Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops

The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.

Genre: Reality

Director: Johnnie Stewart

Cast:Tony BlackburnPeter PowellMike ReadGary DaviesMark GoodierSteve WrightSimon BatesSimon MayoJanice Long


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Season 43, Episode 1

January 8, 2006

Reggie Yates and Edith Bowman introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Richard Ashcroft, Tom Jones, Liz Mcclarnon, and Texas.

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Season 43, Episode 2

January 16, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Peter Kay introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Texas, A-ha, James Blunt, and Dead Or Alive.

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Season 43, Episode 3

January 22, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Rufus Hound introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Maximo Park, The Go! Team, Belinda Carlisle, and Hi_tack.

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Season 43, Episode 4

January 29, 2006

Fearne Cotton and James May introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Shakira, All Saints, Fall Out Boy, and The Police.

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Season 43, Episode 5

February 5, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Richard Bacon introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Corinne Bailey-rae, S. Club 7, The Go! Team, and Jack Johnson.

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Season 43, Episode 6

February 13, 2006

The Winter Olympics resort of Sauze d'Oulx plays host to Sugababes, Craig David, The Darkness, Westlife, Kubb and Andrea Bocelli. With Fearne Cotton, Colin Jackson, and Sue Barker. Hour long Winter Olympics special.

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Season 43, Episode 7

February 20, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Rufus Hound introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Goldfrapp, The Mystery Jets, The Jam, and Boy Kill Boy.

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Season 43, Episode 8

February 27, 2006

Fearne Cotton, Jocelyn Brown and Matt Allwright introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Pink, Black Eyed Peas, Delays, and The Darkness.

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Season 43, Episode 9

March 6, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Richard Bacon introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Kanye West, Sister Sledge, The Feeling, and Graham Coxon.

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Season 43, Episode 10

March 13, 2006

Reggie Yates and Cyndi Lauper introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Sugababes, Corinne Bailey-rae, Placebo, and Franz Ferdinand.

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Season 43, Episode 11

March 19, 2006

Rufus Hound and Trevor Nelson introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Girls Aloud, James Blunt, Beverley Knight, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

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Season 43, Episode 12

March 26, 2006

Rufus Hound and Jo Brand introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from The Strokes, Embrace, Kim Wilde, and Pink.

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Season 43, Episode 13

April 2, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Trevor Nelson introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from The Kooks, Wham!, The Streets, and L.l. Cool J Feat. Jennifer Lopez & Jermaine Dupri.

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Season 43, Episode 14

April 9, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Rufus Hound introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Snow Patrol, Yazz & The Plastic Population, The Streets, and Daniel Powter.

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Season 43, Episode 15

April 16, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Red Hot Chili Peppers, JosÉ Gonzales, The Charlatans, and Mary J. Blige.

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Season 43, Episode 16

April 23, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Jo Whiley introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from The Flaming Lips, All Saints, Orson, and Him.

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Season 43, Episode 17

April 30, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Rufus Hound introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Chicane Feat. Tom Jones, Graham Coxon, Snow Patrol, and The Futureheads.

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Season 43, Episode 18

May 7, 2006

Rufus Hound and Trevor Nelson introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Keane, Bruce Springsteen, Infernal, and Vittorio.

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Season 43, Episode 19

May 14, 2006

Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates, Vernon Kay, Chris Moyles, and Jo Whiley introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, and Britain's best selling single of the week from Radio 1's Big Weekend in Dundee. Including performances from Sugababes, Editors, Dirty Pretty Things, and Primal Scream.

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Season 43, Episode 20

May 21, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Diarmuid Gavin introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from The Ordinary Boys Feat. Lady Sovereign, Take That, The Feeling, and The Beautiful South.

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Season 43, Episode 21

May 28, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Preston introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Matt Willis, The Rolling Stones, The Zutons, and Nelly Furtado.

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Season 43, Episode 22

June 4, 2006

Fearne Cotton and DJ Spoony introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Keane, Mariah Carey, Lostprophets, and Leann Rimes.

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Season 43, Episode 23

June 11, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Rufus Hound introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Mcfly, 442, The Automatic, and Sugababes.

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Season 43, Episode 24

June 18, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Annie Mac introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Muse, Kylie Minogue, Guillemots, and Ray Lamontagne.

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Season 43, Episode 25

June 25, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Edith Bowman introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Pussycat Dolls, Captain Sensible, Jamie Foxx, and Busta Rhymes.

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Season 43, Episode 26

July 2, 2006

Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from The Kooks, Belle & Sebastian, Moloko, and Christina Aguilera.

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Season 43, Episode 27

July 11, 2006

Rufus Hound and Annie Mac introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Paul Weller, and Corinne Bailey-rae.

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Season 43, Episode 28

July 16, 2006

Reggie Yates and Edith Bowman introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Mcfly, BeyoncÉ Feat. Jay-z, James Morrison, and Rogue Traders.

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Season 43, Episode 29

July 23, 2006

Edith Bowman and Rufus Hound introduce the fast-moving music show featuring live performances, old and new hits, and Britain's best selling single of the week. Including performances from Primal Scream, Lemar, The Strokes, and The Specials.

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Season 43, Episode 30

July 30, 2006

The Final Countdown The Rolling Stones get the show started, as they did 42 years ago, with archive footage of The Last Time. Spice Girls, Sonny and Cher, Wham!, Madonna, Take That, Beyonce and Coldplay are among highlights as the show bows out for the last time. Hosts include Sir Jimmy Savile, Tony Blackburn, Janice Long, Mike Read, Dave Lee Travis, Tony Blackburn, Pat Sharp, Sarah Cawood, Rufus Hound and Reggie Yates.

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Season 43, Episode 31

December 25, 2006

Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates, and Edith Bowman introduce the fast-moving music show featuring the best selling hits of 2006, and the Christmas number one of 2006, in this Christmas special. Including performances from Mcfly, Arctic Monkeys, Madonna, and Ne-yo.