Top of the Pops dominated TV for decades, as people across the UK tuned in to see who was at the top of the music charts that week. Running from 1964, the show is now aired every Christmas, and repeats are shown on BBC Two.
Over the years the show had many well-known presenters from the notorious Jimmy Savile to the stars of today like Fearne Cotton and Zoe Ball. Many have continued their career presenting and remained in the media after their stint on the show.
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We have taken a look back at where some of the popular and most well-known presenters are now.
Jimmy Savile
The first-ever presenter of Top of the Pops in 1964 was Jimmy Savile, who is now widely known for being a paedophile. After his death in 2011 people began to come forward with accounts of his horrific abuse and his honours have been removed.
Tony Blackburn
Tony Blackburn presented Top of Pops throughout his career from 1967 to 1979, 1981 to 1983, 1988, 2003, and 2006. Alongside Top of the Pops, he had his own radio show and was the first winner of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! in 2002.
His most recent project is working with Kaiser Chiefs' frontman Ricky Wilson to host Ricky and Tony's Pop Detectives podcast, which unravels myths and rumours about pop stars' lives.
Noel Edmonds
TV presenter Noel Edmonds, who went on to have his own shows, presented Top of the Pops in his early career from 1972 to 1978 and in 1983. His TV work after the show included The Late, Late Breakfast Show, popular car show Top Gear, and Noel's House Party.
In 2018 he was, at the time, the highest-paid participant on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!
David Hamilton
In 2019 David Hamilton celebrated 60 years in broadcasting and he presented Top of the Pops from 1975 to 1977 and in 1988. He is close friends with fellow presenter Tony Blackburn and has continued to host a variety of radio shows since Top of the Pops.
Currently he has a daily lunchtime radio show with Boom Radio, the radio station aimed at the baby boom generation.
Steve Wright
Presenting on both TV and radio, Steve Wright has had a very successful career and presented Top of the Pops from 1980 to 1989, from 1997 to 2005, 2006 to 2007, and in 2008 and 2009. His TV works include his own show The Steve Wright People Show and Auntie's TV Favourites.
He currently still presents on BBC Radio 2 during the week with his show Steve Wright in the Afternoon as well as the Sunday morning show Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs.
John Peel
John Peel passed away in 2004, aged 65, and he presented Top of the Pops from 1981 to 1987 and in 1995. He was known for promoting artists in different genres including dub reggae, punk rock, and extreme metal.
He presented the Channel 4 series Classic Trains and was also the voiceover for many documentaries including A Life of Grime. His unfinished biography was unpublished at the time of death and finished by his wife Shelia and journalist Ryan Gilbey.
Janice Long
Sadly Janice Long passed away in 2021 after an impressive career in radio and TV. She presented Top of the Pops from 1982 to 1988 and in 2006.
She was the first woman to have her own daily music show on BBC Radio 1 and also had her own show on BBC Radio Wales before her death.
Bruno Brookes
Radio and TV presenter Bruno Brookes presented Top of the Pops from 1984 to 1991 and from 1994 to 1995. He also presented the UK Top 40 singles chart on BBC Radio 1 and the TV show Beat the Teacher.
In 2020 he resigned as the CEO of his company Immedia, the corporate communications business, and dated Anthea Turner for eight years.
Mark Goodier
Radio presenter Mark Goodier presented Top of the Pops from 1988 to 1991, 1994 to 1996, and 1997 to 2002. During his time on the radio he presented the Top 40 singles chart and Radio 1 Breakfast.
He lived some of his childhood in Llanfairfechan and currently presents on the Greatest Hits Radio.
Anthea Turner
In her early career, Anthea Turner presented Top of the Pops from 1988 to 1991 and went on to become a presenter on the popular children's show Blue Peter. She has also hosted the National Lottery draws and taken part in Dancing on Ice.
In 2021 Anthea was widely criticised for her Tweets about the coronavirus pandemic and NHS.
Jackie Brambles
One of the early female presenters on BBC Radio 1, Jackie Brambles presented Top of the Pops from 1989 to 1991. She went to become a Loose Woman on the show Loose Women from 2005 to 2009 and was also the foreign correspondent for GMTV.
Currently Jackie has her own radio show on the Greatest Hits Radio station and she started presenting the show in January 2022.
Nicky Campbell
Known for presenting the TV show Watchdog, Nicky Campbell presented Top of the Pops from 1994 to 1997. He also presented the game show Wheel of Fortune and the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast programme.
