Top of the Pops
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Season 23 Episodes
John Peel and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 January 1986. Featuring A-Ha, Paul McCar…
Mike Smith and Steve Wright take a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performa…
Mike Read and Dixie Peach present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 January 1986 and featuring Fine Young C…
Paul Jordan and Mike Smith take a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performan…
Gary Davies and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 January 1986. Featuring Billy Ocean, …
Simon Bates and Paul Jordan present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 6 February 1986. Featuring The Damned, F…
Gary Davies and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 13 February 1986 and featuring Belouis …
Janice Long and Mike Read present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 February 1986. Featuring Paul Hardcastl…
Paul Jordan and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 February 1986. Featuring Sigue Sigue…
Gary Davies and Dixie Peach present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 6 March 1986. Featuring Mike and the Mec…
Mike Smith and Steve Wright take a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performa…
Janice Long and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 March 1986 and featuring Jim Diamond,…
Mike Smith and Bruno Brookes take a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including perform…
Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 3 April 1986. Featuring Big Audio Dynamite…
Mike Smith and Steve Wright take a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performa…
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 17 April 1986. Featuring Big Country, Falco, A-ha, Jane…
Janice Long and Dixie Peach present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 April 1986. Featuring The S.O.S Band,…
Mike Smith takes a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Janet …
Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 08 May 1986. Featuring Patti La Belle and …
Simon Bates and Mike Smith take a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performan…
Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 May 1986. Featuring Jaki Graham, Bil…
John Peel and Janice Long present this pop chart programme, first broadcast on 29 May 1986. Featuring Doctor and the Med…
Pop chart programme. Simon Bates and Gary Davies present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 June 1986. Featur…
Mike Smith takes a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Falco,…
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 June 1986. Featuring Bucks Fizz, Nu Shooz, Amazulu, …
Mike Smith and Steve Wright take a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performa…
Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 3 July 1986. Featuring The Housemartins, Samantha Fox, …
Simon Bates and Bruno Brookes present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 10 July 1986. Featuring Midnight Star,…
Mike Smith takes a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Ub40, …
Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 July 1986. Featuring Hollywood Beyon…
Janice Long and Mike Read present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 31 July 1986. Featuring Spandau Ballet, Th…
Mike Smith takes a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Boris …
Simon Bates presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 August 1986. Featuring It Bites, Lionel Richie, Anit…
Gary Davies and Bruno Brookes present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 August 1986. Featuring Depeche Mode…
John Peel and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 August 1986. Featuring Jermaine Stewart…
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 September 1986. Featuring The Communards, MC Miker G …
Mike Smith takes a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Run Dm…
Peter Powell and Stevie Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 18 September 1986. Featuring Eurythmi…
Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 September 1986. Featuring Amazulu, Huey Lewis and th…
Mike Smith takes a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Five S…
Gary Davies and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 October 1986. Featuring The Bangles, Ni…
Simon Bates and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme. First broadcast on 16 October 1986, this edition features …
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme. First broadcast on 23 October 1986, this edition features The Pretenders, …
Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 October 1986. Featuring Mel and Kim, Berlin, Catheri…
Peter Powell and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 6 November 1986 and featuring Bon Jovi…
Mike Smith takes a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Shakin…
Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 November 1986, featuring Europe, Simple…
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 November 1986, featuring performances by Frankie Goe…
Mike Smith takes a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Oran '…
Janice Long and Steve Wright presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 11 December 1986, featuring performanc…
Mike Smith presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 18 December 1986, featuring performances by Jackie Wilso…
Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 December 1986, featuring performances by Billy Ocea…
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