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Education in the Age of Enlightenment
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Universities in northern Europe were more willing to accept the ideas of Enlightenment and were often greatly influenced by them. For instance the historical ensemble of the University of Tartu in Estonia, that was erected around that time, is now included into European Heritage Label list as an example of a university in the Age of Enlightenment.[1]
The Age of Enlightenment, dominated advanced thought in Europe from about the 1650s to the 1780s. It developed from a number of sources of “new” ideas, such as challenges to the dogma and authority of the Catholic Church and by increasing interest in the ideas of science, in scientific methods. In philosophy, it called into question traditional ways of thinking. The Enlightenment thinkers wanted the educational system to be modernized and play a more central role in the transmission of those ideas and ideals. The development of educational systems in Europe continued throughout the period of the Enlightenment and into the French Revolution. The improvements in the educational systems produced a larger reading public which resulted in increased demand for printed material from readers across a broader span of social classes with a wider range of interests. After 1800, as the Enlightenment gave way to Romanticism, there was less emphasis on reason and challenge to authority and more support for emerging nationalism and compulsory school attendance.
Contents
1 History of education
2 Educational ideas
3 Growth of the education system
3.1 Literacy
3.2 Prussian system
4 Print culture
5 Public libraries
6 Intellectual exchange
7 Education for girls
8 Notes
9 Further reading
9.1 Primary sources
9.2 Informal education
History of education[edit]
Before the Enlightenment, European educational systems were principally geared for teaching a limited number of professions, e.g., religious orders such as priests, brothers and sisters, health care workers such as physicians, and bureaucrats such as lawyers and scribes, and they were not yet greatly influenced by the scientific revolution. As the scientific revolution and religious upheaval broke traditional views and ways of thinking of that time, religion and superstition were supplanted by reasoning and scientific facts. Philosophers such as John Locke proposed the idea that knowledge is obtained through sensation and reflection.[2] This proposition led to Locke’s theory that everyone has the same capacity of sensation, and, therefore, education should not be restricted to a certain class or gender. Prior to the 17th and 18th century centuries, education and literacy were generally restricted to males who belonged to the nobility and the mercantile and professional classes. In England and France, “idealized notions of domesticity, which emphasized the importance of preparing girls for motherhood and home duties, fuelled the expansion of schooling for girls.”[3]
Educational ideas[edit]
John Locke in English and Jean Jacques Rousseau in French authored influential works on education. Both emphasised the importance of shaping young minds early. By the late Enlightenment there was a rising demand for a more universal approach to education, particularly after the American and French Revolutions.
Enlightenment children were taught to memorise facts through oral and graphic methods that originated during the Renaissance.[4] The predominant educational psychology from the 1750s onward, especially in northern European countries was associationism; the notion that the mind associates or dissociates ideas through repeated routines. It offered a practical theory of the mind that allowed teachers to transform longstanding forms of print and manuscript culture into effective graphic tools of learning for the lower and middle orders of society.[5]
Many of the leading universities associated with Enlightenment progressive principles were located in northern Europe, with the most renowned being the universities of Leiden, Göttingen, Halle, Montpellier, Uppsala and Edinburgh. These universities, especially Edinburgh, produced professors whose ideas had a significant impact on Britain's North American colonies and, later, the American Republic. Within the natural sciences Edinburgh's medical also led the way in chemistry, anatomy and pharmacology.[6]
However, in general the universities and schools of France and most of Europe were bastions of traditionalism and were not hospitable to the Enlightenment. In France the major exception was the medical university at Montpellier.[7]
Growth of the education system[edit]
Literacy[edit]
Education was once considered a privilege for only the upper class. However, during the 17th and 18th century centuries, “education, literacy and learning” were gradually provided to “rich and poor alike”.[8] The literacy rate in Europe from the 17th century to the 18th century grew significantly. The definition of the term "literacy" in the 17th and 18th centuries is different from our current definition of literacy. Historians measured the literacy rate during the 17th and 18th century centuries by people’s ability to sign their names. However, this method of determining literacy did not reflect people’s ability to read. This affected the women’s apparent literacy rate prior to the Age of Enlightenment mainly because while most women living between the Dark Ages and the Age of Enlightenment could not write or sign their names, many could read, at least to some extent.[9]
The rate of literacy increased more rapidly in more populated areas and areas where there was mixture of religious schools. The literacy rate in England in the 1640s was around 30 percent for males, rising to 60 percent in the mid-18th century. In France, the rate of literacy in 1686-90 was around 29 percent for men and 14 percent for women, it increased to 48 percent for men and 27 percent for women.[10]
The increase in literacy rate was more likely due, at least in part to religious influence, since most of the schools and colleges were organized by clergy, missionaries, or other religious organizations. The reason which motivated religions to help to increase the literacy rate among the general public was because the bible was being printed in more languages and literacy was thought to be the key to understanding the word of God.[11] “By 1714 the proportion of women able to read had risen, very approximately, to 25%, and it rose again to 40% by 1750. This increase was part of a general trend, fostered by the Reformation emphasis on reading the scripture and by the demand for literacy in an increasingly mercantile society. The group most affected was the growing professional and commercial class, and writing and arithmetic schools emerged to provide the training their sons required”.[12]
Prussian system[edit]
The Kingdom of Prussia introduced a modern public educational system designed to reach the entire population; it was widely copied across Europe and the United States in the 19th century. The basic foundations of the Prussian primary education system were laid out by Frederick the Great with his "Generallandschulreglement," a decree of 1763, drafted by Johann Julius Hecker. It mandated the schooling of all young Prussians, both girls and boys, to be educated by mainly municipality funded schools from age 5 until age 13 or 14. Prussia was among the first countries in the world to introduce a tax-funded and generally compulsory primary education. In comparison, compulsory schooling in France or Great Britain was not successfully enacted until the 1880s.[13]
The Prussian system consisted of an eight-year course of primary education, called Volksschule. It provided not only basic technical skills needed in a modernizing world (as reading and writing), but also music (singing), religious (Christian) education in close corporation with the churches and tried to impose a strict ethos of duty, soberness and discipline. Mathematic and calculus were not compulsory in the start and taking such courses was requiring additional payment by parents. Frederick the Great also formalized further educational stages, such as the Realschule and the highest stage, the gymnasium (state funded secondary school), which was used as university-preparatory school.[14] The final examination, Abitur, was introduced in 1788, implemented in all Prussian secondary schools by 1812, and extended to all of Germany in 1871 and is in place till the present. Passing the Abitur was a pre-requisite to entering the learned professions and higher echelons of civil service. Generations of Prussian and as well German teachers, which in the 18th century often had no formal education and in the very beginning often were former petty officers without pedagogic training, tried to gain more academic recognition, training and better pay and played an important role in various protest and reform movements.
The Prussian system, after its modest beginnings, succeeded in reaching compulsory attendance, specific training for teachers, national testing for all students (of all genders), national curriculum set for each grade and mandatory Kindergarten.[15] In 1810, Prussia introduced state certification requirements for teachers, which significantly raised the standard of teaching.<[16]
In the 18th century, states were paying more attention to their educational systems because they recognized that their subjects are more useful to the state if they are well educated. The conflicts between the crown and the church helped the expansion of the educational systems. In the eyes of the church and the state, universities and colleges were institutions that existed to maintain the dominance of one over the other. The downside of this conflict was that the freedom of thought on the subjects taught in these institutions was restricted. An educational institution was either a supporter of the monarchy or the religion, never both.[17]
Also, changes in educational criteria for higher income professions such as lawyers and physicians became stricter, e.g., requirements to have certain educational experience before being licensed, helped to promote increases in the numbers of students attending universities and colleges.[18]
Print culture[edit]
The explosion of the print culture, which started in the 15th century with Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press, was both a result of and a cause of the increase in literacy. The number of books published in the period of the Enlightenment increased dramatically due to the increase in demand for books, which resulted from the increased literacy rates and the declining cost and easier availability of books made possible by the printing press. There was a shift in the percentages of books printed in various categories during the 17th century.
