In an interesting piece for the Media Guardian on the future of Top Of The Pops and the UK Top 40 chart show, former Head Of BBC Music And Entertainment Trevor Dann isn't sure that the potential of integrating the two BBC chart shows now they will both air on a Sunday tea time will ever be achieved, given the tendency for BBC TV and radio people to not talk to each other.
Dann writes: "While it's no surprise that both shows are stumbling on with yet another re-design, what is genuinely shocking is that there seems to have been no liaison between the two sides of the BBC. A senior figure in TV entertainment tells me that no decision has been made about TOTP's new time slot. The Radio 1 press office assures me that the TV show will follow the radio show at 7pm on a Sunday. Will JK & Joel present both shows? Well maybe, we haven't ruled that out, says TV. Categorically not, says radio. A simulcast? Possibly, says TV. Definitely not, says radio. Could the shows actually end up competing with each other? Both sides agree that would be silly but admit that there have been no joint discussions about complementary scheduling and that none are planned. And which show will reveal the new Number 1 first? We will, they chorus in unison, though not in harmony."
You can read the piece at
http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,1365048,00.html