The theme tune of which TV series was arranged by Fritz Spiegl from the traditional folk-song 'Johnny Todd'?
"longer format would still work. Thereafter, ""Z Cars"" was shown in alternating spells of either 2 x 25 minutes episodes or the single 50-minute episode each week over the next sixteen months. This arrangement ended with the showing of the final 2-parter, ""Breakage"" (Series 6, parts 74 and 75, on 21 and 22 August 1972 respectively), after which the series returned permanently to a regular pattern of one 50-minute episode per week. The ""Z-Cars"" theme tune was arranged by Fritz Spiegl and his then-wife, composer Bridget Fry, from the traditional Liverpool folk song ""Johnny Todd"". It was released on record"
"series is notable for its use of 1940s-era music, often incorporated into surreal musical numbers. This is a device Potter used in his earlier miniseries ""Pennies from Heaven"". The main theme music is the classic ""Peg o' My Heart"", of ""Ziegfeld Follies"" fame. The upbeat music as the theme for such a dark story is perhaps a reference to Carol Reed's ""The Third Man"", with a harmonica in the place of a zither (""The Third Man"" is indeed referenced in a number of camera shots, according to DVD commentary). Director Jon Amiel compiled and spliced the generic thriller music used"
"film and television ranges from music for ""Moll Flanders"", ""Tom Jones"", ""Midsomer Murders"", ""Foyle's War"", ""The House of Eliott"", and ""Mapp and Lucia"" to the score for the contemporary political thrillers ""House of Cards"" (UK version) and ""To Play The King"". The opening and closing theme music for those TV series is entitled ""Francis Urquhart's March."" With Tom Stanier he wrote the music for schools programmes such as Watch, Zig Zag and Fourways Farm plus musicals such as ""Blast Off"" and ""Mr Jones Goes To Jupiter"". Concert works have been written for the Nash Ensemble, Philip Jones Brass, The Hilliard"
"The theme music was composed by Rolf Zuckowski, and the background music came from Süderhof I by Michael Reinecke, who provided the German contributions to the Euro Vision Song Contest in 1983 and 1984. The opening theme song was written by Rolf Zuckowski. The version used in the television show is sung by Rick Arena and the Chaos Team. ""Wir sind die Kinder vom Süderhof"" (lit. ""We are the children of the Suderhof"") has become a very popular standalone song in German culture. List of Neues vom Süderhof characters Günter Brendel is a veterinarian on the Suderhof farm, and his"
"Florence, Shane Beschen, and Herbie Fletcher. The series' theme song is ""Johnny Appleseed,"" performed by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. A diverse soundtrack includes ""Tic"" by Kava Kava and songs from TV on the Radio, Muse, Buddy Guy, Kasabian, and the Yardbirds. The pilot for the series was shown directly after the highly anticipated series finale of ""The Sopranos"", but it failed to sustain an audience. ""The Sopranos"" received an audience of 11.9 million people according to Nielsen ratings, but ""John from Cincinnati"" held onto only 3.4 million viewers. Subsequent episodes initially lost viewers, but ratings began to see a"
"composer. The initial request was that Doyle would be working with Williams' material, but eventually only ""Hedwig's Theme"", the leitmotif of the series, remained from the previous scores. Pulp lead singer Jarvis Cocker, who was even rumoured to score the film, was one of the musicians invited by Doyle, with whom he had worked in the ""Great Expectations"" soundtrack, to write a song for a wizard rock band. Once Doyle chose Cocker's composition, he and other British musicians such as Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway of Radiohead were picked to play the fictional band, both performing songs for the soundtrack"
"motley collection of ""rejects"" from a toy factory. The 65 episodes for ""Yorkshire Television"" included the characters Sad Sack, Hi-Fi, Lucy, Dotty, Back-to-Front, Princess and Claude. He also composed the music for children's television including ""Puddle Lane"", ""The Raggy Dolls"", ""The Riddlers"" and ""Tumbledown Farm"". In the case of ""The Raggy Dolls"", he also sang the theme tune. In addition, he brought Monty Python's Terry Jones's fairy-tale book ""East of the Moon"" to television. He contributed all the stories and music on this production. He was involved with the enormously popular children's show ""Tiswas"", still popular enough to have its"
"as the children thanking the sponsors at the beginning and end of the show. The show's theme song was written by Stephen Horelick, Dennis Neil Kleinman, and Janet Weir; Horelick also served as the series' music director and composer and received an Emmy nomination in 2007 for his work on the series. Over the show's 23-year run, it went through three variations of the theme song. The original theme was performed by Tina Fabrique and featured one of the first uses of the Buchla synthesizer in a TV theme song. The original opening sequence consisted of a cartoon butterfly transforming"
