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To understand how good Steve Wright was just listen to this from 1983, it sounds so fresh years later #RIPSteveWright in my mind Steve put the DNA into so much modern Ad lib spontaneity FUN from Radio/Tv even through to 10sec vids on Tik Tok..this guy started it all years ago
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Good Morning #BoycottImACeleb kinda needs its own Nigel Farage Poster....you're welcome #ImACeleb
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Rylan, Jeremy Vine, Huw Edwards, Gary Lineker, Graham Norton..The Sun are loving every minute destroying the lives of those who are guilty of doing nothing else than working hard in their careers to be successful..The BBC are sitting ducks in this, they have to follow guidelines
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Trying to be funny with writers and chat GPT is one thing in 2024, but back in 83 Steve wright had none of that just talent timing and 100% confident in his team...this live on the radio Ad lib sketch 'Sid The Manager 'BEES' British Comedy at it's best #ripstevewright
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#TOTP sup @MariahCarey just one of the best singers ever Mariah Carey #tbt
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Happy New Year🇬🇧London never disappoints welcome 2024 #HappyNewYear #LondonNYE #LondonFireworks
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So they're moving #TOTP #Christmas rewind to Nov! this Fri BBC 4 8pm..No probs @tonydortie @MarkFranklin123 & Claudia Simon..get the #MariahCarey song going.. add some Crisp Biscuits and start the #Advent early #TotpChristmas
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Steve Wright in the afternoon for me was the best Radio Voice who inspired all of us who ever sat behind a Mic..also he was such a absolute kind and wonderful person, there are not enough words to say about this absolute horrible news #RIPSteveWright
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Next on #totp 2Bob Geldof who was so far up his own anus to our lovely crew, I have no idea to this day why he even bothered turning up for #totp if you don't like something don't get involved @MarkFranklin123 is a knight to cope with Sir Soap Dodger
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LIVE TV AYE??...CBS JUST DID this..to Billy Joel ON Piano Man at the main part of the song
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Not nice to hear the news about Annabel Giles, she was 1 of the first TV Presenters I ever worked with, taught me so much, especially how to dress stylish on a Budget, very funny & kind person as well.
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Welcome back #TOTP Rewind year zero continues myself @tonydortie + @MarkFranklin123 + @U2 #TheFly BBC 4 8pm Friday
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Name me 1 artist as good a dancer and performer as @michaeljackson #TOTP
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Please RT .... #Laterz #Totp Please take care and thank you all once again for having me in your homes and rattling away between ur fave tunes bands legend and pop stars..... Dortie xxxxxxxx Year Zero Out
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May Princess Kate stay strong in her Cancer Battle...just horrific news x really feel for Kate and Williams children as well..That she had to announce this so publicly as well
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2 years
Am sure you all know about the forthcoming BBC 2 story of 91 and 92 that I've taken part in.. well I've been filming this week a forthcoming Channel 5 show for the spring 'Secrets & Scandals of #totp ' was a honour to be asked to appear along side some legends..Have a nice week
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#totp I remember being informed by BBC complaints after this Episode the word #Eargasm ' was not deemed popular suitable family language
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#TOTP REWIND #TBT Top Of The Pops starts this Friday 8pm on BBC4 welcome back @MarkFranklin123 my fellow member of the year zero cool kids!!!!
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#LARain #storm washed out Universal and flooded Despicable Me Land..look even The Minions have evacuated. It was my son's Birthday.. and a total wash out..feel so bad #birthdays shld be fun especially for kids. @UniStudios you staff could at least have smiled like once!
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#totp Secrets & Scandals is on Channel 5 Saturday Night. I've stayed out of the Drama or being personal and nasty as many on ur blogs and some tweets n stuff are. So only good things to say including a funny @MariahCarey story. here's a #tbt #MariahCarey
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#totp . take care and Thank you Top OF The Pops for giving me a brilliant start in life x
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E17 I remember doing a GIG with them once, and we got the message they were not coming, they had a tour manager lovely guy called Denton built like a Brick S house, I announced to like 1000+ no E17 then just ducked behind denton as the air rained alcopops! #totp
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#TOTP So glad The story of 91 is on next weekend some truth is going to be told + more TOTP year zero #totp92 as well ..have a nice week thank you for all the new follows & messages stay safe. Please share Love Prayers & Thoughts for everyone in #Ukraine x
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#totp I remember the call..it would be good for your career Tony being in the Mr Bobby video show your fun side off! ..and yep a few weeks later I got the Boot....oops!
