It was presented and produced by Andi Peters, who had recently left CBBC and been put in charge of music and youth programming at LWT.

The show was made by LWT from the London Studios on the south-bank and featured a variety of guests from across the musical spectrum.

The titles were created by LWT's Bill Wilson, and the instrumental theme tune was composed by the synth-pop duo, Pet Shop Boys.

It performed poorly in the ratings and did not continue beyond its sole series; however, a special episode entitled "The Noise: Boyzone in Brazil" was produced and broadcast in 1997, the special was due to be broadcast on 6 September but was postponed due to an alternative schedule being used after the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and was transmitted on 4 October instead.

Two years later, ITV would go on to replace The Chart Show with a studio-based music performance series, CD:UK, to significantly greater success.