What is the title of the signature tune, composed by Arthur Wood, of Radio 4's programme 'The Archers'?
"Arthur Wood (composer) Arthur Wood (24 January 1875–18 January 1953) was an English composer and conductor, particularly famous for ""Barwick Green"", the signature theme for the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Archers"". Wood was born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, the son of a tailor. His father was a violinist in a local amateur orchestra and as a boy, Wood began to learn the violin, the flute and piccolo. After his family moved to Harrogate in 1882 he was given flute lessons from Arthur Brookes, a member of a local spa orchestra. He left school at the age of twelve and two"
"Barwick Green ""Barwick Green"" is the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"". A ""maypole dance"" from the suite ""My Native Heath"" written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood, it is named after Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire's West Riding. The recording used between 1950 and the 1990s was played by Sidney Torch and his orchestra. Sidney Torch recorded a commercial release of ""Barwick Green"" in the 1950s, but it was not used on ""The Archers"" itself. The familiar opening 7 notes are echoed in the pizzicato in Benjamin Britten's ""Simple Symphony"", written in 1934."
"The Sunday omnibus broadcast of ""The Archers"" starts with a more rustic, accordion-arranged rendition by The Yetties, while the theme for BBC Radio 4 Extra's ""The Archers"" spinoff, ""Ambridge Extra"", is a version arranged by Bellowhead. Barwick Green ""Barwick Green"" is the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"". A ""maypole dance"" from the suite ""My Native Heath"" written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood, it is named after Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire's West Riding. The recording used between 1950 and the 1990s was played by Sidney Torch and his orchestra. Sidney Torch recorded"
"is now used for communal activities. The local newspaper is the ""Wetherby News"" whilst the regional newspaper is the ""Yorkshire Evening Post"". The local BBC radio station is BBC Radio Leeds, whilst there are many other independent local radio stations in the area. There are cinemas nearby in Leeds, Wetherby and Castleford. The theme tune to ""The Archers"" is called ""Barwick Green"". It was written by Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood in 1924, as a ""maypole dance"" in his suite ""My native heath"". The other items in this suite are ""Ilkley Tarn"", ""Bolton Abbey"" and ""Knaresborough Status"". Widge, the protagonist in"
"theme for the BBC's ""Grandstand"" (""News Scoop"" by Len Stevens), ""Crimewatch"" (""Rescue Helicopter"" by John Cameron) and ""Grange Hill"" (""Chicken Man"" by Alan Hawkshaw). Arthur Wood's ""Barwick Green"", written in 1924, still serves as the theme for long-running BBC Radio soap ""The Archers"". TV comedy series such as ""The Benny Hill Show"" and ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" also made extensive use of production library cues (many sourced from the De Wolfe catalogue) as background or incidental music. American TV has also utilized production music, most notably with the themes for ""Monday Night Football"" (""Heavy Action"" by Johnny Pearson) and ""The"
"on BBC Four on 1 January 2007, focused on ""The Archers"". It was narrated by Stephen Fry and included interviews with current actors and scriptwriters. The Archers The Archers, having aired over 18,700 episodes, is the world's longest-running radio serial. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4the BBC's main spoken-word channelthis soap opera was initially billed, ""an everyday story of country folk"" and now, ""a contemporary drama in a rural setting"". Five pilot episodes were aired in 1950 and the first episode was broadcast nationally on 1 January 1951. A significant show in British popular culture, and with over five million listeners,"
"Television, Robert Farnon's ""Derby Day"" for Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, Richard Addinsell's ""Southern Rhapsody"" for Southern Television, Ron Goodwin's ""Westward Ho!"" for Westward Television and John Dankworth's ""Widespread World"" for Rediffusion London. Several pieces of light music are used on BBC Radio 4 to the present day, with Eric Coates's ""By the Sleepy Lagoon"" being the theme of ""Desert Island Discs"", Arthur Wood's ""Barwick Green"" the theme of ""The Archers"" and Ronald Binge's ""Sailing By"" preceding the late-night shipping forecast. During the 1960s, the style began to fall out of fashion on radio and television, forcing many light composers to refocus their"
"The Archers The Archers, having aired over 18,700 episodes, is the world's longest-running radio serial. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4the BBC's main spoken-word channelthis soap opera was initially billed, ""an everyday story of country folk"" and now, ""a contemporary drama in a rural setting"". Five pilot episodes were aired in 1950 and the first episode was broadcast nationally on 1 January 1951. A significant show in British popular culture, and with over five million listeners, it is Radio 4's most listened-to non-news programme, With over one million listeners via the internet, the programme holds the record for BBC Radio online"
