While Peel had presented Top Of The Pops in the 1960s, and appeared as a "member" of the Faces in 1971, his main stint with the show was during the 1980s. Peel made a total of 49 appearances between 1968 and 1995. The chronological list below was drawn up from the BBC online archive listing of the programme's presenters. This covers only shows that still exist in the BBC archives and may not be complete in all cases. Dates given are for Thursday broadcasts and not when the show was recorded (usually Tuesday the same week).

Contents 1 1968 2 1981 3 1982 4 1983 5 1984 6 1985 7 1986 8 1987 9 1995 10 Reference

1968 Edit

01 February 1968 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Jimmy Savile

1981 Edit

25 December 1981 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: Andy Peebles, Paul Burnett, Paul Gambaccini, Dave Lee Travis, Adrian Juste, Simon Bates, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, Steve Wright, Peter Powell, Jimmy Savile, Richard Skinner, Mike Read

1982 Edit

04 February 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: none

01 April 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: none

27 May 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: Debbie Harry (special guest co-host)

01 July 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: none

23 September 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: none

30 September 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: Annie Nightingale, Dave Lee Travis, Andy Peebles, Mike Read, David Jensen, Tony Blackburn, Jonathan King, Jimmy Savile, Mike Smith, Paul Burnett, Steve Wright, Adrian Juste, Pail Gambaccini, Tommy Vance, Alexis Korner, Richard Skinner, Peter Powell, Adrian John

14 October 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: none

18 November 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: none

25 December 1982 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: Dave Lee Travis, Peter Powell, Mike Read, Andy Peebles, Steve Wright, Tommy Vance, Mike Smith, Richard Skinner, Jimmy Savile, Janice Long

1983 Edit

13 January 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

03 February 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

03 March 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

28 April 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

05 May 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: Dave Lee Travis, Steve Wright, Gary Davis, Mike Smith, Paul Gambaccini, Peter Powell, Simon Bates, Tommy Vance, Richard Skinner, David Jacobs, Mike Read, Tony Blackburn, Noel Edmonds, David Jensen, Andy Peebles, Janice Long, Jimmy Savile, Pat Sharp

08 June 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

23 June 1983 (TOTP)

• Presented by Simon Bates and Peter Powell, with Peel presenting the European Chart section of the show.

07 July 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

04 August 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Mike Smith

01 September 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

06 October 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

10 November 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

22 December 1983 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

1984 Edit

05 January 1984 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

02 February 1984 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

01 March 1984 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

10 May 1984 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

07 June 1984 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: David Jensen

12 July 1984 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Tommy Vance

06 September 1984 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

22 November 1984 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Tommy Vance

1985 Edit

03 January 1985 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Richard Skinner

07 March 1985 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

11 April 1985 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

09 May 1985 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

11 July 1985 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

29 August 1985 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

25 December 1985 (TOTP)

• Co-presenters: Janice Long, Dixie Peach, Steve Wright, Gary Davies, Jonathan King

1986 Edit

02 January 1986 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

03 April 1986 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

08 May 1986 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

29 May 1986 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

28 August 1986 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

20 November 1986 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

1987 Edit

05 February 1987 (TOTP)

• Co-presenter: Janice Long

1995 Edit

14 December 1995 (TOTP) - Peel presented with This Is Your Life big red book at the end of show.

• Co-presenter: none

Reference Edit

Peel discusses TOTP in a BBC interview.