"show returned to television for its final series, which was produced with an aspect ratio of . All episodes are of Standard Definition 576i. The ""One Foot in the Grave"" theme song was written, composed and sung by Eric Idle. A longer version was produced for the special ""One Foot in the Algarve"", released as a single with five remixes and a karaoke version in November 1994. Idle included a live version of the song on his album ""Eric Idle Sings Monty Python"". It is preluded by a similar adaptation of ""Bread of Heaven"" to that used in the episode"
"family and friends performed the song at Graham Chapman's memorial service. Idle performed the song at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 12 August 2012 and as the farewell song of the last show of the Pythons at the O2 arena, 20 July 2014. As Ko-Ko in the 1987 English National Opera production of ""The Mikado"", Idle wrote his own 'Little List' on """". In 1990, Idle sang and co-wrote the theme tune to the popular British sitcom ""One Foot in the Grave"". The song was later released, but did poorly in the charts. However, when"
"Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"". Lynne Hamilton Lynne Hamilton (born 1953) is an English-born singer, notable for her career in Australia, having recorded the single ""On the Inside"", the theme to the enormously popular cult series Prisoner. Hamilton, now works as an Evangelist Minister. Hamilton was born in 1953 in Lancashire, the eldest of four children. Her career as a singer began as a teenager when she joined a backing group ""The Desperadoes"". They appeared on the same bill as acts such as The Who, Freddy and the Dreamers and The Animals. She knew the Beatles personally, having been signed with"
"Digging the Grave ""Digging the Grave"" is a song by Faith No More, released as the first single from their fifth studio album ""King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime"", in 1995. Like the rest of the singles released from the album, it failed to chart in the US. However, the song became the band's fourth-highest charting single in the United Kingdom. The song was released as a single on February 28, 1995, before the release of ""King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime"". That March, the band appeared on the British television program Top of the Pops"
"Center in Saratoga Springs. In January 2012, DeGraw reported that he had made a full recovery from his injuries. In September 2017, DeGraw's mother, Lynne DeGraw, died of pancreatic cancer. Gavin DeGraw Gavin Shane DeGraw (born February 4, 1977) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the single ""I Don't Want to Be"" from his debut album ""Chariot"" which became the theme song for the television drama series ""One Tree Hill"". Other singles from the album included notably ""Chariot"" and ""Follow Through"". His second self-titled album was released in 2008 and included the top-twenty single"
"discovered that there had been an American sitcom, ""You Wish"", with the same name, so ""Genie in the House"" was chosen instead. The show's theme song was written especially for the show, with music by Jean de Aguiar and lyrics by Kevin Eldon. It is sung by Vicky Longley and Katie Sheridan, the actresses who play Emma and Sophie in the show. Series 1 was recorded at Elstree Film and Television Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire and was first aired on 29 May 2006. It is currently being repeated on Nickelodeon in the UK. Series 2 started recording at the BBC"
"Nigel Colborn, Geoffrey Smith, Roy Lancaster, Peter Seabrook, Joe Swift, Ali Ward, Pippa Greenwood, Rachel De Thame, Frances Tophill, Carol Klein, Bob Flowerdew, Mark Lane, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson and John Kelly. The very first theme tune to the series in 1968 was a piece composed by Peter Craddy and played by Michael Saxton on clarinet. A year later this was replaced by the long-running ""Green Fingers"" composed by John Clarke and Reg Reid, played by Harold Rich & His Players, a version of which, with sweeping strings, was soon used. The most famous theme, which had the longest run"
"Hole in My Shoe ""Hole in My Shoe"" is a song by English rock band Traffic which as a single release reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, number 22 in the German charts, and number 4 in Canada in 1967. Composed by guitarist Dave Mason, it was disliked by the other three members of the group who felt that it did not represent the band's musical or lyrical style. In the BBC sitcom ""The Young Ones"", Neil, one of the principal characters, often sang a line from the song. Eventually, in July 1984, Nigel Planer, who played Neil,"