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#totp for Me Gary Davies was the best ever ...nice bloke as well..the only DJ from The Beeb who ever personally offered congratulations when I got the job..pure Diamond
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#TOTP Today is @MarkFranklin123 Birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr Diamond Geezer..the man who made sure #TOTP year zero stood out and ensured the repeats made it to TV. To this day I'm grateful for him covering for my messy start to the show and not getting sacked.Tweet him some love x
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#TOTP see you on Friday BBC 4, 8pm and if you want to know about The Story of 91 update peep below..Have a nice day and a brill 2022
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Popstar random story.Debbie Harry insisted on being introduced to random me.record label boss knocks on my dressing room Ms Harry says come say hello.just so amazing...me a.kid off the block and a Pop Icon knew my name..cheers @BlondieOfficial you are a real PopStar always #totp
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#totp That's it for me I'm heading back into obscurity! See you for 92 nxt year and the Story of 91 coming to BBC 2 next year...Happy Christmas and a Brill 2022...stay safe #Laterz
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So funny people think Harry Styles started popstars wearing dresses..umm nope Manics ahead of their time and really nice people as well #totp he didn't wear this for the dress rehearsal though! True story
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#totp talking of the End Of the Road thank you everyone for all your support on our reruns..I rembr the 1st 1 going out again, I was too petrified to even look at any comments on Twitter...so the minute it finished I just put paw Patrol on our tv and hugged my son
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Always remember hands down sorry if this sounds rude..but even the crew decided Beverly Craven was one of the most boring people ever to appear on #totp They brought in xtra dry ice to resuscitate the performance
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London is rinsing the word unbeleivable #NYE #NewYear2024 #LondonFireworks #HappyNewYear 📷
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I went to see #EMF live at Camden Town Forum weirdest thing was seeing @stephenfry doing some kinda pogo stick dance to #Unbelievable #totp Zero Rhythm though it was like watching some1 be resuscitated with those electric defibrillators you see on TV..bless him
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Good day Hustlers Sorry for No Tweets on this weeks #TOTP just been mad busy working ..don't forget #Totp92 Story of 92 Saturday BBC 2 8.45
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DARIUS WAS JUST A GENTLEMAN, he let me cast him once in a Hip Hop version of Grease I created, with all the jokes/criticism u can imagine thrown his way...but he still carried it off. A really funny and true gentleman Darius Danesh Rest in Peace Soldier.
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#totp Take That this was version 2 ..the best ever moment was take 1..where Lulu came in started singing and tripped over full flight but still kept singing..there was like a 10min pause and a band vote as to whether to go again wld have been viral b4 viral
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Hey @PaulYoungParlez for me you were one of the nicest people ever to come on #totp while I was there..also the only person who actually bothered to say hello to all the crew just a real popstar
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#TOTP Name dropping moment, I once got a plane to LA that Queen's Roger Taylor was on..was brill so rock n roll, and this is a true story ... I beat him at Scrabble twice ....really nice guy.
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#TOTP who would have thought years later Right Said Fred would be so irrelevant
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#TOTP THREAD People judging U doesn't really do any harm. In reality best to njoy the moment and not look back. So with 1 exception I'm not going to name the British Bullying Company aka Gang of 4 as it won't make a difference to anything 3 of them and their water melon spines
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Thanx everyone for making #TOTP so much fun to watch see you all Next Friday 8pm BBC 4..njoy yourselves
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Justified And Ancient by KLF and Tammy Wynette is just 100% A CRISP BISCUIT..brilliant tune #totp
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#TOTP ha ha Truth is Carter USM got booted out they thought they were above the show wouldn't sing live....So The Boss Stan wasn't taking no Crap from jumped up Soap Dodgers with a fan base who will hate this tweet ..literally told to leave the studios...ha haha
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#totp I'll say it you SEXIST PIG 2Bob Geldof..you are just the worst ....you were a grown man at the time as well ...
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By the way Claudia Simon living in Ibiza bringing her kids up is now one of the worlds leading Furniture designers her SOLID WOOD tables make a packet.... #TOTP
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#TOTP 💯 @MarkFranklin123 on the double bubble tonight with @FemiOke for show 2 not going to lie whenever Mark was on Presenting duty....even now 30 years later U can see how naturally good he was set the bar for all of us to try to achieve 8pm BBC 4 2night I'm gonna Tweet along
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Hey @leethommo @TOTPFacts #totp here's something that might be of interest. Channel 5 This Saturday.have a nice weekend x lots of very interesting stories Plse RT
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#totp there really was a big Health and safety meeting on whether Bjork cld perform with no shoes...
