The year 1980 marked major production changes to "Top of the Pops" and a hiatus forced by industrial action. Steve Wright made his presenting debut on 7 February 1980. Towards the end of February 1980, facing a £40 million budget deficit, the BBC laid off five orchestras as part of £130 million in cuts. The budget cuts led to a Musicians' Union strike that suspended operations of all 11 BBC orchestras and performances of live music on the BBC; "Top of the Pops" went out of production between 29 May and 7 August 1980. During the Musicians' Union strike, BBC1 showed repeats of "Are You Being Served?" in the regular "Top of the Pops" Thursday night time slot.