And yet, 15 years after being sent to the great spandex factory in the sky, TOTP continues to enchant. The show has been repeated on Friday nights on BBC Four throughout the pandemic. âEveryone is nostalgic for Top of the Pops,â says BBC music TV commissioner Jan Younghusband, âbecause for so many of us growing up, it was the only way you could hear and see the acts and music you loved. And the reason that the reruns of Top of the Pops are so successful now is because the archive is extraordinary. Itâs like a complete history of popular music.â Viewing figures are robust, hovering at the 375-500,000 mark, in addition to 3.6m