It’s been a decade since ‘Top Of the Pops’ disappeared from our TV screens, save for the annual Christmas special, and we think now is the perfect time to resuscitate the classic music show.
With so few opportunities for acts to get their music on the box these days, ten years later the need for a dedicated music show has never been greater.
Simon Cowell has already stated that he’d love to buy the rights from the BBC and re-launch it on ITV, saying he’d “rather it came to us than just sit in the dustbin.”
And surely even he couldn’t make as big a mess as the Beeb did with the recent reboot of ‘Top Gear’?
Former presenter Fearne Cotton backed up the music mogul, adding: “Let’s get a petition, let’s get banners and let’s picket outside. People don’t have a platform these days. TV-wise it’s difficult for bands and artists to do promotion at the moment.”
There is a glimmer of hope - and we won’t even need banners.
The BBC’s Director of Music has revealed his hopes to revive the iconic music series, inspired by the successful revamp ‘Top Gear’ had when it was brought back in 2002.
Bob Shennan revealed he hopes to bring back ‘TOTP’, following the massive success of the recent Adele special on BBC One.
However, he added that it would not return in its traditional weekly slot, saying: “If just bringing back ‘Top Of The Pops’ was such a straightforward and obvious thing to do, somebody on some channel would have done it.
“The challenge is to find a new way to bring it to mainstream audiences. We’re going to have to find a new twist,” he said, adding that any potential show would have a new name.
Hmmm, we’re not convinced, but if you’re reading Bob, here’s eight reasons why we need ‘TOTP’ back in our lives..
