Janice Long (1982-88) was the first full-time female presenter, nearly 20 years after the show first began.
Since 2012, the BBC has avoided showing any episodes featuring Jimmy Savile due to hundreds of accusations of sexual abuse. In 2014, following Dave Lee Travis' conviction of indecent assault, the BBC also announced it would not be repeating episodes featuring him.
Its final regular edition was broadcast on July 30, 2006. At 42 years continuous run since 1964, it is the longest-running weekly popular music TV show in the world.
Latest episode ever aired on July 30, 2006.
The vast majority of the 1960s episodes no longer exist in the BBC archives, and it appears that several 1970s episodes are lost as well; allegedly because of rights issues plus costs, these were wiped.