November 24, 201410 yr I have yet to fully research the era from post millenium Mark Goodier, through Wes Butter, JK and Joel and into Fearne and Reggie, with the exception of a short period in 2002/2003 and again in 2005, both due to the gap between regular host being plugged by various other one-offs and cover hosts. For the period from 3rd November 2002 to 23rd February 2003 I have found the following discrepancies 2002 November 23rd - RT listed Mark Goodier for the final time, where we have Jo Whiley (incidentally shouldn't it be Wiley?). Likely RT weren't notified of the changes in time to amend the first week, but Jo defintely presented as the first female presenter of the BBC chart show (after a mere 47 years of exclusively male BBC chart show hosts on the Light Programme and Radio 1). 2003 January 5th - we and RT both list Tim Westwood, but previous commentators state that this show never happened, so need a source to corroborate Scott filling in for Tim. January 12th - RT listed John Peel, which would have been a truly historic chart show, though not sure if he would have been comfortable with Girls Aloud topping that week, but perhaps Electric Six entering at No 2 would have been to his liking. Anyway, as stated elsewhere, I'm pretty sure Peely never did the chart show in the end, and indeed we have Scott Mills on our list here.
November 24, 201410 yr Finally for the period covering January - March 2005, the changeover from Wes to JK and Joel, RT does have what we have, albeit with Colin and Jo listed the other way round that week (and her surname spelt Whiley, as we have), and Spoony and Nemone spelt as in this sentence, not as we have on the relevant dates on our list.
November 24, 201410 yr I might as well add the list of chart show producers on here before I go: 1. Denys Jones - produced Alan Freeman (and Pete Murray and Ed Stewart) on Pick of the Pops from the Light Programme era and throughout the Radio1 era, until the end of it's run on 24th Sept 1972, with the exception of three weeks in 1971. 2. Keith Stewart - produced Alan Freeman on Pick of the Pops for the weeks of 15th, 22nd and 29th August 1971. 3. Johnny Beerling - produced Tom Browne (and Brian Matthew) on Solid Gold Sixty, from it's launch on 1st October 1972, until 11th February 1973. 4. Dave Price - produced Tom Browne (and Johnnie Walker) on Solid Gold Sixty/The Top 20 from 18th February 1973 until 29th December 1974. 5. Mike Hawkes - produced Tom Browne on the Top 20 from 5th January until 21st September 1975. 6. Pete Ritzema - produced Tom Browne (and Simon Bates) on the Top 20 from 28th September 1975 until 15th May 1977. 7. Bernie Andrews - produced Tom Browne, Simon Bates, Tony Blackburn and Tommy Vance (and Andy Peebles) on the Top 20/Top 40 from 22nd May 1977 until 19th June 1983. 8. Harry Parker - produced Tommy Vance (and Andy Peeble) on Top 40 from 26th June to 30th October 1983. 9. Don George - produced Tommy Vance and Simon Bates (and Richard Skinner) on Top 40 from 6th November 1983 until 23rd September 1984. 10. Dave Price - produced Richard Skinner (and Simon Bates) on Top 40 from 30th September 1984 until 22nd September 1985. 11. Paul Williams - produced Richard Skinner and Bruno Brookes on Top 40 from 29th September 1985 until 27th April 1986, except the edition on 29th December 1985. 12. Louise Musgrave - produced Richard Skinner on Top 40 for one edition on 29th December 1985, which was a chart of the year, owing to there being no new weekly chart from the compilers that week. (NB I have only researched the Chart of the Year shows that actually were a regular Sunday chart show using an annual chart to fill in for the seasonal lack of a weekly chart, so there may be other Charts of the year on other weekdays in other years to Louise's name). 13. Martin Cox - produced Bruno Brookes (and Tommy Vance) on Top 40 from 4th May 1986 until 29th March 1987. 