Top of the Pops@play (TOTP@play), is a music television programme, that was broadcast on

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-owned digital youth entertainment television channel, Play UK.''Feature: TOTP over the years'' - Digital Spy
(accessed 15 June 2021) The programme ran daily on weekday afternoons from October 2000 until 2001. It was a spin-off of the long-running

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music programme, ''

Top of the Pops ''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British record chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most of its histo ...

'', and was one of several Play UK programmes to utilise the ''TOTP'' brand. These programmes were able to use the BBC-owned ''TOTP'' brand commercially as

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, the BBC's commercial arm, held (and still holds) a 50% stake in the

group of channels. BBC Worldwide also publishes the TOTP magazine. The programme was broadcast for three hours each weekday afternoon as a live music and entertainment magazine programme, featuring interviews with celebrities, interactive phone-in elements (such as music video requests), competitions, and magazine features. It was similar in style to the rival programme MTV Select, which aired in a similar afternoon timeslot on MTV UK & Ireland. ''TOTP@play'' utilised a number of presenters during its run, including Josie d'Arby, Vernon Kay, Joe Mace and

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