These nearly 3000 items from the BBC Archive have been made freely available for personal, educational, and research use, licensed under the terms of the RemArc licence.

The material is searchable, can be browsed by ‘Theme’ or ‘Decade’, and filtered by media type.

You can download individual items from the collection, or use the search and filtering to produce your own downloadable collections.

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Search Results

2977 results found

  1. The Jacksons

    Michael Jackson on 'Top of the Pops', aged 14. The Jackson 5 appeared on the Christmas show of 1972 when they performed Rockin Robin.

    54 KB

    1970s, music, images

  2. Nazareth

    Nazareth

    58 KB

    1970s, music, images

  3. Roger Whittaker

    Roger Whittaker performing on 'Top of the Pops' 1973

    36 KB

    1970s, music, images

  4. Suzi Quattro

    Suzi Quatro with "Whispering" Bob Harris backstage at 'Top of the Pops' 1973

    58 KB

    1970s, music, images

  5. The Bee Gees

    Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees performing on 'Top of the Pops' 1973

    55 KB

    1970s, music, images

  6. The Sweet

    The Sweet appearing on 'Top of the Pops' 1973

    128 KB

    1970s, music, images

  7. The Tremeloes

    The Tremeloes appearing on 'Top of the Pops' 1973

    63 KB

    1970s, music, images

  8. The Who

    The Who performing on 'Top of the Pops' 1973

    67 KB

    1970s, music, images

  9. You Aint Seen Nothing Yet

    Bachman Turner Overdrive backstage on Top of the Pops. 1973

    71 KB

    1970s, music, images

  10. Elton John

    Elton John at Heathrow after returning from his Russian Tour of 1979 The son of a former Royal Air Force trumpeter, Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947.

    80 KB

    1970s, music, images

  11. ELO

    ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) backstage at Top of the Pops 1973

    60 KB

    1970s, music, images

  12. Thin Lizzy

    Thin Lizzy backstage at 'Top of the Pops' 1973

    56 KB

    1970s, music, images