"the BBC radio soap ""The Archers"". Smethurst insisted he only got the flak because his was the name the public knew. Further changes included the series being renamed ""Crossroads Kings Oak"" for a time, with the intention in the future of shortening this to merely ""King's Oak"". However, this final change was overtaken by the decision in June 1987 by Andy Allen, Central's director of programmes, to axe the series. The familiar theme tune was replaced in September 1987 by a new theme composed by Max Early and Raf Ravenscroft. New titles were introduced to accompany the new theme, which"
"by another episode of ""The Archers"". ""Go4It"" started in 2001 and was originally produce by Jo Daykin and hosted by Matt Smith and included Cromarty the space cat and many jokes. Smith was replaced one year later by CBBC presenter Barney Harwood on 5 May 2002. With Harwood's arrival the show became less patronising with the theme tune changed to ""Danger Man"". When Harwood was off on holiday there were guest presenters like Kirsten O'Brien, Natalie Barrass and David McFetridge. The show typically centred on themes of books, poetry and literature. A typical episode featured a guest author or poet"
"accessible for people who had never listened to ""The Archers"" before. ""Ambridge Extra"" features a number of new or previously silent and minor characters from the main series and initially focussed on several of the younger characters. The programme is broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday with an omnibus on Sunday, all following ""The Archers"" on Radio 4. ""The Archers"" theme tune ""Barwick Green"" has been re-arranged for ""Ambridge Extra"" and is performed by folk group Bellowhead. The first series of ""Ambridge Extra"" ran for 13 weeks (26 episodes) from April through to June 2011. A second 13-week series began airing"
"this popular theme is 8 notes which sound familiar as echoing the opening of ""Barwick Green"" the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 everyday story of country folk, ""The Archers"", written in 1924 by Arthur Wood. In 1944, the choreographer Walter Gore created a ballet also entitled ""Simple Symphony"" for the Ballet Rambert. Many themes of the symphony are also used for the soundtrack ""Bad Blood"" (1986) by Leos Carax. It appears in Wes Anderson's film ""Moonrise Kingdom"" (2012), which prominently features many pieces by Britten. It also appears in the first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
"Grundy, and in the summer of 1996 released ""The World of Eddie Grundy by Trevor Harrison"" on Demon Records. In 2001, ""The Archers""' 50th anniversary year, he was made an MBE for his services to radio drama, particularly for his role in ""The Archers"". Harrison and his wife Annette, a civilian police worker, live in south Worcestershire. He is a keen birdwatcher and carries his binoculars and field guide with him everywhere. Trevor Harrison Trevor Harrison (born 16 March 1957, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England) is an English actor best known for his role as Eddie Grundy in the BBC Radio 4"
"The Artwoods The Artwoods (also sometimes known by Decca Records as the Art Woods) were an English rock band who formed in 1963 and were professionally active between 1964 and 1967. They were a popular live attraction, rivalling groups such as the Animals, although, despite releasing a clutch of singles and an album, their record sales never reflected this popularity. Singer Arthur Wood, from whom the band took their name, was the eldest brother of Ronnie Wood (who later found fame with the Faces and Rolling Stones). Art Wood had been a vocalist with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated for a"
"Green"" involving trombones, cymbals and the closing bars of the signature tune - known as the ""doom music"" to some fan groups. However, this tradition has been dropped more recently, such as the death of Nigel Pargetter when the normal closing music was played despite the gravity of the incident - to the irritation of some followers, who consider the jollity of the normal segment inappropriate in such circumstances. A brief extract from ""The Dream of Gerontius"" was played following the death of Phil Archer. When John Archer died no music was played. There was a nod to ""The Archers"""
"Art Wood Arthur ""Art"" Wood (7 July 1937 – 3 November 2006) was a British blues, pop and rock singer, who led The Artwoods in the 1960s and subsequently became a graphic artist. He was the brother of Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones. Born in 1937, in West Drayton, Middlesex, he enrolled at Ealing School of Art in 1950. There he developed his musical interests, as well as taking a keen interest in graphic design and fine art. In 1955 he started two years of National Service; he was posted in Devizes, Wiltshire, where he formed a skiffle group."
