Top Of The Pops back for Christmas
Top Of The Pops is coming back this Christmas, with two special one-off shows, the BBC confirmed.
The first programme will go out on BBC1 on Christmas Day and the second on New Year's Eve.
The corporation said there are no plans to bring back TOTP, which regularly pulled in millions of viewers in its 1970s heyday, permanently.
The show was decommissioned in 2006 after more than 40 years of showcasing established and new acts.
The announcement follows growing speculation of a comeback and lobbying by the music industry and fans for the show's return amid claims of a lack of pop music on television generally.
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has questioned where the successor to TOTP would come from.
And last month X Factor judge Simon Cowell might have ruffled a few feathers when he said he would like to buy the rights to the show from the BBC - and broadcast it on its rival ITV instead.
"I would rather it came to us than just sit in the dustbin," he told the BBC.
Bands including the Ting Tings have also called for the show's return.
The TOTP Christmas Special is billed as an hour-long celebration of all things pop.
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Well I'm glad that Top Of The Pops will be back on Christmas Day, to me it's part of Christmas, I grew up with Top of the Pops, and used to love watching it.
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