This got me thinking.......

Channel 5 are to screen an episode of Top of the Pops from Christmas 1985 on Boxing Day at 6:40pm.

A chap called Jonathan King did the US chart rundown, and was apparently even in the studio that night.

Will Channel 5 leave it in or edit it out?

I know that when German TV shows regular reruns of original episodes of TOTP, Jonathan's appearances are left in completely unedited, but Gary Glitter's performances ARE edited out.

What will Channel 5 do?

JK- belated birthday wishes for the other day, and thank you for my Christmas card!

My bet is that they will remove it. I remember that Jonathon's part in the show "I love 1971" was edited out in the repeat version some years afterwards. However because five is a lower profile channel, maybe they will show it. Also whenever bbc programmes are later shown on commercial channels they undergo some editing anyway to allow more time for the adverts.