Posted November 20, 200816 yr From Media Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/20/bbc-christmas-top-of-the-pops) The BBC has reversed its decision to axe the Christmas edition of Top of the Pops – and announced it will return for two one-off shows over the festive period. Simon Cowell said he would like to buy the show and put it on ITV after the BBC announced it would not be returning last month. The BBC had previously said the long-running music show – which was axed from its regular weekly slot in 2006 – had not earned its place in the Christmas schedule. However, today Top of the Pops was welcomed back with open arms, with not one but two editions on BBC1 on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. The BBC1 controller, Jay Hunt, said: "With shows on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, Top of the Pops has never been bigger. "The shows will form the centerpiece of a massive musical offering during the festive season that we hope viewers are really going to enjoy." The BBC announced on October 28 that Top of the Pops would not be returning this year, instead unveiling plans to show eight special episodes of archive series TOTP2 on BBC2. "We said ... the Christmas special would continue but would have to earn its place every year," a spokesman said at the time. The Top of the Pops Christmas Special will be hosted by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates and filmed at BBC TV Centre. New spin-off show the Top of the Pops New Year's Eve Special will review the year in pop. But there remain no plans to bring the show back full time to BBC1. Cowell said last month he would rather take the show to ITV than let it "just sit in the dustbin". "If the BBC wanted to do a deal, and I can get ITV to buy it and broadcast it, I'd put it on ITV," The X Factor judge added.
November 20, 200816 yr http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7738180.stm btw this is the third topic on it, I was going to recycle the old one. :lol:
November 20, 200816 yr Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates Not good :( Well at least they are the current presenters of the chart show, and they might promote it on Radio 1. They might be eejits, but those are both good things :) Very excited about this, though I wish they'd made their mind up earlier! Edited November 20, 200816 yr by TomKay
November 20, 200816 yr I like Fearne and Reggie. They annoy me at times, but I do like them ;) Thats exactly my opinion of them too :D
November 20, 200816 yr Sod the presenters, At least TOTP is back!!! Hopefully if enough people tune in it'll show BBC that there is a demand for it to be back full time
November 20, 200816 yr Author http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7738180.stm btw this is the third topic on it, I was going to recycle the old one. :lol: Sorry Mart!n. I was so excited that I thought that it merited a new topic to show off the good news. I don't particularly like Fearne and Reggie but at least it's back. The weekly shows need to return too. It's incredibly sad that no major TV channel can devote 30 minutes of it's weekly schedule to a peak-time popular music show.
November 20, 200816 yr http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7738180.stm btw this is the third topic on it, I was going to recycle the old one. :lol: Combine them all in to a Deluxe Edition Martin! :D
November 20, 200816 yr Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates Not good :( Do the BBC bosses want TOTP to fail again or what? :manson: A bit like bringing back Dr Who with Timmy Mallett as the Doctor = wrong, wrong, wrong.
November 20, 200816 yr Yay! Great that it's back Downer is the presenters. Can't Fearne Cotton be shot?
November 20, 200816 yr Ferne and Reggie are expected surely - this decision is a bit late in the day after all (5 weeks today till christmas!!!!!!!! WAYHOO!!!)
November 20, 200816 yr im just delighted it will be on,,its part of christma sday and getting 2 shows is fab i hope they bring it back full time i still miss the show
November 20, 200816 yr I'm delighted at this coming back for Christmas and that Fearne's presenting :wub:
November 23, 200816 yr Good about the show coming back. Bad about the presenters - but isn't that what the mute button is for?
November 23, 200816 yr Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates Not good :( Think they should re-unite Simon Amstell & Miquitta Oliver and get them to do it instead!
November 23, 200816 yr Hopefully Simon takes over TOTP... He is spot on..It's definately better than it just sitting in the Dustbin for a year.. I miss TOTP SOOOOOO BAD! -_- Isn't it obvious that we need it back I mean shows like the X-factor are the only voice for new songs..hence why it sends most of them to the top of the chart.
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