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{{Infobox television
| alt_name             = Top of the Pops Saturday
| image                = TOTP Reloaded.JPG
| caption              = ''Top of the Pops Reloaded title card''
| camera               =
| runtime              = 45 minutes
| creator              = 
| developer            = 
| producer             = Christina Brown
 & Lee Mogridge
| executive_producer   = Sue Morgan
| based_on             = [[Top of the Pops]]
| starring             = [[Fearne Cotton]]<br />[[Sam Nixon]]<br />[[Mark Rhodes]]<br />Emilia Coxe<br>[[Jason King (radio)|Jason King]]<br />[[Joel Ross (DJ)|Joel Ross]]
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = Tony Gibber
| opentheme            = "Now Get Out of That"
| endtheme             = 
| country              = United Kingdom
| language             = English
| network              = {{plainlist|
*[[BBC One]]
*[[BBC Two]]
*[[CBBC]]}}
| first_aired          = {{start date|2002|9|21|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2006|3|25|df=y}}
| num_episodes         = 28
| list_episodes        = 
| related              = {{plainlist|
*''[[Top of the Pops]]''
*''[[TOTP@Play]]''}} 
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'''''Top of the Pops Reloaded''''' ('''''TOTP Reloaded'''''), originally known as '''''Top of the Pops Saturday''''' (2002–2005), is a weekly children's music show that was broadcast as part of the Saturday morning [[CBBC]] schedule on [[BBC One]] and later [[BBC Two]]. It ran from 2002 to 2006. It was based on the programme ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.

It was shown on BBC Two at 11{{nbsp}}am on Saturdays and repeated at 6{{nbsp}}pm on the [[CBBC|CBBC Channel]] on Sundays. Presenters included [[Fearne Cotton]], [[Sam Nixon]] and [[Mark Rhodes]]. The show also regularly featured [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] DJs [[JK & Joel]]. From episode twelve onwards, a new feature was introduced where digital viewers could press their red button to access a different choice of music.{{Vague|date=November 2023}} Richard Oliff was the first ever 'Dad-Dancer' to be featured on the show, performing to Mylo's Doctor Pressure.{{Vague|date=November 2023}}

==''Top of the Pops Saturday''==

''Top of the Pops Saturday'' began on 21 September 2002 as part of the relaunched format of ''[[The Saturday Show (2001 TV series)|The Saturday Show]]'', as a 45-minute [[show-within-a-show]], taking up the final section of the programme; ''TOTP Saturday'' was presented by ''The Saturday Show''{{'}}s presenters of the time, [[Fearne Cotton]] and [[Simon Grant]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fc4e3786bc1c4ef6b23652514972c5aa|title=Broadcast – BBC Programme Index|date=21 September 2002 |publisher=BBC|access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref>

The introduction of ''TOTP Saturday'' was seen as an attempt by the BBC to combat the successful [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] Saturday morning series ''[[SMTV Live]]'', the last hour of which was given over to music magazine ''[[CD:UK]]''. Whereas the BBC had traditionally been dominant in the Saturday morning slot, ''[[SMTV Live]]'' and ''[[CD:UK]]'' were hugely successful, something which had contributed to the poor reception of the original version of ''The Saturday Show'', and its subsequent relaunch.

==''Top of the Pops Reloaded''==
Following the BBC's decision to end ''The Saturday Show'' as a year-round run (and instead run it between series of [[Dick & Dom in da Bungalow]]),{{when|date=November 2023}} ''TOTP Saturday'' split off and continued as a billed show in its own right,{{when|date=November 2023}} hosted primarily by [[Fearne Cotton]]. This continued until the summer of 2005, when the programme took a break from the screen, returning in the ''Reloaded'' format in September 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/43e70bb868994604b4f1395b39e70ea3|title=Broadcast – BBC Programme Index|date=10 September 2005 |publisher=BBC|access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> This ran alongside the final series of ''[[Dick & Dom in da Bungalow]]'', and both ''Dick & Dom...'' and ''TOTP Reloaded'' ended in March 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5c25199b3bae492d8307afcc8373c947|title=Broadcast – BBC Programme Index|date=25 March 2006 |publisher=BBC|access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>

Shortly after the demise of ''TOTP Reloaded'', the main weekly ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' also came to an end. As a result of the demise of the parent show, the Saturday morning spin-off was also decommissioned, though another spin-off series, [[Top of the Pops 2|TOTP2]], featuring archive ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' footage, continued.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0479849|Top of the Pops: Reloaded}}
* {{IMDb title|0383152|Top of the Pops: Saturday}}

{{Top of the Pops}}
{{British Saturday morning television}}

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