14. Paul Williams - produced Bruno Brookes (and Simon Bates and Gary Davies) on Top 40 from 5th April to 27th September 1987. His name was subsequently listed as a one-off on the Chartbusters segment on 10th April 1988, but not on the Top 40 proper. 15. Chris Lycett - produced Bruno Brookes (and Mark Goodier) on Top 40 from 4th October 1987 until 25th September 1988. 16. Roger Pusey - produced Bruno Brookes on Top 40 from 2nd October 1988 until 26th March 1989, except the 25th/26th December 1988 weekend. 17. Jo Anne Nadler - produced Mark Goodier on UK Top 40 on Monday 26th December 1988 (the only non Sunday show I have included, since it was a regular weekly chart that was delayed by a day), she then went on to produce Bruno Brookes and Mark Goodier (and Tommy Vance) on Top 40/The Complete UK Top 40 from 2nd April 1989 until 24th March 1991. 18. Christine Boar - produced Mark Goodier and Bruno Brookes (and Tommy Vance) on The Complete UK Top 40 from 31st March 1991 until either 20th or 27th September 1992 (the latter has no producer credit in RT). 19. Simon Sadler - produced Bruno Brookes (and Mark Goodier) on The Complete UK Top 40 from either 27th September or 4th October 1992 until at least 30th May 1993, at which point RT no longer lists a producer credit for the show. Edited November 24, 201410 yr by DanChartFan
November 25, 201410 yr Yeah, I remember being disappointed that the Peel show didn't happen. It was cancelled but I'm not sure they ever said why. Jo Whiley's name is definitely spelt as such though. Wiley is a different person. Edited November 25, 201410 yr by The Hit Parade
February 26, 201510 yr I can confirm that Westwood never hosted the January 5th 2003 show after all because I remember Nemone saying at the end of the previous week's show that Scott Mills would be hosting it.
February 26, 201510 yr It would be interesting to see how many times 1 presenter hosted the chart show, any volunteer adding up the shows? :D
February 27, 201510 yr I did that a quite a while ago on page 3 of the thread, but only up to 10th Nov 2013, and not including the Light Programme era. I might do an updated version of this list soon, but the only real difference will probably be Jameela climbing up to no higher than 12th, Scott possibly overtaking Richard Skinner, and a new entry in the lower regions for Clara: 1. Mark Goodier 470 1988-2002 2. Bruno Brookes 358 1986-1990 & 1992-1995 3. Tom Browne 278 1972-1978 4. Alan Freeman 258 1967-1972 5. Reggie Yates 237 2007-2012 6. Simon Bates 130 1976-1977, 1982-1985, 1987 & 1992 7. Tony Blackburn 123 1979-1982 8. Joel 122 (121 with JK, 1 solo) 2005-2007 9. JK 121 (121 with Joel) 2005-2007 10. Tommy Vance 103 1982-1987 & 1991-1992 11. Wes Butters 102 2003-2005 12. Fearne Cotton (75 with Reggie Yates, 3 solo) 78 2007-2009 13. Richard Skinner 71 1984-1986 14. Scott Mills 65 (1 with Nemone, 1 with Edith Bowman, 63 solo) 1999-2013+ 15. Jameela Jamil 42 2013+ 16. Clive Warren 12 1995-1998 17. Greg James 5 2010-2012 18. Andy Peebles 4 1979 & 1983 19=. Pete Murray 2 1968 19=. Neale James 2 1994 19=. Dave Pearce 2 1995 19=. Jo Wiley 2 2002 & 2005 19=. Nemone 2 (1 with Scott Mills, 1 solo) 2002 & 2005 19=. Dev 2 2009-2010 25=. (14 other DJs with one guest presenting appearance)
