Blimey at last someone mentioned Pans People & there was legs & co after - the days before pop videas were the norm treat for all the daddies
Shame its a dying institution as it was something that was not missed, my mum taped the 25yr birthday edition & another one think when the 80's ended which was a great nostalgic look at the start to present of the time, i think it charged my love for old music of the 60's the show looked great in black & white
then 70's & 80's, you have all mentioned memorable events - tinks shut yer eyes a mo cos i mention tom jones when he did kiss on TOTP he split his pants & had red undies on eewwww lol
TOTP lost its credibility certainly in the late 90's when more of us are tuning into MTV & VH1!! I remember they changed to Elstree [i think or from it] to modernised it sort of & brought the daft rule of singing live in 91/92 & there after therefore killing the interest & eardrums specially with rave/house/dance music thats technically altered or Dj'd mixed from other songs cos then the obvious became more obvious than the hayday of the mime.