Top of the Pops - Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980

1980 was the year that both pop music and TOTP changed. A new generation of British pop arrived with Dexy's, Adam Ant, The Human League and OMD. The show changed as the veteran TOTP orchestra was laid off, the studio audience doubled in size, new sets were built and a range of celebrity co-hosts from Elton John to Kevin Keegan to Russ Abbott arrived. This documentary explores these dramatic changes in Top of the Pops, British pop and British society with a cast including Adam Ant, The Human League, OMD, Kevin Rowland, Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay (who appeared with St Winifred's School Choir), Kelly Marie, Ray Dorset, Johnny Logan, The Vapors, The Piranhas and Richard Skinner.

All Broadcasts

• BBC Four

  Sat 13th Jan 2024

  02:05

• BBC Two

  Sat 13th Mar 2021

  20:00

• BBC Four

  Sat 15th Apr 2017

  00:30

• BBC Four

  Fri 14th Apr 2017

  21:00

• BBC Four

  Mon 23rd Mar 2015

  00:35

• BBC Four

  Fri 20th Mar 2015

  21:00

• BBC Four

  Fri 9th Jan 2015

  00:00

• BBC Four

  Thu 8th Jan 2015

  20:00

• BBC Four

  Sat 3rd Jan 2015

  01:00

• BBC Four

  Fri 2nd Jan 2015

  21:00