"Radio 4 series ""The Archers"", portraying the show as it supposedly sounds to people who do not regularly listen to it. Starting in the fifth series the performers often break character, usually to complain to John about the sketches. A pilot programme with a different supporting cast, titled ""John Finnemore, Apparently"", was broadcast in 2008. Many of the sketches in the pilot were subsequently remade for the series. Patsy Straightwoman is the fictional interviewer who hosts ""The Interview Sketch"". She is deliberately given no significant characteristics except for an awareness of her role as a ""feed"", which she sardonically remarks"
"Thomas Wood (composer) Thomas Wood (28 November 1892–19 November 1950) was an English composer and author. Wood was born in Chorley, Lancashire and attended Barrow Grammar School, also in Lancashire, before studying at the University of Oxford and the Royal College of Music. In 1919 he was appointed Director of Music at Tonbridge School in Kent, returning to Oxford in 1924 to teach at Exeter College. During this period he composed several choral-orchestral works including ""Forty Singing Seamen"" (1925), ""Master Mariners"" (1927) and ""The Ballad of Hampstead Heath"" (1927). He went to Australia in 1930 and spent over two years"
"adults is consistently highest in the ratings. BBC Radio 4, a varied talk station, is noted for its news, current affairs, drama and comedy output as well as ""The Archers"", its long running soap opera, and other unique programmes, including ""Desert Island Discs"" (1942–present), an interview programme in which a famous guest (called a ""castaway"") chooses eight pieces of music, a book and a luxury item that they would take with them to a desert island. Currently presented by Kirsty Young, it is the longest running music radio programme in British history. The idea for a Christmas message was conceived"
"Michael Gray and wrote the score for an episode of BBC Four's ""Arena"" series, celebrating 57 years of the BBC Radio 4 radio drama serial ""The Archers"" — a testament to Baker's breadth of musical capabilities. Baker teamed up with Tim Booth at the time the ex-front man of the band James. The two formed a strong friendship based on a chance meeting in Brighton which ultimately led to the release of the highly acclaimed album ""Bone"", which was produced by Baker and written by Booth, Baker and KK (Kevin Kerrigan). The album artwork was also created by Baker. The"
"became a key figure in jazz education in Britain, creating what later became the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Between 1960 and 1963, Lord and Ashton both moved on to Red Bludd's Bluesicians (also known as The Don Wilson Quartet), the latter of which featured the singer Arthur ""Art"" Wood, brother of guitarist Ronnie Wood. Wood had previously sung with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated and was a junior figure in the British blues movement. In this period, Lord altered the spelling of his name from his birth name ""John"" to ""Jon"" and his session credits included playing the keyboards in ""You"
"popular musicians performed there. There isn't a music studio of any kind at Pebble Mill's replacement facility, The Mailbox. Pebble Mill's radio drama studio, Studio 3, provided much of Radio 3 and 4's drama output – it was the home of ""The Archers"", the world's longest running radio soap opera. The last ""Archers"" programme from Pebble Mill was on 13 September 2004. The Mailbox (Pebble Mill's replacement) has a smaller radio drama studio, but incorporating a larger dead-room with an anechoic ‘snail’ for long, outdoor approaches. ""The Archers"" transferred to the Mailbox studio at the beginning of October 2004 and"
"in the surrealist BBC film ""The End of Arthur's Marriage"". Note that the word ""cross"" has the same vowel as ""drawers"" in Cockney pronunciation. Cock o' the North (music) Cock o'the North is a 6/8 military march, bagpipe tune and jig. The title comes from the nickname of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, who in 1794 raised the 92nd Regiment of Foot, which later became the Gordon Highlanders. The composer is unknown, but it first appeared in print in 1816 as a violin tune. It was later published in a collection of bagpipe music by Donald MacDonald in 1822,"
"urban areas. They continue to produce music today, and have garnered critical acclaim and a cult following around the world. Inkberrow Inkberrow is a village in Worcestershire, England, often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the setting of BBC Radio 4's long-running series ""The Archers"". In particular, The Bull, the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be based on The Old Bull in Inkberrow. The village's parish church is dedicated to St. Peter and contains the Savage family chapel. In 2006, Inkberrow was awarded the title of Worcestershire Village of the Year and won the Building Community Life section"
"1666 – 1709), who gave his name to Cowper's gland, was born in Petersfield. John Goodyer (botanist), Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder (Royal physician), Stuart Ernest Piggott (archaeologist), Professor David Wands (cosmologist) and John Worlidge (agriculturalist) have links to the town. Actors Buki Akib, Jamie Campbell Bower, Arthur Brough, Tamsin Egerton, Ellis Jones, and Miranda Hart were all born or live in Petersfield, as are the BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers actors Charles Collingwood (Brian Aldridge) and Edward Kelsey (Joe Grundy). Sir Alec Guinness and his wife are buried in Petersfield. In the music world, tenor Wilfred Brown,"
"Frédéric Chopin; ""The Archers"", which has ""Barwick Green""; ""Desert Island Discs"" which has ""By the Sleepy Lagoon"", and ""The Rush Limbaugh Show"", which uses the instrumental from ""My City Was Gone."" In talk radio, a different theme song is often used to introduce each segment, and the music (usually popular music of some sort) will often relate to the topic being discussed. John Batchelor is noted for his use of highly dramatic orchestral scores leading in and out of each segment of his weekly show. Many video games feature a theme song that is distinctive to the series. A popular"
"""At the Black Pig's Dyke"", ""John Hughdy and Tom John"", and ""Song of the Yellow Bittern"". He has recently written songs for Irish singer Mary McPartlan for her album ""Petticoat Loose"". The songs are ""Sanctuary"", ""Kiss the Moon"" and ""Petticoat Loose."" Vincent Woods Vincent Woods (born 1960) is an Irish poet and playwright. He currently hosts ""The Arts Show"" on RTÉ Radio 1. Woods was born in County Leitrim. Woods lived in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia and worked as a journalist with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) until 1989. Woods' radio play, ""The Leitrim Hotel"", won the P."