Religious books had comprised around 50% of all books published in Paris at that time. However, the percentage of religious books dropped to 10% by 1790 and there was an increase in the popularity of books such as almanacs.[19] The scientific literature in French might have increased slightly but mostly it remained fairly constant throughout the 18th century. However, contemporary literature seems to have increased as the century progressed.[20] Also, there was a change in the languages that books were printed in. Before the 18th century, a large percentage of the books were published in Latin. As time progressed, there was a decline in the percentage of books published in Latin. Concurrently, the percentage of books published in French, and other languages, increased throughout Europe.[21]
Of course the importance of print culture to education is not simply about counting publication figures. Students had to use the books that were given to them and they had to use pen and paper to organise and make sense of the information that they were learning.[22] In this sense print culture was closely tied to manuscript culture, particularly the skills and routines associated with note-taking. Perhaps one of the most notable accomplishments of Enlightenment educational systems is that they taught students how to efficiently manage information on paper, both in school and then in university.[23]
Public libraries[edit]
During the Enlightenment period, there were changes in the public cultural institutions, such as libraries and museums. The system of public libraries was a product of the Enlightenment. The public libraries were funded by the state and were accessible to everyone for free.[24]
Prior to the Enlightenment, libraries in Europe were restricted mostly to academies and the private collections of aristocrats and other wealthy individuals. With the beginning of state funded institutions, public libraries became places where the general public could study topics of interest and educate themselves. During the 18th century, the prices of books were generally too high for the average person, especially the most popular works such as encyclopedias.[25] Therefore, the public libraries offered commoners a chance of reading literature and other works that previously could only be read by the wealthier classes.
Intellectual exchange[edit]
During the 18th century, the increase in social gathering places such as coffeehouses, clubs, academies and Masonic Lodges provided alternative places where people could read, learn and exchange ideas. In England, coffeehouses became public spaces where political, philosophical and scientific ideas were being discussed. The first coffeehouse in Britain was established in Oxford in 1650 and the number of coffeehouses expanded around Oxford.[26]
The coffeehouse was a place for people to congregate, to read, to learn and to debate with each other. Another name for the coffeehouse is the Penny University, because the coffeehouse had a reputation as a place of informal learning.[27] “The popularization of new ideas encouraged further changes in the habits and beliefs of many ordinary people. Reading clubs and coffeehouses allowed many urban artisans and businessmen to discuss the latest reform ideas.”[28] Even though the coffeehouses were generally accessible to everyone, most of the coffeehouses did not allow women to participate. Clubs, academies, and Lodges, although not entirely open to the public, established venues of intellectual exchange that functioned as de facto institutions of education.
Education for girls[edit]
During the 17th century, there were a number of schools dedicated to girls, but the cultural norm was for girls to be informally educated at home. During the 18th century, there was an increase in the number of girls being educated in schools. This was especially true for middle-class families whose rising financial status and social aspirations made providing an aristocratic style of education for their daughters both desirable and possible.[29]
In France, one of the most famous schools for girls was the Saint-Cyr, which was founded by Madame de Maintenon. Although the school Saint-Cyr was meant to educate women, it did not dare to challenge the traditional views towards women. Therefore, the fact that there were schools for women did not bring about a social change because the schools themselves did not challenge the social status quo. Women were excluded from learning subjects such as science and politics. In October, 1795, France created “a National Institute and Normal Schools that excluded women from the professional study of Philosophy”[30] In d’Épinay’s recollection of her childhood education, she pointed out that girls were not taught much of anything and that a proper education was considered to be inappropriate for the female sex. The main issue about female education relates to the traditional view of women’s weakness being due to nature. However, there were people, such as John Locke and d’Épinay, who argue that women’s weakness was due to faulty education.[31]
Catherine the Great of Russia would become a patron of women's education in her country throughout the 18th century. Heeding to the advice of Ivan Betskoy, an educational reformer and adviser on education, the Empress created separate boarding schools for both boys and girls. Her establishment of the Smolny Institute for Noble Girls in 1764 became the first higher learning institute for women in Europe; the following year Catherine would also establish the Novodevichii Institute, an all-female institute for the daughters of Russian commoners.[32][33] Just as Frederick the Great would oversee the establishment of compulsory education in Prussia, Catherine would contribute to the evolution of women's education on the continent and allow for the further modernization of the Russian state during the Enlightenment.
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Culture: Nine European historical sites now on the European Heritage Label list European Commission, February 8, 2016
Jump up ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, "Education," in "Encyclopædia Britannica Online" http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/179408/education (accessed on April 3, 2009).
Jump up ^ de Bellaigue, (2007) p. 11
Jump up ^ Hotson, Howard (2007). Commonplace Learning: Ramism and Its German Ramifications 1543–1630. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jump up ^ Eddy, Matthew Daniel (2013). "The Shape of Knowledge: Children and the Visual Culture of Literacy and Numeracy". Science in Context. 26: 215–45. doi:10.1017/s0269889713000045.
Jump up ^ Eddy, Matthew Daniel (2008). The Language of Mineralogy: John Walker, Chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750–1800. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Jump up ^ Elizabeth Williams, A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier (2003) p. 50
Jump up ^ Kurtz, (1994), pp. 14, 15.
Jump up ^ Melton, (2001), pp. 81–82.
Jump up ^ Melton, (2001), pp. 81–82.
Jump up ^ American Eras. 8 vols. Gale Research 1997–1998, "Education Overview"
Jump up ^ de Bellaigue, (2007) p. 12
Jump up ^ James van Horn Melton, Absolutism and the Eighteenth-Century Origins of Compulsory Schooling in Prussia and Austria (2003)
Jump up ^ Christopher Clark, Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (2008) ch 7
Jump up ^ Ellwood Cubberley, The History of Education: Educational Practice and Progress Considered as a Phase of the Development and Spread of Western Civilization (1920) online
Jump up ^ John Franklin Brown (1911). The Training of Teachers for Secondary Schools in Germany and the United States. Macmillan. pp. 21–25.
Jump up ^ Brockliss, (1987), pp. 445–53.
Jump up ^ Brockliss, (1987), p. 5.
Jump up ^ Melton, (2001), p. 88.
Jump up ^ Darnton, (1982), pp. 179–81.
Jump up ^ MDarnton, (1980), p. 28.
Jump up ^ Eddy, Matthew Daniel (2013). "The Shape of Knowledge: Children and the Visual Culture of Literacy and Numeracy". Science in Context. 26: 215–45. doi:10.1017/s0269889713000045.
Jump up ^ Eddy, Matthew Daniel (2010). "Tools for Reordering: Commonplacing and the Space of Words in Linnaeus's Philosophia Botanica". Intellectual History Review. 20: 227–52. doi:10.1080/17496971003783773.
Jump up ^ Greenhalgh, (1995), pp. 19–20.
Jump up ^ Darnton, (1979), p. 12.
Jump up ^ Cowan, (2005), p. 90.
