05 May 1983 (TOTP)

Show

Name

• Top Of The Pops

Station

• BBC One (TV)

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1983-05-05

Comments

• This was the sixth program to be co-hosted by John Peel during 1983 and, being the 1000th edition of the show, featured a wide array of DJs and interviews. This was the week's singles chart.

• Jensen: Over to you, shorty... Peel: OK, thanks very much, big guy. Well my dear, are you in a band? Clare Grogan: Yeah. Peel: “That’s very very nice indeed. Here’s Jonathan King…”
• Peel also wrote a full page article for Radio Times to mark the special edition.[1]

Tracklisting

• Richard Skinner interviews David Jacobs
• Thompson Twins – We Are Detective (7 in the chart as of the date of broadcast)
• Steve Strange, Roger Taylor, John Deacon – brief interview
• The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination (3)
• The Beat – Can’t Get Used To Losing You (29)
• The Dave Clark Five – Bits and Pieces (clip from 19 February 1964)
• Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas – Little Children (clip from 26 February 1964)
• Supremes – Baby Love (clip from 07 October 1964)
• Sonny and Cher – I Got You Babe (clip from 12 August 1965)
• The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud (clip from 04 November 1965)
• Bee Gees – Massachusetts (clip from 26 December 1967)
• The Rolling Stones – Let’s Spend The Night Together (clip from 26 December 1967)
• The Beatles – All You Need Is Love (‘Our World’ clip)
• Cliff Richard – All My Love (clip from 26 December 1967)
• Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (clip from 15 February 1968)
• Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (unknown clip)
• Status Quo – Pictures Of Matchstick Men (clip from 15 February 1968)
• The Move – Fire Brigade (clip from 15 February 1968)
• Cilla Black – Surround Yourself With Sorrow (clip from 27 February 1969)
• The Beatles – All You Need Is Love (‘Our World’ clip)
• Cilla Black – brief interview
• Noel Edmonds - clip from 01 February 1973
• Heaven 17 – Temptation (8)
• Chas and Dave – brief interview
• Gary Glitter – brief interview
• The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar (clip from 15 April 1971)
• Rod Stewart – Maggie May (clip from 27 December 1971)
• Elton John – Your Song (clip from 14 January 1971)
• T. Rex – Get It On (clip from 27 December 1971)
• David Bowie – Starman (clip)
• Gary Glitter – I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) (clip from 25 December 1973)
• Abba – Waterloo (clip from 02 May 1974)
• Queen – Killer Queen (clip)
• 10cc – I’m Not In Love (clip )
• The Boomtown Rats – Looking After Number One (clip)
• Blondie – Picture This (clip)
• The Police – Spirits In The Material World (clip)
• Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes (clip)
• Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know? (clip from 23 March 1983)
• Bill Wyman – brief interview
• Gary Numan – brief interview
• New Edition – Candy Girl (30) (Zoo)
• Jeffrey Daniel – brief interview
• Clare Grogan – brief interview
• Jonathan King in New York
• Messages from Sting, Charlene, Lionel Richie, Meat Loaf and Rod Stewart
• Blancmange – Blind Vision (28)
• Sandie Shaw and Kim Wilde – brief interviews
• The Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed (16)
• Bucks Fizz – brief interview
• Spandau Ballet – True (1)
• Men At Work – Overkill (24) (audience dancing / end credits)

Video

Radio 1 DJs present the 1000th edition