"of the British sitcom ""One Foot in the Grave"" and the American comedy ""Parks and Recreation"". ""End of the Line"" appeared in the George Harrison-produced cult comedy ""Checking Out"". A version sung by Dennis Waterman was used as the theme tune for the pilot of the BBC production ""New Tricks"". The song has also been included in TV spots for the 2004 film ""The Terminal"", as well as the trailer for the 2007 hit comedy ""Knocked Up"". Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played this song live during their 2008 North American tour. Harrison was honoured in the parody song ""No"
"Clare Torry Clare H. Torry (born 29 November 1947) is a British singer, best known for performing the wordless vocals on the song ""The Great Gig in the Sky"" by the group Pink Floyd on their 1973 album ""The Dark Side of the Moon"". She also covered the Dolly Parton single ""Love Is Like a Butterfly"" for the opening titles of the BBC TV series ""Butterflies"", which ran for four series between 1978 and 1983. Clare Torry was born in November 1947 in Marylebone to Geoffrey Napier Torry (1916-1979), who combined careers as Lieutenant-Commander in the Fleet Air Arm and"
"series regulars Philip and Julie Martin, while Ben Nicholas reprised his role as Stingray Timmins. The first episode of the five-part series was released on 30 October 2017. Several records were released in the 1980s. The ""Neighbours"" theme tune sung by Barry Crocker was released by BBC Records in 1988. It reached a peak of 84 on the UK Singles Chart. The Angry Anderson power ballad ""Suddenly"" which was featured in ""Episode 523"" was released in 1987, while the show's love theme ""In Your Arms"" by Lynne Hamilton was released in 1989. ""Suddenly"" was later covered by Sam Clark in"
"Also featured were James (James Martinez), the maintenance man of the Barkley Foods building, and Morgan (Art Evans), the Jamaican-accented mailroom clerk whom added to the office camaraderie. The hit title song from the movie, ""9 to 5"", written and performed by Dolly Parton, was used as the theme song for the TV series. However, during the first season run in spring 1982, Phoebe Snow performed the vocals. Starting with Season 2 and through the end of the show's syndication run in 1988, Parton's vocals were featured in the theme. Several other plot changes were present in the TV series"
"Graham), Linda Hartley (Roach Waters), Ian Smith (Ted Douglas) and Maggie Millar (Marie Winter). In 1997 a ""Prisoner"" clip from its second episode (Franky Doyle and Lynn Warner's fight in the garden) appeared on the BBC sitcom ""Birds of a Feather"", and the series was mentioned several times during ""Birds of a Feather"" seven-and-a-half-year run. The theme song was played briefly in episode three of BBC sitcom ""One Foot in the Grave"". ""Prisoner"" has also been referenced in British sitcoms ""2point4 Children"", ""Absolutely Fabulous"" and ""Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps"", as well as the soap operas"
"Derek Griffiths Derek Griffiths (born 15 July 1946) is a British actor who appeared in numerous British children's television series in the 1960s to present and has more recently played parts in TV drama. Griffiths was known in his early years for his ""Play School"" appearances alongside the likes of Chloe Ashcroft, Johnny Ball and Brian Cant. A talented multi-instrumentalist, he voiced over and sang the theme tune to ""Heads and Tails"", a series of short animal films for children produced by BBC Television, and also sang and played the theme tune to the cartoon ""Bod"". Another children's TV role"
"has recently left him and is, like Ria Parkinson, approaching his own mid-life crisis. The show also featured two recurring minor characters: Leonard's chauffeur and confidant Thomas (Michael Ripper) and the Parkinsons' cleaner, Ruby (Joyce Windsor), who often lends Ria an ear. The ""Butterflies"" theme song, ""Love Is Like a Butterfly"", is a 1974 single written and originally recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. The cover version used at the opening of each episode was recorded for the series by Clare Torry, with a band conducted by BBC TV composer Ronnie Hazlehurst. The Adagio in G Minor attributed"
"Wes Dolan Wes Dolan (born Wesley Joseph Free Dolan, 31 October 1980) is a British songwriter, musician and actor based in the Mansfield area of Nottinghamshire. He is most notably recognised for songs such as ""Land Of Fear"" and ""Blue Moon Inn"". Written for Philip Gardiner's ""The Stone - No Soul Unturned"" movie and ""Paranormal Haunting - The Curse Of The Blue Moon Inn"", both of these songs featured in his debut album ""Reason To Exist"", which reached number 3 in the Amazon blues download charts. Dolan also appeared as a guest musician on ""Mindscape"" a Sky TV series for"
"gets a job at NASA. Voiced by Justin Fletcher in the UK and Pete Zarustica in the US. The theme song of the series was performed by Scottish rock band Bis. Members Steven Clark (Sci-fi Steven), John Clark (John Disco), and Amanda MacKinnon (Manda Rin), along with their fictional drummer, appear at some point in all bar the first episode performing a song relating to the plot (which would be heard again during the closing credits). They turned up to sing in a variety of strange places during the series' run: the roof of a toy store; the back of"
