Television Personalities is an English post-punk group with a varying line up. The only person common to all the line ups is singer/songwriter Dan Treacy. One of the original punk rock groups, their first release (January 1978) was the single "14th Floor / Oxford Street W1". Their second release, the EP Where's Bill Grundy Now? features one of their best known songs: "Part Time Punks".

Their first album And Don't the Kids Just Love It was released in 1981. It set the template for their subsequent career: neo-psychedelia, an obsession with youth culture of the 1960s, a fey, slightly camp lyrical attitude, and the occasional classic pop song. Their second album Mummy Your (sic) Not Watching Me demonstrated increased psychedelic influences. Their third album, ironically entitled They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles showed Treacy's sense of irony: the TVPs (as they are affectionately known) were never to have any major commercial success.

Various line up changes prevented their next album (Privilege) from appearing until 1990. Their next album Closer to God was noticeably darker than previous work and tracks such as "My Very First Nervous Breakdown" hinted at previously unsuspected mental problems.

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Oddessy (Tina K.) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:55:26 -0000
Here's something terrifying. Putting television personalities into mage traditions- Billy Mayes as a euthanatos.
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kamauchi (カマウチヒデキ) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:54:33 -0000
ああ、Television Personalitiesの”Privilege"久々に聴いたらテンション上がりまくり。仕事が手につかん・・・
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bclaymoore (B. Clay Moore) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:02:01 -0000
I forgot how much I dug Television Personalities.
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