although similarly titled to a bbc music programme presented by leo sayer broadcast in 1978, called "sounds like friday: leo sayer", the new programme was first devised as an idea in 2014. "bbc news" suggested its format will be similar to the one-off special "adele at the bbc", which aired in 2015, and featured singer adele taking part in a prank in which she pretended to impersonate herself. "sounds like friday night" will initially air for six weeks, and will be the first regular mainstream primetime music programme to air on the bbc since "top of the pops" was axed in 2006. the shows are broadcast live from tc1, the largest studio in the newly renovated bbc television centre, in london.