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Top Of The Pops 1979 (BBC4)
LittleGirlOf7
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Kicking off the thread for the 1979 repeats.
Starts with...
3rd Jan, 9pm - The Story Of 1979
3rd Jan, 10pm - 1979: The Big Hits
9th Jan, 7:30pm - Top Of The Pops
Discussion, commentary, trivia, observations and having a bit of a laugh. New threadmates welcome.
In the meantime...
Peter Paphides asks, should Top Of The Pops come back?
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/26/top-of-the-pops-50-bbc-bring-it-back
Starts with...
3rd Jan, 9pm - The Story Of 1979
3rd Jan, 10pm - 1979: The Big Hits
9th Jan, 7:30pm - Top Of The Pops
Discussion, commentary, trivia, observations and having a bit of a laugh. New threadmates welcome.
In the meantime...
Peter Paphides asks, should Top Of The Pops come back?
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/26/top-of-the-pops-50-bbc-bring-it-back
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Friday, 3rd January, 2014 at 9pm on BBC4 starts off one of the best years in UK pop music history with "Top Of The Pops: The Story Of 1979" as the appetizer for the coming year of TOTP from 1979 almost every week on BBC4.
Followed on the same night at 10pm by "1979 - Big Hits"
The first edition of TOTP 1979 is on BBC4 at 7.30pm on Thursday, 9th January, 2014 with the edition originally aired on Thursday, 4th January, 1979 presented by Mike Read.
Let's hope TOTP 1979 is every bit as successful and enjoyable 1978 as was. :cool:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1924174
And you'd have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those pesky kids...
Oh well it seems like both of them are on the go! Just like buses - they all come along at once!
BBC4 SD displays the TOTP repeats exactly as they should be - in a 4:3 ratio (so black bars left and right)....always has done for me....not sure why yours is displaying this stretched/cropped?
It's worth remembering that of course, all the current BBC4 TOTP repeats were originally recorded in SD and whilst there may be some gain on BBC4 HD, it's doubtful if you would see a dramatic improvement over picture quality....
Well mine has always been stretched on sky. It's because my tv isn't set to 4:3 mode. But the dvds I have made I have a choice of viewing in either 4:3 or full screen. If you record on BBC Four HD there will no longer be a choice, you have to view it in 4:3 and it cannot be viewed in full screen. Because of this I will probably stick to BBC Four SD. And as you say, there is not much of a dramatic improvement on HD.
Mine has the black strips down the side - I don't know if I get the HD channel - unless I haven't found it yet!
Well obviously I'd suggest this one.
What he said.
At least we have a 1979 to talk about and watch, and that is the main thing.
This one was set up first though, so y'know...wink wink.
In the absence of my having a recordable DVD in time for the start of the 1979 showings, I know someone here mentioned a way of downloading them without the digital rights management nonsense. Was it true that if you download the actual BBC iPlayer software that they allow you to keep the shows permanent, or did I imagine that?
I meant to get back to you didn't I Tele Addict, but to be honest I thought it would be taking up far too much of your time and taking a bit of a liberty, even if I provided the DVD's and paid you something, to ask you to record me some TOTP 1977's and 78's.
There'll be just over 30 editions spread over the year as Savile & DLT presented editions are off the table (although, depending on what happens in court, DLT editions may be reinstated). Obviously some performances won't be aired because of that but some have multiple appearances or replays on other editions.
Well I'm going to enjoy them for as long as they last. Been waiting for a particular edition since the re-runs started, so I'm going be extra excited when it comes along.
As for the dual thread conundrum, it doesn't really matter who started it, we're all here for the same reason. I think the mods ought to merge the threads sooner rather than later, preferably before next friday?