Fearne Cotton and Clara Amfo present Top of the Pops Christmas, featuring the biggest and hottest stars from across the year and, as is tradition, end the show with the Christmas number one of 2018.\n\nHit-making maestro Jonas Blue teams up with One Direction's Liam Payne and rising singer-songwriter and actress Lennon Stella to perform their massive single Polaroid. Rita Ora returns to the programme to perform her Top 10 smash Let You Love Me, while singer-songwriter George Ezra sings Shotgun. Clean Bandit bring their number one smash Solo to the Top of the Pops Christmas party, and pop songstress Jess Glynne - now the most successful female British artist in UK chart history - makes a welcome return to the Top of the Pops Christmas studio to perform one of her seven number one smash hits, I'll Be There, as well as teaming up with Rudimental and Dan Caplen on the number one hit These Days. Freya Ridings performs her single Lost Without You, and Anne-Marie sings her massive hit 2002, which she co-wrote with Ed Sheeran. Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Tom Walker makes his debut on Top of the Pops Christmas with his huge international hit Leave a Light On, while Swedish singer Zara Larsson makes a welcome return to Top of the Pops Christmas to perform her current hit Ruin My Life. BBC Music Sound of 2018 winner Sigrid makes her debut on Top of the Pops Christmas with her smash hit Strangers, and DJ, producer, songwriter and remixer Jax Jones teams up with with vocalist Ina Wroldson to perform Breathe.
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18/02/1982
Mike Read presents the pop chart show. Includes appearances from Toni Basil, Madness, UB40, Tight Fit, the Jam, Robert Palmer, George Benson and Jets.
21-02-2025
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24/02/1977
Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 February 1977 and featuring Racing Cars, Barbara Dickson, Leo Sayer, The Real Thing, Heatwave, Bryan Ferry, ...
21-02-2025
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23/05/1997
Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 May 1997 and featuring No Mercy, Placebo, Skunk Anansie, Katrina & The Waves, The Rembrandts ...
21-02-2025
BBC 4
16/05/1997
Dannii Minogue presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 May 1997 and featuring North & South, Brownstone, Sinead O'Connor, Damage, Katrina & The Waves, Mary J Bli ...
21-02-2025
BBC 4
14/02/1985
Simon Bates and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 February 1985. Featuring Dead Or Alive, The Colour Field, Killing Joke, The Smiths, and Elaine ...
14-02-2025
BBC 4
16/02/1978
David 'Kid' Jensen presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 February 1978 and featuring The Tom Robinson Band, Kate Bush, Elkie Brooks, Magazine, Darts, Billy Joe ...
14-02-2025
BBC 4
09/05/1997
Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 May 1997 and featuring Katrina & The Waves, The Seahorses, George Michael, Mansun, 911, Jamiroquai, Blackstreet, ...
14-02-2025
BBC 4
02/05/1997
Cathy Dennis presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 May 1997 and featuring D:Ream, Robbie Williams, 911, The Cardigans, DJ Quicksilver, Shola Ama, Kenickie, Repu ...
14-02-2025
BBC 4
05/02/1987
Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 February 1987. Featuring The Blow Monkeys, Randy Crawford, The Smiths, Curiosity Killed the Cat, ...
07-02-2025
BBC 4
05/02/1981
Simon Bates introduces the pop programme, featuring Joe Dolce, the Stray Cats, the Passions, Coast to Coast, Rainbow, Blondie, Spandau Ballet, Cliff Richard, Dire Straits, XTC a ...
07-02-2025
BBC 4
01/01/1987
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 January 1987, featuring Status Quo, a-ha, Alison Moyet, Elkie Brooks, Gary Moore, Spitting Image and Madonna.
03-01-2025
BBC 4
04/04/1985
Richard Skinner and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 April 1985. Featuring Glenn Frey, Phyllis Nelson, The Cool Notes, David Grant & Jaki Graham ...
10-02-2018
BBC 4
The Story Of 1988
1988 – and while Top of the Pops celebrates its Silver Jubilee (that’s 25 years, folks!), a new showrunner brings the show to an ever younger audience with lively ne ...
27-03-2021
BBC 4
14/02/1985
Simon Bates and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 February 1985. Featuring Dead Or Alive, The Colour Field, Killing Joke, The Smiths, and Elaine ...
14-02-2025
BBC 4
02/06/1977
Noel Edmonds looks at the weekly pop chart from 1977 and introduces Elkie Brooks, the Muppets, Twiggy, Jesse Green, Hot Chocolate, The Strawbs, Genesis, The Four Seasons, Heatwa ...
02-06-2023
BBC 4
01/09/1977
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 September 1977 and featuring Hudson Ford, Elvis Costello, Joe Dolan, David Essex, Steve Gibbons Band, Elkie ...
30-08-2024
BBC 4
07/11/1991
Mark Franklin and Elayne Smith present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 November 1991 and featuring The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, Crowded House, K-Klass, Belinda ...
08-11-2024
BBC 4
16/02/1978
David 'Kid' Jensen presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 February 1978 and featuring The Tom Robinson Band, Kate Bush, Elkie Brooks, Magazine, Darts, Billy Joe ...
14-02-2025
BBC 4
09/05/1997
Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 May 1997 and featuring Katrina & The Waves, The Seahorses, George Michael, Mansun, 911, Jamiroquai, Blackstreet, ...
14-02-2025
BBC 4
20/04/1989
Nicky Campbell and Sybil Ruscoe present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 April 1989 and featuring Transvision Vamp, Inner City, Holly Johnson, Metallica, Midnight ...
21-04-2023
BBC 4