Jump up ^ Cowan, (2005), p. 99.
Jump up ^ http://history-world.org/age_of_enlightenment.htm.
Jump up ^ de Bellaigue, (2007), p. 14.
Jump up ^ Calra Hesse, The Other Enlightenment: how French women became modern (2001), preface timeline.
Jump up ^ Knott, (2005), p. 226.
Jump up ^ J.L. Black, “Educating Women in Eighteenth-Century Russia: Myths and Realities,” Canadian Slavonic Papers, 20 (1978), p. 37.
Jump up ^ Robin Bisha et al. (eds.), Russian Women, 1698-1917: Experience and Expression, An Anthology of Sources (Bloomington, 2002), p. 163.
Further reading[edit]
Brockliss, L.W.B. 1987. French Higher Education in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Butts, R. Freeman. A Cultural History of Western Education: Its Social and Intellectual Foundations (2nd ed. 1955) online
Cook, T. G. The History of Education in Europe (1974)
Cremin, Lawrence A. American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607–1783 (1970)
Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson. The History of Education: Educational Practice and Progress Considered as a Phase of the Development and Spread of Western Civilization (1920) online
Lawson, John, and Harold Silver. A social history of education in England (Routledge, 2013)
Palmer, Joy A. et al. eds. Fifty Major Thinkers on Education: From Confucius to Dewey (2001) online
Ringer, Fritz. Education and Society in Modern Europe (1979); focus on Germany and France with comparisons to US and Britain
Wardle, David. English popular education 1780–1970 (Cambridge UP, 1970)
Whitehead, Barbara J., ed. Women's education in early modern Europe: a history, 1500–1800 (1999) online specialized topics
Primary sources[edit]
Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson, ed. Readings in the History of Education (1920)
Informal education[edit]
Cowan, Brian, 2005. Social life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse New Haven:Yale University Press.
de Bellaigue, Christina. 2007. Educating Women – Schooling and Identity in England and France, 1800–1867 Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Darnton, Robert, 1982. The Literary Underground of the Old Regime. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
"Education Overview (1754–1783)." American Eras. 8 vols. Gale Research, 1997-1998. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.
Education. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 05, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/179408/education
Graff, Harvey J. (1987) The Legacies of Literacy: Continuities and Contradictions in Western Culture and Society (1987) from Middle Ages to present
Greenhalgh, Liz, Worpole, Ken, & Landry, Charles. 1995. "libraries in a world of cultural change London: UCL Press.
Hesse, Calra, 2001. "The Other Enlightenment: how French women became modern". Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Melton, James Van Horn. 2001. "The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe". Cambridge: Cambridge university Press.
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List of Top of the Pops presenters
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Top of the Pops (also known by its abbreviation TOTP) is a British music chart television programme. Until 2007, it was shown each week on the BBC and is now licensed for national versions around the world. The following is a list of presenters who have hosted the BBC show, including the many guest presenters over the years.
Contents
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1 1960s–1970s
2 1970s–1980s
3 1980s–1991
4 1991–1994 revamp: The break away from Radio 1 and Television Centre
5 1994: Return of the Radio 1 DJs
6 1994–1996: The golden mic – celebrity guest presenters
7 1994: Top of the Pops 2 and the magazine
8 1997–2000: Into the new millennium
9 1997: More celebrity guest presenters
10 2000–2003: Developing the brand
11 2002–2006: Top of the Pops Saturday
12 2003: All New Top of the Pops revamp
13 2005–2006: The move to BBC Two and the end – return of guest presenters
14 After the end: Occasional events-led returns
1960s–1970s[edit]
Upon its inception in 1964, Top of the Pops was presented by a team of disc jockeys in rotation: Alan Freeman, David Jacobs, Pete Murray and Jimmy Savile, who presented the very first episode from Manchester on 1 January 1964 and would continue as the longest-serving presenter until hosting his final show on 30 August 1984. Samantha Juste appeared as the disc girl for several episodes until 1967. Jacobs was replaced by Simon Dee in 1966.
Jimmy Savile (1964–1984, plus 31 December 1988, 19 October 2001, 19 September 2003 and 30 July 2006)
Alan Freeman (1964–1969, plus 9 July 1981 and 31 December 1988)
Pete Murray (1964–1969, plus 9 July 1981 and 31 December 1988)
David Jacobs (1964–1966, plus 5 May 1983 and 31 December 1988)
Samantha Juste (1965–1967)
Simon Dee (1966–1969)
The start of BBC Radio 1 in 1967 brought a new influx of DJs to the presenting roster, sometimes co-presenters, although most only stayed with TOTP for a short while. Of these only Ed Stewart and John Peel would become long-term regulars, though there would be a gap before either would return as such. By 1970 only Savile and Blackburn remained of the 1960s regulars and between them they would host all the editions from January 1970 until their duopoly was broken by Ed Stewart's return in March 1971.
Tony Blackburn (1967–1979 and 1981–1983, plus 31 December 1988, 4 April 2003 and 30 July 2006)
Emperor Rosko (1967, 1974–1975)
Stuart Henry (1967–1969)
Dave Cash (1968)
Kenny Everett (1967 and 1973, plus 31 December 1988)
John Peel co-hosted a single edition in 1968, but returned more prominently in the 1980s (see below).
Ed Stewart (1968, 1971–1977)
David Symonds (1968)
14 December 1967 – Mike Lennox co-presented with Alan Freeman
14 March 1968 – Tom Edwards co-presented with Jimmy Savile
11 April 1968 – Lulu co-presented with Jimmy Savile
2 May 1968 – Alan Price co-presented with Alan Freeman
23 May 1968 – Micky Dolenz of The Monkees co-presented with Jimmy Savile
6 June 1968 – Davy Jones of The Monkees co-presented with Jimmy Savile
1970s–1980s[edit]
Jimmy Savile (1964–1984, plus 31 December 1988, 19 October 2001, 19 September 2003 and 30 July 2006)
Tony Blackburn (1967–1979, 1981–1983, plus 31 December 1988, 4 April 2003 and 30 July 2006)
Ed Stewart (1968,1971–1977)
Noel Edmonds (1972–1978, plus 5 May 1983)
Kenny Everett (1973, plus 31 December 1988)
Greg Edwards (1974)
Dave Lee Travis (1973–1984, plus 30 July 2006)
Emperor Rosko (1974–1975)
David Hamilton (1975–1977, plus 31 December 1988)
Paul Burnett (1975, 1977–1979, plus 25 December 1981 and 30 September 1982)
David "Kid" Jensen (1977–1984, plus 31 December 1988)
Peter Powell (1977–1988)
Mike Read (1978–1989, plus 30 July 2006)
Simon Bates (1979–1988)
15 December 1977 – Elton John was guest presenter
11 October 1979 – Andy Peebles presented though did not become a regular host until 1981 (see 1980s–1991 below)
1980s–1991[edit]
The close association with Radio 1 continued into the 1980s, with all TOTP presenters drawn from the ranks of DJs at the station. The list below represents the main TOTP presenters during this period with many other Radio 1 DJs, for example Liz Kershaw, Adrian Juste and Adrian John also appearing on special programmes such as Christmas broadcasts and milestones for TOTP or Radio 1. For this reason, the 30 September 1982 show celebrating Radio 1's fifteenth birthday affords Annie Nightingale, in her one and only appearance and as one of nineteen presenters that day, the honour of being the first female presenter of Top of the Pops, beating Janice Long – who would go on to present TOTP regularly for nearly six years – by three months.
