100 People Who Would Make Great Hosts of Top of the Pops

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1. James Richardson

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

2. That guy off of Top Gear that isn't Jeremy Clarkson or Richie Hammond.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

3. Valentino Rossi

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

4. Rodney P and Skitz ("'oo is at numbah 12 den dis week bruv?" "It's some lowdown grimey crew that call themselves "All-American Rejects" "Big tings appening")

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

5. Pretty much any human being alive that isn't Colin Murray

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

6. The boy from that "retarded kids can play football too" advert

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

7. Jerry Sadowitz

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

8. Marcello Carlin

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hannibal Lecter

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

10. John Lydon

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

11. Ozzy Osbourne

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

12. Stephen Fry

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

13. Casey Kasem

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

14. Richard Whiteley

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

15. Ian Hislop

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

16. David Beckham

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

17. Brian Sewell

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

18. David Dickinson

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

19. Jon Tickle

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

20. Patrick Moore

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 12:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

21. Jon Humphries

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

22. Henry Rollins

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

23. Mark Chapman

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

24. Dame Thora Hird

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

25. Prince Charles

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Geoff Boycott

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

Stewart: Brian Sewell indeed...this is going to end in laughter-induced hiccups :-)

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

...you'll be saying Jimmy Savile next!

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

...so that's 26 & 27

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

28. MATOS!!!

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

29. Michael Jayston (bloke off the ads & the last St Etienne album)

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

29. John Leslie

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

30. Annabel Chong

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

31. Bill "Ken Barlow" Roach

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

32. Fred West

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

33. Jill Dando

― neil, Friday, 1 August 2003 13:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

40. C3P0

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

35) Stephen Hawking

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

36. Johnny Vegas

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

37) with Calista Flockhart

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

38) Gentle Ben

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

39. Ann Widdecombe

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

40) with Tony Benn (not so unlikely as i he was on Jools Holland one night...)

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

41) Henry Kissinger

― Nathan W (Nathan Webb), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

42) JG Ballard

― Nathan W (Nathan Webb), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

42) Jeffrey Archer

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

43. Skippy The Bush Kangaroo

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

44. Lady Penelope from "Thunderbirds"

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

45) Idi Armin

― Nathan W (Nathan Webb), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

45) The Clangers

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 13:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

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ok so mine is now 85

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

86. Denis Leary

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

87. Timothy Leary

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

88. Timothy Taylor

(hang on a minute, you can't have a pint presenting Top Of The Pops)

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

89 Johnny Depp - as Captain Jack Sparrow

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

90. GG Allin

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

91. Andi Peters

Nah, not really, I'm only joking - that would be a ridiculous suggestion!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

91. Zig and Zag!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

92. Clarence The Cross-Eyed Lion

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

93. Bill Hicks

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

94. Marvin The Paranoid Android

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

95. Bill Gates

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

96. Bill Clinton

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

97. Bill Cosby

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

97.) Bernie Clifton (with the ostrich)

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

99 Ronald Reagan

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

100) Walken.

― Alex K (Alex K), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

98) Norman Collier (he could pretend his mike was broken...)

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

... and me!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

Twelvety. Tubbs from The League Of Gentlemen

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Almost certainly up to as much as in excess of 100 or possibly even more than that. Chris Langham as Roy Mallard

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

Chris Langham as George Orwell. OK, maybe not. But he was good.

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

Tubbs from Miami Vice

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Papa Lazarou

"Dave! Oh Dave! You're my audience now!"

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

dave q indeed

― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bea Arthur.

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 1 August 2003 16:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Silent Bob. He'll only ever speak to let out occasional frustration over the demise of The Time anyway.

― Barima (Barima), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

Vince McMahon: Think of the overacting that will be involved...

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Sunday, 3 August 2003 04:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Pope. In a special edition featuring tATu and Jnr Snr.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Sunday, 3 August 2003 07:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

William Bloody Swygart

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 3 August 2003 12:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

Vince McMahon: Think of the overacting that will be involved...

Surely Jim Ross?

"By GAWD!!! BY GAWD!!!! BLU CANTRELL IS AT NUMBER ONE! THIS IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE CHARTS IN IT'S VERY EXISTENCE!!!!"

"HELLFIRE AND BRIMSTONE, IT'S LUCY CARR!!!!"

"Kelly Jones, a collegiate stand-out for Cardiff State University there... what a hoss this young Oakie is"

And so on and so forth.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 3 August 2003 13:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

Comic Store Guy

Tim Westwood

Gareth Keenan

Sid Waddell

Murray Walker

― Nick H, Sunday, 3 August 2003 19:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Chris Eubank

''In at number feffen, Fuggf with Ferfeelia.''

Nah. That could never happen!!!!!!

― Kim Tortoise, Monday, 4 August 2003 14:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

Stewart Osborne, who could introduce bands by way of an impression of a popular celebrity or TV character, being sure to include that person or character's most obvious catchphrase. Perhaps the TOTP studios could be redone to look like an It's A Scream pub.

[PS I was going to put GG Allin as well :( ]

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 4 August 2003 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

I could only manage that by doing an impression of Phil Cornwell doing an impression of the relevant celebrities - would that be OK?

NB I can't do Gilbert The Alien

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 4 August 2003 15:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

Melvyn Bragg

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Monday, 4 August 2003 16:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

Simon Callow

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Monday, 4 August 2003 16:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

Roger Scruton

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Monday, 4 August 2003 16:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

Roger Mellie

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

Roy Cropper from Corrie.
Dennis Pennis
Bernie Mac
Chris Rock
Tony Blair in voter recruitment mode

― Barima (Barima), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Gorilla Mcmahan and "The Body" Ventura would be ace doing totp. God only knows what Ventura would make of Robbie Williams.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Gorilla Mcmahan"? Dude. Come on now. Gorilla Monsoon.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bonnie Greer

― j0e (j0e), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bonnie Langford

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Karlheinz Stockhausen

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Penny from Big Brother 2

― j0e (j0e), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wendy Craig

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 13:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

five years pass...

reggie yates is prob the worst totp presenter. he had nothing to say at all on the bbc's glasto coverage. he was just trying to pose and pout every other second.

― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link

bjork

― Sandy Blair, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Barack Obama

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link

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