Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. Each weekly programme consisted of performances from some of that week's best-selling popular music artists.

Although the show was officially cancelled, it continues to run as an annual Christmas special. It is also survived by a spin-off series known as TOTP2 (or Top of the Pops 2) which started in 1994 and continues to this day.

Top of the Pops has also been made available to television broadcasters in many different countries in the form of a franchise package. However, after some success, the majority of these have now also been cancelled.