Just had a thought folks that maybe The Chart Show showed The Verve episode so that we would know that they can't show any other shows with The Verve in and that maybe why they have missed some out.

Disgustingly sneaky plug here but i've started uploading the rest of 1995 on my Myspace page)

Well Steven, at least you're putting new shows of classic chart show episodes (Yes they're edited, but at least its something !!!), unlike the vault channel, who have a habit of showing a few episodes and repeating them to death for several weeks, and finally give up on them and not show anymore episodes until 1 or 2 years later !!! How pathetic the vault channel are !!! - The channel can't get its act together - no wonder not many people watch the vault channel and have given up on it !!!!

Lol if i would have dreamed back in the 90's that one day I would be able to put them onto a machine that anyone in the world could access then i would gladly have had hundreds of video tapes in a cup board not just 40.

It annoys me as much as anyone else when I go through them and Ive edited a song out I now like for example Supergrass "Lenny" but as you say Deeraz it's something programmes like these will probably never get shown again.

There is one channel that does show old chart show episodes, but unfortunately the channel is awful, as it always repeats few episodes shown, until it gives up on them and then repeats the same mistake a year or 2 later. I was very lucky to see the first ever episode of the chart show on channel 4 - not by going in a time machine unfortunately, but actually by making an appointment to visit the BFI (British film Institute) to see that episode and others. Its a pity that there isn't any other TV channel that would show early chart show episodes that was shown on channel 4.

hi razdan1974, how do I find out if the BFI have particular TV shows in their archive? I tried their website but I couldn't find a database. Thanks in advance.

The link for the database for ITV Chart Show (1989-1998) episodes at the BFI :

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/20836

The link for the database for Channel 4 Chart Show (1986-1988) episodes at the BFI:

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/6219

I basically emailed them saying what episodes I wanted to see and I had to make up an excuse saying that I wanted to view them for journalistic purposes, otherwise if you don't give them a proper reason, they can deny you viewing the episodes.

Also they charge money for viewing them, I think it was around £10 per hour (not on how long you're there for, but on how long all the episodes you want to see are in total). The viewings are in London only and you cannot buy or borrow episodes from the BFI.

Is it really that easy? Do they have loads of viewing rooms?

Yes it was very simple to do. It did take them some time to arrange the appointment, because the episodes, which I wanted, was in a early film format, which took time to convert into something palatible (DVD or VHS tape) for me to watch. Otherwise you can watch any UK produced TV programmes, if the BBC or ITV haven't destroyed them yet !!! Also yes they do have several viewing rooms, which can fit around 6 or 7 people in them !!!

This morning they showed the 15 March 1997 episode so it looks like they might be showing some different episodes again.

Todays episode is 18th April 1998. I see the vault is flirting with 1998 episodes. It would be great if they flirt with early 1991's

There is a website that has over 100 free chart show episodes from 1986 to 1998. The website can be found on TheBox (www.thebox.bz). Its free to register and free to download. Its like a private bittorrent website. I would not recommended buying from people chart show episodes, as most or all of them are downloaded from that website anyway. Also the website has TOTP episodes from all decades and other British TV Programmes

This morning was 2 May 1998 so maybe the odd new repeat is being added as we had 2 episodes from March 1997 a fortnight ago. I think today's episode was shown on the Vault in the 2006-07 repeat run though.
It looked like they had changed the order slightly aswell as they was a couple of Videos before the Top Ten and I'm sure they only used to have 1 New Video before the Top Ten in a full 3 part show.

Yes, I'm watching it right now, and they have messed around with the order- the Video Vault and the Chumbawumba video were orignally shown after the Coors video in the first part. I'm not really sure what the point behind messing with the running order really is, it seems silly. Although the (stangely captionless) competition segments were edited out on the 2007 showing of the episode, which is unusual as it's usually the opposite way round!

Something else I've noticed is whoever edited this episode together has messed up and swapped the order of the picture fields around- which is why the captions and some of the videos look all jerky. If I was recording it (which I don't need to, as I already have it), it is something I could easily fix in Adobe Premiere though. I'm suprised nobody working there noticed...

The current re-runs on The Vault have been the best since the original 2006-07 re-runs as we have seen lots of different episodes (even if they are only from 1997/98).
They seem to be making the top ten most watched programmes on The Vault aswell so maybe there is not so much of an excuse to take them off this time.
http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyTopProgrammes?

I have uploaded a full episode with original adverts and Yorkshire TV continuity from 10 June 1995 to see it goto my myspace page http://www.myspace.com/543088866

How are the Vault repeats going? No activity on here for a month?

