''Top of the Pops Reloaded'' (''TOTP Reloaded''), is a weekly children's music show broadcast as part of the Saturday morning

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schedule on

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. It was based on the show, ''

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'', and was originally known as ''Top of the Pops Saturday'' from 2002 to 2005. It was shown on BBC Two at 11am on Saturdays and repeated at 6pm on the

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on Sunday. Presenters included

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and

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. The show also regularly featured

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DJs JK & Joel. From episode twelve onwards, a new feature was introduced where digital viewers could press their red button to access a different choice of music. Richard Oliff was the first ever 'Dad-Dancer' to be featured on the show, performing to Mylo's Doctor Pressure.

''Top of the Pops Saturday''

''Top of the Pops Saturday'' began on 21 September 2002 as part of the relaunched format of '' The Saturday Show'', as a 45-minute

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, taking up the final section of the programme; ''TOTP Saturday'' was presented by ''The Saturday Show''s presenters of the time,

and

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The introduction of ''TOTP Saturday'' was seen as an attempt by the BBC to combat the successful

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Saturday morning series ''

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'', the last hour of which was given over to music magazine '' CD:UK''. Whereas the BBC had traditionally been dominant in the Saturday morning slot, ''

'' and '' CD:UK'' were hugely successful, something which had contributed to the poor reception of the original version of ''The Saturday Show'', and its subsequent relaunch.

''Top of the Pops Reloaded''

Following the BBC's decision to end ''The Saturday Show'' as a year-round run (and instead run it between series of

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), ''TOTP Saturday'' split off and continued as a billed show in its own right, hosted primarily by

. This continued until the summer of 2005, when the programme took a break from the screen, returning in the ''Reloaded'' format in September 2005. This ran alongside the final series of ''

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'', and both ''Dick & Dom...'' and ''TOTP Reloaded'' ended in March 2006. Shortly after the demise of ''TOTP Reloaded'', the main weekly ''

'' also came to an end. As a result of the demise of the parent show, the Saturday morning spin-off was also decommissioned, though another spin-off series,

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, featuring archive ''

'' footage, continued.

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