"Listener and Forester in ""The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship"" and also for the voice of ""The Thing"" in another Cosgrove Hall production, ""Truckers"", based on a book by Terry Pratchett. Edward Kelsey Edward Kelsey (born 4 June 1930 in Petersfield, Hampshire) is an English actor of stage and screen, as well as a voiceover artist. He is best recognized as the voice of Joe Grundy on the long-running BBC radio soap opera ""The Archers"" and for voicing various other characters on television. In 1954 Kelsey joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary"
"Archer (originally Pritchard) since then. Finch has also worked as a voice-over artist, and reported for ""Woman's Hour"", also on Radio 4. In August 2012 she hosted the Radio 4 Appeal for Health Poverty Action. Felicity Finch Felicity Finch (born 14 March 1955) is a British actress, known for her Tyneside-accented portrayal of Ruth Archer in ""The Archers"" on BBC Radio 4. She was born in the London Borough of Southwark. She grew up in Eaglescliffe. She attended Grangefield School (now The Grangefield Academy) in Stockton-on-Tees. She has three brothers, born in 1953, 1957 and 1960. She trained at the"
"in 1992, and later became senior producer, directing over 700 episodes. In 1996 he wrote a song for the album ""The World of Eddie Grundy"" by Trevor Harrison, playing the accordion. In 1998, he spent some time in Phnom Penh where he trained Cambodian health educators in radio drama scriptwriting. He became a script writer for ""The Archers"" in 2003 and runs the BBC ""Archers"" website. In 2011 he co-wrote two series of Ambridge Extra, which aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Davies set up the Archers Archive Appeal, which helped to recover lost episodes of ""The Archers"", later this"
"albums chart in August 1991. Radio credits include the original radio series of ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"", appearing in Fit the Sixth. He dramatised E. F. Benson's 1932 comic novel ""Secret Lives"" in three parts for BBC radio, and was also the narrator. Woods died on 7 May 2013, at his home in Barrow-in-Furness aged 85 of natural causes. He was survived by his wife Gaynor, whom he had met at RADA and married in 1952. Aubrey Woods Aubrey Harold Woods (9 April 1928 – 7 May 2013) was an English actor and singer. Woods was born on"
"Keith “Mickey” Roney, Keith “Sluggo” Walker and Jack “Tracker” Woods. Woods suggested a tune that was used by the 3rd Royal Australian Regiment (entitled “We’re a pack of Bastards”). Reputedly, on the stools of the Royal Hoopers, with the help of the amber fluid, the words of this military ditty were rearranged to become the ‘A’ verse of the anthem. The tune used for the ‘A’ verse came from the second part (aka “strain”) of a popular American marching tune called “Our Director” penned by Frederick Ellsworth Bigelow (1873-1929). This tune is also shared by many American high school teams"
"Ruth Archer Ruth Archer (also Pritchard) is a fictional character from the British BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"", played by English actress Felicity Finch. She made her debut in the 15 July 1987 episode. The character was created and introduced to ""The Archers"" as a love interest for established character David Archer (Timothy Bentinck), whose then girlfriend was deemed unsuitable for the role of mother to the next generation of the Archer family by the editor of the show Liz Rigbey. Finch was cast as Ruth after a successful audition. Ruth is portrayed as being strong-willed, determined and"