Everything about Pick Of The Pops totally explained
Pick of the Pops in its original incarnation, was a
BBC radio programme based on the Top 20
UK singles chart and first broadcast on the
BBC Light Programme in
1955, transferring to
BBC Radio 1 (but
simulcast on
BBC Radio 2) when the latter launched in
1967. Its last edition in its original form was broadcast on
24 September 1972. The presenters were
Franklin Engelmann (1955),
Alan Dell (1956),
David Jacobs (1956-61 and 1962),
Don Moss (1963) and
Alan Freeman (1961-62, 1963 and 1964-72). Under Freeman it achieved vast audiences, due not least to the relative dearth of pop music on
BBC radio at the time.
Having concentrated on rock shows for some years, Alan Freeman first revived the show on
Capital Radio in the
1980s, where it was called "Pick of the Pops Take Two", combining the new chart (for much of the time a London-only Top 15) with a chart from the past. In
1989, he returned to Radio 1, where the show featured three past charts each week, but claimed at the end of
1992, when this run ended, that he'd never present it again.
However in
1994 the show was revived again on
Capital Gold, moving to
BBC Radio 2 in
1997, with Freeman now counting down two archive charts each week, interspersing trivia about the records featured, as researched by the show's producer
Phil Swern. In
2000 Freeman retired due to health concerns, and the show was taken over by
Dale Winton. The last regular weekly edition was broadcast on
August 28 2004, and over the following year
bank holiday specials of the show were broadcast sporadically.
Pick Of The Pops returned on a weekly basis in
September 2005, independently produced by Unique Broadcasting for Radio 2, on Sunday afternoons from 3.30-5.00 pm with Winton remaining at the helm and with only one archive chart per week. It moved to the slightly earlier time slot of 3.00-4.30 pm from
January 28 2007, being extended to run from 2.30-4.30 pm from
February 25. Since October 2007 the show has reverted to featuring two archive charts per programme, from the years between 1963 and 1994.
The theme tune is "At the Sign of the Swinging Cymbal" performed by
Brian Fahey and his Orchestra.
Catch phrase
Alan Freeman would open the Pick of the Pops show with his famous catch phrase
Greetings, pop pickers!.
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