Top of the Pops 1988 Episode 49 December 8, 1988 ( Air Date 1988-12-08 ) Genre Reality category. Overview "Nicky Campbell and Caron Keating present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 8 December 1988 and featuring Status Quo, Angry Anderson, Phil Collins, Petula Clark, New Order, Inner City, Erasure, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, Cliff Richard and Bananarama.".