Top of the Pops 23rd & 30th May 1991

Words: Chris Arnsby23/05/1991 Gary Davies: “Hello. A very good evening to you and welcome to Top of the Pops. Don’t forget we’re in stereo on Radio 1FM and boy do we have a great show for you tonight. We start off with a band who’ve got a new album called The Promise which is coming out in June. They’re in the charts at number twenty with Whenever You Need Me. It’s T’Pau!” [20] T’PAU: WHENEVER YOU NEED ME. Apologies to flame-haired crooner Carol Decker but I wouldn’t have started this edition with this song. Then again, I’m not sure which song I would have used to start tonight’s show. This is going to be a double-bill write up because once again I find myself with little to say. Top of the Pops has hit a chart slump between the May Bank Holidays. There’s an interesting low-angle shot from a handheld camera at the beginning of the song. It wanders along the front of the stage looking up. A little later, a panning shot from a crane allows us a good look at the operator and his mate who…