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Top of the Pops Season 18 Episodes

54 Episodes 1981 - 1981

Episode 1

Top of the Pops '80: Part 2

43 mins

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Episode 2

Episode #18.2

40 mins

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Episode 3

Episode #18.3

39 mins

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Episode 4

Episode #18.4

39 mins

Peter Powell presents, featuring The Look, Spandau Ballet, XTC, Adam and the Ants, Bad Manners, Visage and Blondie.

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Episode 5

Episode #18.5

40 mins

Ultravox perform "Vienna" again.

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Episode 6

Episode #18.6

40 mins

Simon Bates presents, featuring Stray Cats, Blondie, Spandau Ballet, Fred Wedlock, Rainbow, Dire Straits, XTC, Cliff Richard, The Passions, Joe Dolce and John Lennon.

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Episode 7

Episode #18.7

40 mins

Ultravox perform "Vienna" third time; Pretenders perform "Message of Love"

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Episode 8

Episode #18.8

35 mins

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Episode 9

Episode #18.9

40 mins

Peter Powell presents, featuring Status Quo, Kim Wilde, Madness, Kiki Dee, Coast to Coast, The Passions, Roxy Music and Joe Dolce, and a dance performance from Legs and Co.

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Episode 10

Episode #18.10

39 mins

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Episode 11

Episode #18.11

39 mins

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Episode 12

Episode #18.12

39 mins

Peter Powell presents, featuring Sharon Redd, Bucks Fizz, Colin Blunstone and Dave Stewart, Toyah, The Who, Phil Collins, Shakin Stevens, Visage, Roxy Music and Duran Duran, and a dance performance from Legs and Co.

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Episode 13

Episode #18.13

40 mins

Richard Skinner presents, featuring Graham Bonnet, Hazel O'Connor, Tony Capstick, Gillan, Lene Lovich, Bad Manners, Shakin' Stevens, Linx, Landscape, The Polecats, Kim Wilde and Legs and Co.

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Episode 14

Episode #18.14

40 mins

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Episode 15

Episode #18.15

39 mins

Mike Read presents, featuring Linx, Bucks Fizz, Saxon, Keith Marshall, Legs and Co dancing to David Bowie, Graham Bonnet, Public Image Ltd, Eddy Grant, Gillan, The Whispers, Hazel O'Connor and Shakin' Stevens.

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Episode 16

Episode #18.16

40 mins

Peter Powell introduces the pop programme, featuring Bad Manners, Girlschool, Department S, The Beat, The Cure, The Nolans, UK Subs, The Jacksons, Whitesnake, Spandau Ballet, Sugar Minott, Bucks Fizz and Ennio Morricone, and a dance performance from Legs and Co.

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Episode 17

Episode #18.17

39 mins

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Episode 18

Episode #18.18

39 mins

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Episode 19

Episode #18.19

40 mins

Kim Wilde does 'Chequered Love'

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Episode 20

Special Cup Final Edition

19 mins

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Episode 21

Episode #18.21

39 mins

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Episode 22

Episode #18.22

37 mins

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Episode 23

Episode #18.23

35 mins

Richard Skinner presents, featuring Siouxsie and The Banshees, Imagination, Phil Collins, Squeeze, The Jam, Toyah and Adam and The Ants, plus a dance performance from Legs and Co.

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Episode 24

Episode #18.24

36 mins

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Episode 25

Episode #18.25

34 mins

Peter Powell presents, featuring Linx, Phil Collins, Odyssey, The Specials, Imagination and Smokey Robinson, and a dance performance from Legs and Co.

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Episode 26

Episode #18.26

32 mins

Depeche Mode and Kirsty MacColl appear

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Episode 27

Episode #18.27

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Episode 28

Episode #18.28

35 mins

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Episode 29

Episode #18.29

31 mins

Peter Powell presents, featuring Spandau Ballet, Saxon, Dexys Midnight Runners, Third World, Kate Bush, Bad Manners and The Specials, and a dance performance from Legs and Co. Depeche Mode perform "New Life"

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Episode 30

Episode #18.30

35 mins

Richard Skinner presents, featuring The Vapors, Tight Fit, Gidea Park, Sheena Easton, Visage and The Specials, and a dance performance from Legs and Co.

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Episode 31

Episode #18.31

34 mins

Depeche Mode perform "New Life"

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Episode 32

Episode #18.32

33 mins

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Episode 33

Episode #18.33

34 mins

Simon Bates presents, featuring Duran Duran, Soft Cell, Aneka, Shakin' Stevens, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra and Bill Wyman, and a dance performance from Legs and Co.

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Episode 34

Episode #18.34

33 mins

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Episode 35

Episode #18.35

35 mins

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Episode 36

Episode #18.36

40 mins

Peter Powell presents, featuring The Teardrop Explodes, OMD, Modern Romance, Dollar, Soft Cell, Gary Numan and Funkapolitan, and a dance performance from Legs and Co.

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Episode 37

Episode #18.37

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Episode 38

Episode #18.38

38 mins

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Episode 39

Episode #18.39

39 mins

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Episode 40

Episode #18.40

40 mins

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Episode 41

Episode #18.41

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Episode 42

Episode #18.42

42 mins

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Episode 43

Episode #18.43

35 mins

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Episode 44

Episode #18.44

36 mins

Final appearance of all girl dance group Legs and Co

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Episode 45

Episode #18.45

36 mins

Debut of mixed gender dance group Zoo

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Episode 46

Episode #18.46

The Hairy Cornflake introduces Dollar performing "Mirror Mirror".

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Episode 47

Episode #18.47

35 mins

Steve Wright presents, featuring Modern Romance, The Pretenders, Fun Boy Three, ABC, Trevor Walters, Julio Iglesias, Diana Ross, Soft Cell and Zoo.

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Episode 48

Episode #18.48

35 mins

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Episode 49

Episode #18.49

36 mins

David 'Kid' Jensen presents, featuring Bad Manners, Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Fun Boy Three, Godley and Creme, The Human League, Julio Iglesias and Zoo.

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Episode 50

Episode #18.50

35 mins

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Episode 51

Episode #18.51

36 mins

Simon Bates presents, featuring Duran Duran, Godley and Creme, the Snowmen, Cliff Richard, Rod Stewart, Status Quo, the Human League and Zoo.

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Episode 52

Episode #18.52

40 mins

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Episode 53

Christmas 81

59 mins

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Episode 54

Number Ones of 81

36 mins

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