Top of the Pops

British music chart television series
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Top of the Pops
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Top of the Pops

Summary

Top of the Pops is a television program[1]. It ranks in the top 0.87% of television_program entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,039 views/month, #35 of 4,035).[2]

Key Facts

  • Top of the Pops is the creator of Johnnie Stewart[3].
  • Top of the Pops is the creator of Stanley Dorfman[4].
  • Top of the Pops's instance of is recorded as television program[5].
  • Top of the Pops was directed by Stanley Dorfman[6].
  • Top of the Pops was directed by Johnnie Stewart[7].
  • Top of the Pops's genre is music chart television program[8].
  • Top of the Pops's genre is music program[9].
  • Top of the Pops was produced by Johnnie Stewart[10].
  • Top of the Pops was produced by Robin Nash[11].
  • Top of the Pops was produced by Michael Hurll[12].
  • Top of the Pops was produced by Stanley Dorfman[13].
  • The original language of Top of the Pops was English[14].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Fearne Cotton[15].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Peter Powell[16].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Jamie Theakston[17].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as David Jacobs[18].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Mike Read[19].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Ed Stewart[20].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as John Peel[21].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Jayne Middlemiss[22].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Gary Davies[23].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Steve Wright[24].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Stuart Henry[25].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Verena Kerth[26].
  • Top of the Pops's presenter is recorded as Q4761158[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Johnnie Stewart[10], Robin Nash[11], Michael Hurll[12], and Stanley Dorfman[13]. Directors include Stanley Dorfman[6] and Johnnie Stewart[7]. Created works include Johnnie Stewart[3], a television producer[28], 1917–2005[29], of United States[30] and Stanley Dorfman[4], a television director[31], of United Kingdom[32], specialised in television producer[33].

Publication

The original language of Top of the Pops was English[14]. Genres include music chart television program[8] and music program[9].

Why It Matters

Top of the Pops ranks in the top 0.87% of television_program entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,039 views/month, #35 of 4,035).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved . hollywoodreporter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Rock's Backpages. Retrieved . rocksbackpages.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . book. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Creator
    Executive producer Robin Nash, Michael Hurll, Andi Peters
    Number of episodes {'amount': '+2260'}
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