TOTP2

About this Broadcast

Season 1, Episode 1

A look back at some of the most memorable Top of the Pops performances from the 1980s, a time of outlandish hairstyles and dubious fashions. Featuring music by Adam Ant, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, Bucks Fizz, Yazz, Duran Duran, Wham! and Culture Club

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General Music/Ballet/Dance

Cast & Crew

Adam Ant (Performer)

Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan (Performer)

Bucks Fizz (Performer)

Yazz (Performer)

Duran Duran (Performer)

Wham! (Performer)

Culture Club (Performer)

Sally Wood (Producer)

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Did You Know..

Adam Ant (Performer)

Born: November 03, 1954 in London

Best Known For: His early 1980s hits.

Early-life: Stuart Leslie Goddard was born in London on November 3, 1954, the only child of a working-class family. He attended Hornsey School of Art in London and joined a band called Bazooka Joe as a bass player in the early 1970s. In 1975, he formed his own band, the B-sides, and then came Adam & the Ants, who played their first gig in 1977. With help from influential fans John Peel and Malcolm McLaren, they gained a big following and, by 1981, had become chart stars.

Career: The band had 15 hits in three years, including number ones Stand and Deliver and Prince Charming. After deciding to go solo, Ant enjoyed huge success with Goody Two Shoes in 1982. He went to Hollywood to pursue an acting career, but films such as Slam Dance (1987) and World Gone Wild (1987) failed to make him a Tinseltown icon. His career went into freefall in the early Noughties, when he was sent to a psychiatric ward at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London. He bounced back in 2006 with the release of his autobiography and took to the stage again in 2010. In 2013, he released Adam Ant is the Blueback Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter, his first album since 1995.

Quote: "I've been told I sold 110 million albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket."

Trivia: He doesn't own a TV and enjoys reading historical novels.