Nicky currently presents on BBC Radio 5 Live and appeared in The Chase Celebrity Special in 2020.
Simon Mayo
Well-known radio presenter Simon Mayo presented Top of the Pops from 1994 to 1995 and in 1996. He has presented on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 5 Live, and BBC Radio 2.
He currently presents the weekday drivetime show on the Greatest Hits Radio station and in 2020 published his first thriller Knife Edge.
Johnnie Walker
Known for his drive time radio show on BBC Radio 2 Johnnie Walker presented Top of the Pops from 1994 to 1997. Since Top of the Pops he has had many radio shows and currently still presents on BBC Radio 2.
He also has a podcast called Consciously Coupling with his wife Tiggy.
Jo Whiley
Known for her radio show on BBC Radio 1, Jo Whiley presented Top of the Pops from 1995 to 1998 and in 2006. She also presents the TV coverage of festivals such as Glastonbury and in 2021 was a co-presenter for the BBC's coverage of the Hampton Court Garden Festival.
Jo's voice is also used as a voice for the hit BBC fitness app Couch to 5K, where she talks people through the training of running 5K. She has an evening show on BBC Radio 2.
Steve Lamacq
Throughout 1995 and 1997 Steve Lamacq joined Jo Whiley and occasionally presented Top of the Pops. He continued to work with Jo, presenting The Evening Session on BBC Radio 1, and has also had shows on BBC Radio 2 and 5Live.
Steve currently works for BBC Radio 6 and was recently in Cardiff for the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival. You can see the best pictures from the festival here.
Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston presented Top of the Pops from 1997 to 2002 and in 2003. He worked with Zoe Ball on the BBC children's show Live & Kicking and has also presented This Morning with Emma Bunton.
Jamie is currently the co-host of Heart Radio's breakfast show with Amanda Holden and has presented many TV programmes for the BBC.
Kate Thornton
Best known for presenting Loose Women and This Morning, Kate Thornton presented Top of the Pops from 1998 to 1999 and was the former editor of the pop magazine Smash Hits. She has been a contributing Editor for Marie Claire and has had a host of BBC Radio 2 programmes.
Kate currently works for Yahoo! with her podcast White Wine Question Time where she interviews guests who have included Amanda Holden and Nadia Sawalha.
Jayne Middlemiss
Celebrity MasterChef winner and TV and radio presenter Jayne Middlemiss presented Top of the Pops from 1997 to 2001. She has hosted live coverage of Glastonbury and co-hosted LA Pool Party with Lisa Snowdon.
Currently Jayne is a stand-in presenter for Virgin Radio UK and in 2009 she won Celebrity MasterChef.
Zoe Ball
The first female host of both the BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 breakfast shows, Zoe Ball also presented Top of the Pops from 1997 to 1998 and in 2001. After taking part in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing she presented the spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two until 2021.
She currently presents The Radio 2 Breakfast Show, a role she took over in 2019.
Gail Porter
Former model and actress Gail Porter presented Top of the Pops from 1991 to 2001. Her career began in children's TV and in the 1990s she famously posed naked for For Him Magazine.
In 2020 she narrated the BBC Scotland series Inside The Zoo and is known for being open about her alopecia totalis, which caused her to lose her hair.
Scotts Mills
Another famous face to have a stint presenting Top of the Pops is Scott Mills who presented the show in 1999. He is best known for his Radio 1 evening show The Scott Mills show and currently hosts a show with Chris Stark on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Lisa Snowdon
Lisa Snowdon presented Top of the Pops from 2002 to 2003 and went on to co-host a Capital radio show with Jonny Vaughan. She left Capital in 2015 and now presents fashion segments on the ITV morning show, This Morning.
Fearne Cotton
Many now know her as the modern face of Top of the Pops as Fearne Cotton presented the show from 2003 to 2020. Fearne has hosted the Radio 1 Chart Show, presented The Xtra Factor a spin-off show to the X-Factor, and for ten years was a team captain on the comedy panel show Celebrity Juice.
Currently Fearne has her own podcast Happy Place and is also the voiceover of Tesco Mobile adverts.
Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles has presented Top of the Tops, mainly in 2004, but also in 2000, 2005, and 2006. He is best known for his radio shows on BBC Radio 1 and has also worked on TV with his own Channel 5 show Live With Chris Moyles and the Sky dating show The Love Machine.
Currently Chris hosts the Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on Channel 4.
