Top of the Pops Reloaded
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{{Infobox television
| alt_name = Top of the Pops Saturday
| image = TOTP Reloaded.JPG
| caption = Top of the Pops Reloaded title card
| camera =
| runtime = 45 minutes
| creator =
| developer =
| producer = Christina Brown
& Lee Mogridge
| executive_producer = Sue Morgan
| based_on = Top of the Pops
| starring = Fearne Cotton
Sam Nixon
Mark Rhodes
Emilia Coxe
Jason King
Joel Ross
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = Tony Gibber
| opentheme = "Now Get Out of That"
| endtheme =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| network = {{plainlist|
| first_aired = {{start date|2002|9|21|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2006|3|25|df=y}}
| num_episodes = 28
| list_episodes =
| related = {{plainlist|
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Top of the Pops Reloaded (TOTP Reloaded), originally known as Top of the Pops Saturday (2002–2005), is a weekly children's music show that was broadcast as part of the Saturday morning CBBC schedule on BBC One and later BBC Two. It ran from 2002 to 2006. It was based on the programme Top of the Pops.
It was shown on BBC Two at 11{{nbsp}}am on Saturdays and repeated at 6{{nbsp}}pm on the CBBC Channel on Sundays. Presenters included Fearne Cotton, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes. The show also regularly featured Radio 1 DJs JK & Joel. From episode twelve onwards, a new feature was introduced where digital viewers could press their red button to access a different choice of music.{{Vague|date=November 2023}} Richard Oliff was the first ever 'Dad-Dancer' to be featured on the show, performing to Mylo's Doctor Pressure.{{Vague|date=November 2023}}
''Top of the Pops Saturday''
Top of the Pops Saturday began on 21 September 2002 as part of the relaunched format of The Saturday Show, as a 45-minute show-within-a-show, taking up the final section of the programme; TOTP Saturday was presented by The Saturday Show{{'}}s presenters of the time, Fearne Cotton and Simon Grant{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fc4e3786bc1c4ef6b23652514972c5aa|title=Broadcast – BBC Programme Index|date=21 September 2002 |publisher=BBC|access-date=19 June 2021}}
The introduction of TOTP Saturday was seen as an attempt by the BBC to combat the successful ITV Saturday morning series SMTV Live, the last hour of which was given over to music magazine CD:UK. Whereas the BBC had traditionally been dominant in the Saturday morning slot, SMTV Live and CD:UK were hugely successful, something which had contributed to the poor reception of the original version of The Saturday Show, and its subsequent relaunch.
''Top of the Pops Reloaded''
Following the BBC's decision to end The Saturday Show as a year-round run (and instead run it between series of Dick & Dom in da Bungalow),{{when|date=November 2023}} TOTP Saturday split off and continued as a billed show in its own right,{{when|date=November 2023}} hosted primarily by Fearne Cotton. This continued until the summer of 2005, when the programme took a break from the screen, returning in the Reloaded format in September 2005.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/43e70bb868994604b4f1395b39e70ea3|title=Broadcast – BBC Programme Index|date=10 September 2005 |publisher=BBC|access-date=19 June 2021}} This ran alongside the final series of Dick & Dom in da Bungalow, and both Dick & Dom... and TOTP Reloaded ended in March 2006.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5c25199b3bae492d8307afcc8373c947|title=Broadcast – BBC Programme Index|date=25 March 2006 |publisher=BBC|access-date=4 April 2023}}
Shortly after the demise of TOTP Reloaded, the main weekly Top of the Pops also came to an end. As a result of the demise of the parent show, the Saturday morning spin-off was also decommissioned, though another spin-off series, TOTP2, featuring archive Top of the Pops footage, continued.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0479849|Top of the Pops: Reloaded}}
- {{IMDb title|0383152|Top of the Pops: Saturday}}
{{Top of the Pops}}
{{British Saturday morning television}}
Category:Pop music television series
Category:2000s British music television series
Category:2002 British television series debuts
Category:2006 British television series endings
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:British television spinoffs
Category:British children's musical television series
Category:2000s British children's television series
Category:CBBC original programming