“They always say it’s ‘Welcome to Top of the Pops‘ and tonight it’s just the same as ever!” Newsbeat’s Richard Skinner there, opening the UK’s top music show with a confusingly constructed sentence that rather downplays the sense of breathless excitement that Michael Hurll has spent so much time and effort (and money) trying to generate. Skinner still looks way out of his comfort zone, having been denewsreaderified and forced into a red polo shirt (seemingly the inverse of the one he wore last time he was on) instead of his comfy grey sweater, the enforced colourisation ringing as untrue as the red light shining on the giant video screen in a desperate attempt to disguise the fact that it’s still black and white. Still, the audience seems happy enough. Presumably they don’t know who’s on yet.
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