Dont know whether I am sad about this or not. In the early days many of the bands were live and some decent bands appeared, but then it switched to lip synching and more and more crap.

Then there were occasions like Clive Dunn singing "Grandad' and the St Something or Other (Winnifreds?) School Choir singing 'Grandma' which had you cringing in yer boots.

Plus my dad only watched it to check Pan's People out.


Top of the Pops is relegated to BBC2
By Kate Howard
(Filed: 30/11/2004)

Top of the Pops is being relegated to BBC2 after 40 years as BBC1's bastion of chart music, the broadcaster announced yesterday.

Once required viewing for generations of teenagers, a slump in viewing figures has pushed the pop music chart programme on to the second channel. In the 1970s the show had audiences of 14 million but last week it pulled in just 3.1 million viewers.

The first episode, broadcast on Jan 1, 1964, was presented by Jimmy Savile and the first act to perform were the Rolling Stones with I Wanna Be Your Man.

Since then, the theme music and presenters have changed but the formula remained the same, with artists considering an appearance on the show a sign that they had officially "made it" in the British pop world.

Although a relaunched edition was watched by 5.5 million viewers last November, nearly three million had deserted the show by the summer.

Now the BBC hopes that it can win back audiences with a new version which is to go out next spring on Sunday evenings.