     pick of the pops is a bbc radio programme, originally based on the top 20 uk singles chart and first broadcast on the bbc light programme in 1955. it transferred to bbc radio 1 (simulcast on bbc radio 2) from 1967. its last edition in its original format was on 24 september 1972. ==original format (1955â1972)== initially the show did not feature the charts, but in september 1957 alan dell introduced the format of running through the charts of the week, playing the top tens from various music papers plus entries to top 20s. this was around 11&nbsp;pm on sundays. david jacobs brought the first averaged bbc top 20 to the helm on 29 march 1958 (on a saturday). alan freeman took over in sept 1961, but finally took the show to a regular sunday slot at 4&nbsp;pm on 7 jan 1962. the show moved to 4.30&nbsp;pm on 27 aug 1967, the chart increased to a top 30 then. when radio one began, the show then moved to the 5â7 pm slot on 1 oct 1967, until its demise on 24 sep 1972. freeman, who presented the longest and whose name is probably most closely associated with the programme, had been a radio announcer in melbourne, australia. freeman arrived in britain in 1957 and joined the light programme in 1961 to present records around five. that same year he replaced david jacobs for pick of the pops, which was then part of a saturday-evening programme called trad tavern, after traditional jazz which had a following at the time. pick of the pops became a separate programme in january 1962, broadcast late on sunday afternoons. it was produced by derek chinnery. denys jones (producer 1961â72) and freeman split the programme into four: chart newcomers, new releases, lps and the top 10. (by the time radio one started
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