Episode
Top of the Pops: 20th September 1979
Overview
Weekly pop chart programme presented by Mike Read with performances by the Starjets, the Jags, Kate Bush, Madness, the Bellamy Brothers, the Tourists, the Police, Sad Cafe, Rainbow and Gary Numan and dance sequences by Legs & Co.
Details
- Series
- Top of the Pops
- Season
- Season 16
- Episode
- Episode 37
- Air date
- 1979-09-20
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
20th September 1979 is Episode 37 in 1979 of Top of the Pops. It aired on 1979-09-20. The runtime is 30 min.
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