Riverside Studios at 50: An Evening with Top of the Pops

An Evening with Top of the Pops - 2 x Episodes plus Q&A

Recommended age: 12+

“It’s still number one, it’s...” 

This unique evening will consist of two episodes of TOTP from 2001, followed by a Q&A featuring long-time TOTP producer Chris Cowey and designer Miranda Jones, with other special guests to be announced

Top of the Pops returns to Riverside Studios, where the legendary music programme has been recorded on occasions since 1965, when The Beatles performed ‘Ticket to Ride’ in Studio 1. 

The longest period in which TOTP took up residence at Riverside was in the early 2000s, when studio guests included Radiohead, Elton John, Missy Elliott, Stereophonics, Janet Jackson, Mis-teeq and Travis, who engaged in a spontaneous on-stage custard pie fight. 

*Guest lineup subject to change.

Episodes featured:

20th April 2001

Presenter: Jayne Middlemiss 

Playlist: Janet Jackson – All For You, Sugababes – Run For Cover, Robbie Williams – Let Love Be Your Energy, Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me, Toploader – Only For A While, Linkin’ Park – Crawling, Gabrielle – Out Of Reach, Travis – Sing (video), Emma Bunton – What Took You So Long

18th May 2001

Presenter: Jamie Theakston 

Playlist: Jennifer Lopez – Play, Travis – Flowers In The Window, Fragma – You Are Alive, Bon Jovi – One Wild Night (via satellite), Eve – Who’s That Girl, My Vitriol – Grounded, Nelly feat. City Spud – Ride Wit Me (via satellite), Travis – Sing, Geri Halliwell – It’s Raining Men