Sounds familiar... BBC to replay old Top of Pops

Axed TV institution Top of the Pops is to return, with the BBC showing weekly reruns in its original time slot.

The much-loved show was a viewing staple for 42 years until it was dropped in 2006 after falling audiences.

But now the BBC is to draw on its huge cache to retransmit old editions of the programme, episode by episode, each Thursday night at 7.30pm from April 7.

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The series will start at 1976, the point at which the BBC’s full archive of shows begins.

Although the series began in 1964, originally recorded in a Manchester church, many editions were famously lost or taped over in the days when TV stations were less rigorous about cataloguing their shows.

Leeds-born Sir Jimmy Savile was the first and last presenter of the chart show.

Individual performances have been used for editions of TOTP2, but they have rarely been shown in full. It is hoped the reruns will continue to run for subsequent years.

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