Top of the Pops: Christmas 1998


02:30 am - 03:30 am, Saturday, December 20 on BBC Four HD (106)

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About this Broadcast

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Christmas 1998
Season 1998, Episode 1

Kate Thornton, Jamie Theakston and Jayne Middlemiss introduce the stars and the top-selling songs of 1998, plus that year's Christmas number one. With performances by the Tamperer featuring Maya, Stardust, Denise & Johnny, B*witched, Robbie Williams, All Saints, Fat Les and the Spice Girls


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Music/Ballet/Dance Pop

Cast & Crew

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Kate Thornton (Presenter)
Jamie Theakston (Presenter)
Jayne Middlemiss (Presenter)
Chris Cowey (Producer)

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Did You Know..

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Kate Thornton (Presenter)
Jamie Theakston (Presenter)
Born: December 21, 1970 in Sussex
Best Known For: Presenting TV shows and his headline-making love life.
Early-life: Jamie Andrew Theakston was born on December 21, 1970, in Sussex. He grew up in a happy middle-class household. His father was in computers, and worked as a director for the BBC. His mum runs a tearoom. A natural exhibitionist, he has described himself as a noisy kid who demanded to be the centre of attention. Theakston cut his acting teeth at the National Youth Theatre, before then working in Christie's auction house between leaving school and doing a business degree at North London Polytechnic.
Career: Famously entered a BBC's Clothes Show contest to find a new model. He did well, and was in good company: Cat Deeley was also in the competition. Later, to help out a friend, he started doing traffic reports on BBC local radio station GLR. Subsequently, he moved to Radio 5 Live where he was noticed by a producer of TV show The O-Zone. Things took off after he teamed up with Zoë Ball, first on Live & Kicking and then on The Priory. Theakston decided to return to acting, and appeared in West End hits Art, and Home and Beauty. Other TV jobs include an episode of Murder in Mind, the last TV drama to feature Adam Faith, sitcom Mad About Alice, A Question of Pop, and The Games. He reunited with Zoë Ball in 2009 to front Channel 5 game show Britain's Best Brain. He initially presented some music shows on Radio 1 before fronting the Heart FM breakfast show, where he has been at the microphone since 2005.
Quote: On working with Zoë Ball: "I've worked with lots of other female co-hosts and I guess you always measure them against the first one you worked with."
Trivia: He enjoys fencing and cricket. He supports Brighton and Hove Albion.
Jayne Middlemiss (Presenter)
Born: February 03, 1971 in Northumberland
Best Known For: Presenting various youth-themed shows.
Early-life: Middlemiss hails from a working-class background in Bedlington, Northumberland, where her father was an electrician in the coal pit and her mother worked in a factory. She often won childhood beauty contests and dreamed of being a singer, but her first job was selling televisions in an electrical store in Morpeth. Moved to London and into the world of glamour modelling while also working as an extra on TV.
Career: Her big break came with presenting jobs on Channel 4's The White Room and BBC's O-Zone, followed by Top Of The Pops. WShe was axed from the latter, along with Gail Porter, when producers revamped the presenting line-up. Hosted She's Gotta Have It and co-presented LA Pool Party with Lisa Snowdon. Appeared on Test the Nation, and scored an IQ rating of 100. The effervescent Geordie has been globetrotting with Holiday on a Shoestring and Holiday - You Call the Shots. In 2005 she appeared on ITV's Celebrity Love Island and became emotionally involved with footballer Lee Sharpe. She won Celebrity MasterChef in 2009.
Quote: "I'd like to be the female Chris Evans - but not ginger."
Trivia: In 2005, she released a fitness DVD, Jayne Middlemiss - Love Yoga.
Chris Cowey (Producer)

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