Top of the Pops 1988 Episode 27 July 7, 1988 ( Air Date 1988-07-07 ) Genre Reality category. Overview "Janice Long and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 July 1988 and featuring the Communards, the Mac Band ft. the McCampbell Brothers, Everything But The Girl, INXS, Eighth Wonder, Glenn Medeiros and Transvision Vamp.".