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What's your all-time favourite TV theme tune?

213 replies

fishdishwish · 26/07/2014 00:09

Inspired by the passing of James Garner, as The Rockford Files had a pretty cool theme tune composed by Mike Post (who also wrote the Hill Street Blues and A-Team themes, amongst others).

For me, it has be a tie between The Littlest Hobo & (despite it's rather dodgy lyrics) The Fall Guy. Oh, and the lovely sweeping orchestral piece that Granada used to play at closedown (remember those?!) in the 1980s.

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seasalt · 26/07/2014 00:12

Black Beauty was great

maras2 · 26/07/2014 00:13

The theme from Van Der Valk by the Simon Park Orchestra.Also Dixon of Dock Green.

Quax · 26/07/2014 00:14

Minder, Dennis Waterman Blush

threepiecesuite · 26/07/2014 00:24

LA Law

saffronwblue · 26/07/2014 00:26

Mash and Call the Midwife.

CastilianHhhhidalgo · 26/07/2014 00:28
, it's fabulous. Along with GoT it's the only credits I don't fast forward through however many times I watch Grin
BeetlebumShesAGun · 26/07/2014 00:28

Buffy Blush

Wherediparkmybroom · 26/07/2014 00:32

Little house on the prarie, I strive for Caroline but end up as marge....Simpson!

Floralnomad · 26/07/2014 00:33

Hill Street Blues .

LondonRocks · 26/07/2014 00:35

Little House for me, so evocative of childhood innocence

SwanneeKazoo · 26/07/2014 00:36

The Persuaders, by John Barry

Wherediparkmybroom · 26/07/2014 00:39

They rerun little house on channel 61 weekdays at 7am!

WhereHas1999DissappearedToo · 26/07/2014 00:43

Home and Away Blush

LondonRocks · 26/07/2014 00:43

Ah, will tape that, where thanks !

BreconBeBuggered · 26/07/2014 00:51

Crown Court - the closing, rather than the opening credits. Possibly the most poignant television music ever composed.

Valsoldknickers · 26/07/2014 00:56

Arena on BBC2.

Tales of the Unexpected.

The Bridge (proper Danish Version)

fishdishwish · 26/07/2014 00:58

Brecon - that is a lovely tune. Funnily enough, it was the B-side to the aforementioned Van Der Valk theme!

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EugenesAxe · 26/07/2014 01:11

My best friend and I were fairly well addicted to a single of The Tripods theme tune when we were young - but B side too.

They are all similar to The Tripods, but I've always liked Casualty and The Crystal Maze. Also University Challenge when it had a sod off boingggg from the timpani rather than a delicate twang on a viola or whatever.

EugenesAxe · 26/07/2014 01:12

Oh and I forgot All Creatures Great and Small and Ski Sunday.

EverythingCounts · 26/07/2014 01:15

The BBC Miss Marple of the 80s.

scottishmummy · 26/07/2014 01:16

Murder she wrote

minmooch · 26/07/2014 01:31

Band of Brothers - absoloutely beautiful.

IScreamForIceCream · 26/07/2014 01:45

Littlest Hobo

storeonashelf · 26/07/2014 01:47

Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles

Magnum P.I. Blush

Robin of Sherwood

storeonashelf · 26/07/2014 01:51

And this one

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