December 1, 20204 yr I mean it was *technically* cancelled 14 years ago so we will appreciate whatever we get each year tbh :kink:
December 2, 20204 yr It was common place both at the BBC and ITV at the time. There were a number of strikes at the BBC in December 1978 which culminated in a major strike just before Christmas which took BBC 1 and 2 off air and Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4 being unable to broadcast normal programming and instead having to all join together for a BBC National station which saw pop music played alongside classical music alongside plays and The Archers! In late 1979 another set of strikes hit the BBC, two editions of Top Of The Pops were hit by strikes and had to show video clips and repeated performances. A Doctor Who story (Shada, for Doctor Who fans) had to be abandoned and then when things seemed to have returned to normal the door staff at the BBC recording studios went on strike meaning no audiences could attend recordings! ITV also struggled - a strike took them off air between early August and the end of October. All that was left to watch was BBC1 and 2. Top Of The Pops was affected again in 1980 when a Musicians Union strike took the porgrame off air for about 10 weeks in June, July and the beginning of August... Was the December 1978 strike the one that happened abruptly on the day that Blue Peter's traditional xmas show was due to air that year? Their xmas show was always live and always featured a studio crammed full of many different school choirs and a brass band, as well as literally always using the same script every year. I think Biddy has said before that it was possibly the worst day of her career having to send home hundreds of confused and upset children, many in floods of tears at missing out on being on telly, after they had spent the last few weeks rehearsing the songs and looking forward to it. Edited December 2, 20204 yr by DanChartFan
December 3, 20204 yr The lineups for both episodes have been announced! Christmas Day AJ Tracey & Aitch Becky Hill Celeste Clean Bandit & Mabel Ella Henderson Jamie Cullum Joel Corry & MNEK KSI (feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals) NYE Alfie Templeman Arlo Parks Becky Hill Nathan Dawe (feat. KSI & Ella Henderson) Sigala & James Arthur Wes Nelson (feat. Hardy Caprio) Yungblud There will also be live highlights from the year from Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus.
December 3, 20204 yr Oh the NYE show is quite alternative lol! Also looking forward to hearing Becky and Celeste performances
December 3, 20204 yr Mabel surely could've filmed one for New Year on her own, would've liked to have seen Paloma, Steps, Jessie Ware or Sophie EB :(
December 3, 20204 yr Did you expect Adele, Justin Timberlake and Bieber?? No but I would've expected some UK staples such as Dua and Little Mix lol. I understand that the latter is Jesy-less, but that hasn't stopped them..
December 8, 20204 yr Author Looking forward to this, plus a customary play of the #1 single of the week, will it be Mariah? @1334061037075750919 Edited December 8, 20204 yr by awardimerry
December 8, 20204 yr Mabel surely could've filmed one for New Year on her own, would've liked to have seen Paloma, Steps, Jessie Ware or Sophie EB :( Jessie Ware would be incredible!!
December 9, 20204 yr Filming took place yesterday, seems to all be in the BBC studio rather than at home
December 25, 20204 yr The lineups for both episodes have been announced! Christmas Day AJ Tracey & Aitch Becky Hill Celeste Clean Bandit & Mabel Ella Henderson Jamie Cullum Joel Corry & MNEK KSI (feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals) NYE Alfie Templeman Arlo Parks Becky Hill Nathan Dawe (feat. KSI & Ella Henderson) Sigala & James Arthur Wes Nelson (feat. Hardy Caprio) Yungblud There will also be live highlights from the year from Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus. this is... awful. i’ll just watch on catch up so i can skip through to the live highlights that you mentioned
December 25, 20204 yr Head & Heart is such a bop. I find this Celeste so dull though, how does she have all these awards?
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