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TV theme tunes that make you happy

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RedRec · 31/08/2025 09:12

Inspired by sitting here this morning when Beechgrove Garden came on. Such a warm, gentle programme and I get that feeling as soon as the theme music starts up. Sounds like a lovely Scottish reel. Really heartwarming.
(Just looked it up and it is called Miss Tara MacAdam.)

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YetiRosetti · 31/08/2025 13:14

Strictly - I don’t even watch it but the theme reminds me of cosy evenings in!

Juliejuly · 31/08/2025 13:23

Not a TV theme tune, but the Pearl and Dean cinema adverts music.

chickenwings2 · 31/08/2025 13:23

Supernatural, the wire and buffy

HarperStern · 31/08/2025 13:24

The repeats of Miss Marple that are on BBC4 at the moment. Just takes me back to a cosy place.

Belladog1 · 31/08/2025 13:29

Death in Paradise always makes me jig

CrewOfTheRevenge · 31/08/2025 13:30

Theme tune to the Detectorists by Jonny Flynn

Briningitallin · 31/08/2025 13:31

Cagney and Lacey
The Rockford Files

SingingintheRadiator · 31/08/2025 13:34

Buffy, X/Files and Twin Peaks always give me a lovely nostalgic feeling for when I was actually excited to sit down and watch the TV.

i also love the e themes to Detectorists, Last of the Summer Wine and You’re the Worst.

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 31/08/2025 13:37

@Belladog1- DD also loves the Death in Paradise theme !

For me, it’s Only Connect. Oh it’s cosy quizzy Mondays. Also even though I can not ski (even though I’ve had lessons), the ski Sunday theme tune is very joyful.

topcat2014 · 31/08/2025 13:38

YY to Cagney & Lacey
Quite like Poirot
Old and New All creatures great and small

Countryfile
Grange Hill (70s, with the Sausage on the fork)

MagpiePi · 31/08/2025 13:40

Match of the Day, not that I’m a football fan and the Booker T and the M.Gs tune they use for the cricket.

BarcelonaFreddie · 31/08/2025 13:43

Littlest Hobo
The Fall Guy

EchoedSilence · 31/08/2025 13:43

Downton Abbey

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 31/08/2025 13:43

The Red Hand Gang

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 31/08/2025 13:44

The theme song to Red Dwarf.

Edinaandpatsyrule · 31/08/2025 13:45

HarperStern · 31/08/2025 13:24

The repeats of Miss Marple that are on BBC4 at the moment. Just takes me back to a cosy place.

Omg yes! We watched the 450 from
Paddington yesterday and it was like being wrapped up in a warm blanket being fed hot chocolate and shortbread biscuits 😊

Jaws2025 · 31/08/2025 13:46

The Cheers theme

Missymarple · 31/08/2025 13:46

The Golden Girls. 'Thank you for being a friend' indeed.

RedRec · 31/08/2025 13:50

Just thought of another one. Not exactly a theme tune but the Netflix ta-dum sound. Means I know I am settling down to something good that I have chosen and looked forward to.

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Jaws2025 · 31/08/2025 13:51

Closing theme for In the Night Garden. Knew they'd soon be asleep and I could collapse!

thatAgneswhocallsherselfPerditax · 31/08/2025 13:54

The Adventures of Black Beauty

feellikeanalien · 31/08/2025 13:55

Escape to the Country makes me nostalgic for some reason. I think it's that cosy Sunday evening type telly sound.

Also agree with another PP about Miss Marple and The Vicar of Dibley.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 31/08/2025 13:55

CrewOfTheRevenge · 31/08/2025 13:30

Theme tune to the Detectorists by Jonny Flynn

I love it so much it’s my ringtone

Marlaysydney12 · 31/08/2025 14:00

The theme tune to Howard's Way. I think it came on at my bedtime in the late 80s, when I was at primary school. Just listened to it again, it really is a great piece of music!

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 31/08/2025 14:00

All Creatures Great and Small

And not so much a theme tune, but a song very much associated with TV - Bring Me Sunshine. Reminds me so much of my lovely grandfather.

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