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Chart Music: the TOTP Podcast

Al Needham

The podcast that takes one random episode of Top Of The Pops - the greatest TV Pop show ever - and breaks it down to its very last compound. Created by Sarah Bee, Neil Kulkarni, Taylor Parke...

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20 of 218 episodes

Chart Music #78- February 16th 1978: Paint Along With Nancy Spungen

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Emu versus Bernie Clifton’s ostrich – who wins in a fight? This episode is practically a scien...

5:45:45May 7, 2026

#78 (Pt 4): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon

Simon Price , David Stubbs and Al Needham finish off a classic episode of TOTP by strutting through New York with a paint pot in hand, being...

1:30:32May 6, 2026

#78 (Pt 3): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon

David Stubbs , Simon Price and Al Needham plunge the critical fist even deeper into this episode of TOTP, and the big names keep coming. Dar...

1:19:52May 5, 2026

#78 (Pt 2): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon

Simon Price , David Stubbs and Al Needham begin their odyssey through this episode of The Pops, and what a opening! We get a blast of a tune...

1:33:51May 4, 2026

#78 (Pt 1): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon

The return of the podcast that gets it’s hand right down the back of the settee of an episode of Top Of The Pops. Al Needham has a theory th...

1:34:18May 3, 2026

Chart Music #77: December 27th 1971: Six Tins Of Bachelors Peas

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Tango or Telstar? Yes, it’s that time of the year, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – we decide to do a C...

5:33:23Jan 24, 2026

#77 (Pt 4): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas

David Stubbs , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham reach the end of their journey through 1971 with the unsavoury sight of Ashton, Gardner and Dyke...

1:34:35Jan 23, 2026

#77 (Pt 3): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas

Taylor Parkes , David Stubbs and Al Needham continue to gorge upon the selection box of 1971, and the big hitters have arrived. Slade – midw...

1:18:35Jan 22, 2026

#77 (Pt 2): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas

David Stubbs , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham commence their expedition into a TOTP end-of-year review with a comprehensive breakdown of Tony...

1:27:16Jan 21, 2026

#77 (Pt 1): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas

Taylor Parkes , David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to set about a rare Sixventies episode of The Pops – a gloriously fecund time where the...

1:23:33Jan 20, 2026

Chart Music #76: August 12th 1982 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; do we really need a Chart Music Heritage Chart? Never have we needed Simon Bates at the top of...

6:01:27Jul 31, 2025

#76 (Pt 4): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

David Stubbs , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham – still far too young, still far too clever – finish off this outstanding episode of The Pops, a...

1:25:10Jul 30, 2025

#76 (Pt 3): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

Taylor Parkes , David Stubbs and Al Needham continue their odyssey through this massively enjoyable TOTP, and we finally get to see the Choc...

1:31:10Jul 29, 2025

#76 (Pt 2): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

David Stubbs , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham gleefully ram their fists into a TOTP from the late summer of ‘82. John Peel oversees the well-s...

1:32:47Jul 28, 2025

#76 (Pt 1): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

Taylor Parkes , David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to tuck into a gloriously succulent episode of Top Of The Pops from the Silver Age - but...

1:40:15Jul 27, 2025

Chart Music #75: August 15th 1974 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; The Osmonds – who’s the Sex King? We’re BACK, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, and to commemorate this w...

6:21:20Dec 14, 2024

Chart Music #75 (Pt 4): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

Sarah Bee , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham conclude their investigation into this episode of Top Of The Pops, and are left shaking their heads...

1:31:43Dec 13, 2024

Chart Music #75 (Pt 3): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

Sarah Bee , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham continue their odyssey through one of the strangest TOTP episodes ever, with a right bunch of Egg n...

1:46:00Dec 12, 2024

Chart Music #75 (Pt 2): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

Sarah Bee , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham begin their quest through the dungeons of Castle Osmond. It’s August, it’s 1974, and the BBC have g...

1:39:47Dec 11, 2024

Chart Music #75 (Pt 1): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

We’re BACK, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, and we’ve foolishly decided to tuck into one of the strangest episodes of Top Of The Pops ever . But firs...

1:31:42Dec 10, 2024