Pick of the Pops
Pick of the Pops was a BBC radio programme based on the Top 20 UK singles chart and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1955, transferring to BBC Radio 1 when the latter launched in 1967. Its last edition in its original form was broadcast on 24 September 1972. The presenters were Franklin Engelmann (1955), Alan Dell (1956), David Jacobs (1956-61 and 1962), Don Moss (1963) and Alan Freeman (1961-62, 1963 and 1964-72). Having concentrated on rock shows for some years, Alan Freeman first revived the show on Capital Radio in the 1980s, where it was called "Pick of the Pops Take Two", combining the new chart (for much of the time a London-only Top 15) with a chart from the past. In 1989, he returned to Radio 1, where the show featured three past charts each week, but claimed at the end of 1992, when this run ended, that he would never present it again. However in 1994 the show was revived again on Capital Gold, moving to BBC Radio 2 in 1997, with Freeman now counting down two archive charts each week, and giving facts about the records featured, researched by the show's producer Phil Swern. In 2000 Freeman retired due to health concerns, and the show was taken over by Dale Winton, who presented until the last programme on August 28 2004.
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