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Oh dear, the BBC has closed down Top of the Pops music program. They didn't need to go to such lengths on my account - however, the gesture is appreciated regardless.

The demise of Top of the Pops follows quickly after the similar execution of Countdown in Australia. Both programs were regarded by TV executives as outdated and guilty of no longer catering to the target audience they were intended for. This was obvious to anyone watching the 'best of TOTP' the other evening.

Is this a signal that public taste is changing, or merely improving? One look at any other music video program on TV nowadays begs the question whether anything has changed at all? The tight satin trousered glam rockers of the 70's, the new romantic, hair heavy metrosexuals of the 80's and the flannel wearing grunge bands of the 90's may have been merely replaced by tattooed rappers with more jewellery in their teeth than draped around their necks, and mini-skirted divas with more attitude than talent - but there is still very little substance to the top 40 charts.

I am reliably told that Pop is back. Unfortunately, musical fashion does return in cycles - and so too will the Top of the Pops.