25-12-2022, 09:43 AM
1978 was still a proper Christmas special with a full line-up of specially-recorded performances, it's just that for some reason they chose to have Noel presenting from a separate office set rather than the main studio.
I didn't watch the 2022 programme as it was on far too late, but having had a scan through it on iPlayer this morning, it feels like a cynical attempt to keep the TOTP name alive by attaching it to a programme that otherwise bears no resemblance at all to any TOTP we ever seen before.
Confusingly, next Friday BBC2 are putting out 'The Year in Music at the BBC', which seems to be doing more-or-less the same thing, but at a much more reasonable 6.30pm timeslot.
I didn't watch the 2022 programme as it was on far too late, but having had a scan through it on iPlayer this morning, it feels like a cynical attempt to keep the TOTP name alive by attaching it to a programme that otherwise bears no resemblance at all to any TOTP we ever seen before.
Confusingly, next Friday BBC2 are putting out 'The Year in Music at the BBC', which seems to be doing more-or-less the same thing, but at a much more reasonable 6.30pm timeslot.
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