A bit like bringing back Dr Who with Timmy Mallett as the Doctor = wrong, wrong, wrong.

 

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Actually, I don't mind Reggie on his own. I quite enjoyed the chart show during the summer when Fearne wasn't there, but together they're like the two naughty and annoying kids at the back of the class who need to be split up.

 

Although not to the extent of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.. :lol:

 

(They're secondary school and Fearne and Reggie are primary school...)

11:21 | Monday November 24, 2008

 

By Paul Williams

 

The BBC is facing renewed calls from industry executives to bring back Top Of The Pops on a permanent basis after it dramatically rethought its original decision not to have a Christmas Day special this year.

 

Little more than three weeks after it announced to Music Week that it would break with tradition by not having a December 25 edition of the programme, the Beeb revealed last week that it would not only give TOTP a Christmas Day slot again this year but one on New Year’s Eve as well.

 

Although the BBC has been careful to indicate the announcement does not signal the return on a weekly basis of TOTP, which was axed after 42 years in July 2006, the change of heart for this Christmas’s TV schedules has given industry figures renewed encouragement that a revival could be a possibility again.

 

Universal UK chairman and CEO David Joseph says a big cheer went up around the building when the announcement was made and believes a full-scale return is on the cards. “I’d be surprised and very disappointed if we didn’t see it return in some shape or form next year,” he says. “There’s such an appetite from all the artists to do the show and when it ended it left such an enormous void. We’ve got to do everything we can to lobby for it to come back on a regular basis.”

 

Sony BMG UK chairman and CEO Ged Doherty says, “It’s fantastic news and it’s great the BBC is supporting one of the best music brands that’s ever come of this country and hopefully this will lead to some kind of revival of the show in 2009. The industry needs every bit of music it can get on TV, especially from the BBC, so if there’s a way for the programme to be revamped, they should do it.”

 

IFPI chairman and CEO John Kennedy says it feels like the right time to bring back TOTP. “It is a great brand, it’s iconic and it can’t be the most expensive TV programme to make,” he says.

 

The BBC’s U-turn on the Christmas Day TOTP follows Music Week revealing at the end of October there would not be a festive special this year, news of which then spread to the wider media, with the likes of Simon Cowell becoming involved as he raised the idea of buying the brand and transferring it to ITV. The rethink also comes in the light of the industry losing one of its most effective TV promotional platforms in the run-up to Christmas, with BBC1 temporarily dropping Jonathan Ross’s Friday night chat show in light of his three-month suspension.

 

Calls for a TOTP revival even reached government circles with Culture Secretary Andy Burnham last month calling for a return after highlighting its role in pushing new artists.

 

The BBC emailed industry players last Thursday morning to unveil its plans for Christmas and New Year shows, which it says will be recorded on the same day. It has told industry contacts it has one of seven possible days in December lined up to film the shows, with the ultimate date selected dependent on artist availability.

Glad to hear it's all coming together now. It's not like music isn't on TV anymore, buit it's great to have a place that the biggest acts can been swwn together again, and in these days of "watercooler moments" TOTP is bound to get people talking. Glad to have it back :)

Edited November 24, 200816 yr by TomKay

I think Buzzjack should get behind this campaign.

http://www.bringbacktotp.com/

Definitely! But from what I'm hearing they're pretty likely to bring it back permanently, depending on the ratings the Christmas shows get.

I hope it comes back. There needs to be a chart music show on national TV. Im surprised ITV havent done one .Its a vacant market of which there is a demand.

 

 

:yahoo:

 

But where again? BBC or ITV? or undecided?

Well there isn't a regular one but i'm sure that the guests on the X Factor bring in viewers. I don't see how the contestants can :P. There are more and more shows like that "Divas" thing and the GA show, though they aren't regular :(

So what ratings are we expecting for the shows? I say with the exposure this year and the most popular X Factor winner since Leona, were looking at over 10 million.

So what ratings are we expecting for the shows? I say with the exposure this year and the most popular X Factor winner since Leona, were looking at over 10 million.

 

I think that might be too optimistic, considering both shows are on at around 2pm. Traditional Xmas TOTP time, sure, but it's only later in the day that Christmas TV (or TV full stop) gets massive ratings, in general. But it will definitely be one of the most talked about shows of the season - good or bad...

I reckon it'll get 4 million.

Does anyone know if this has been recorded already and when because Nadine flew to LA for xmas today?

 

I reckon 8 million. Thats a guess though, i have no idea how many usually watch.

Edited December 18, 200816 yr by Robintime11

Does anyone know if this has been recorded already and when because Nadine flew to LA for xmas today?

On the chart show last week Fearne and Reggie said that they'd been recording the New Year TOTP so I'd guess they filmed it then? :unsure:

I think the New Year show is pre-recorded but the Christmas show is live.

Live on christmas day? :huh:

Now I've said that, I'm doubting it too. I know it's not been recorded yet though, because it will be based on the official Christmas week chart.

It was recorded last Sunday (as Fearne and Reggie said they were doing it) and Alexandra has already performed :lol: They will just slot the xmas chart in I would think.

Now I've said that, I'm doubting it too. I know it's not been recorded yet though, because it will be based on the official Christmas week chart.

Not true Tom, TOTP Christmas Day has already been recorded. Although, a few different endings were recorded. The Chart will be put in later. This would be on Sunday because the new chart is available from 1pm.

 

These days, the BBC have a new rule on recorded radio. Local Stations are no longer allowed to record music programmes in advance, since the Brand/Ross business. Radio 2 must still have an exception, because Dale Winton records POTP about 5 weeks in advance! Then this is just Voice Tracked. Dale doesn`t even hear the songs in the programme!

Not true Tom, TOTP Christmas Day has already been recorded. Although, a few different endings were recorded. The Chart will be put in later. This would be on Sunday because the new chart is available from 1pm.

 

These days, the BBC have a new rule on recorded radio. Local Stations are no longer allowed to record music programmes in advance, since the Brand/Ross business. Radio 2 must still have an exception, because Dale Winton records POTP about 5 weeks in advance! Then this is just Voice Tracked. Dale doesn`t even hear the songs in the programme!

 

Thanks for the info Dave, though I'm a bit disappointed to hear that. Kind of kills the magic...

Well i know GA are performing on there and they have finished working for two months now.

 

Well, cheryl and kim will be climbing a mountain in the new year lol

Edited December 18, 200816 yr by Robintime11