Top of the Pops was a music behemoth back in ... beaten only by the likes of Tony Blackburn and Peter Powell. Like many of the hosts, Cotton made the move from BBC Radio 1 to Radio 2 but it's ...

Campaigners are lobbying the BBC to bring music programme ‘Top Of The Pops’ back permanently – but in a more child-friendly capacity. ‘Top Of The Pops’ was axed by the BBC in 2006 after ...

But when the first episode of Top of the Pops was screened 50 years ... with two of these shows being fronted by West Midland DJs Peter Powell and Simon Bates. The band's first hit, Dance Stance ...

Simon Bates and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 17 May 1984. Includes appearances from Break Machine, Deniece Williams, Marillion, Hazell Dean, Womack & Womack ...

As the 80s concludes with Margaret Thatcher’s tenth year in power, in contrast to worldwide political change, Top Of The Pops provides ... Jazzie B, Jenny Powell and more deliver their tales ...