# Top of the Pops@Play

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2000 British TV series or programme

Top of the Pops@Play Logo used between 2000-01 Based on Top of the Pops Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English Original release Network Play UK Release 2000 (2000) – 2001 (2001) Related Top of the Pops TOTP2 Top of the Pops Reloaded

**Top of the Pops@play** (**TOTP@play**), is a music television programme, that was broadcast on [UKTV](/source/UKTV)-owned digital youth entertainment television channel, [Play UK](/source/Play_UK).[1] The programme ran daily on weekday afternoons from October 2000 until 2001.

It was a spin-off of the long-running [BBC](/source/BBC) music programme, *[Top of the Pops](/source/Top_of_the_Pops)*, and was one of several [Play UK](/source/Play_UK) programmes to utilise the *TOTP* brand. These programmes were able to use the BBC-owned *TOTP* brand commercially as [BBC Worldwide](/source/BBC_Worldwide), the BBC's commercial arm, held (and still holds) a 50% stake in the [UKTV](/source/UKTV) group of channels. BBC Worldwide also publishes the [TOTP magazine](/source/Top_of_the_Pops_(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](/source/MTV_Select), which aired in a similar afternoon timeslot on [MTV UK & Ireland](/source/MTV_UK_%26_Ireland).

*TOTP@play* utilised a number of presenters during its run, including [Josie d'Arby](/source/Josie_d'Arby), [Vernon Kay](/source/Vernon_Kay), [Joe Mace](/source/Joe_Mace) and [Dermot O'Leary](/source/Dermot_O'Leary).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Feature: TOTP over the years* - Digital Spy](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a22308/feature-totp-over-the-years/) (accessed 15 June 2021)

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