Will There Be A Christmas Top Of The Pops?

[renegadefm]

Just wondering will the BBC broadcast a Christmas Top of the pops this year?

 

The iconic music tv program, it has been described as a musical institution, ran from the 60's until 2006.

 

Personally I miss it, and I would say its widely greatly missed, but they kept the Christmas specials up until a couple years ago, but I was wondering will it be brought back this year? 

[barry1010]

Friday 27 Dec 7pm BBC4

[Buenchico]

A useful link:
https://ukchristmastv.weebly.com/confirmed2024.html

(Scrolling down that link shows that, contrary to the content of your post, there was a Christmas special last year as well).

[johnk]

Is there anything worth putting on?

[Khandro]

It's a Christian celebration of the birth of Christ, not a pop-fest. 

[Mozz71]

So Khandro, does that mean you just want a 24hr Songs of Praise on the Beeb?

[Mozz71]

TOTP will never return fully as a weekly show, as despite the nasty stuff that happened on the show, the music charts have changed beyond all recognition. Streaming has destroyed the relevence of the singles chart.

[Arksided]

Yes I do agree with you moss, you can't beat a bit Vynal... but TOFTP.. we all love a litlle nostalgia... remember what you were doning when this song were about for eg. my knees tremble.

[Khandro]

Mozz //So Khandro, does that mean you just want a 24hr Songs of Praise on the Beeb?//

Not really, but You've got 350 odd days the rest of the year to play whatever you want.

What's wrong with our lovely & traditional Christmas carols, -don't you like them?

[Mozz71]

Khandro 9:54

Honestly? Not really, no. That being said, I'm not a very Christmassy person, and I don't watch a huge amount of TV. Better TOTP than Eastenders and Corrie.

 

In fairness, I'm pretty sure they still have the Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, and probably some kind of carol service on over the festive period. There's room enough for everything nowadays.

[renegadefm]

Buenchico, 

I can't remember seeing any Christmas special TOTP last year, because they announced there wouldn't be any the same year as we didn't have a Queens speech. 

 

I remember it being a very odd Christmas as we had no Queens speech or Christmas TOTP. 

 

I remember it being very odd in our family. Not sure if it was last year or year before. 

[Buenchico]

You've still got about a fortnight left to watch last year's programme on BBC iPlayer, Renegadefm 😊

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001twtw/top-of-the-pops-review-of-the-year-2023

[barry1010]

It was impossible to broadcast the Queen's speech last year, she was dead.  The King's Speech was broadcast.

Did you celebrate Christmas on the wrong day?

[renegadefm]

Buenchico, 

Thanks, but its only a review, not a proper show. 

[Mozz71]

Renegadefm, the Christmas Day TOTP has always been a review of the year show. I seem to recall them also doing a New Year show of what's coming the following year from time to time as well.