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Episodes (52)
1. 6 January 1966
Aired 6 January 1966 • 60 min
2. 13 January 1966
Aired 13 January 1966 • 60 min
3. 20 January 1966
Aired 20 January 1966 • 60 min
4. 27 January 1966
Aired 27 January 1966 • 60 min
Host - Pete Murray Cilla Black - Love's Just A Broken Heart (Repeat Performance) Crispian St. Peters - You Were On My Mind (Performance) Dusty Springfield - Little By Little (Performance) Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass / The Gojos - Spanish Flea (Disc) Herman's Hermits - A Must To Avoid (Repeat Performance) Len Barry - Like A Baby (Repeat Performance) Pinkerton's Assorted Colours - Mirror Mirror (Performance) Sandie Shaw - Tomorrow (Performance) The Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love (Performance) The Overlanders - Michelle (Performance)
5. February 3 1966
Aired 3 February 1966 • 60 min
6. February 10 1966
Aired 10 February 1966 • 60 min
7. February 17 1966
Aired 17 February 1966 • 60 min
8. February 24 1966
Aired 24 February 1966 • 60 min
9. 3 March 1966
Aired 3 March 1966 • 60 min
10. 10 March 1966
Aired 10 March 1966 • 60 min
11. 17 March 1966
Aired 17 March 1966 • 60 min
12. 24 March 1966
Aired 24 March 1966 • 60 min
13. 31 March 1966
Aired 31 March 1966 • 60 min
Host - Jimmy Savile Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly (Repeat Performance) Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick And Tich - Hold Tight (Performance) Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Performance) The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion (Performance) The Seekers - Someday One Day (Performance) The Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me (Promo Video) The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Repeat Performance) The Who - Substitute (Repeat Performance) The Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things (Performance)
14. 7 April 1966
Aired 7 April 1966 • 60 min
15. 14 April 1966
Aired 14 April 1966 • 60 min
16. 21 April 1966
Aired 21 April 1966 • 60 min
17. 28 April 1966
Aired 28 April 1966 • 60 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 5 May 1965 • 60 min
19. 12 May 1966
Aired 12 May 1966 • 60 min
20. 19 May 1966
Aired 19 May 1966 • 60 min
21. 26 May 1966
Aired 26 May 1966 • 60 min
22. 2 June 1966
Aired 2 June 1966 • 60 min
23. 9 June 1966
Aired 9 June 1966 • 60 min
24. 16 June 1966
Aired 16 June 1966 • 60 min
25. 23 June 1966
Aired 23 June 1966 • 60 min
26. 30 June 1966
Aired 30 June 1966 • 60 min
27. 7 July 1966
Aired 7 July 1966 • 60 min
28. 14 July 1966
Aired 14 July 1966 • 60 min
29. 21 July 1966
Aired 21 July 1966 • 60 min
30. 4 August 1966
Aired 4 August 1966 • 60 min
31. 11 August 1966
Aired 11 August 1966 • 60 min
32. 18 August 1966
Aired 18 August 1966 • 60 min
33. Episode 33
Aired 25 August 1966 • 60 min
34. 1 September 1966
Aired 1 September 1966 • 60 min
35. 8 September 1966
Aired 8 September 1966 • 60 min
36. 15 September 1966
Aired 15 September 1966 • 60 min
37. 22nd September
Aired 22 September 1966 • 60 min
38. 29th Sep
Aired 29 September 1966 • 60 min
39. 6th Oct
Aired 6 October 1966 • 60 min
40. 13th Oct
Aired 13 October 1966 • 60 min
41. 20th Oct
Aired 20 October 1966 • 60 min
42. 27th Oct
Aired 27 October 1966 • 60 min
43. 3rd Nov
Aired 3 November 1966 • 60 min
44. 10th Nov
Aired 10 November 1966 • 60 min
45. 17th Oct
Aired 17 November 1966 • 60 min
46. 24th Nov
Aired 24 November 1966 • 60 min
47. Episode 47
Aired 1 December 1966 • 60 min
48. Episode 48
Aired 8 December 1966 • 60 min
49. Episode 49
Aired 15 December 1966 • 60 min
50. Top of the Pops Christmas Special [1966]
Aired 26 December 1966 • 60 min
51. Episode 51
Aired 27 December 1966 • 60 min
52. Episode 52
Aired 29 December 1966 • 60 min