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If any1 else had said what 2Bob Geldof said we would have been sacked but when you had the likes of @nme wiping your backside alongside how many other butt clenching sycophants guess Sir Soap Dodger thought he was untouchable
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Dear Gary Davies thank you for being the only person to this day from #Totp when others were hosting for being so kind and gracious..you are a true Gentleman and a #totp legend it was a honour for me and @MarkFranklin123 all those years ago to step into your shoes.
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Looking FWD to tonights #TOTP it's with @FemiOke and myself starring @cher oh and Right said Fred not complaining then about MASKS! as worn by @WeAreAltern8 ......... #YEARZERO continues with your Tweets as well ...8pm BBC 4. ..soon come
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Thank you for all your #totp messages this week please share some love and thoughts for everyone in #Ukraine x
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There is not just the Story of 91 92 & 93 that I've already done interviews for but also this brand new exciting TV project that's also all about #TOTP ....filming that on Tuesday hope the UK isn't too cold wife and I are en-route to airport and flight shortly.
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No no no the shirt #TOTP
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#TOTP Thank you so much for letting me share some of your Friday with you have a nice weekend x
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Sorry #totp nothing to do with me now adays .but .thanx for all the continued messages...
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A quick word To #TOTP Twitter Audience
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I grew up listening to Annie Nightingale a true pioneer breaking down so many barriers without shouting about it....she was A voice for the UK Globally ..
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STATEMENT: I genuinely don't know anything about Adrian Rose as so many are messaging me ref @Nirvana #Nirvana #TOTP I make a living being Tony Dortie that's where my influence starts/stops I cldn't evn gt this guy below who was off his face having ago at hosting wiv me to hushup
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Send Claudia Simon some love #TOTP she is scrolling through Twitter tonight first time ever she doesn't have a account but is intrigued by everything #ClaudiaSimon
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@TonyDortie I wish she could see the love on here. Like you, I’ve shared. She knows. She even hinted she might watch tonight .
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#Totp even back then Jason Orange often went missing #TakeThat #takethat #tbt on the Forthcoming BBC 2 Story of 92 I tell a brill Take That story
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#TOTP Mr Hurl production instructions "Tony they'll be no laterz tonight, it's not working for me or the audience" #laterz
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Good Morning yesterday I got over 3000 messages about Top Of The Pops #TOTP sorry I've not replied to all of you, I will attempt to do so this weekend. But am truly overwhelmed and thank you. In our world that has us counting our likes I'm just counting my blessings .
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Sup Hustlers This Fri willB my last evr Tweet along with #TOTP &almost zero direct Tweets on #TOTP evr again 2many other exciting things going on but I will finish with posting some Xplosive/Funny revealing (clickbait? nope!) tweets 1 mind blowing vid #TOTP A story From 94
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#totp Tina Turner and Elton John in the history of myself on the show were the only global mega stars who made a point of knocking on my dressing room coming to say hello and bearing gifts.
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CAN WE GET THIS DONE BY 8PM AND HAVE A NATIONAL DOORSTEP/WINDOW/BALCONY CLAP
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#totp I remember after this show literally thinking wow did that one on my own hope 30 years later nobody gets to see it x
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Okay have a nice weekend, tomorrow is my sons Birthday, so have to go get ready to be invaded by a stack of Paw Patrol fans...thank you for sharing your Friday, it's a honour to come into your world and talk #totp
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If I'm allowed a critique this version of Baker street is like comparing Craigs List to Harrods...just a NO from me..Karaoke really should be so much more fun than this #totp
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@Bushra1Shaikh #philipschofield This moment on This Morning from 2019 just look at Hollys face as Phillip Schofield defends Jimmy Saville on live TV. @danwootton Eamon @EamonnHolmes
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Can I mention the Eastenders @deangaffney1 @westbrookdanni Sid Owen who always made #TOTP so much fun during rehearsals then in the bar afterwards the lovely late June Brown showing me how to win on the The Elstree Pub Fruit machine #totp
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@MrsSOsbourne @AmandaHolden @DailyMail This is one of the best things about Twitter..no PR sparkled stuff just straight forward TEA..gotta Luv Mrs O 💯
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Thank you for making our year zeros #totp always Trend at no1 will miss tweeting along with you all ...this is my last ever Friday Tweetathon #TheKarmaProject
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Again @MarkFranklin123 was 17 at the same next to creepy sleazy 2Bob Geldof, so obvious who the Adult in the room was #totp Sir Soap Dodger even insulting Elton John ..Franklin I salute you maturity beyond your years
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Hey @simonmayo with ur pretend you never see my tweets #totp ..send ur lawyers in my direction if I'm wrong! And this ain't me being bitter or anything but just making sure you and voice over man ur historical bullying is never covered up.
