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  • Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978 (2013)
  • TV Movie | 44 min | Documentary, Music
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978 (2013)
TV Movie | 44 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary looking at Top Of the Pops' changing musical direction in 1978, when pop singles were slowly being replaced in the chart by disco, punk and New Wave. It looks the show's treatment of particularly punk and New Wave acts, and New...See moreDocumentary looking at Top Of the Pops' changing musical direction in 1978, when pop singles were slowly being replaced in the chart by disco, punk and New Wave. It looks the show's treatment of particularly punk and New Wave acts, and New Wave performers in general swallowing their pride and appearing on TotP, a show which was still seen mainly as Light Entertainment. Written by mrdario64 See less
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Jan 4, 2013 (United Kingdom)

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90 cast members
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Sue Perkins
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Pete 'Peanut' Langford
Self (as Pete Langford) Self (as Pete Langford)   See fewer
Brian and Michael
Themselves Themselves   See fewer
Mickie Most
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Robin Nash
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lulu Cartwright
Self (as Lulu) Self (as Lulu)   See fewer
Sue Menhenick
Self (as Sue) Self (as Sue)   See fewer
Kid Jensen
Self (as David Jensen) Self (as David Jensen)   See fewer
ABBA
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Benny Andersson
Self (archive footage) (as ABBA) Self (archive footage) (as ABBA)   See fewer
Hylda Baker
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Barron Knights
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Dave Bartram
Self - Lead Singer, Showaddywaddy (archive footage) Self - Lead Singer, Showaddywaddy (archive footage)   See fewer
The Bee Gees
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Plastic Bertrand
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Cilla Black
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Tony Blackburn
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Blondie
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
The Boomtown Rats
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Brotherhood of Man
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Kate Bush
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Buzzcocks
Themselves (archive footage) (as The Buzzcocks) Themselves (archive footage) (as The Buzzcocks)   See fewer
Andy Cameron
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Tina Charles
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Elvis Costello
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Darts
Themselves (archive footage) (as Darts) Themselves (archive footage) (as Darts)   See fewer
Althia and Donna
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
The Dooleys
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Ian Dury
Self (archive footage) (as Ian Dury and The Blockheads) Self (archive footage) (as Ian Dury and The Blockheads)   See fewer
Noel Edmonds
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Yvonne Elliman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Graham Fellows
Self (archive footage) (as Jilted John) Self (archive footage) (as Jilted John)   See fewer
Scott Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bruce Forsyth
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Agnetha Fältskog
Self (archive footage) (as ABBA) Self (archive footage) (as ABBA)   See fewer
Bob Geldof
Self - Lead Singer, The Boomtown Rats (archive footage) Self - Lead Singer, The Boomtown Rats (archive footage)   See fewer
Debbie Harry
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Justin Hayward
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Dee D. Jackson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
David Jacobs
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Jam
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Pierre Kartner
Father Abraham (archive footage) (as Father Abraham) Father Abraham (archive footage) (as Father Abraham)   See fewer
Yvonne Keeley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Legs & Co
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Nick Lowe
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Self (archive footage) (as ABBA) Self (archive footage) (as ABBA)   See fewer
Glen Matlock
Self - Lead Singer, Rich Kids (archive footage) Self - Lead Singer, Rich Kids (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Mullard
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Olivia Newton-John
Sandy (archive footage) Sandy (archive footage)   See fewer
Odyssey
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Peter Powell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Rezillos
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Rich Kids
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Demis Roussos
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Feargal Sharkey
Self - Lead Singer, The Undertones (archive footage) Self - Lead Singer, The Undertones (archive footage)   See fewer
Pete Shelley
Self - Lead Singer, The Buzzcocks (archive footage) Self - Lead Singer, The Buzzcocks (archive footage)   See fewer
Showaddywaddy
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Siouxsie Sioux
Self - Lead Singer, Siouxsie and the Banshees (archive footage) Self - Lead Singer, Siouxsie and the Banshees (archive footage)   See fewer
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
The Skids
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Father Abraham and The Smurfs
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
David Soul
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Dusty Springfield
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John Stapleton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Stranglers
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Strummer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Dave Lee Travis
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John Travolta
Tony Manero / Danny (archive footage) Tony Manero / Danny (archive footage)   See fewer
Björn Ulvaeus
Self (archive footage) (as ABBA) Self (archive footage) (as ABBA)   See fewer
The Undertones
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Jack Warner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Weller
Self (archive footage) (as The Jam) Self (archive footage) (as The Jam)   See fewer
Terry Wogan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
X-Ray Spex
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
John Paul Young
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Marcia Barrett
Self - Boney M. (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Boney M. (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Bobby Farrell
Self - Boney M. (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Boney M. (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Liz Mitchell
Self - Boney M. (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Boney M. (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Poly Styrene
Self - X-Ray Spex (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - X-Ray Spex (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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