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Top Of The Pops

Top Of The Pops was a primetime (before they dicked it around) BBC1 (until they dicked it around) chart countdown (until they dicked it around) which (until they dicked it around) reflected what was popular in the Top 40 and (until the afore-mentioned dicking around) pulled in audience of millions and (until the afore-mentioned audience dwindled due to afore-mention dicking around) a-list pop superstars. The BBC ran it into the ground because they didn’t care about it, but still patronisingly wheel it out on ‘special occasions’ (ie Christmas) and allow repeats to be shown on other channels, which is all very well but you can’t help wondering whether those repeats might be better off with a graphic chucked over the top flashing the words “YES THIS IS ALL VERY WELL FOR YOUR DAD TO WATCH AND GET NOSTALGIC OVER BUT LET’S NOT DWELL ON THE FACT THAT BBC TELEVISION’S RECORD OF POP MUSIC ENDS IN THE MID 2000S SHALL WE”. At the time of writing Top Of The Pops magazine is still published, but sadly it consists entirely of shit for idiots.