''The Roxy'' was a British

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programme broadcast on the

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network from June 1987 to April 1988 and was produced by

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in Newcastle, shortly after its more successful

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music show, '' The Tube'', was decommissioned. The show was initially presented by

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and

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. The first edition was transmitted across the ITV network on Tuesday 9 June 1987, introducing

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performing " Victim of Love". Subtitled as ''

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'', ''The Roxy'' was based on the weekly chart compiled for

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which was broadcast on Sunday afternoons across ILR stations every Sunday afternoon from 5pm, in competition with BBC Radio 1's own chart show. In January 1988 the programme was retitled ''Roxy The Network Chart Show'' along with a new studio set which included a large multicoloured sign spelling ''ROXY'' (This fell over at the end of the final edition using a flashpot effect & slow motion video & using the song "''Leader of the Pack''" by

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which played after the sign fell over). The programme suffered from not having a fixed network timeslot and for a short time, an industrial dispute which affected live studio performances. After just ten months on air, ''The Roxy'' aired its final edition on Tuesday 5 April 1988. By this point, some regional stations aired the programme around midnight like Anglia, TVS and Thames while Grampian, Scottish, and Yorkshire opted out entirely. The demise of ''The Roxy'' also signalled the end of major live music TV production at Tyne Tees, which asides ''The Tube'', had also spanned series such as '' Alright Now'', '' Razzmatazz'' and '' Check it Out''. The company also produced coverage of

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's concerts at

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and the Milton Keynes Bowl and co-produced '' U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky''.

References

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