By the end of the decade, the bond with Radio 1 seemed unbreakable with the show being simulcast on the station from 1988 and even traffic reporters like Sybil Ruscoe trying their hand at presenting TOTP. Presenters were also brought in from children's television, including Children's BBC presenters Andy Crane and Simon Parkin, Blue Peter's Caron Keating, and Anthea Turner and Jenny Powell who worked together on Saturday morning show UP2U. With the exception of Turner, who presented until 1991, all appointments were short-lived proving indicative of the diffusion TOTP was about to undergo from Radio 1 in the 1990s.
Jimmy Savile (1964–1984, plus 31 December 1988, 19 October 2001, 19 September 2003 and 30 July 2006)
Dave Lee Travis (1974–1984, plus 30 July 2006)
David Jensen also known as "Kid Jensen" (1976–1984, plus 31 December 1988)
Peter Powell (1977–1988)
Mike Read (1978–1989, plus 30 July 2006)
Simon Bates (1979–1988)
Richard Skinner (1980–1985, plus 6 October 1988 and 19 January 1989)
Tommy Vance (1980–1984)
Steve Wright (1980–1989, plus Top of the Pops 2: 1997–2004, 2006–2007, 2008, 2009)
John Peel (1981–1987, plus 14 December 1995)
Andy Peebles (1979,1981–1984)
Tony Blackburn (1967–1979,1981–1983, plus 31 December 1988 and 30 July 2006)
Mike Smith (1982–1988)
Janice Long (1982–1988, plus 30 July 2006)
Gary Davies (1982–1991)
Pat Sharp (1982–1983, also a member of British vocal duo Pat and Mick together with Mick Brown, plus 30 July 2006)
Bruno Brookes (1984–1991, 1994–1995)
Dixie Peach (1985–1986)
Paul Jordan (1985–1986)
Simon Mayo (1986–1991, 1994–1996)
Nicky Campbell (1988–1991, 1994–1997)
Mark Goodier (1988–1991, 1994–1996, read the Top 20 chart rundown out-of-vision: 1997–2002)
Andy Crane (1988–1989)
Anthea Turner (1988–1991)
Sybil Ruscoe (1988–1989)
Jenny Powell (1989)
Jakki Brambles (1989–1991)
Special appearances:
9 July and 28 August 1980 – B.A. Robertson co-presented with Peter Powell
7 August 1980 – after hosting alone in 1977, Elton John returned to co-host with Peter Powell
14 August 1980 – Roger Daltrey of The Who co-presented with Tommy Vance
21 August 1980 – Cliff Richard co-presented with Steve Wright
4 September 1980 – Kevin Keegan co-presented with Dave Lee Travis
18 September 1980 – Olivia Newton-John co-presented with Simon Bates
25 September 1980 – Russ Abbot co-presented with Mike Read
30 October 1980 – Colin Berry co-presented with Peter Powell
9 July 1981 – Alan Freeman and Pete Murray both returned after over a decade's absence to present with Jimmy Savile
25 December 1981 – Paul Gambaccini co-presented alongside Adrian Juste and former presenter Paul Burnett, with regular presenters Andy Peebles, Dave Lee Travis, Simon Bates, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, John Peel, Steve Wright, Peter Powell, Jimmy Savile, Richard Skinner and Mike Read
25 March 1982 – footballer Garth Crooks co-presented with Peter Powell
27 May 1982 – Debbie Harry of Blondie was guest presenter with John Peel.
30 September 1982 – Radio 1 celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with a special TOTP featuring DJs Paul Gambaccini, Adrian John, Adrian Juste, Jonathan King, Alexis Korner and Annie Nightingale, as well as former presenter Paul Burnett and regular presenters Dave Lee Travis, Andy Peebles, Mike Read, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, John Peel, Jimmy Savile, Mike Smith, Steve Wright, Tommy Vance, Richard Skinner and Peter Powell
5 May 1983 – TOTP celebrated its thousandth show with the return of Noel Edmonds and David Jacobs as well as Paul Gambaccini and regular presenters Dave Lee Travis, Steve Wright, John Peel, Gary Davies, Mike Smith, Peter Powell, Simon Bates, Tommy Vance, Richard Skinner, Mike Read, Tony Blackburn, David Jensen, Andy Peebles, Janice Long, Jimmy Savile and Pat Sharp
29 December 1983 – Adrian John guest presented with Tommy Vance, Richard Skinner, Peter Powell and Gary Davies
25 December 1984 – no regular presenters featured with performers linking between songs
27 December 1984 – Lenny Henry
25 December 1985 – Jonathan King was guest presenter alongside John Peel, Janice Long, Dixie Peach, Steve Wright and Gary Davies
5 May 1988 – Adrian John co-presented with Bruno Brookes
11 August 1988 – Liz Kershaw was guest presenter with Bruno Brookes
6 October 1988 – Richard Skinner returned after three years to co-present with Simon Mayo
20 October 1988 – Caron Keating of Blue Peter co-presented with Steve Wright
17 November 1988 – Susie Mathis co-presented with Gary Davies
8 December 1988 – Caron Keating co-presented with Nicky Campbell
31 December 1988 – TOTP's 25th anniversary saw the return of Jimmy Savile, David Jacobs, Pete Murray, Alan Freeman, Kenny Everett, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, David Hamilton and Peter Powell along with Paul Gambaccini alongside regular presenters Simon Bates, Mark Goodier and Mike Read
19 January 1989 – Richard Skinner co-presented with Bruno Brookes
23 February 1989 – Susie Mathis co-presented with Bruno Brookes
9 March 1989 – Lenny Henry co-presented with Hale and Pace and Nicky Campbell for Comic Relief. All would go on to hold the golden microphone in the mid-1990s (see below)
16 March 1989 – Rod McKenzie was guest presenter with Radio 1 breakfast show colleagues and TOTP presenters Simon Mayo and Sybil Ruscoe
15 June 1989 – Simon Parkin of the Children's BBC Broom Cupboard co-presented with Mark Goodier
29 June 1989 – Tim Smith was an uncredited co-presenter with Anthea Turner
27 July 1989 – Simon Parkin co-presented with Mark Goodier
28 December 1989 – Paul Gambaccini was guest presenter of a special end-of-decade show with Mike Read
The 1991 Gulf War caused the episode due to be transmitted on 17 January 1991 to be rescheduled for Saturday 19 January
1991–1994 revamp: The break away from Radio 1 and Television Centre[edit]
When production moved to the BBC's studios in Elstree, Hertfordshire, a new team of young presenters were introduced in place of the aging Radio 1 DJs. Tony Dortie and Claudia Simon had been working for Children's BBC, with Dortie having presented Saturday morning magazine UP2U (with former TOTP presenters Jenny Powell and Anthea Turner) in the summers of 1988 and 1989 and Simon being one of the presenters of BFT in 1990. Elayne Smith was an underground club DJ and compere who started hosting Channel 4 late-night variety show The 291 Club just a few weeks before the revamp. Smith left after just two episodes to concentrate on The 291 Club and was replaced in March 1992 by Femi Oke who was working at BBC Radio 5, whilst 17-year-old Mark Franklin was picked from local radio station BBC Radio Wiltshire. With a new theme tune and set of titles modelled on a weathervane, the first show was presented by Mark Franklin and Tony Dortie on 3 October 1991 with the first live performance Erasure's Love To Hate You. The first show of the revamp attracted 8.93m viewers, over 1m up on the show's average. Performance rules were altered so that acts had to sing live whether they wanted to or not and performances reflected the current album charts and American Billboard Hot 100 as well as the UK Singles Chart. Two presenters from the team always hosted each episode until July 1992 when Tony Dortie and Mark Franklin began to host some shows individually. By October 1992, the rest of the team had been dropped completely.
