Top of the Pops

17th April 1980 (17x16)

Air date: Apr 17, 1980

Presenter: Jimmy Savile O.B.E. Playlist: (14) Leon Haywood – Don’t Push It, Don’t Force It (and charts) (37) Phil Lynott – Dear Miss Lonely Hearts (11) Barbara Dickson – January February (50) Girl – Hollywood Tease (2) Blondie – Call Me (danced to by Legs & Co) (19) B.A. Robertson – Kool In The Kaftan (26) The Selecter – Missing Words (51) The Ruts – Staring At The Rude Boys (8) The Pretenders – Talk Of The Town (video) (12) Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno (34) The Nolans – Don’t Make Waves (4) UB40 – Food For Thought (47) Sham 69 – Tell The Children (1) The Detroit Spinners – Working My Way Back To You – Forgive Me Girl (Medley) (video) (30) Bobby Thurston – Check Out The Groove (and credits)