TOTP 24 SEP 1999
On the date this TOTP was broadcast, 45 years earlier, the Italian footballer Marco Tardelli was born. Yes, the guy behind one of the most iconic goal celebrations of all time that happened in the aftermath of him scoring Italy’s second goal in the 1982 World Cup final which became known as the ‘Tardelli Scream’.…
TOTP 17 SEP 1999
Four days before this TOTP was broadcast was a very significant date if you were a fan of science fiction and of one show in particular. You see, 13 September 1999 is the date that a thermonuclear explosion caused the moon to blast out of Earth’s orbit and into deep space. Well, it did in…
TOTP 10 SEP 1999
Here we are again for another whizz through the sights and sounds to be found in the charts of Autumn of 1999. We’re still in the TOTP On Tour phase of the programme with this particular show coming from Isis nightclub in Nottingham. Neither exist anymore – Isis nor TOTP – but then we are…
TOTP 03 SEP 1999
We’re into the second instalment of the peripatetic version of TOTP whilst the BBC’s Elstree Studios are being renovated. This episode was filmed in Event II, Brighton and to reflect the travelling nature of the show at this time, there’s an updated logo with the original one having the words “On Tour” superimposed in the…
TOTP 26 AUG 1999
Right, the BBC4 TOTP repeats schedule has gone tits up for the second time recently. After the Gouryella controversy a couple of weeks back causing us to miss two reruns of the grand old show, we’ve now just missed three in a row and suddenly find ourselves at the end of August 1999. This, of…
TOTP 30 JUL 1999
Of the eight acts in this particular TOTP’s running order, it could be claimed that three were the equivalent of elder statesmen compared to their young upstart chart counterparts. They’d probably be described as ‘heritage’ acts today or, if they were football supporters then “legacy’ fans. Back in 1999, individually they might have been defined…
TOTP 23 JUL 1999
What’s going on here then. Why have we missed two episodes? This hasn’t happened since the Summer of 1997 repeats and that whole Puff Daddy/ P Diddy business. The ever reliable @TOTPFacts has the answer: Well, there you go. Some in the online TOTP community were disgruntled at the decision by the BBC with the…
TOTP 02 JUL 1999
We’re halfway through these BBC4 1999 TOTP repeats which means I’m officially in the home straight with this blog which will end with the 90s and there will be no TOTP Rewind the 2000s. Also coming to an end back in 1999 was my time working for Our Price. Having started with the company in…
TOTP 25 JUN 1999
It’s Glastonbury time again in these TOTP repeats with the host of this show – Gail Porter – making reference to it in her opening intro. In fact, the festival began on the very same day that this TOTP aired with REM being the headliners on the Friday night followed by Manic Street Preachers on…
TOTP 18 JUN 1999
I’ve just checked and this is the 750th TOTP Rewind post! Yes, over both the 80s and 90s sites, the combined number of posts has reached 750. I couldn’t have believed I’d get anywhere near that number when I started this nine years ago. In fairness, I couldn’t have imagined keeping this up for nine…
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