Mark Franklin (1991–1994)
Tony Dortie (1991–1994)
Elayne Smith (7 November and 5 December 1991)
Claudia Simon (1991–1992)
Adrian Rose (1991–1992)
Steve Anderson (1991–1992)
Femi Oke (1992)
Special appearances:
2 April 1992 – Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse were guest presenters under the alias of Smashie and Nicey
18 June 1992 – Bob Geldof guested as a co-presenter with Mark Franklin
17 December 1992 – Mr Blobby guested as a co-presenter with Tony Dortie
25 December 1992 – Sid Owen and Danniella Westbrook of EastEnders made guest appearances with Tony Dortie and Mark Franklin
25 December 1993 – Patsy Palmer of EastEnders made a guest appearance with Tony Dortie and Mark Franklin
4 January 1994 – Smashie and Nicey returned to present a special 30th birthday show
20 January 1994 – Joe Elliott of Def Leppard guested as a co-presenter with Tony Dortie
On Thursday 11 June 1992, BBC1 screened England's Euro 92 0–0 draw with Denmark so TOTP was moved to Saturday 13 June, broadcast at 5:30pm.
1994: Return of the Radio 1 DJs[edit]
The presentation changes introduced in 1991 did not have the impact producers had hoped for and by 1993 only Mark Franklin and Tony Dortie remained from the revamped team. Despite claiming 9m viewers in January 1992, the success of the revamp was short-lived and by May 1992 less than 6.5m were tuning in – a figure which remained fairly constant for the next eighteen months. Reasons for the sustained lack of popularity for the show ranged wildly from a general apathy towards the music that featured in the charts at this time to claims that the graphics styled around the 'weathervane' idea were hard to read. Dortie and Franklin presented the show individually in rotation until January 1994 when Ric Blaxill replaced Stanley Appel as executive producer. Blaxill had produced shows for Radio 1 and had survived the first wave of change under new station controller Matthew Bannister which had seen many of the DJs deemed too old for the station to resign or be sacked. Of those DJs that survived Bannister's cull, Simon Mayo, Mark Goodier and Nicky Campbell had all presented TOTP prior to the 1991 revamp and were all reinstated as presenters from 3 February 1994. Also returning was Bruno Brookes, another stalwart of the pre-1991 presenting team, though he was fired from Radio 1 in a second wave of Bannister cullings in February 1995 and accordingly he left the Top of the Pops presenting roster in April. Newer recruits to Radio 1, including Lisa I'Anson, Wendy Lloyd, Claire Sturgess and Jo Whiley, augmented the presenting line-up. Blaxill's ambition was to make the show seem like an event and he wanted the presentation between each song to be as spontaneous as the music it was introducing. To do this Blaxill introduced the 'golden microphone' and increasingly experimented with celebrity guest presenters, mainly drawn from the realms of comedy and sport, as well as pop stars who were not promoting a single that week, to introduce the show.
Simon Mayo (1994–1995, plus 30 August 1996)
Mark Goodier (1994–1995, plus 28 March 1996)
Bruno Brookes (1994–1995)
Nicky Campbell (1994–1997)
Jo Whiley (1995–1998, plus 23 April and 14 May 2006) (with Steve Lamacq 1995–1996)
Lisa I'Anson (1995–1996)
1994–1996: The golden mic – celebrity guest presenters[edit]
17 March 1994 – Robbie Williams and Mark Owen of Take That
7 April 1994 – Andi Peters
14 April 1994 – Meat Loaf
12 May 1994 – Jack Dee
19 May 1994 – Alice Cooper co-presented with Bruno Brookes
9 June 1994 – Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
16 June 1994 – Angus Deayton
7 July 1994 – Reg Presley of The Troggs co-presented with Mark Goodier
21 July 1994 – Julian Clary
25 August 1994 – Malcolm McLaren
1 September 1994 – Claire Sturgess
8 September 1994 – Brian Harvey and Tony Mortimer of East 17
29 September 1994 – Claire Sturgess
6 October 1994 – Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis
20 October 1994 – Jarvis Cocker of Pulp
3 November 1994 – Kylie Minogue
17 November 1994 – Michelle Gayle
1 December 1994 – Lily Savage
8 December 1994 – Neneh Cherry
15 December 1994 – Damon Albarn of Blur
22 December 1994 – Gary Glitter
25 December 1994 – Take That
5 January 1995 – Jack Dee
26 January 1995 – Eternal
2 February 1995 – Kylie Minogue
9 February 1995 – Gary Olsen
23 February 1995 – Peter Cunnah of D:Ream
2 March 1995 – Keith Allen
16 March 1995 – Lenny Henry
30 March 1995 – P.J. and Duncan
13 April 1995 – Phill Jupitus
27 April 1995 – Chris Evans
4 May 1995 – Whigfield
11 May 1995 – Simon Mayo
18 May 1995 – Lisa I'Anson
25 May 1995 – Stewart Lee and Richard Herring
1 June 1995 – Mark Goodier
8 June 1995 – Nicky Campbell
15 June 1995 – Michelle Gayle
22 June 1995 – Simon Mayo
29 June 1995 – Mark Goodier
6 July 1995 – Wendy Lloyd
13 July 1995 – Dale Winton
20 July 1995 – Gayle Tuesday
27 July 1995 – Craig McLachlan
03 August 1995 – Mark Goodier
10 August 1995 – Lisa I'Anson
17 August 1995 – Wendy Lloyd
24 August 1995 – Jarvis Cocker
31 August 1995 – Dale Winton
7 September 1995 – Jo Brand and Mark Lamarr
14 September 1995 – Robbie Williams
21 September 1995 – Simon Mayo
28 September 1995 – Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq
5 October 1995 – Gareth Hale and Norman Pace
12 October 1995 – Nicky Campbell
19 October 1995 – Stewart Lee and Richard Herring
26 October 1995 – Simon Mayo
2 November 1995 – Suggs
9 November 1995 – Lee Evans
16 November 1995 – Louise
23 November 1995 – Nicky Campbell
30 November 1995 – Jack Dee
7 December 1995 – Gary Glitter
14 December 1995 – John Peel
21 December 1995 – Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately of Boyzone
25 December 1995 – Jack Dee and Björk
4 January 1996 – Nicky Campbell
11 January 1996 – Lisa I'Anson
18 January 1996 – Alan Davies
25 January 1996 – Lulu
1 February 1996 – Lee Evans
8 February 1996 – Julian Cope
15 February 1996 – Justine Frischmann of Elastica
22 February 1996 – Lisa I'Anson
29 February 1996 – Nicky Campbell
7 March 1996 – Louise Wener of Sleeper
14 March 1996 – MN8
21 March 1996 – Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq
28 March 1996 – Mark Goodier
4 April 1996 – Dale Winton
11 April 1996 – Andi Peters
18 April 1996 – Bear van Beers
25 April 1996 – Chris Eubank
2 May 1996 – Michelle Gayle
9 May 1996 – Bear van Beers
16 May 1996 – Ian Wright
23 May 1996 – Skin of Skunk Anansie
30 May 1996 – Jack Dee and Jeremy Hardy
On 13 June 1996 BBC1 showed coverage of Switzerland vs Netherlands from Euro '96. Top of the Pops was accordingly moved from the Thursday to Friday, originally as a temporary move to incorporate the BBC's expansive portfolio of sport (as well as Euro '96, the 1996 Summer Olympic Games were also broadcast on the channel that summer), though it soon became clear that the move was permanent and, apart from a couple of one-off occasions on 25 June 1998 and 9 August 2001, TOTP never again returned to its original Thursday night slot.
