DEF LEPPARD 1987 Animal TOTP Performance On BBC Four (11th Sep)
Def Leppard's classic 1987 performance of Animal on Top Of The Pops will be shown again later tonight in the UK.
The original episode will air again tonight.
1987 Top Of The Pops Performance
The band were featured for the very first time on the show in August 1987.
BBC Four will show the full episode from August 1987 again tonight.
'Animal' was performed on UK TV for the second time on this show after they had played on The Roxy on ITV in July.
This original 1987 episode has been re-broadcast by BBC Four two times before in April 2019 and August 2023.
It is broadcast again tonight at 10pm.
The 20th August 1987 episode is also still available featuring Bon Jovi performing 'Never Say Goodbye'.
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Top Of The Pops - 13th August 1987 Re-Broadcast
- Friday, 11th September 2026 - BBC Four @ 10pm - Watch @ bbc.co.uk
- Saturday, 12th September 2026 - BBC Four @ 1:35am (r)
Top Of The Pops - 13th August 1987
- 01 - Def Leppard - Animal (Studio Performance)
- 02 - Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls (Video)
- 03 - Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
- 04 - Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Little Mystery
- 05 - Pseudo Echo - Funky Town
- 06 - Hue & Cry - Labour Of Love (Video)
"Peter Powell and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 13 August 1987 and featuring Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Rick Astley, Wet Wet Wet, Wax, Kim Wilde, Sherrick, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pseudo Echo and Hue and Cry."
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