The Skinny Top of the Pops, nostalgia, and lockdown Suddenly back at her childhood home during the pandemic, one writer explores how old Top of the Pops clips got her through lockdown – and closer to her parents Article by Katie Driscoll | 26 Apr 2021 There is too much rosé (the Graham Norton brand your mum likes, because all mums love Graham Norton). There is your mum crying while Elvis sways his hips on TV and your dad snoring upstairs, long gone to bed because he thinks you’re both acting too drunk and loutish, screaming at Elvis on the TV and talking about death. Mum cries around this point, because Elvis makes her think of her dead mother and that makes her think of her dead father.