14 June 1996 – Mark Owen
21 June 1996 – Julia Carling
28 June 1996 – Gina G
5 July 1996 – Mark Morrison
12 July 1996 – Bear van Beers
19 July 1996 – Keith Allen as 'Keithski'
2 August 1996 – Jas Mann of Babylon Zoo
9 August 1996 – Peter Andre
23 August 1996 – Bear van Beers
6 September 1996 – Julia Carling
13 September 1996 – Dennis Pennis
20 September 1996 – Tony Mortimer
27 September 1996 – Harry Hill
4 October 1996 – Tony Wright of Terrorvision
11 October 1996 – Bear van Beers
18 October 1996 – Nigel Kennedy
1 November 1996 – Julian Clary
8 November 1996 – Frankie Dettori
15 November 1996 – Charlie Higson, John Thomson, Paul Whitehouse and Mark Williams of The Fast Show
29 November 1996 – Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately
6 December 1996 – Gary Glitter
13 December 1996 – Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds
20 December 1996 – Shaun Ryder of Black Grape
25 December 1996 – The Spice Girls, whose three performances were introduced by Robbie Williams, Mark Morrison and Gina G
1994: Top of the Pops 2 and the magazine[edit]
As the show entered its fourth decade, Blaxill exploited the strength of the TOTP brand by introducing a tie-in publication Top of the Pops magazine, first published in January 1995, and by launching a sister show, Top of the Pops 2, to augment the weekly music programme. Originally featuring the best of the main show's studio performances from that week with tips for future hits, the 45-minute-long TOTP2 showcased for the first time the extensive performance archive initially through spotlights on particular artists and a rewind to a given year in music each week. Debuting on 17 September 1994 in a 5.15pm Saturday afternoon slot on BBC Two, Johnnie Walker provided voice-over introductions before the show began to draw solely on archive performances from 1997, when former TOTP host Steve Wright took over. TOTP2 moved to a midweek early-evening slot in 1998, retaining a Saturday afternoon repeat, and regularly became one of the most watched shows on the BBC's second channel. Following a revamp of BBC Two's early peak schedules in 2002, the 45-minute show was given over to two shows of twenty-five minutes, and shows began to select celebrity guest editors, such as Jack Dee, Phill Jupitus and Vic Reeves, to choose their own favourite performances from the archive. After being 'rested' in 2004, a reformatted show featuring two new studio performances per week returned for a final full series in 2006-7, to replace the axed main show. Mark Radcliffe replaced Wright as presenter in 2009.
Johnnie Walker (1994–1997)
Steve Wright (1997–2004, 2006–2007, 2008, 2009)
Mark Radcliffe (2009–)
1997–2000: Into the new millennium[edit]
Ric Blaxill left in 1997, and the show was temporarily looked after by Mark Wells who continued his predecessor's policy of having rotating guest presenters. By this time, only Jo Whiley remained of the Radio 1 DJs introduced to the show by Blaxill, though Wells added Radio 1 Breakfast Show caretakers Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley to the roster (although both Whiley and Radcliffe & Riley only appeared twice each between Blaxill's exit and the arrival of his permanent successor in June). With a background in 'serious' music broadcasting having worked on Channel 4's The Tube and The White Room, the new executive producer was Chris Cowey who stripped the show of the gimmicks bequeathed by its predecessors, increased the number of studio performances per week whilst reducing the reliance on music videos, and gradually built a new team of regular presenters with backgrounds in music television and radio to replace the celebrity guests. Alongside Whiley, who graduated from occasional host to lead presenter in June 1997, came Jayne Middlemiss and Zoë Ball. Middlemiss had presented music strand The O-Zone for Children's BBC since 1995, whilst Ball was given a full-time role after guest presenting in March 1997, and ahead of her posting as the host of Radio 1's coveted breakfast show in October. Fellow Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and Never Mind the Buzzcocks host Mark Lamarr were added to the team but were quickly dropped, though Jamie Theakston, co-host with Middlemiss on The O-Zone, and Ball on Live & Kicking arrived in January 1998 after guest presenting the previous October. All would continue to present The O-Zone and Live and Kicking concurrently with TOTP. Ball and Whiley departed in summer 1998 to be replaced by former Smash Hits editor Kate Thornton who established herself with Middlemiss and Theakston as lead presenters by autumn 1998. A revamp in May 1998 which included a change of title sequence, logo and theme music also saw a shift in focus from the Top 40 to the Top 20, with the chart rundown, now voiced every week by Radio 1 Chart Show host and former TOTP presenter Mark Goodier, extended from the Top 10 to Top 20. Children's TV presenter and model Gail Porter and Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills augmented the line-up from March 1999, and though Mills left in August, Porter continued with Middlemiss and Theakston as lead presenters into the new millennium.
Jo Whiley (1995–1998, plus 23 April and 14 May 2006)
Jayne Middlemiss (1997–2001)
Zoë Ball (1997–1998, 19 October 2001)
Jamie Theakston (3 October 1997, 1998–2002, 2003)
Kate Thornton (1998–1999)
Gail Porter (1999–2001)
Scott Mills (1999)
1997: More celebrity guest presenters[edit]
17 January 1997 – Rhona Cameron
24 January 1997 – Phil Daniels
31 January 1997 – Noddy Holder
7 February 1997 – Ardal O'Hanlon
14 February 1997 – Peter Andre
21 February 1997 – Ant and Dec
28 February 1997 – Ian Wright
14 March 1997 – Ian Broudie
21 March 1997 – Kylie Minogue
28 March 1997 – Zoë Ball
4 April 1997 – Mark and Lard (Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley)
11 April 1997 – Mark Owen
18 April 1997 – Louise
25 April 1997 – Dannii Minogue
2 May 1997 – Cathy Dennis
16 May 1997 – Dannii Minogue
23 May 1997 – Mark and Lard
30 May 1997 – The Spice Girls
1 August 1997 – Mary Anne Hobbs
8 August 1997 – Phill Jupitus
15 August 1997 – Denise van Outen
22 August 1997 – Sarah Cawood
12 September 1997 – Mark Lamarr
3 October 1997 – Jamie Theakston
10 October 1997 – Mark Lamarr
31 October 1997 – Mary Anne Hobbs
28 November 1997 – Mark Lamarr
13 November 1998 – Katy Hill
17 September 1999 – Emma Ledden
TOTP toured the country between 26 August (a rare Thursday show, broadcast on BBC2) and 15 October 1999. These shows were broadcast from different cities' nightclubs, in order: The Revolution, Edinburgh; Event II, Brighton; Club Wow, Sheffield; L2, Liverpool; Ikon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Dome II, Birmingham; and Time & Icon, Swansea
Former presenter Mark Goodier returned to voice the Top 20 countdown between 1997 and 2002. At the beginning of 2003, he was temporarily replaced by Scott Mills. Wes Butters voiced the countdown from February to November 2003.