February 27, 201510 yr Research done up to and including Sunday 22nd February 2015's chart show, and I believe this is how the current chart of chart show presenters looks. Though it's worth remembering that if the shows from the Light Programme era were added in to this list then Alan Freeman would surely be number one pop pickers... not arf! 1. Mark Goodier 470 1988-2002 2. Bruno Brookes 358 1986-1990 & 1992-1995 3. Tom Browne 278 1972-1978 4. Alan Freeman 258 1967-1972 5. Reggie Yates 237 2007-2012 6. Simon Bates 130 1976-1977, 1982-1985, 1987 & 1992 7. Tony Blackburn 123 1979-1982 8. Joel 122 (121 with JK, 1 solo) 2005-2007 9. JK 121 (121 with Joel) 2005-2007 10. Tommy Vance 103 1982-1987 & 1991-1992 11. Wes Butters 102 2003-2005 ^12. Jameela Jamil (1 with Clara Amfa) 97 2013-2015 !13. Fearne Cotton (75 with Reggie Yates, 3 solo) 78 2007-2009 14. Scott Mills 73 (1 with Nemone, 1 with Edith Bowman, 63 solo) 1999-2014 (+?) !15 Richard Skinner 71 1984-1986 16. Clive Warren 12 1995-1998 17. Greg James 6 2010-2012, 2015 18. Clara Amfa (1 with Jameela Jamil) 5 2015+ !19=. Andy Peebles 4 1979 & 1983 19=. Dev 4 2009-2010, 2014 !21=. Pete Murray 2 1968 !21=. Neale James 2 1994 !21=. Dave Pearce 2 1995 !21=. Jo Wiley 2 2002 & 2005 !21=. Nemone 2 (1 with Scott Mills, 1 solo) 2002 & 2005 !26=. (14 other DJs with one guest presenting appearance)
June 7, 201510 yr Was listening to one of Dave Pearce's two shows the other day and he did a really great job - shame he didn't get to fill in again
February 8, 20169 yr Unfortunately a lot of that information above about producers has been lifted from the BBC Genome website and is incorrect. I have been undertaking major research about the 2 hour chart show for many years, not only taken from my extensive archive of show recordings but other info I have acquired as well as interviewing the DJs & producers themselves. Radio Times used to list the regular producer every week regardless of whether or not they were on holiday etc. and their details of change of producer would come sometimes earlier or later than the actual event, i.e. in the case of Bernie Andrews he actually retired in early May 1983. The host used to thank his producer at the end of every show (bar about three I know) and many weeks this was different to that in the listings. (Radio Times did not list producer details from April-June 1983 in any case due to an union dispute) For example, Harry Parker's first show was actually 3 July 1983 while Martin Cox was mentioned on the show as early as 13 April 1986 (so earlier than 4 May) and the so called long run of Chris Lycett in 1987/88 was actually shared with Mik Wilkojc. (I've actually met/interviewed all these 4 gentlemen and very helpful they were too). There were producers that were never credited like Colin Prior, Ron Belchier, Kevin Howlett, John Sparrow and others who only did a handful of shows, as did Louise Musgrave did four to my knowledge (although my info is still to be completed). And I bet none of you know that John Walters, who worked with John Peel, produced the Top 40 for 3 weeks? Well he did and I have the recordings to prove it. Jo-Anne Nadler took over regular production duties on 26 March 1989 (the Easter chart) but also filled in on the first week of 1989 as well. As for the rest, you'll have to wait until my book comes out!
March 5, 20169 yr @ TOP40 I've only just seen your message so excuse the late reply. I did indeed source all the producer credits from genome, as I freely admitted earlier in the thread (presenter credits were cross-referenced elsewhere on the net where possible). I was also fully aware of the limitations of the data (not reflecting holiday/sick cover or sudden changes of incumbent right away etc) and had made that point earlier in the thread, although admittedly I only made the point in reference to the presenter lists that were/are the focus of this thread, and perhaps in hindsight those warnings would have been worth repeating when I added the producer list as a bonus. I'd be very interested to learn more about your book.
April 10, 20187 yr Following the news about Scott Mills finally becoming the permanent chart show presenter, it reminded me of this thread and I want to give it a bit of a bump (as it has taken me flipping ages to find it with the search facility :-p). I might update for the last three years at some point next week (away on holibobs this week).
