Top of the Pops@Play

{{More citations needed|date=October 2021|bot=noref (GreenC bot)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox television | based_on = [[Top of the Pops]] | image = TOTP-at-Play-Logo-2000.JPG | caption = Logo used between 2000-01 | country = United Kingdom | language = English | network = [[Play UK]] | first_aired = {{start date|2000}} | last_aired = {{end date|2001}} | related = {{plainlist| *''[[Top of the Pops]]'' *''[[Top of the Pops 2|TOTP2]]'' *''[[Top of the Pops Reloaded]]''}} }} '''Top of the Pops@play''' ('''TOTP@play'''), is a music television programme, that was broadcast on [[UKTV]]-owned digital youth entertainment television channel, [[Play UK]].<ref>[https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a22308/feature-totp-over-the-years/ ''Feature: TOTP over the years'' - Digital Spy] (accessed 15 June 2021)</ref> The programme ran daily on weekday afternoons from October 2000 until 2001.

It was a spin-off of the long-running [[BBC]] music programme, ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', 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 [[BBC Worldwide]], the BBC's commercial arm, held (and still holds) a 50% stake in the [[UKTV]] group of channels. BBC Worldwide also publishes the [[Top of the Pops (magazine)|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 [[Dermot O'Leary]].

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[[Category:Top of the Pops]] [[Category:2000s British music television series]] [[Category:2000 British television series debuts]] [[Category:2001 British television series endings]] [[Category:English-language British television shows]] [[Category:Play UK original programming]] [[Category:British television spinoffs]]