2000–2003: Developing the brand[edit]
Richard Blackwood became joint lead presenter in August 2000 and presented in rotation with Jayne Middlemiss, Jamie Theakston and Gail Porter. In July 2001, Blackwood left the presenting roster, with Middlemiss leaving the following month. Josie D'Arby, who had hosted an episode in October 2000, made a short-lived return in autumn 2001 but joined Gail Porter in exiting before the end of the year leaving Jamie Theakston as lead presenter until March 2002 when he was replaced by new recruits model Lisa Snowdon and former TOTP guest presenter Sarah Cawood. Liz Bonnin joined the team from Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE in May and the majority of shows throughout 2002 were presented by these three presenters, with Theakston only returning for sporadic appearances, and again on a couple of occasions in 2003.
After the 2000th edition on 13 September 2002, the presenting team continued to rotate solely between Liz Bonnin, Lisa Snowdon, Sarah Cawood alongside the returning Richard Blackwood until the new year. Blackwood's final show came on Christmas Day 2002, but the three females continued to present through 2003 along with an increasing number of occasional presenters drawn mainly from breakfast television and Radio 1. Colin Murray and Edith Bowman joined their former RI:SE teammate Liz Bonnin in mid-2003 and, though both were used sparingly, Bowman would return as relief presenter in 2006. Konnie Huq also presented three shows concurrent with her role as Blue Peter presenter in 2003. More successful was Huq's former Blue Peter colleague and The Big Breakfast host Richard Bacon who joined the presenting roster in January 2003, graduating to lead presenter by September. Along with newcomers and former children's television hosts Margherita Taylor, Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates, this quartet presented in rotating pairs until another revamp of TOTP took place in November 2003.
Jo Whiley (1997–1998)
Jayne Middlemiss (1997–2001)
Jamie Theakston (1997–2002, 2003)
Gail Porter (1999–2001, plus 2 May 2003)
Richard Blackwood (2000–2001, 2002)
Josie D'Arby (6 October 2000, 2001)
Sarah Cawood (2002–2003, plus 30 July 2006)
Lisa Snowdon (2002–2003)
Liz Bonnin (2002–2003)
Richard Bacon (2003, 2005–2006)
Colin Murray (2003)
Edith Bowman (2003, 2006)
Margherita Taylor (2003, plus 15 April 2005)
Konnie Huq (2003)
Fearne Cotton (2003, 2004–present)
Reggie Yates (2003, 2004–present)
Guest appearances:
14 April 2000 – Sara Cox
29 May 2000 – Chris Moyles co-presented a special Bank Holiday Monday edition from Sheffield Arena as part of BBC Music Live alongside Jamie Theakston
6 October 2000 – Josie D'Arby
24 December 2000 – CBBC presenter Adrian Dickson hosted the Tweenies special
25 December 2000 – Sara Cox co-hosted with Jamie Theakston and Richard Blackwood
9 August 2001 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, a show which was moved to Thursday
19 October 2001 – Zoë Ball and Jimmy Savile returned to present a show heralding the return to BBC Television Centre after ten years of recording at Elstree, with Jamie Theakston and Dermot O'Leary
16 November 2001 – Vernon Kay
25 December 2001 – Sara Cox co-hosted with Jamie Theakston
8 February 2002 – Dermot O'Leary
19 April 2002 – Melanie B
7 March 2003 – Ben Elton
2 May 2003 – Gail Porter, former presenter, returns to co-host with Richard Bacon
27 June 2003 – Jonathan Ross co-presented with Fearne Cotton
15 August 2003 – Jack Osbourne co-presented with Edith Bowman
7 November 2003 – Ronan Keating co-hosted with Fearne Cotton, almost eight years after last appearing as a mid-90s guest presenter
2002–2006: Top of the Pops Saturday[edit]
In September 2002, in an attempt to combat the increasing ratings success of ITV's rival chart show CD:UK, the Top of the Pops brand diversified and a children's TV spin-off was created to run alongside the main show. Top of the Pops Saturday began on 21 September 2002 as a segment to fill the final 45 minutes of the BBC One Saturday morning kids programme The Saturday Show, presented by Fearne Cotton, who would graduate to presenting the main show from 2003. For the first season, Cotton co-presented with Simon Grant. Cotton alone continued to present the show after The Saturday Show ended its second season in 2003, with TOTP Saturday gaining its own stand-alone slot on BBC One at 11.00am, immediately following The Saturday Show's replacement Dick and Dom in da Bungalow. Following the removal of Saturday morning children's television from BBC One to BBC Two in 2005, the show was renamed Top of the Pops: Reloaded from 17 September until its end in March 2006. For this final season, Cotton was joined by former Pop Idol contestants Sam and Mark and Radio 1 DJs JK and Joel as co-presenters. The final show was shown on 25 March 2006.
Fearne Cotton (all episodes 2002–2006, plus the main TOTP show: 2003, 2004–)
Simon Grant (2002–2003)
Sam Nixon (2005–2006)
Mark Rhodes (2005–2006)
Jason King (2005–2006)
Joel Ross (2005–2006)
2003: All New Top of the Pops revamp[edit]
In 2003, former Top of the Pops presenter Andi Peters became new Executive producer and began another radical overhaul. The first edition of All New Top of the Pops was broadcast on 28 November 2003, presented live by former MTV video jockey Tim Kash. The ratings for the first show were 5.65m. Kash presented shows alone until 30 April 2004, after which he began to present with previous presenters Fearne Cotton and/or Reggie Yates, who eventually began to present shows together without Kash. After presenting 14 February 2003 episode, Cotton became a more prominent presenter from June 2003, with Yates also joining the presenting roster in August. Both continued to present regularly until the November 2003 revamp. Kash left to rejoin MTV, making his last appearance in August 2004, allowing Cotton and Yates to present alone. For three shows in October and November 2004, Radio 1 Breakfast Show host Chris Moyles was drafted in to co-host alongside Cotton and Yates, and this trio also fronted the last show of 2004 before Christmas in a show styled as a Radio 1 Christmas party.
In 2003, Tim Kash became only the third presenter, after Jimmy Savile in 1971 and Noel Edmonds in 1978, to host Christmas Top of the Pops solo.
Tim Kash (2003–2004)
Fearne Cotton (2004–)
Reggie Yates (2004–)
Chris Moyles (2004, plus 29 May 2000, 22 April 2005 and 14 May 2006)
Only two shows between April 2004 and March 2006 did not feature either Fearne Cotton or Reggie Yates:
6 February 2004 – Natalie Brown covered Kash when he was absent.
15 April 2005 – Richard Bacon and Margherita Taylor returned as relief presenters to host, eighteen months after their last show together.
22 April 2005 – Chris Moyles and his Radio 1 breakfast show colleagues, Aled Haydn Jones, Rachel Jones and Dave Vitty were guest presenters
2005–2006: The move to BBC Two and the end – return of guest presenters[edit]
In November 2004, it was announced that Top of the Pops would move from its primetime slot on Friday nights on BBC One to a new Sunday night slot on BBC Two, a move largely viewed as the last sidelining of the show before inevitable cancellation. The move was initially intended to take place in Spring 2005 and an 'extended format' was promised but the show remained on BBC One until July 2005 with the final Friday show on 8 July followed by another episode the following Monday. The first BBC Two show ran for 35 minutes, five minutes longer than the BBC One show, and aired live on Sunday 17 July 2005 at 7pm, immediately after the announcement of the new week's chart and incorporated elements of TOTP2, which had been rested a year previously, by showing two archive performances alongside the new music. However, viewing figures halved within a fortnight of the new scheduling, from an average of 2.4 million viewers on BBC One to around 1.5 million on BBC Two. The ratings never improved, despite the show going on location to the 2006 Winter Olympics and Radio 1's One Big Weekend, and on 20 June 2006 the BBC announced that Top of the Pops was being axed due to no longer being able to compete with 24-hour cable music channels, with the final episode airing on 30 July 2006.
