TOP OF THE POPS Archives

7 September 2019 Paul Matts 2

❉ Writer Paul Matts praises the Pretenders’ late, great “ragged lieutenant”.

8 June 2019 Paul Matts 0

❉ Why was Jerry Dammers such a significant figure in the punk and new wave movement?

20 April 2019 Robert Fairclough 0

❉ Robert Fairclough & Mike Kenwood on the unveiling of Russell T Davies’ Years and Years and other TV tales!

26 February 2019 Ian Harris 0

❉ This detour down Glam’s back alleys has more should-have-been hits than perhaps any other box set.

8 January 2019 Ken Shinn 0

❉ Oh, no, not him – Bowie’s first alter ego never lost control, writes Ken Shinn.

5 January 2019 Michael Seely 0

❉ Revisiting Peter Davison’s last season as Doctor Who, which debuted on this day in 1984.

28 November 2018 Tanya Jones 3

❉ This anarchic show pushed the barriers of television as far as they could go – in the best possible taste.

25 July 2018 Robert Fairclough 0

❉ A sonic biography of both the band and the man. Honestly, you won’t spend a better 60 quid this year.

5 April 2018 Iain MacLeod 0

❉ In 1984, BBC2 broadcast the most terrifying film ever made: ‘Threads’.

30 March 2018 Russ J Graham 2

❉ Once Britain’s biggest star… and then gone. Why?