April 15, 20187 yr I'm back from holibobs and now have the time to provide the promised updates for this thread. Frist up the remainder of 2015 (I'm just using the bbc website's descriptions of the shows for now, so a question mark means they don't directly mention the host) Sunday 14th June 2015 Clara Amfo Sunday 21st June 2015 Clara Amfo Sunday 28th June 2015 Dev Sunday 5th July 2015 Clara Amfo Friday 10th July 2015 Greg James Friday 17th July 2015 Greg James? Friday 24th July 2015 Greg James Friday 31st July 2015 Greg James Friday 7th August 2015 Greg James Friday 14th August 2015 Greg James Friday 21st August 2015 Greg James Friday 28th August 2015 Dev Friday 4th September 2015 Dev Friday 11th September 2015 Greg James Friday 18th September 2015 Greg James Friday 25th September 2015 Greg James? Friday 2nd October 2015 Greg James Friday 9th October 2015 Greg James? Friday 16th October 2015 Greg James Friday 23rd October 2015 Greg James Friday 30th October 2015 Greg James Friday 6th November 2015 Greg James Friday 13th November 2015 Greg James Friday 20th November 2015 Greg James? Friday 27th November 2015 Greg James Friday 4th December 2015 Scott Mills Friday 11th December 2015 Greg James Friday 18th December 2015 Dev Friday 25th December 2015 Greg James
April 15, 20187 yr 2016 Friday 1st January 2016 Scott Mills Friday 8th January 2016 Greg James Friday 15th January 2016 Greg James Friday 22nd January 2016 Dev Friday 29th January 2016 Greg James Friday 5th February 2016 Greg James? Friday 12th February 2016 Scott Mills Friday 19th February 2016 Dev Friday 26th February 2016 Greg James Friday 4th March 2016 Greg James Friday 11th March 2016 Greg James? Friday 18th March 2016 Dev Friday 25th March 2016 Greg James Friday 1st April 2016 Dev Friday 8th April 2016 Greg James? Friday 15th April 2016 Greg James Friday 22nd April 2016 Greg James Friday 29th April 2016 Greg James Friday 6th May 2016 Greg James? Friday 13th May 2016 Greg James? Friday 20th May 2016 Dev Friday 27th May 2016 Dev Friday 3rd June 2016 Greg James Friday 10th June 2016 Dev Friday 17th June 2016 Greg James Friday 24th June 2016 Dev Friday 1st July 2016 Greg James Friday 8th July 2016 Greg James? Friday 15th July 2016 Dev Friday 22nd July 2016 Greg James? Friday 29th July 2016 Greg James? Friday 5th August 2016 Greg James? Friday 12th August 2016 Greg James Friday 19th August 2016 Greg James? Friday 26th August 2016 Greg James Friday 2nd September 2016 Greg James Friday 9th September 2016 Dev Friday 16th September 2016 Dev Friday 23rd September 2016 Greg James? Friday 30th September 2016 Greg James Friday 7th October 2016 Greg James? Friday 14th October 2016 Greg James Friday 21st October 2016 Greg James Friday 28th October 2016 Greg James? Friday 4th November 2016 Dev Friday 11th November 2016 Greg James? Friday 18th November 2016 Dev Friday 25th November 2016 Greg James? Friday 2nd December 2016 Greg James? Friday 9th December 2016 Greg James Friday 16th December 2016 Greg James Friday 23rd December 2016 Greg James Friday 30th December 2016 Dev (Chart of the year)
April 15, 20187 yr 2017 and start of 2018 Friday 6th January 2017 Dev Friday 13th January 2017 Greg James Friday 20th January 2017 Greg James Friday 27th January 2017 Greg James? Friday 3rd February 2017 Greg James Friday 10th February 2017 Greg James Friday 17th February 2017 Greg James Friday 24th February 2017 Greg James Friday 3rd March 2017 Greg James Friday 10th March 2017 Greg James? Friday 17th March 2017 Greg James? Friday 24th March 2017 Dev Friday 31st March 2017 Greg James Friday 7th April 2017 Greg James Friday 14th April 2017 Greg James Friday 21st April 2017 Greg James Friday 28th April 2017 Greg James Friday 5th May 2017 Greg James Friday 12th May 2017 Greg James Friday 19th May 2017 Greg James Friday 26th May 2017 Greg James Friday 2nd June 2017 Greg James Friday 9th June 2017 Greg James Friday 16th June 2017 Greg James Friday 23rd June 2017 Greg James? Friday 30th June 2017 Greg James Friday 7th July 2017 Greg James Friday 14th July 2017 MistaJam Friday 21st July 2017 Greg James Friday 28th July 2017 Greg James Friday 4th August 2017 Greg James Friday 11th August 2017 Greg James Friday 18th August 2017 Dev Friday 25th August 2017 Greg James Friday 1st September 2017 Dev Friday 8th September 2017 Greg James Friday 15th September 2017 Greg James Friday 22nd September 2017 