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It took a break from July 1996 until January 1997 after it fell to 2nd in BBCs most watched programme, being toppled by an accidentally broadcast edition of Blockbusters. This also happened in June 1998 and didn't come back until July 1999, nobody knows why.

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  • Top of the Flops
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  • It took a break from July 1996 until January 1997 after it fell to 2nd in BBCs most watched programme, being toppled by an accidentally broadcast edition of Blockbusters. This also happened in June 1998 and didn't come back until July 1999, nobody knows why.
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  • It took a break from July 1996 until January 1997 after it fell to 2nd in BBCs most watched programme, being toppled by an accidentally broadcast edition of Blockbusters. This also happened in June 1998 and didn't come back until July 1999, nobody knows why. The show is famous for scaring singers and writers into writing good songs, because if they were in the top 10 charts on this programme, they were fined a large sum of money. At its 1994 launch, they were very open about how much they were fining the top 10, and it ranged from £250,000 to £10,000,000. However in 1996 the Number 1 spot was now fined £12,000,000, then it became 'undisclosed'. It is believed to have been at least £20,000,000 by 1998.
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