The Chart Show is a British comedy television series that premiered on Channel 4 on April 11, 1986. It ended on August 22, 1998. It was created by Phillip Davey.
The Chart Show is a music video programme which ran in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 between 1986 and 1988, then on ITV between 1989 and 1998. The production company was Video Visuals, and was credited as "A Yorkshire Television Presentation" from 1993 and 1998. The show has lived on through a Channel 4 revival in 2003 and a more recent revival on the digital music channel Chart Show TV, which ran sporadically from 2008 and 2009.
Premise
The Chart Show is a music video programme which ran in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 between 1986 and 1988, then on ITV between 1989 and 1998. The production company was Video Visuals, and was credited as "A Yorkshire Television Presentation" from 1993 and 1998. The show has lived on through a Channel 4 revival in 2003 and a more recent revival on the digital music channel Chart Show TV, which ran sporadically from 2008 and 2009.
Episodes
This series spans 13 seasons with 604 episodes.
Season
Episodes
First aired
Last aired
Season 1
27
April 11, 1986
December 30, 1986
Season 2
34
May 1, 1987
December 27, 1987
Season 3
40
January 8, 1988
January 2, 1989
Season 4
52
January 7, 1989
December 30, 1989
Season 5
52
January 6, 1990
December 29, 1990
Season 6
54
January 5, 1991
December 28, 1991
Season 7
52
January 4, 1992
December 26, 1992
Season 8
52
January 2, 1993
December 25, 1993
Season 9
51
January 1, 1994
December 17, 1994
Season 10
52
January 7, 1995
December 30, 1995
Season 11
51
January 6, 1996
December 21, 1996
Season 12
51
January 4, 1997
December 20, 1997
Season 13
36
January 3, 1998
August 22, 1998
Season 1 preview27 episodes total
Season 1 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Episode 1
April 11, 1986
2
Episode 2
April 18, 1986
3
Episode 3
April 25, 1986
Season 2 preview34 episodes total
Season 2 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Episode 1
May 1, 1987
2
Episode 2
May 8, 1987
3
Episode 3
May 15, 1987
Season 3 preview40 episodes total
Season 3 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Episode 1
January 8, 1988
2
Episode 2
January 15, 1988
3
Episode 3
January 22, 1988
Season 4 preview52 episodes total
Season 4 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
1989-01-07
BROTHER BEYOND - Be My Twin
COOKIE CREW - Born This Way
INNER CITY - Good Life
ROACHFORD - Cuddly Toy
THE LA'S - There She Goes
KOOL & THE GANG - Celebration
PHIL COLLINS - Two Hearts
UB40 - If it Happens Again
RICK ASTLEY - Take Me to Your Heart
TANITA TIKARAM - Cathedral Song
SPAGNA - I Want to Be Your Wife
MICHAEL JACKSON - Smooth Criminal
DURAN DURAN - All She Wants Is
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - She Drives Me Crazy
ERASURE - Stop
PREVIEW:
A-HA - You Are the One
WILL TO POWER - Baby I Love Your Way
January 7, 1989
2
1989-01-14
NICK HEYWARD - Tell Me Why
PAT BENATAR - One Love
BON JOVI - Born To Be My Baby
TRACIE SPENCER - Symptoms of True Love
FRAZIER CHORUS - Dream Kitchen
PERFECT DAY - Liberty Town
TRANSVISION VAMP - I Want Your Love
LOVE AND MONEY - Strange Kind of Love
HOLLY JOHNSON - Love Train
THEN JERICO - Big Area
HOWARD & MAZELLE - Wait
MIKE & THE MECHANICS - The Living Years
NENEH CHERRY - Buffalo Stance
MARC ALMOND & GENE PITNEY - Something.....