"between father and son. Henry employs two cleaners during the show's life; first Enid Thompson, and, in the third season, Fiona Fennell. The show's theme tune is Lionel Bart's """"Consider Yourself"""" from ""Oliver!"", arranged in a jazz style by Peter Knight. The series was later repeated on Channel 4, and ITV3. All 29 episodes have now been released on DVD by Network DVD. Home to Roost Home to Roost is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television between 19 April 1985 and 19 January 1990. Written by Eric Chappell, it stars John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as"
"the series opened with the same opening as the "" A Tale of two Toads"" feature -length special, and as the series is primarily about the exploits of Toad, the theme tune is David Jason singing Toad’s own panegyric to himself, as found in Kenneth Grahame's original book: However for overseas broadcast (and when released on the DVD set 'Wind In the Willows: Complete Collection') the opening titles and music were changed for those featured in the previous series of ""The Wind in the Willows"". Oh, Mr. Toad Oh, Mr. Toad was a television spin-off from the 1990s stop motion"
"Rothmans, Ryanair, Thomas Cook, Polyhilites, Kp nuts and many others. Mindel has composed themes for scores of UK television programmes including ""Jim'll Fix It"", which Time out magazine ranked the 11th greatest theme song in the history of British television. He's written the current themes for ""The National Lottery"" and ""EuroMillions"". Other UK television credits include ""Food and Drink"", ""Open House"", ""Harty"", ""Challenge Anneka"", ""Boom"", ""The Hot Shoe Show"", ""Passport"", ""Get Your Act Together"", ""House Hunters"", ""The District Nurse"", ""Rory Bremner, Who Else?"", ""Coogan's Run"" and others. He scored two award-winning documentaries, ""All The King's Horses"", a film about Budweiser's"
"as a nanny. Megan Dodds was originally cast before she was replaced with Krakowski. The show's theme song, ""Unbreakable"", was produced by The Gregory Brothers and written by Jeff Richmond. It is a tribute to The Gregory Brothers' YouTube show Songify the News – auto-tuned news interviews that became viral videos. Richmond also wrote ""Peeno Noir"", a song performed by character Titus Andromedon during season 1, episode 6 of the series. The show has been widely acclaimed by television critics, who have praised the writing and cast. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a rating of 95%, based on"
"included Gordon Pinsent as team owner Duff McArdle, Jonathan Crombie, Jennifer Dale and Al Waxman. The show's theme song was a modernized version of the Stompin' Tom Connors classic, ""The Hockey Song"", performed partly by Connors himself, and then transitioning to the performance of the band Rusty. The show was briefly aired on the United States broadcast network UPN, starting in 1999, but was pulled after just two episodes. The second episode aired in the United States has the distinction of being the lowest-rated episode (since the Nielsen ratings service began in the 1950s) of any prime-time TV series ever"
"by Laurence Rosenthal, who wrote much of the music for the series. Joel McNeely also wrote music for many episodes; he received an Emmy in 1993 for the Episode ""Scandal of 1920"". French composer Frédéric Talgorn composed some music for the episode set in World War I France (""The Somme, July 1916/Germany, August 1916""). Music for ""Transylvania, September 1918"" was composed by Curt Sobel. The series was designed as an educational program for children and teenagers, spotlighted historical figures and important events, and used the concept of a prequel to the films as a draw. Most episodes feature a standard"
"last nine times as long and would become television's most popular game within a year – ""Family Feud"". The show's theme and cues were provided by Score Productions. The main theme song was called ""Hilltop"" and composed by Charles Fox. The pilot featured a hodgepodge of music, including an instrumental version of the Amboy Dukes hit ""Journey to the Center of Your Mind"" as its theme song and the opening notes to Perrey and Kingsley's ""The Savers"" (originally used on ""The Joker's Wild"") as a reveal cue, as well as recycling the game win cue from Eubanks' previous series, ""The"
