Bucks Fizz
Top of the Pops ArchiveGENRE
Pop Europop Britpop Bubblegum Pop Sunshine Pop Teen PopTYPE
Group
FOUNDED
1981
LOCATION
United Kingdom
PRIMARY GENRE
Pop
38
TOTAL APPEARANCES
GROUP MEMBERS
Bobby GCheryl Baker Shelley Preston Jay Aston Mike Nolan
More Information
Performance Statistics
Repeat performances are not counted, unless stated otherwise.
Mimed
20 / 38
Music Video
6 / 38
Audience Dancing
1 / 38
Top 40 Breaker Clip
1 / 38
Repeats
10 / 38
Linked YouTube
2 / 38
Screengrabs
8 / 38
Archived - Video
38 / 38
#1 Performances
6 / 38
TOTP Appearances
| Episode | Performance | Chart # | archived | performance image preview | YouTube performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Final Countdown |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed repeat performance |
OLD | |||
| 24/07/2005 |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed repeat performance |
OLD | |||
| Review of the 80s |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed repeat performance |
OLD | |||
| 03/07/1986 |
New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) Music Video |
8 | |||
| 19/06/1986 |
New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) Mimed |
11 | |||
| 11/06/1986 |
New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) Top 40 Breaker Clip |
24 | |||
| 06/09/1984 |
Talking In Your Sleep Mimed |
21 | |||
| 30/08/1984 |
Talking In Your Sleep Mimed |
34 | |||
| Christmas 1983 - Part 1 |
When We Were Young Mimed |
OLD | |||
| 13/10/1983 |
London Town Mimed |
37 | |||
| 30/06/1983 |
When We Were Young Mimed |
10 | |||
| 16/06/1983 |
When We Were Young Music Video |
23 | |||
| 17/03/1983 |
Run For Your Life Mimed |
21 | |||
| 06/01/1983 |
If You Can't Stand The Heat Mimed |
13 | |||
| Christmas 1982 - Part 1 |
The Land Of Make Believe Mimed |
OLD | |||
| Christmas 1982 - Part 1 |
My Camera Never Lies Music Video |
OLD | |||
| 16/12/1982 |
If You Can't Stand The Heat Mimed repeat performance |
20 | |||
| 02/12/1982 |
If You Can't Stand The Heat Mimed |
37 | |||
| 08/07/1982 |
Now Those Days Are Gone Music Video |
13 | |||
| 24/06/1982 |
Now Those Days Are Gone Mimed |
37 | |||
| 15/04/1982 |
My Camera Never Lies Mimed |
1 | |||
| 08/04/1982 |
My Camera Never Lies Music Video |
2 | |||
| 25/03/1982 |
My Camera Never Lies Mimed |
33 | |||
| 21/01/1982 |
The Land Of Make Believe Mimed repeat performance |
1 | |||
| 14/01/1982 |
The Land Of Make Believe Mimed |
1 | |||
| New Years Eve 1981 |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed repeat performance |
OLD | |||
| 24/12/1981 |
The Land Of Make Believe Mimed |
5 | |||
| 10/12/1981 |
The Land Of Make Believe Mimed |
24 | |||
| 17/09/1981 |
One Of Those Nights Mimed repeat performance |
20 | |||
| 03/09/1981 |
One Of Those Nights Mimed |
32 | |||
| 11/06/1981 |
Piece Of The Action Mimed |
25 | |||
| 30/04/1981 |
Making Your Mind Up Music Video |
1 | |||
| 23/04/1981 |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed repeat performance |
1 | |||
| 16/04/1981 |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed repeat performance |
1 | |||
| 09/04/1981 |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed |
2 | |||
| 02/04/1981 |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed repeat performance |
5 | |||
| 26/03/1981 |
Making Your Mind Up Audience Dancing |
24 | |||
| 19/03/1981 |
Making Your Mind Up Mimed |
NEW |
The Land Of Make Believe
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Archived Interview
This content was taken from the BBC's original TOTP2 website, which was archived and discontinued in 2007. The original content is no longer available, but the TOTP Archive has preserved it. Please note that the content may not be up-to-date and may not accurately reflect today's views and opinions.
Interview date: Circa 2003
Ever wondered what happened to Cheryl Baker of Bucks Fizz?
Described by some as "Britain's answer to Abba", Bucks Fizz were the product of music gurus Nichola Martin and Andy Hill. They were shot into the limelight in 1981 when they won Eurovision with 'Making Your Mind Up'. Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan, Bobby Gee and Jay Aston had a string of chart hits including three No.1 singles. In 1985, Jay was replaced by Shelley Preston and in later years, Mike Nolan was replaced by Dollar's David Van Day.
Cheryl Baker has since become a popular TV presenter. Who can forget Eggs & Baker and her stint on Record Breakers which lasted throughout much of the '90s?
TOTP2 tracked Cheryl down to find out her current projects and talk about her TOTP memories.
I can't believe it was 25 years ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was in Paris at Place de la Concorde (if my memory is as good as I think it is). It was the first time I remember staying in a posh swanky hotel. CocoOn the night of the competition, where we came a miserable tenth (or was it eleventh?) I remember going back to the hotel feeling totally disillusioned. We had been built up by the British press to be out-right favourites, so to lose so badly was soul-destroying. I can't honestly say that I enjoyed anything about my first Eurovision experience, even though it had been a childhood ambition. Dublin in 1981 however, was a completely different kettle of fish. They know how to party in Ireland! We had an absolute ball. If we had lost, I would have still come out of it with good memories.
I love watching old clips, although all my old videos had been stored away for years. I got them out recently (as recent as last week, some of them!) to show my children and have discovered two new fans! The only problem with watching yourself when you were 20 years younger, is that you were two stone lighter as well!
Bucks Fizz, our manager and our production company were sitting in a room discussing what to wear. Was the song more '50's or '60's? In other words, was it Rock and Roll or mini-skirted Mod? I remember distinctly suggesting that we wear both, ripping one off during the song. Trouble is, everyone else at that meeting remembers distinctly that it was them that suggested it! My story still sticks though.
Well, I still see the boys, especially Mike, so it wasn't a big reunion or anything. Mike and I have remained close friends since the first time we met. You know when you meet someone and you just 'click'? Well, that's how it was with Michael. I love him to death and would do anything for him. Bobby and I had a good working relationship but did not keep in touch after I left, simply because we weren't best buddies. There was no animosity (well, there was for a short while but that's past). When I was recently appearing in a play near to where Bob lives, he and his wife came to see me. We have been talking recently about a short Bucks Fizz tour perhaps late this year or early next.
No. Mike, Bobby and I were all sitting together. Jay was sat on the opposite side of the studio. I presume someone must have requested that, but it wasn't me. I don't really know what I would have said to Jay had I met her. We haven't spoken since she left the group in 1985. We were never friends; Jay and I were from different planets. When she was replaced by Shelley it was lovely for me because I had a girlfriend in the group at last.
I've just done an ad promoting Comic Relief. It will be transmitted from 24th February. I am also doing another play called 'Anybody For Murder?' with Frazer Hines and Ross Davidson. We open in Poole on 18th February.
I always watch TOTP2 and so do my eight-year-old twins. They love the way artists used to dress then; much more extrovert with heavy make-up - and that's just the boys. My personal taste in music is varied. My most recent CDs are Ms. Dynamite and Rod Stewart!.