ERASURE - Stop
PREVIEW:
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - She Drives Me Crazy
SIMPLY RED - It's Only Love
January 14, 1989
3
1989-01-21
January 21, 1989
Season 5 preview52 episodes total
Season 5 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
1990-01-06
January 6, 1990
2
1990-01-13
January 13, 1990
3
1990-01-20
January 20, 1990
Season 6 preview54 episodes total
Season 6 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
1991-01-05
January 5, 1991
2
Episode 2
January 12, 1991
3
Episode 3
January 19, 1991
Season 7 preview52 episodes total
Season 7 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
1992-01-04
WET WET WET - Goodnight Girl
BLUE PEARL - (Can You) Feel the Passion
THE SUGARCUBES - Hit
CURTIS STIGERS - I Wonder Why
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - Old Red Eyes is Back
HAMMER - Addams Groove
PRODIGY - Everybody in the Place
THE WALKER BROTHERS - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
DES'REE - Feel So High
GENESIS - I Can't Dance
LISA STANSFIELD - All Woman
GUNS 'N' ROSES - Live and Let Die
KYM SIMS - Too Blind to See It
QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody
PREVIEW:
EG & ALICE - Does it Mean That Much to Me
CICERO - Love is Everywhere
January 4, 1992
2
1992-01-11
CICERO - Love is Everywhere
ABC - Say It
MARIAH CAREY - Can't Let Go
SENSELESS THINGS - Easy to Smile
THE SUGARCUBES - Hit
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE - Perfect Place
KYLIE MINOGUE - Gimme Just a Little More Time
LITA FORD - Shot of Poison
KISS - God Gave Rock and Roll to You
NIK KERSHAW - Wouldn't it Be Good
EG & ALICE - Doesn't Mean That Much to Me
PRODIGY - Everybody in the Place
CE CE PENISTON - We Got a Love Thang
WET WET WET - Goodnight Girl
QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody
PREVIEW:
SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER - Stay
January 11, 1992
3
1992-01-18
THE WONDER STUFF - Welcome to the Cheap Seats
PAULA ABDUL - Vibeology
KINGMAKER - Idiots at the Wheel
DIESEL PARK WEST - Fall to Love
BELINDA CARLISLE - Half the World
PRIMAL SCREAM - Movin On Up
TOM PETTY - King's Highway
DAISY CHAINSAW - Love Your Money
THE SUGARCUBES - Hit
THE POGUES & KIRSTY MACCOLL - Fairytale of New York
SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER - Stay
GENESIS - I Can't Dance
BLUE PEARL - (Can You) Feel the Passion
CE CE PENISTON - We Got a Love Thang
QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody *
January 18, 1992
Season 8 preview52 episodes total
Season 8 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Episode 1
January 2, 1993
2
Episode 2
January 9, 1993
3
1993-01-16
TREY LORENZ - Photograph of Mary
GO WEST - What You Don't Do For Love
PETER GABRIEL - Steam
CHRIS REA - Soft Top, Hard Shoulder
AL JARREAU - What You Do to Me
EAST 17 - Deep
SUEDE - Metal Mickey
BELLY - Feed the Tree
VAN HALEN - Jump
DEL AMITRI - When You Were Young
GARY CLARKE - Sailing On Stormy Waters
SUNSCREEM - Broken English
EN VOGUE - Give it Up, Turn it Loose
WEST END featuring SYBIL - The Love I Lost
WHITNEY HOUSTON - I Will Always Love You
PREVIEW:
LULU - Independence
January 16, 1993
Season 9 preview51 episodes total
Season 9 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
1994-01-01
JAMIROQUAI - Too Young to Die
BJORK - Big Time Sensuality
BITTY MCLEAN - Here I Stand
JOE ROBERTS - Lover
ETERNAL - Save Our Love
CILLA BLACK & DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Heart and Soul
TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - She Kissed Me
SMASHING PUMPKINS - Today
PET SHOP BOYS - Go West
LENNY KRAVITZ - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
NEW ORDER - Ruined in a Day
PETER GABRIEL - Kiss That Frog
U2 - New Year's Day
SHAGGY - Oh Carolina
GABRIELLE - Dreams
UB40 - I Can't Help Falling in Love
2 UNLIMITED - No Limit
PREVIEW:
ROZALLA - I Love Music
January 1, 1994
2
Episode 2
January 8, 1994
3
Episode 3
January 15, 1994
Season 10 preview52 episodes total
Season 10 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Episode 1
January 7, 1995
2
Episode 2
January 14, 1995
3
Episode 3
January 21, 1995
Season 11 preview51 episodes total
Season 11 episode preview
Episode
Title
Air date
1
Episode 1
January 6, 1996
2
Episode 2
January 13, 1996
3
Episode 3
BRANDY - Sittin' Up in My Room
LEFTFIELD - Release the Pressure
LUSH - Single Girl
GOLDBUG - Whole Lotta Love
FRANK BLACK - Men in Black
SUNSCREEM - White Skies
DUB WAR - Enemy Maker
NORTHERN UPROAR - From a Window
THE SPECIALS - Hypocrite
SKUNK ANANSIE - Weak
GENE - For the Dead
===THE CHART SHOW BRIT AWARDS 1996 VIDEO VOTE===
60FT DOLLS - Stay
RADIOHEAD - Street Spirit
THE BUCKETHEADS - Got Myself Together
CAST - Sandstorm
CHER - One By One
BABYLON ZOO - Spaceman
PREVIEW:
ELTON JOHN - Please
KIM WILDE - This I Swear