"whistled the tune for the theme song of the 1987 BBC series ""My Family and Other Animals"", based on the book by zoologist Gerald Durrell and sang the theme song to the hit long running BBC sitcom ""Hi-de-Hi!"". He died at his home in Denham, Buckinghamshire, on 29 July 2016 from liver cancer. Ken Barrie Leslie Hulme (9 January 1933 – 29 July 2016), known professionally as Ken Barrie, was an English voice actor and singer best known for narrating, and singing the theme tune of the BBC television programmes ""Postman Pat"" and ""Charlie Chalk"". He was also responsible for"
"Gavin DeGraw Gavin Shane DeGraw (born February 4, 1977) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the single ""I Don't Want to Be"" from his debut album ""Chariot"" which became the theme song for the television drama series ""One Tree Hill"". Other singles from the album included notably ""Chariot"" and ""Follow Through"". His second self-titled album was released in 2008 and included the top-twenty single ""In Love with a Girl"". In 2009, DeGraw released his third album ""Free"". His fourth album ""Sweeter"" (2011) spawned hit single ""Not Over You"", as well as ""Soldier"" and ""Sweeter""."
"Ken Barrie Leslie Hulme (9 January 1933 – 29 July 2016), known professionally as Ken Barrie, was an English voice actor and singer best known for narrating, and singing the theme tune of the BBC television programmes ""Postman Pat"" and ""Charlie Chalk"". He was also responsible for providing the voices of several of the series' characters. Barrie was born in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Under the stage name Les Carle, he recorded for Embassy Records, an offshoot of Woolworths that released inexpensive cover versions of pop hits, between 1962 and 1965. He changed his stage name when a friend"
"the opening and closing titles was a composite of Herbert Farjeon's 1927 song ""I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales"" and the opening of the British national anthem ""God Save the King."" The vocalist for ""I've Danced with a Man"", ""Bring Down the Curtain"" and ""One More Dance"" is Jenny Wren. Al Bowlly's original recordings of ""Isn't It Heavenly"" and ""Love Is the Sweetest Thing"" are also used in the series. The soundtrack album was produced and engineered by Barry Kingston for Robert Kingston Productions Ltd. The series was produced"
"in Ojai, CA. In 2017, Kimmel won the ASCAP Screen Music Award for ""The Fosters""' theme song ""Where You Belong"". Kari Kimmel Kari Meredyth Kimmel is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. She is best known for the theme track ""It's Not Just Make Believe"" for ""Ella Enchanted,"" the theme track ""Black"" for ""The Walking Dead"" trailer, and the theme track ""Where You Belong"" for ""The Fosters"". Her music ranges across the genres of pop, rock, folk, and R&B. Kimmel was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida. She first sang in public at the age of two, began"
"Lynne Hamilton Lynne Hamilton (born 1953) is an English-born singer, notable for her career in Australia, having recorded the single ""On the Inside"", the theme to the enormously popular cult series Prisoner. Hamilton, now works as an Evangelist Minister. Hamilton was born in 1953 in Lancashire, the eldest of four children. Her career as a singer began as a teenager when she joined a backing group ""The Desperadoes"". They appeared on the same bill as acts such as The Who, Freddy and the Dreamers and The Animals. She knew the Beatles personally, having been signed with the same record labels"
"his urban environment in the series. The series' theme song featured the cast singing Cliff Richard and The Shadows' UK No. 1 song ""The Young Ones"" (1961), the title song from the film of the same name. Throughout the series there are many references to Richard, as Mayall's character is a fan. The theme over the end credits was written by Peter Brewis, who also created the incidental music on many episodes. In 1984, after the second series, Planer (in character as Neil) reached No. 2 in the UK charts with a version of Traffic's ""Hole in My Shoe"". The"
"""Heartbeat""'s theme song — the Buddy Holly song of the same name. Berry's recording reached number 2 on the UK singles chart in 1992. In later series, the role of the village policeman continued to be central to the storyline but the main cast were listed in alphabetical order in the opening credits, reflecting the show's evolution into an ensemble drama. In the 2005 series no fewer than twelve regular actors had their names and faces included in the opening credits— at the time a record for any British series. In series 18 (2008–10) this had increased to thirteen. The"
