The Christmas peculiar volition beryllium hosted by BBC vigor DJ Clara Amofo arsenic it covers the champion of this year's music
- Published: 9:30, 27 Nov 2024
- Updated: 9:31, 27 Nov 2024
THE BBC volition invited backmost Top Of The Pops for a festive peculiar this December.
The euphony illustration amusement whitethorn person finished successful 2006 but it volition instrumentality to the BBC for a festive comeback.
Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo, who has been a big connected the legendary illustration euphony amusement earlier volition instrumentality to item philharmonic performances from immoderate of the biggest popular stars of 2024.
Highlighting immoderate of the champion illustration topping performances and the champion hits of the past 12 months volition spot Amofo connected screens this Christmas.
Top of The Pops: Review of The Year 2024 is simply a BBC Studios (1 x 60) accumulation for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
It was commissioned by Jonathan Rothery, Head of Popular Music TV.
The Commissioning Editor for BBC Popular Music TV is Rachel Davies. The Executive Producer for BBC Studios is Alison Howe.
Top Of The Pops: Review Of 2024 volition aerial this Christmas connected BBC Two.
In 2006, the BBC cancelled the popular illustration amusement aft years of viewership diminution pursuing its premier successful the 1970s.
During its heyday successful the 1970s, it attracted implicit 15 cardinal viewers each week.
Yet by 2002 the fig had dropped to conscionable 3 million.
During the past 18 years, sporadic specials of the amusement and retrospective episodes person continued to air.
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At the clip of its cancellation successful 2006, Mike Read, who was a presenter successful the 1980s, said to the BBC: "It was a concern that was evidently coming due to the fact that of dwindling audiences.
"There are tons of radical who accidental `I utilized to ticker it years agone but I don't similar the music'. There needed to beryllium a premix of aged and new."
History of Top of the Pops
Top Of The Pops is returning to BBC One This Christmas.
Top of the Pops (TOTP) is simply a British euphony illustration tv programme, made by the BBC and broadcast play betwixt 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006.
The programme was the world's longest-running play euphony show. For astir of its history, it was broadcast connected Thursday evenings connected BBC One.
It's been fronted by assorted presenters including Fearne Cotton, Jamie Theakston, Jimmy Saville and Anthea Turner.
Since its last amusement successful 2006 it has returned annually for a festive Christmas peculiar to item the champion euphony hits of the past 12 months.