John Peel trawls through the Top of the Pops archives to find the worst records !! This was first broadcast in 1992 during BBC2's TV Hell Night, which showed the tackier side of television production and highlighting TV's worst programmes !!
Performances from Top of the Pops:
Jimmy Osmond: Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool
Clive Dunn: Grandad
St Winifred School School Choir: Grandma
Terry Wogan: Floral Dance
Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks (aka DLT): Convoy GB
Jasper Carrott: Funky Moped
(Dancin' Queens - Pan's People, etc)
England World Cup Squad 1982: This Time (We'll Get It Right)
Chas & Dave: Come On You Spurs
Scotland World Cup Squad 1982: We Have A Dream
Chas & Dave: Ossie's Dream
Andy Cameron: Ally's Tartan Army
Chas & Dave: Ossie's Dream
(Fashion Victims - DJs, including Peel)
Toto Colelo: I Eat Cannibals
Demis Roussos: Forever And Ever
Boystown Gang: Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Jonathan King: Everybody's Gone To The Moon
100 Ton And A Feather: It Only Takes A Minute
Jonathan King: Una Paloma Blanca
Steve & Albert: Follow The Bouncing Ball
John Paul Joans: The Man From Nazareth
Philip & Vanessa: Two Sleepy People
Simon May: We'll Gather Lilacs
(Chart rundown of "the truly horrid")
Wurzels: I Am A Cider Drinker (#10)
Danny Mirror: I Remember Elvis Presley (#9)
Joe Dolce: Shaddap Your Face (#8)
Tweets: Birdie Song (#7)
Goombay Dance Band: Seven Tears (#6)
Sylvia: Y Viva Espana (#5)
Renee & Renato: Save Your Love (#4)
Father Abraham: The Smurf Song (#3)
Keith Harris & Orville: Orville's Song (#2)
Black Lace: Agadoo (#1)
One or two cheesy bombshells that had totally slipped my mind in there.
ZXwarp 4 weeks ago
Simon May's 'We'll Gather Lilacs' - yikes!
MsBkirk 3 months ago
Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks were the reason I laughed at the polar bear in the hot air balloon in the film 'The Golden Compass'. 'Ooh look, a bear in the air' was on this viewer's lips!
MsBkirk 3 months ago
Jimmy Osmond IS Pauline Quirke!
MsBkirk 3 months ago
I do agree with his view of Pans People. Even as an exictable early teen they never did it for me, even tho i turned out to be reassuringly hetrosexual!
TheRickynow 3 months ago
a legend! thanx for uploading this
gregevigan 4 months ago