"Child. In 2013 Griffiths played ""Liz Batho / Elizabeth Báthory"" in the comedy-horror film, ""Chastity Bites"" Louise Griffiths Louise Griffiths (born 31 July 1978) is an English singer, songwriter, model and actress. Griffiths was born in Hertfordshire, England. She is the daughter of a London taxicab driver. She plays the saxophone, and was a contestant in the BBC television series ""Fame Academy"" in 2003. Griffiths was a member of an unsuccessful all-girl band, Orchid, who originally recorded the song ""Sound of the Underground"" in 2001. However their version was never released, and the song became a hit only when it"
"""Rumours"", ""The Chain"" has become a staple of the band's live shows, typically the opening song. It was featured as the opening track on ""The Dance"", a 1997 live concert CD/DVD release, as well as several greatest hits compilations. It has attained particular fame in the United Kingdom, where the instrumental section is used as the theme tune for the BBC and Channel 4's television coverage of Formula One. According to interviews on the writing of ""Rumours"", the final section of ""The Chain""—beginning with a bass progression—was created by John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Stevie Nicks had written the lyrics"
"pain and has affected her ability to walk and stand. Julee Cruise Julee A. Cruise (born December 1, 1956, Creston, Iowa) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and musician best known for her collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She has released four albums and collaborated with a variety of other artists. She is best known for her song ""Falling"", the theme song for the television series ""Twin Peaks"". Born in Creston, Iowa, her father was the town dentist. Julee Cruise studied French horn at Drake University and performed"
"Subterraneans (band) Subterraneans are an art-rock band from London, England. Fronted by former Angelhead vocalist and songwriter Jude Rawlins, they also feature former Wave guitarist Carl Homer, former Solstice bass player Robin Phillips, and Van der Graaf Generator drummer Guy Evans. Subterraneans have recorded soundtracks for several films, including the official 70th anniversary soundtrack to G.W. Pabst's celebrated movie ""Pandora's Box"", starring Louise Brooks, and Maya Deren's ""At Land"". Their music has also featured in shows by performance artist Judy Neville (whose voice can also be heard on Subterraneans' track ""Fall Out""), and poet Suzanne Andrade, whose 2006 Edinburgh Festival"
"and the most-played song in the UK in 2001. As of 2012, ""Can't Get You Out of My Head"" was the 72nd song featured on UK's Official Top 100 Biggest Selling Singles of All Time. Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, (; born 28 May 1968) also known simply as Kylie, is an Australian-British singer and actress. She achieved recognition starring in the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"", where she played tomboy mechanic Charlene Robinson. Appearing in the series for two years, Minogue's character married Scott Robinson (Jason Donovan) in an episode viewed by nearly 20 million people in the United Kingdom,"
"the song ""Ain't No Grave"", by Johnny Cash. Incidental music used in the episodes themselves is provided by Amygdala Music, a music production group run by Leslie Beers, wife of ""Deadliest Catch"" creator/producer Thom Beers. Bruce Hanifan was credited as composer for the first seven seasons of Deadliest Catch and has also composed the incidental music for many other Thom Beers projects. The musical themes he created have been used in the show since the beginning. In addition to incidental music, entire compositions written and performed by well-known recording artists are also added as ""episode themes."" An example would be"
"13 June 2015. Gravity Grave ""Gravity Grave"" is a song by English rock band The Verve and was released as the band's third single in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1992 (see 1992 in British music) by Hut Recordings. It reached number 196 on the UK Singles Chart. ""Gravity Grave"" was recorded at Jacobs Studios in Farnham, Surrey. ""Endless Life"" was recorded at a studio in Ancoats, Manchester (the same studio that ""Where the Geese Go"" was recorded). An extended version of the song was played at the 1993 Glastonbury Festival and lasted over nine minutes. That performance was"
"on two songs) that were broadcast between 1989 and 1995. After several trips to Cuba and Brazil, MacColl recorded the world music-inspired (particularly Cuban and other Latin American forms) ""Tropical Brainstorm"", which was released in 2000 to critical acclaim. It included the song ""In These Shoes?"", which garnered airplay in the U.S., was covered by Bette Midler and featured in the HBO show ""Sex and the City"". After MacColl's death it was adopted by Catherine Tate as the theme tune for her BBC TV show and featured on the soundtrack to film ""Kinky Boots"". However, prior to her death, despite"