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The boxing with some added sound hahaha #JoshuaVsWallin #JoshuaWallin
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Kim Kardashian has revealed she's getting serious with Kanye saying "He's the man I want to spend the rest of my month with"
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#totp not being funny but Primark Whitney is utter toilet
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Funny the dry ice on Tamsin Archer, as this show we all got given free CATERPILLAR Boots, some1 was in the studio for rehearsals and by the time the show started a van had turned up with free boots for everyone all in the right sizes and all #Freebies #Totp
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#TOTP Just literally been asked if I will take part in a new TV show talking about Classic #Totp moments..can any1 who has a fave moment add to this tweet so I can choose from them a couple to talk about for this forthcoming TV show and it's not the story of 92...
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Brilliant #PlatinumJubilee The Queen meets Paddington
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#TOTP hey @TOTPFacts can you confirm Jimmy nail is the tallest person to ever sing on #totp such a top bloke as well had every1 in stitches great sense of humour
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The Crying Game is such a beautiful song @BoyGeorge Boy George you truly are such a talent and all you did to stand up strong for the #LGBT community back in the day has to be applauded #TOTP #totp92
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7.30 Tonight BBC 4 #TOTP with @MarkFranklin123 ..I put some words in this clip
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1 year
When you try to give a @takethat Album away on TV and you get a blank #totp
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#Shamen Mr C did a version of this during rehearsals once he goes "NAUGHTY DORTIE VERY naughty" #TOTP FUNNY GEEZER
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Well this is my last bt 1 tweet, I'm lucky I hv the best family around me who got me though the times when #totp came crashing down and wasn't fun, told I would never work again, laughed at by big name djs and erased...
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Also if it wasn't for the exec Producer of The Story of 91 and @MarkFranklin123 I would never have signed the contracts for the repeats..for #totp like never. Says a lot that the youngest member of our year zero team was the smartest
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@TOTPFacts You do such a good job every week.. Thank you I learn stuff I had no idea about ..and rumour has it was I there sometimes while it was going on! X
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#TOTP So the Bottle of Champagne 🍾 for Take That was actually a gift from Dani Minogue for me as it was my Birthday that week..but I thought let's make a lil make believe TV.. Don't think Gary Barlow has ever acknowledged my existence since! Cz they didn't get 1 drop x
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#totp My son coped with Iron Maiden loud but Michael Ball came on and he literally put his hand over his ear grabbed the remote and switched TV over to Peppa Pig
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I thought Story of 92 was a little Snotty towards 92 Dance acts, nothing wrong ever with going out having a tip top time...then getting into the tunes a lil later #totp
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Happy Christmas #Totp here's to 2023 x
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#totp . take care and Thank you Top OF The Pops for giving me a brilliant start in life x
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Going to be a Big Weekend #Totp on Friday and The Story of 91 BBC 2 Saturday 7.45pm
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Just had a fascinating chat with @TonyDortie about the Top Of The Pops reruns on BBC4 Friday nights. You can hear the interview this weekend on the BBC plus the story of 1991 is on the TV soon! #TOTP #TOTPs #BBC #TOTP92
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Let's Go Markey Mark!
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90s reruns of #totp return to BBC4 tonight. 8pm includes Sugacubes, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine ( @mrjimBob ) and Stone Roses. At 8.30 we have @kylieminogue @ShakespearsSis @MariahCarey & @wetwetwetuk - I’m hosting both shows alongside Steve Anderson and Claudia Simon.
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One of the things that isn't mentioned much is how old School #Eastenders and #totp got on so well @westbrookdanni Sid Owen wld always come n hang out for rehearsals they were also good and fun guest hosts. @deangaffney1 ledge. Albert Sq used to always have Pop star set visits
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As always giving us all a moment to escape what's going on in the real world. bcz that's what #totp is..fun times big hits big bands the whole damm playlist we love
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#totp lets talk Party's..I randomly found myself at a house party during year zeroooo..comedy Jason Orange and Man U's Lee Sharpe both were trying to impress the same girl, so took it in turns to sit with hairdryer in hand set to cool to stop the girls Stereo over heating BLESS
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It's weird on Twitter so much negativity for the sake of negativity, not every act on #totp is shyte and not every act is a Grammy winner...that's the beauty
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