The viewing figures for the Vault are terrible I would be surprised if this channel survives if they don't increase soon.

The Vault
w/e 29 Aug 2010
000's
1 BACK TO THE 80S (WED 1900) 19
2 KARAOKE KLASSICS (MON 1359) 15
3 TOP 40 GREATEST 90S POWER BALLADS (SUN 2101) 15
4 THE ORIGINAL CHART SHOW (THU 1258) 11
5 VLT CLASSIC CHARTSHOW EP 05 - PART 2 (WED 1720) 10
6 VLT CLASSIC CHARTSHOW EP 06 - PART 3 (THU 1237) 9
7 TOP 20 MOST LOVED 90S (FRI 1700) 9
8 1990: 10 BIGGEST SINGLES (SAT 1202) 9
9 BOYZONE TOP 20: POP CLASSICS (WED 0901) 9
10 1993: 10 BIGGEST SINGLES (SAT 1503) 9

Chart Show TV
w/e 29 Aug 2010
000's
1 OFFICIAL CHART SHOW SINGLES CHART (SAT 0900) 25
2 A-LIST PLAYLIST (TUE 2102) 24
3 A-LIST PLAYLIST (WED 1632) 22
4 DOWNLOAD CHART (TUE 2159) 20
5 DOWNLOAD CHART (SAT 1400) 19
6 A-LIST PLAYLIST (SAT 1032) 19
7 VIEWERS INTERACTIVE CHART (WED 2001) 16
8 AIRPLAY CHART (SAT 1700) 15
9 DOWNLOAD CHART (SUN 1501) 13
10 FRESH NEW TUNES (THU 1400) 12

A part from one episode (20/12/97), which I have never seen before, the rest of the time, they are just showing the same repeats, which have been showed a week ago. Unless they start showing new chart show repeats, which they have not showed before, then viewing figures will go down and down. I wouldn't be surprised before the end of the year, if they scrap the chart show repeats !!!!

Sorry to jump in at page 38 but what channel are we talking about here?

Is it a "Sky" channel?

The 10 June 1995 full show has been moved to www.myspace.com/steveh31/videos

Great, these must be the only 2 full chart show episodes you got (5/12/92 and 10/6/95) ? Even if it is a yes, at least we got to see those episodes

Good News for those of you that can see The old chartshow on The Vault Viewing figures are up and one show made it to No.2

The Vault
w/e 5 Sep 2010
000's
1 THE VERY BEST OF 1985 (TUE 2001) 24
2 VLT CLASSIC CHARTSHOW EP 48 - PART 2 (FRI 2217) 16
3 VAULT KLASSICS (TUE 1500) 12
4 THRU THE YEARS: TAKE THAT (FRI 1100) 12
5 NEVER FORGET THE 90S (TUE 1401) 11
6 KARAOKE KLASSICS (WED 1501) 11
7 VLT CLASSIC CHARTSHOW EP 05 - PART 1 (WED 1159) 10
8 HITS FROM FLIX (TUE 1302) 9
9 VLT CLASSIC CHARTSHOW EP 04 - PART 3 (SUN 0838) 9
10 VLT CLASSIC CHARTSHOW EP 04 - PART 2 (SUN 0818) 9

Does anyone else get a few minor problems with their recordings from The Vault? Several of my ''Original Chart Show''episodes sometime tend to jump & cut-out for a second or two sometimes and in one episode last week, during ''Candy Girl'' by Baby Bird, the screen went all funny, like when the tracking was wrong on VHS etc! It can't be my Sky+ box, as all my other recordings from other channels are fine, so I wonder why I seem to get these problems with ''Original Chart Show''? Is it anything to do with the original master tapes or something?...

Yes its due to their original master tape. It has happened on other episodes as well, where there are interferences on the video. Mind you it would be nice if the chart show show some stuff from the early 90's. I'm getting pretty bored with the 1997/98 repeats. Not being picky, but at least they should show some variety, which they used to do on their chart show repeats shown on the vault several years ago.

I've put on one of the repeats for the first time in weeks (been harder to catch since they reduced it to one showing a day, and doesn't have a fixed time in the schedule) and it looks like they're showing some "new" episodes at last- today's is from September 1996 (not checked the exact date).

Looks like today's comes from 2nd November 1996, which features the rock chart with reef at number 1 !!!! Its been ages since I saw the chart show on the vault, because previous ones I saw last time, were just repeats of 1997 and 1998. Very surprised to see a 1996 episode !!!!