New Executive producer Mark Cooper oversaw a return to the use of guest presenters, a full list of which is given below, but unlike in the 90s, this time the celebrities were paired with one of the already established lead presenting team of Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates, and newcomer comedian Rufus Hound. The three lead presenters appeared on all of the BBC Two shows between them and when not joined by a celebrity co-host they presented in pairs with each other or with one of the secondary presenting team of Richard Bacon and, from January 2006, Edith Bowman. Occasionally, the show was moved from Sunday nights but remained a live broadcast, as was the case on the following Mondays: 15 August 2005, 16 January 2006 and the five shows between 13 February and 13 March 2006. The show was also once transmitted on a Tuesday: 11 July 2006.
In May 2006, BBC staff were asked to form the audience for several Top of the Pops shows after it emerged that the BBC did not have a premises licence for hosting public entertainment events at Television Centre.
Lead presenters
Fearne Cotton (2004–)
Reggie Yates (2004–)
Rufus Hound (2005–2006)
Relief presenters
Richard Bacon (2005–2006)
Edith Bowman (2006)
Guest presenters
17 July 2005 – Phill Jupitus
24 July 2005 – Jeremy Clarkson
31 July 2005 – Christian O'Connell
15 August 2005 – Phil Tufnell
28 August 2005 – Lulu
4 September 2005 – Phill Jupitus
11 September 2005 – Suggs
2 October 2005 – Jeremy Bowen
9 October 2005 – Richard Hammond
16 October 2005 – Phill Jupitus
6 November 2005 – Anastacia
13 November 2005 – Sharon Osbourne
27 November 2005 – Noddy Holder
18 December 2005 – Justin Lee Collins (1.89m viewers)
25 December 2005 – Shane Richie
16 January 2006 – Peter Kay as Brian Potter from Phoenix Nights
29 January 2006 – James May
13 February 2006 – Sue Barker and Colin Jackson, from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
27 February 2006 – Jocelyn Brown and Matt Allwright
13 March 2006 – Cyndi Lauper
19 March 2006 – Trevor Nelson
26 March 2006 – Jo Brand
2 April 2006 – Trevor Nelson
23 April 2006 – Jo Whiley
7 May 2006 – Trevor Nelson
14 May 2006 – Vernon Kay, Chris Moyles and Jo Whiley, as part of Radio 1's One Big Weekend in Dundee
21 May 2006 – Diarmuid Gavin
28 May 2006 – Preston of The Ordinary Boys
4 June 2006 – Spoony
18 June 2006 – Annie Mac
11 July 2006 – Annie Mac – from T in the Park
30 July 2006 – Jimmy Savile, Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Mike Read, Pat Sharp, Janice Long, Sarah Cawood, Edith Bowman, Reggie Yates, Rufus Hound – an assortment of presenters past and present return for the last weekly show . Fearne Cotton, who was unavailable, also presented a brief pre-recorded segment from Fiji(3.98m viewers)
After the end: Occasional events-led returns[edit]
After being taken off the air in 2004, sister show Top of the Pops 2 was resurrected for a new run on Saturday nights at 8pm which reverted to the old format of mixing archive clips with new studio performances. The new series began two months after the original show ended, on Saturday 30 September 2006, with new studio performances provided by Nelly Furtado and Razorlight and a Top 10 chart rundown. All the episodes in this series followed the familiar TOTP2 presentation of no on-screen presentation, but rather a voiceover from Steve Wright:
30 September 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Razorlight: America and Nelly Furtado: Promiscuous
7 October 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Richard Hawley: Just Like The Rain and Jamelia: Something About You
14 October 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Nerina Pallot: Sophia and Seth Lakeman: The White Hare
21 October 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Amy Winehouse: Rehab
28 October 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Vincent Vincent and the Villains: Johnny Two Bands
4 November 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); All Saints: Rock Steady and Gnarls Barkley: Who Cares
11 November 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Emma Bunton: Downtown and Ray Lamontagne: How Come
18 November 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Sandy Thom: Lonely Girl and Tony Bennett: Lullaby of Broadway
25 November 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Damien Rice: 9 Crimes
2 December 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); The Fratellis: Whistle For The Choir
9 December 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Lil Chris: Gettin' Enough and Lily Allen: Littlest Things
16 December 2006 – Steve Wright (voice only); Kasabian: Empire
6 January 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Muse: Starlight
13 January 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Just Jack: Starz in their Eyes
20 January 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Regina Spektor: Fidelity
3 February 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Simon Webbe: My Soul Pleads For You, Duke Special: Freewheel and Kaiser Chiefs: Ruby
10 February 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); The Feeling: Rose, Louise Setara: Wrong Again and Findlay Brown: Come Here
17 February 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Jack Savoretti: Dreamers and James Hunter: No Smoke Without Fire
24 February 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); The View: Same Jeans and Corinne Bailey Rae: I'd Like To
3 March 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Madness: Sorry
10 March 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Westlife: Total Eclipse of The Heart and Maximo Park: Our Velocity
17 March 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Good Charlotte: The River, Lemar: Tick Tock and Muse: Invincible
24 March 2007 – Steve Wright (voice only); Kaiser Chiefs: The Angry Mob
Following the 2006–7 run, TOTP2 returned only to mark one-off special occasions and dropped the new performances. Such shows were dedicated to certain musicians such as Wham! and Duran Duran in 2010, as well as the death of Michael Jackson in 2009, or marked special occasions such as Christmas and New Year in 2008 and 2009, or tie-ins with a particular season of BBC programmes such as the School season which featured a back-to-school special to mark the end of the 2010 summer holidays, and 80s-themed show to mark the final series of BBC TV drama Ashes to Ashes, also in 2010.
As well as the intermittent broadcasts of TOTP2 on BBC Two and a yearly Christmas show which remains on BBC One, Top of the Pops is survived by occasional 'event-led' broadcasts. It has twice returned for special shows for the BBC's biennial Comic Relief charity fundraiser in 2007 and 2009, with the following presenters:
16 March 2007 – Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May – Top Gear of the Pops for Comic Relief 2007
13 March 2009 – Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates, Noel Fielding, French and Saunders, Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, David Tennant and Claudia Winkleman – Comic Relief does Top of the Pops
An annual BBC One show which looks back at the previous year in music also appears each Christmas Day at 2pm. In 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016 (New Year's Day in 2015), a New Year's Eve party show was also broadcast on BBC One in the early evening:
25 December 2006 – Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates and Edith Bowman
25 December 2007 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2008 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
31 December 2008 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2009 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
31 December 2009 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2010 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2011 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2012 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
31 December 2012 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2013 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
31 December 2013 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2014 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
31 December 2014 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2015 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
1 January 2016 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2016 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
31 December 2016 – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates
25 December 2017 – Fearne Cotton and Clara Amfo
The BBC has faced repeated calls for the return of the weekly chart show, but has insisted that this will never happen. In August 2010, however, the BBC disclosed that it was in talks with independent production companies with a view to developing a new weekly music show for BBC Three to begin sometime in 2011, although no such show was ever broadcast. However, in 2017 the BBC launched Sounds Like Friday Night, a new live music show hosted by Greg James and Dotty.
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