Watching "Top of the Pops 1981" on BBC2, it's obvious that they can only now show the clips featuring Peter Powell, or Kid Jensen, as any footage of anyone like Jimmy Savile and apparently even DLT or Tony Blackburn (who I remember were effectively the three mainstay prestenters from that era) is right out.
I understand, obviously, why, but is it really proportional? I mean the SHOW, itself, TOTP, wasn't to blame for the crimes of its presenter. And there must be some acts from that era who only appeared on shows fronted by him. It hardly seems fair on them, too, to be airbrushed out of history by that association.
If Adam Johnson had scored a hat-trick that won England the last World Cup, would we now never be allowed to show that footage again?
Can they not show the bloke and caption him, now with a reminder that he was convicted of what he did, but let people enjoy the original show/footage?
I understand, obviously, why, but is it really proportional? I mean the SHOW, itself, TOTP, wasn't to blame for the crimes of its presenter. And there must be some acts from that era who only appeared on shows fronted by him. It hardly seems fair on them, too, to be airbrushed out of history by that association.
If Adam Johnson had scored a hat-trick that won England the last World Cup, would we now never be allowed to show that footage again?
Can they not show the bloke and caption him, now with a reminder that he was convicted of what he did, but let people enjoy the original show/footage?
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