#56 (Part 1): 25.12.1983 – Oh Dear!! A Bat Bit You

<p><strong>Al Needham</strong>’s hosting a late New Year’s party, and all the Pop-Crazed Youngsters are invited. And unsurprisingly, it involves you being made to sit in an armchair and watch an episode of Top Of The Pops while other people shout at you – and this time, it’s the Xmas Day one from 1983. But before that, him and&nbsp;<strong>Sarah Bee&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Taylor Parkes&nbsp;</strong>leaf though that week’s Melody Maker, reminisce on Xmases past, and get you all ’83-compliant for our LONGEST EPISODE EVER…&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/CM56vids" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Video Playlist&nbsp;</a>|&nbsp;<a href="http://chartmusic.libsyn.com/rss" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChartMusicPodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/ChartMusicTOTP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17nHuE5PtP4OaYbq76yT0B00ZZ5hv3ismr-26idmmKo0/edit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Chart Music Wiki</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/chartmusic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>