First viewed : 1988
I avoided this like the plague when it first arrived in the mid-eighties; the idea of the Beeb making their own cheap films to accompany pre-video ( i.e pre-1977 hits ) sounded hideous. By 1988 though, my punk-centric letterboxing when it came to consuming music had eroded and I was more receptive to listening to pop from previous eras whether I'd heard it before or not.
Therefore, I did watch the occasional episode of the third and final series in 1988. The ones I remember are Kiki Dee's Amereuse ( a soft focus film of pastoral snogging ) and The Hollies' He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother ( a film of special needs kids having a day out ). The latter airing may have helped it to number one in the autumn. I also recall hearing The Hollies' Gasoline Alley Bred and The Moody Blues' Isn't Life Strange for the first time on the programme though I don't recall anything about the accompanying films.
It was presented by Dave Lee Travis so I don't suppose it will ever surface again although the ban on editions of Top of the Pops which he presented is completely ridiculous.
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