"Mitchell Froom, Van Dyke Parks, George S. Clinton and Dweezil Zappa with Scott Thunes (spelled 'Tunis' in the credits). Mothersbaugh, who later went on to become a fixture in composing music for children's shows like ""Rugrats"", joined the show on hiatus from recording with Devo: The opening prelude theme is an interpretation of Les Baxter's ""Quiet Village"". The theme song, which originally followed the prelude, was performed by Cyndi Lauper (credited as ""Ellen Shaw""), imitating Betty Boop. For the final season in 1990, a new version of the prelude theme was recorded, and the opening theme was slightly edited. This"
"become part of popular culture. Notable catchphrases and terms include: The lexicon of Seinfeldian code words and recurring phrases that evolved around particular episodes is referred to as Seinlanguage, the title of Jerry Seinfeld's best-selling book on humor. A signature of ""Seinfeld"" is its theme music. Composed by Jonathan Wolff, it consists of distinct solo sampled bass synthesizer riffs (played on a Korg M1 synthesizer) which open the show and connect the scenes, often accompanied by beatboxing. The bass synthesizer music eventually replaced the original piano/synth music by Jep Epstein when it was played again after the first broadcast of"
"family; even Granny, the one most dead-set against living in California, likes her very much. Jane harbors something of a crush on Jethro for most of the series' run. In 1999, ""TV Guide"" ranked Jane Hathaway number 38 on its ""50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time"" list. The show's theme song, ""The Ballad of Jed Clampett"", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. The song is sung by Jerry Scoggins (backed by Flatt and Scruggs) over the opening and end credits of each episode. Flatt and Scruggs subsequently cut"
"is based. He is credited with composing the theme music for the sitcoms ""Father Ted"" and ""The IT Crowd"", the former theme composed for the show and later reworked into ""Songs of Love"", a track on The Divine Comedy's breakthrough album ""Casanova"". Both shows were created or co-created by Graham Linehan. For the ""Father Ted"" episode, ""A Song for Europe"", Hannon co-wrote and sang ""My Lovely Horse"", the song Ted and Dougal enter in Eurosong (a parody of the Eurovision Song Contest). For the same episode, Hannon wrote ""The Miracle Is Mine"", the 'typical' Eurovision ballad sung by Ted's nemesis,"
"fame include Andrée Bernard and John Scott Martin. The main theme music for the show was composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst. Although opening and closing credits appear to use different themes they are respectively the first & third sections of a longer piece. Another track associated with the show is the stock track ""The Detectives"" by Alan Tew (also known as the theme to 1975 Yorkshire TV series ""The Hanged Man""). This was used for the Charlie Farley & Piggy Malone story ""Stop You're Killing Me"". The programme became one of the most successful and long running light entertainment shows on"
"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"
"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"
"many episodes. Charles Fox's delicate yet hip music score, featuring flutes, harp and flugelhorn set to a contemporary pop beat, provided the ""love"" ambiance, which tied the stories together as a multifaceted romantic comedy each week. For the first season, the show's theme song was performed by The Cowsills. Beginning in the second season, the same theme song was sung by the Ron Hicklin Singers, also known as the voices behind The Partridge Family (based on the Cowsills), among others, featuring brothers John and Tom Bahler (billed as The Charles Fox Singers). This second version of the theme was carried"
"But the caretaker assured us that as soon as we started the crowd would arrive, as they were nearby ... in the pub. Sure enough, by the end of the first number, the hall was packed; a messenger had sent the word."" On 25 April 2015, the title track was somewhat popularized after it was played on ""The John Toal Show"" on BBC Radio Ulster. In a 2015 interview, the band's percussionist James Mackintosh said that ""Farewell to Nigg"" was his favourite Shooglenifty tune, whilst their mandolin player Ewan MacPherson said that ""Da Eye Wifey"" was one of his favourite"
"the story. This theme is later echoed in the guitar and bass when the main child protagonist, Matt, uses his latent psychometric abilities. The secondary theme also concludes the series in a light jazz arrangement, establishing a lighter tone before the final twist is revealed. The musical texture was the suggestion of producer Peter Graham Scott, who, while driving to Avebury to begin filming, had heard music by Krzysztof Penderecki on the radio. Sidney Sager Sidney Sager (17 May 1917 – 3 December 2002) was an English composer, conductor and trombonist, best known for his music for television and radio."
