The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, it鈥檚 Britain鈥檚 number one pop show.
With Nazareth, The Three Degrees, UFO, The Members, Sally Oldfield and Generation X.
With The Dooleys, Generation X, Alan Price, The Pretenders, Lene Lovich and Blondie.
With The Skids, Thin Lizzy, Chic, David Essex and dance sequences by Legs & Co.
With Sparks, The Ramblers, Darts, The Jam, Lene Lovich, Thin Lizzy and Suzi Quatro.
With The Jam, Cliff Richard, The Moody Blues, Kool & the Gang and Secret Affair.
With Shakin' Stevens, Blondie, The Beat, The Ramones, Iron Maiden and Kenny Rogers.
With The Look, Spandau Ballet, Visage, Honey Bane, Bad Manners and Blondie.
With Stiff Little Fingers, Liquid Gold, Sugar Minott, Spandau Ballet and Shakin' Stevens.
With Modern Romance, The Pretenders, Fun Boy Three, ABC, Trevor Walters and Julio Iglesias
80s new pop is born, while the show embraces the shift with a new theme tune and titles.
With Phil Collins, Shakin' Stevens, Kim Wilde, Adam and the Ants, Odyssey and many more.
With Alton Edwards, Mobiles, Shakatak, The Human League, Jon and Vangelis and Meat Loaf.
With Bow Wow Wow, Depeche Mode, Julio Iglesias, Haircut 100, The Associates and Tight Fit.
With BA Robertson, Chas & Dave, Junior, Patrice Rushen and Tight Fit.
With Raw Silk, Blue Zoo, Culture Club, Dionne Warwick, Melba Moore and Tears for Fears.
With Bananarama, Style Council, Ultravox, Joan Armatrading, Bonnie Tyler and Bucks Fizz.
With Culture Club, The Human League, Thompson Twins, Spandau Ballet and David Bowie.
With Paul Young, Tina Turner, The Smiths, Simple Minds, The Style Council and Billy Joel.
1983, and there are signs that the show is going through something of a mid-life crisis.
With Wham!, The Police, Culture Club, UB40, Duran Duran, The Beat and Bananarama.
With Queen, The Flying Pickets, Terri Wells, The Pointer Sisters and Duran Duran.
With Nick Heyward, The Human League, Billy Ocean, Murray Head and Chaka Khan.
With Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Nik Kershaw and Band Aid.
1984 sees Top of the Pops at the height of its 80s pomp - big hair and big tunes.
