There are 4 1975 editions scheduled for January

3rd January

13-3-75: Presenter: Noel Edmonds

(20) THE RUBETTES – I Can Do It
(8) DANA – Please Tell Him I Said Hello
(29) DUANE EDDY – Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar ®
(47) TAM WHITE – What In The World’s Come Over You
(24) ELTON JOHN BAND – Philadelphia Freedom (danced to by Pan’s People)
(10) JOHNNY MATHIS – I’m Stone In Love With You (video)
(42) THE SWEET – Fox On The Run
(4) FOX – Only You Can
(NEW) PETER SHELLEY – Love Me Love My Dog
(2) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Bye Bye Baby
(31) GLORIA GAYNOR – Reach Out, I’ll Be There
(1) TELLY SAVALAS – If (video)
(13) BARRY WHITE – What Am I Gonna Do With You (and credits)

20-3-75: Presenter: Tony Blackburn

(8) KENNY – Fancy Pants
(4) GUYS & DOLLS – There’s A Whole Lot Of Loving
(23) THE GOODIES – Funky Gibbon WATCH
(NEW) THE TYMES – Someway Somehow I’m Keeping You
(5) BARRY WHITE – What Am I Gonna Do With You (danced to by Pan’s People)
(6) AVERAGE WHITE BAND – Pick Up The Pieces (video)
(NEW) CLIFF RICHARD – It’s Only Me You Left Behind
(29) WIGAN’S OVATION – Skiing In The Snow
(NEW) LULU – Take Your Mama For A Ride
(9) THE MOMENTS & THE WHATNAUTS – Girls
(34) MIKE REID – The Ugly Duckling
(1) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Bye Bye Baby
(28) THE OSMONDS – Having A Party (video) (and credits)

10th January

10-4-75: Presenter: Emperor Rosko

(26) TEACH-IN – Ding-A-Dong
(8) PETER SHELLEY – Love Me Love My Dog
(2) THE SWEET – Fox On The Run ®
(40) THE THREE DEGREES – Take Good Care Of Yourself WATCH
(25) YIN & YAN – If (video)
(31) BAD COMPANY – Good Lovin’ Gone Bad (video)
(21) PETER SKELLERN – Hold On To Love
(23) 10cc – Life Is A Minestrone ® WATCH
(7) JIM GILSTRAP – Swing Your Daddy (danced to by Pan’s People)
(4) THE GOODIES – Funky Gibbon ®
(34) SUSAN CADOGAN – Hurt So Good WATCH
(1) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Bye Bye Baby ® WATCH
(28) K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND – Get Down Tonight (and credits)

24-7-75: Presenter: Noel Edmonds

(17) THE SWEET – Action
(2) TYPICALLY TROPICAL – Barbados
(NEW) THE WOMBLES – Super Womble
(11) THE BEE GEES – Jive Talkin’ (video)
(46) SPARKS – Get In The Swing
(13) LINDA LEWIS – It’s In His Kiss ®
(16) SMOKEY – If You Think You Know How To Love Me WATCH
(47) ROGER WHITTAKER – The Last Farewell
(30) LINDA CARR & THE LOVE SQUAD – Highwire (video)
(NEW) BING CROSBY – That’s What Life Is All About
(23) HAMILTON BOHANNON – Foot Stompin’ Music (danced to by Pan’s People)
(1) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Give A Little Love (video)
(19) THE RUBETTES – Foe-Dee-O-Dee (and credits)

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06t3ql3/t...-pops-christmas-1975

I watched this christmas 1975 totp on BBC over Christmas and the closing credits say that it was presented by Jonathan King, amongst others. However the show didn't feature JK at all. Initially I thought jk had been edited out, however I watched the same episode on youtube and again he wasn't featured. Either the end credits are a mistake or he was edited out of the one on player and the one on youtube. Any ideas?

BBC Four are also showing editions from new year 1979 and 1987 on the same night just before those two 1975 shows as well as kicking off their continued weekly run that has now reached new year 1997.

To be honest I think that is overkill and I enjoy watching bthe old editions, especially from the 70's and 80's, but BBC Four is turning into the TOTP Channel!

I've seen the Emeperor Rosko one on You Tube in the last year. Always interesting to see the show presented by the less obvious hosts of the time.

Yes I'm afraid they edited me out of dozens of shows.

robbiex wrote:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06t3ql3/t...-pops-christmas-1975

I watched this christmas 1975 totp on BBC over Christmas and the closing credits say that it was presented by Jonathan King, amongst others. However the show didn't feature JK at all. Initially I thought jk had been edited out, however I watched the same episode on youtube and again he wasn't featured. Either the end credits are a mistake or he was edited out of the one on player and the one on youtube. Any ideas?


I watched that and didn't notice that in the credits. But we've now got a crazy situation where it's not just omitting the songs and appearances of people but just the saying aloud of the name is forbidden it seems. On Radio's Pick Of The Pops over Christmas when reading the festive 1974 rundown which included Oh Yes You're Beautiful by Gary Glitter, his name was not said in the countdown, just the song title. It's taking grown adults for fools to do this. We can all cope with hearing the name.

