Poptastic to the End ; the 2,204th - and Final - Episode of Britain's Favourite Chart Show Signs Off in a Riot of Gold Lame and Geriatric Horseplay

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NONE of them are as young as they once were but the geriatric DJs who will bid a fond farewell to Top Of The Pops tonight have defiantly refused to age with quiet dignity.

Far from it, as 79-year-old Sir Jimmy Savile proves by sporting a trademark gold lame tracksuit and a typically tasteless and chunky medallion as he introduces the last-ever show, 42 years after hosting the first.

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Poptastic to the End ; the 2,204th - and Final - Episode of Britain's Favourite Chart Show Signs Off in a Riot of Gold Lame and Geriatric Horseplay

And from the same fashion stable, 'hairy cornflake' Dave Lee Travis, at 61, will be seen in a garishly multicoloured waistcoat providing an embarrassing reminder of how the show, with its self- consciously '...

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