17th - RT really gave up bothering to list anything beyond 'UK Top 40' half the time this year, so on all these dates there is no presenter credit in RT, and in all cases we have Mark Goodier as usual.

August 31st - Ironically RT did bother to credit Mark Goodier this week, but in the event the show was famously postponed due to the outpouring of grief following the news that Diana, Princess Of Wales had died in the early hours of that day.

September 7th, October 12th and December 14th and 28th - No presenter credited in RT, but we have Mark Goodier as usual.

 

1998

February 8th, March 8th and 22nd and June 7th and 14th - No presenter credited in RT, but we have Mark Goodier as usual.

August 23rd - RT has Mark Goodier as usual, but we have Clive Warren, so presumably there is some source for this.

 

1999

May 30th - No presenter listed in RT, but we have Mark Goodier as usual.

 

That is all the differences I have found so far between 1967 (R1 only) and 2nd January 2000, so all the other weeks presenters match on our list and in the respective issue of Radio Times (though of course we both have been unaware of a last minute change in at least the odd case).