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27 November 2014
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05.11.03

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime celebrates 40 years of Top of the Pops with an international viewer vote


Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ PRIME, the great British entertainment channel, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Top of the Pops with a special New Years Eve music countdown. Throughout November and December, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime viewers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa will be able to vote for their favourite music acts from a selection pop classics from the past 40 years via the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime website .


The Top of the Pops anniversary special will be exclusively hosted for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime by singer Melanie C, first known to many as Sporty Spice from the international pop sensation, the Spice Girls. The music acts will be broadcast in order, as voted by viewers, on Wednesday 31 December from 22:00 CET. This is the first time all Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime viewers have been able to join in a single, international vote to decide scheduling.


The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime Top of the Pops voting website enables Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime viewers to watch clips of some of the biggest names in pop performing on the show over the past 40 years. These include Abba, Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John. Viewers then vote for their favourite clips and can watch the New Years Eve special to see the results.


Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime broadcasts Top of the Pops every Saturday at 17:15 CET and repeated on Sundays at 00:30 CET. The music artists playing each week reflect the top forty line-up in the UK that week.


Viewers can find out more about Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime programmes, availability and schedules by visiting .


Notes to Editors:
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ PRIME is broadcast to over 12 million subscribers in more than 100 countries and territories. Over 2200 hours of new programming are transmitted each year, including Parkinson, Top of the Pops, EastEnders, The Weakest Link and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ LEARNING (the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's unique overnight educational service). This flagship British cable channel shows the best of the award-winning programmes from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ - the world's leading programme maker. Subtitles are available in English, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Hebrew, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.


Top of the Pops' first ever broadcast took place on January 1st 1964, on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ1, and included the Rolling Stones (performing 'I Wanna Be Your Man'), Dusty Springfield (performing 'I Only Want to be With You'), and The Beatles (performing 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'). Today Top of the Pops is broadcast every Saturday at 17:15 CET on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Prime to over 100 countries and territories around the world. Local versions of Top of the Pops are also produced in several countries as well as the Top of the Pops magazine.




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