24 January 2019

Thursday

2019-01-24

TV

 * BBC Four
 * 7.30 pm Top of the Pops 05/02/1987. Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 February 1987.
 * TV Cream: A real end of an era here as, almost exactly five years since he started, it’s the last regular episode introduced by John Peel. In many ways it’s impressive he lasted as long as he did as he could easily have disappeared circa 1984 along with Travis, Vance and the other veterans, but Michael Hurll clearly liked him, and seemingly it was his own decision to jack it in because he was getting a bit fed up of being seen as just the man off the telly. We’re assuming we won’t see his swansong appearance in 1995 – mind you, who predicted we’d get this far – so make the most of this, where happily he gets to introduce some Peel-friendly acts including The Smiths and The Blow Monkeys.