"an exposed, rural hillside on the outskirts of Aberdeen. In 1992, ""The Hit Squad"" with Jim McKirdy and Walter Gilmour was launched. They revamped gardens in need, according to presenter Jim McColl, they started all today's make-over shows. Episodes of the show have been transmitted across the world, from Canada, the Netherlands, Madeira, Italy and Jersey. The 1,000th episode was filmed in May 2016. The theme tune for the show is the jig ""Miss Tara MacAdam"", written by Johnny Cunningham. This replaced the show's original theme tune, ""Sponge"". The presenters on the programme included: Other regular contributors include the BBC"
"a 1976 TV-promoted oldies compilation album. In 2010, the cast, including: Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman, John Travolta, Robert Hegyes, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, and Ellen Travolta were honored at the TV Land Award ceremonies that year. Co-star Ron Palillo was not in attendance. The popular theme song, ""Welcome Back"", written and recorded by former Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian, became a No. 1 hit in the spring of 1976. The show was originally going to be called ""Kotter"", but that was changed because of the theme song lyrics. Sebastian has said he tried to find a more general theme for the song"
"season of twenty-two episodes. In the summer of 1990, the series was rerun again on NBC along with ""Bret Maverick"" starring James Garner. The series' theme song ""The Yellow Rose"" — set to the tune of the traditional ""The Yellow Rose of Texas"" but with new lyrics referencing the setting of the show — was recorded by country singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody. The song became a No. 1 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart on April 21, 1984. Warner Bros. released the complete series to DVD on May 3, 2011, consisting of all 22 episodes on"
"as appearing in a pilot programme for BBC Three called ""The Things I Haven't Told You"" (which has not been picked up). The theme song is ""After You've Gone"" and is performed by Jamie Cullum. The song was composed by Turner Layton with lyrics by Henry Creamer and was originally released in 1918 by Marion Harris. The BBC announced in January that it had commissioned a third series with eight episodes and a Christmas special, they also announced that a fourth series had been commissioned that included ten episodes and a festive one-off for 2009. Later the BBC made a"
"introductory music for much of each episode is ""Tico's Tune"" by Geoff Love (recorded by him under the name ""Manuel & The Music of the Mountains""). This piece of music has near-iconic status in Ireland as it was used as the theme music for ""The Gay Byrne Show"", a long-running and immensely popular morning radio show on RTÉ Radio 1. Background music and soundtrack pieces were composed for the series by Rónán Johnston. The opening credits are accompanied with the song ""Where's Me Jumper"" by The Sultans of Ping FC. ""Moone Boy"" aired its third and final season in 2015."
"being removed from consideration from the Best Soap category. The series' original theme song was composed by Louis van Rensburg and performed by the Soweto String Quartet. Having been the theme song since the series' inception in 2000, the tune was considered ""iconic"" but was replaced in June 2015 with a new composition by Joe Niemand and Nomansland. The theme-tune is so well-loved that many viewers complained when the instantly recognisable tune was replaced by the newer more modern theme. In 2010, a cookbook featuring recipes inspired by the programme's characters was published. Characters featured include Hilda, Matrone, Charmaine, Maria,"
"The first two series used a relatively sombre instrumental version of the closing theme for the opening titles; from series III onwards this switched to a more upbeat version. Goodall also wrote music for the show's various songs, including ""Tongue Tied"", with lyrics written by Grant and Naylor. Danny John-Jules (credited as 'The Cat') re-orchestrated and released ""Tongue Tied"" in October 1993; it reached number 17 on the UK charts. Goodall himself sang ""The Rimmer Song"" heard during the series VII episode ""Blue"", to which Chris Barrie mimed. In 1998, on the tenth anniversary of the show's first airing (and"
"until 1971, when NBC News correspondent Frank McGee joined the show. Composer Ray Ellis penned an instrumental theme entitled ""This is Today"", a jazzy, up-tempo piece that served as the program's main theme until 1978. Because ""This is Today"" closely resembled Stephen Schwartz's song ""Day by Day"" from the musical ""Godspell"", Schwartz successfully sued for copyright infringement. ""This is Today"" was revised as a result, with the second version of the piece incorporating the familiar NBC chime signature was used until 1981, at the close of the Tom Brokaw–Jane Pauley era. The chimes were also used throughout the program to"