Greg James Friday 29th September 2017 Greg James Friday 6th October 2017 Greg James Friday 13th October 2017 Greg James Friday 20th October 2017 Greg James Friday 27th October 2017 MistaJam Friday 3rd November 2017 MistaJam Friday 10th November 2017 MistaJam Friday 17th November 2017 MistaJam Friday 24th November 2017 MistaJam Friday 1st December 2017 MistaJam Friday 8th December 2017 MistaJam Friday 15th December 2017 Greg James Friday 22nd December 2017 Greg James Friday 29th December 2017 Jordan North (Chart of the year) Friday 5th January 2018 MistaJam Friday 12th January 2018 Greg James Friday 19th January 2018 Greg James Friday 26th January 2018 Greg James Friday 2nd February 2018 Greg James Friday 9th February 2018 Greg James Friday 16th February 2018 Greg James Friday 23rd February 2018 Greg James Friday 2nd March 2018 Scott Mills Friday 9th March 2018 Greg James Friday 16th March 2018 Scott Mills Friday 23rd March 2018 MistaJam Friday 30th March 2018 MistaJam Friday 6th April 2018 MistaJam Friday 13th April 2018 Jordan North
April 15, 20187 yr And updating the chart of chart show presenters up to Friday 13th April 2018 (but subject to change if any of the question marks above are wrong) 1. Mark Goodier 470 1988-2002 2. Bruno Brookes 358 1986-1990 & 1992-1995 3. Tom Browne 278 1972-1978 4. Alan Freeman 258 1967-1972 5. Reggie Yates 237 2007-2012 6. Simon Bates 130 1976-1977, 1982-1985, 1987 & 1992 7. Tony Blackburn 123 1979-1982 8. Joel 122 (121 with JK, 1 solo) 2005-2007 9. JK 121 (121 with Joel) 2005-2007 ^10. Greg James 111 2010-2012, 2015-2018+ !11. Tommy Vance 103 1982-1987 & 1991-1992 !12. Wes Butters 102 2003-2005 !13. Jameela Jamil (1 with Clara Amfa) 97 2013-2015 14. Scott Mills (1 with Nemone, 1 with Edith Bowman, 80 solo) 82 1999-2018+ !15. Fearne Cotton (75 with Reggie Yates, 3 solo) 78 2007-2009 16 Richard Skinner 71 1984-1986 ^17 Dev 27 2009-2010, 2015-2018+ 18. Clara Amfo (1 with Jameela Jamil) 18 2015 *19.= Mista Jam 12 2017-2018+ !19.= Clive Warren 12 1995-1998 !21. Andy Peebles 4 1979 & 1983 !22=. Pete Murray 2 1968 !22=. Neale James 2 1994 !22=. Dave Pearce 2 1995 !22=. Jo Wiley 2 2002 & 2005 !22=. Nemone 2 (1 with Scott Mills, 1 solo) 2002 & 2005 *22=. Jordan North 2 2017-2018+ !28=. (14 other DJs with one guest presenting appearance) Edited April 15, 20187 yr by DanChartFan
April 15, 20187 yr Unfortunately a lot of that information above about producers has been lifted from the BBC Genome website and is incorrect. I once saw a post on another forum saying that the chart show producer, especially in the earlier days when they didn't have guests, had an easy job as their playlist picked itself. Usually the producer had at least another Radio 1 show to produce too though. Certainly when the top 20 was played between 6 and 7 with Fluff and Tom Browne it was all about timing. Fitting 20 records in to an hour only allows 3 minutes each and so some going down from 11 to 20 were faded early and the host was told exactly when to fade them. The producer was often there too. It's said that Tom Browne, who'd only been in theatre beforehand, didn't self-op and the records were cued in by the technical operator. Anyone know if that's true? Headaches came with long singles like Bohemian Rhapsody and also when there were traffic flashes which obviously coyuldn't be predicted. Three in one show I think once so he missed another record out, the No.11 I read somewhere. So not that simple a job. I remember only half of Bo Rhap being played as it fell down the chart in January 1976. Of course some weeks they only had 19 to play as all Judge Dread's songs were omitted. For me the best era was with Tom Browne who also appeared in Emmerdale and is now married to a Thai lady and owns a big rice farm in Thailand. He went out on Radios 1 and 2 and many local BBC stations too and got huge audiences, so big that neither BBC or ITV bothered to programme anything they wanted good ratings for in that time slot as most families had the Top 20 on and many were taping it or at least certain records. It was a national institution. Edited April 15, 20187 yr by Crazy Chris
April 15, 20187 yr Bruno Brooks & Mark Goodier used to be great. I like Scott Mills too but in recent years I’ve stopped listening to the charts due to not liking much music in the charts & dull presenters!!
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