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By *UNCHBOX OP Man
over a year ago

folkestone

Anyone following the repeats of totp from 1980 on BBC4?. I series record but notice there are big gaps as some weeks there are no programme, so I'm guessing Jimmy Saville or Dave Lee Travis presented the missing weeks.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, you are correct when a dodgy presenter is on they don't show the programme. I've been following it since they started with 1978.

Jonathan King was on one programme, someone cocked up there!

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"Anyone following the repeats of totp from 1980 on BBC4?. I series record but notice there are big gaps as some weeks there are no programme, so I'm guessing Jimmy Saville or Dave Lee Travis presented the missing weeks. "
They can,t cut saville out on you tube clips where major artists are Concerned Unfortunately and the artists Calibre are probabily behind that, to Valuable not to see just a shame saville is on one I saw only a short clip but long enough for Me AAAaaaarrrgghh horrible man.

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By *verysmileMan
over a year ago

Canterbury

They have also shown clips of the Bay City Rollers (didn't Derek get potted for paedo porn? ), so the filter isn't perfect.

That said, the reruns have been a walk into my past on freeview.......nostalga ain't alway expensive!

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"They have also shown clips of the Bay City Rollers (didn't Derek get potted for paedo porn? ), so the filter isn't perfect.

That said, the reruns have been a walk into my past on freeview.......nostalga ain't alway expensive!"
Different Music for different generations,but yes I agree with you nostalgia it is, thank god I can access it still..

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By *its_n_piecesCouple
over a year ago

there were about 3 months of strike action by the musicians union workers at the bbc that year over the use of the beebs in house orchestra which they used to acompany the artists on TOTP, it's possible that it's these episodes that were never made in the first place which seem to be missing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"there were about 3 months of strike action by the musicians union workers at the bbc that year over the use of the beebs in house orchestra which they used to acompany the artists on TOTP, it's possible that it's these episodes that were never made in the first place which seem to be missing."

I remember the strike, the missing programmes stretch over the years since 1978, definitely when a dodgy presenter is on. Then substituted with The Sky at Night

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

The BBC replaced miming with live vocals in 1991, Mr Lemon, whose company promotes Kylie Minogue, said last night: 'We have made our thoughts known to the BBC. A potentially disastrous sounding performance can stop people buying the record, and there is evidence that this has been happening.'

Kylie is fit, but who needs shit vocals

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

Why would any of Savilles victims choose to watch totp repeats?

They wouldn't.

So why can't the rest of us watch the music?

It's not that hard to edit him out if we feel that strongly about it.

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