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Genre | Music |
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Running time | 120 minutes (1:00pm - 3:00pm) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
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Recording studio | Broadcasting House, London (1955–1972, 1989–1992, 1997–2006, 2024–present) Wogan House, London (2006–2024) Maida Vale Studios (2023–24) |
Original release | 4 October 1955 – present |
Audio format | Stereophonic |
Opening theme | "At the Sign of the Swingin' Cymbal" by Brass Incorporated |
Website | www |
Pick of the Pops is a long-running BBC Radio programme; it was based originally on the Top 20 from the UK Singles Chart and was first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme on 4 October 1955.[1] It transferred to BBC Radio 1 (simulcast on BBC Radio 2) from 1967 to 1972.[2] The show returned to the BBC in 1989 and its current production run started on BBC Radio 2 in 1997.
Its longest-serving presenter was Alan Freeman for almost 40 years, on and off, from 1961 to 2000. The current host is Mark Goodier, following the death of Steve Wright.