Top Of The Pops (Appearances)

While Peel had presented Top Of The Pops in the 1960s, and appeared as a "member" of the Faces in 1981, his main stint with the show was during the 1980s. The chronological list below was drawn up from the BBC online archive listing of the programme's presenters. This covers only shows that still exist in the BBC archives and may not be complete in all cases. Dates given are for Thursday broadcasts and not when the show was recorded (usually Tuesday the same week).

1981
25 December 1981 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: Andy Peebles, Paul Burnett, Paul Gambaccini, Dave Lee Travis, Adrian Juste, Simon Bates, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, Steve Wright, Peter Powell, Jimmy Saville, Richard Skinner, Mike Read

1982
04 February 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: none

01 April 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: none

27 May 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: none

01 July 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: none

23 September 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: none

30 September 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: Anne Nightingale, Dave Lee Travis, Andy Peebles, Mike Read, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, Jonathan King, Jimmy Saville, Mike Smith, Paul Burnett, Steve Wright, Adrian Juste, Pail Gambaccini, Tommy Vance, Alexis Korner, Richard Skinner, Peter Powell, Adrian John

14 October 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: none

18 November 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: none

25 December 1982 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: Dave Lee Travis, Peter Powell, Mike Read, Andy Peebles, Steve Wright, Tommy Vance, Mike Smith, Richard Skinner, Jimmy Saville, Janice Long

1983
13 January 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

03 February 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

03 March 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

28 April 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

05 May 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: Dave Lee Travis, Steve Wright, Gary Davis, Mike Smith, Paul Gambaccini, Peter Powell, Simon Bates, Tommy Vance, Richard Skinner, David Jacobs, Mike Read, Tony Blackburn, Noel Edmonds, David Jensen, Andy Peebles, Janice Long, Jimmy Saville, Pat Sharp

08 June 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

07 July 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

04 August 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Mike Smith

01 September 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

06 October 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

10 November 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

22 December 1983 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

1984
05 January 1984 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

02 February 1984 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

01 March 1984 (TOTP) 10 May 1984 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

07 June 1984 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: David Jensen

12 July 1984 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Tommy Vance

06 September 1984 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

22 November 1984 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Tommy Vance

1985
03 January 1985 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Richard Skinner

07 March 1985 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

11 April 1985 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

09 May 1985 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

11 July 1985 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

29 August 1985 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

25 December 1985 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenters: Jancie Long, Dixie Peach, Steve Wright, Gary Davies, Jonathan King

1986
02 January 1986 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

03 April 1986 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

08 May 1986 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

29 May 1986 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

20 November 1986 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

1987
05 February 1987 (TOTP)
 * Co-presenter: Janice Long

1995
14 December 1995 (TOTP) - Peel presented with This Is Your Life big red book at the end of show.
 * Co-presenter: none