Top Of The Pops (Appearances)

While Peel had presented Top Of The Pops in the 1960s, and appeared as a "member" of the Faces in 1971, his main stint with the show was during the 1980s. Peel made a total of 49 appearances between 1968 and 1995. The chronological list below was drawn up from the BBC online archive listing of the programme's presenters. This covers only shows that still exist in the BBC archives and may not be complete in all cases. Dates given are for Thursday broadcasts and not when the show was recorded (usually Tuesday the same week).
== 1968 ==
01 February 1968 (TOTP)
* Co-presenter: Jimmy Savile
== 1981 ==
25 December 1981 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: Andy Peebles, Paul Burnett, Paul Gambaccini, Dave Lee Travis, Adrian Juste, Simon Bates, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, Steve Wright, Peter Powell, Jimmy Savile, Richard Skinner, Mike Read
== 1982 ==
04 February 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: none
01 April 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: none
27 May 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: Debbie Harry (special guest co-host)
01 July 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: none
23 September 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: none
30 September 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: Annie Nightingale, Dave Lee Travis, Andy Peebles, Mike Read, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, Jonathan King, Jimmy Savile, Mike Smith, Paul Burnett, Steve Wright, Adrian Juste, Paul Gambaccini, Tommy Vance, Alexis Korner, Richard Skinner, Peter Powell, Adrian John
14 October 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: none
18 November 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: none
25 December 1982 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: Dave Lee Travis, Peter Powell, Mike Read, Andy Peebles, Steve Wright, Tommy Vance, Mike Smith, Richard Skinner, Jimmy Savile, Janice Long
== 1983 ==
13 January 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
03 February 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
03 March 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
23 March 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
28 April 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
05 May 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: Dave Lee Travis, Steve Wright, Gary Davies, Mike Smith, Paul Gambaccini, Peter Powell, Simon Bates, Tommy Vance, Richard Skinner, David Jacobs, Mike Read, Tony Blackburn, Noel Edmonds, David Jensen, Andy Peebles, Janice Long, Jimmy Savile, Pat Sharp
08 June 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
23 June 1983 (TOTP)
*Presented by Simon Bates and Peter Powell, with Peel presenting the European Chart section of the show.
07 July 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
04 August 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Mike Smith
01 September 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
06 October 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
10 November 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
22 December 1983 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
== 1984 ==
05 January 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
02 February 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
01 March 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
10 May 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
07 June 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: David Jensen
12 July 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Tommy Vance
09 August 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Richard Skinner
06 September 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
22 November 1984 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Tommy Vance
Note: Peel and Jensen were also scheduled to present the show on 1984-04-05 but it didn't go out because of a strike. 
== 1985 ==
03 January 1985 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Richard Skinner
07 March 1985 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
11 April 1985 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
09 May 1985 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
11 July 1985 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
29 August 1985 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
25 December 1985 (TOTP)
*Co-presenters: Janice Long, Dixie Peach, Steve Wright, Gary Davies, Jonathan King
== 1986 ==
02 January 1986 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
03 April 1986 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
08 May 1986 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
29 May 1986 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
28 August 1986 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
20 November 1986 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
== 1987 ==
05 February 1987 (TOTP)
*Co-presenter: Janice Long
== 1995 ==
14 December 1995 (TOTP) - Peel presented with This Is Your Life big red book at the end of show.
*Co-presenter: none
== Reference ==
* Peel discusses TOTP in a BBC interview.
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