BBC calls 'TOTP' regular slot 'unlikely'

The BBC's music controller has said that it is unlikely that Top Of The Pops will return to the channel in a regular weekly slot.

According to the BBC, Andy Parfitt said that it was more likely that the music show will return in other "event-driven moments", such as the recent Christmas, New Year's Eve and Comic Relief specials.

He said: "It's got a mythical status...but I don't think we should get hung up on that one programme. We are a long way from [BBC1 controller] Jay Hunt recommissioning Top Of The Pops in its old-school form on BBC One.

"The days are gone when we can make a programme and just put it out there."

Top Of The Pops ran for 42 years before bowing out in July 2006, in a finale hosted by Jimmy Saville, Tony Blackburn and Mike Reid.