On the subject of editing, I watched the 17th December 1981 TOTP on iPlayer a couple of nights back and am convinced they had been editing many of the songs on that to be shorter, lots seems cut off quicker than I expected and I don't think they were doing that on original broadcast. Any thoughts? The BBC seems rather too fond of all this re-editing of original broadcasts and if it's on iPlayer why do that?

Rich wrote:
robbiex wrote:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06t3ql3/t...-pops-christmas-1975

I watched this christmas 1975 totp on BBC over Christmas and the closing credits say that it was presented by Jonathan King, amongst others. However the show didn't feature JK at all. Initially I thought jk had been edited out, however I watched the same episode on youtube and again he wasn't featured. Either the end credits are a mistake or he was edited out of the one on player and the one on youtube. Any ideas?


I watched that and didn't notice that in the credits. But we've now got a crazy situation where it's not just omitting the songs and appearances of people but just the saying aloud of the name is forbidden it seems. On Radio's Pick Of The Pops over Christmas when reading the festive 1974 rundown which included Oh Yes You're Beautiful by Gary Glitter, his name was not said in the countdown, just the song title. It's taking grown adults for fools to do this. We can all cope with hearing the name.

On the subject of editing, I watched the 17th December 1981 TOTP on iPlayer a couple of nights back and am convinced they had been editing many of the songs on that to be shorter, lots seems cut off quicker than I expected and I don't think they were doing that on original broadcast. Any thoughts? The BBC seems rather too fond of all this re-editing of original broadcasts and if it's on iPlayer why do that?

I recorded the 1975 chritmas edition on my recordable freesat player and it showed jk in the end credits, but now watching it on iplayer that part of the credits is edited out. I also notice that whenever they show episodes when John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were no. 1, they always show legs and co dancing to it. I remember that most of the time they would show the scene from Grease, but I guess they would have to pay them rights to do that, so they save money by showing legs and co. I wish they would show the episodes featuring DLT. It seems ridiculous to cancel someone from history because of some low level sexual assualt that didn't even warrant a custodial sentence. It would free-up lots more episodes.

Apologies, it is the Christmas 1985 edition that features JK in the end credits, but not in the show, and also not in the version i watched on youtube either.

Robbie you are correct about the Grease situation on TOTP. No doubt about that one. That is one of my earliest very clear memories of TOTP during the summer of 1978 and there is absolutely no doubt about it that every week of the 9 week No1 run of You're The One That I Want it featured the film performance from Grease because I can remember week after week for a very long time always seeing them in the Shake Shack at the end of the programme, all summer long.

Rich wrote:
Robbie you are correct about the Grease situation on TOTP. No doubt about that one. That is one of my earliest very clear memories of TOTP during the summer of 1978 and there is absolutely no doubt about it that every week of the 9 week No1 run of You're The One That I Want it featured the film performance from Grease because I can remember week after week for a very long time always seeing them in the Shake Shack at the end of the programme, all summer long.

I absolutely loved that film and those brilliant songs when I was 11. The 9 week run was ended by one of the most memorable scenes ever on TOTP. Bob Geldof ripping up a poster of John and Olliva, before performing Rat Trap. You're the one that I want was one of the first singles that I ever bought. The actual first one was "Matchstalk Men" by Brian and Michael, but I was only 11, so please forgive me.

Good God Robbie, that's hilarious.

My first ever bought record is also Brian & Michael's Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs too. I was almost 9 so you can forgive me as well.

Clearly all us children were putting it at the top of the charts in spring '78. I remember also seeing it done on Blue Peter. What I can't forgive is my first bought tune being the one that kicked Kate Bush off the top spot. Tut, tut. I wish it had been Wuthering Heights instead. I rememeber school also had a bit of an obsession about LS Lowry at the time for whatever reason, I know he'd passed a couple of years previous. Our front room at the time actually had a large tall picture on the wall of just one single black matchstalk man with walking stick. I still think the song is very charming however.

Just a correction, Geldof ripped up the poster on TOTP in November after he displaced Summer Nights after 7 weeks with Rat Trap, thus ending their 16 weeks, four months topping the charts since June. I didn't mind, I was obsessed and loved all those songs and yet for some reason as much as I loved them all I never bought or owned a copy of any of them, but have Brian & Michael! Well I only got 30p pocket money each week so that's my excuse.

Happy New Year to you.

Kate loved my version of Wuthering Heights as sung by Heathcliff.

robbiex wrote:
Rich wrote:
Robbie you are correct about the Grease situation on TOTP. No doubt about that one. That is one of my earliest very clear memories of TOTP during the summer of 1978 and there is absolutely no doubt about it that every week of the 9 week No1 run of You're The One That I Want it featured the film performance from Grease because I can remember week after week for a very long time always seeing them in the Shake Shack at the end of the programme, all summer long.

I absolutely loved that film and those brilliant songs when I was 11. The 9 week run was ended by one of the most memorable scenes ever on TOTP. Bob Geldof ripping up a poster of John and Olliva, before performing Rat Trap. You're the one that I want was one of the first singles that I ever bought. The actual first one was "Matchstalk Men" by Brian and Michael, but I was only 11, so please forgive me.

I'd rather listen to Brian & Michael on a loop than listen to or watch the songs from Grease. I found it painful to watch like the sequel.

The choir spoilt Matchstalk Men Cats and Dogs.