"We may live in turbulent times but back in the early 80s folks also had to contend with the likes of three million unemployed people, the threat of Cold War-era nuclear annihilation and all manner of other unsettling news stories being thrown at us the whole time. Yet every Thursday for half an hour, Top Of The Pops somehow made it all better with our favourite pop stars and a big dose of shiny flashy escapism".(metro.co.uk)