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TV intros you just can't skip

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BlueMoonCity · 26/03/2023 22:35

Hi all, first thread so thought I'd do a fun, lighthearted one! What are the shows with an intro/theme song that you just can't skip? For me it's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Ted Lasso and Community! Love the music in the second two and the cold opens for B99! What about you? Grin

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CoffeeWithCheese · 27/03/2023 10:49

Red Dwarf
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and yes, after all these years both me and DH can still rap the entire thing word perfectly.

newfence · 27/03/2023 10:50

Izzy24 · 27/03/2023 04:05

Poldark! For the music and the beautiful visuals. Every time.

Yes!

AngelsWithSilverWings · 27/03/2023 11:52

We are re watching Cheers at the moment and DH commented on the fact that I never skip the intro even though I do on every other show I watch. I think I find the theme tune relaxing and uplifting.

Hailtheteam · 27/03/2023 12:25

Friends

very old Jeeves and Wooster with Steven Fry and Hugh Laurie

LemonJuiceFromConcentrate · 27/03/2023 13:00

Surprised about the number of people mentioning Friends. Nothing against the show but I can’t get past the intro quickly enough. I kind of thought it was a widely hated song, but maybe it’s just me 🙉

LennyCrabbitz · 27/03/2023 13:09

Casualty
The apprentice
Daniel Tiger 🐯

Allschoolsareartschools · 27/03/2023 13:28

Life on Mars, loved the re-cap!

Splodgerbodgerbadger · 27/03/2023 14:33

BenCoopersSupportWren · 26/03/2023 22:57

The Big Bang Theory

We built a wall (we built the pyramids) 🎶

Yes! Brilliant song (and programme).

JustDanceAddict · 27/03/2023 14:38

Strike

NORTHERNIRISHGIRL2023 · 27/03/2023 17:32

The Detectorists is hilarious! Mackenzie Crook & Toby Jones work well together in the show. Just love it!

CentrifugalBumblePuppy · 27/03/2023 17:34

Fraggle Rock
And
Jamie & The Magic Torch.

Rumpleforeskinz · 27/03/2023 17:34

Stranger Things; the 80s horror vibe is so good

ageingdisgracefully · 27/03/2023 17:47

Follyfoot.
Also another horsey programme with a theme tune called White Horses. It got into the charts back in the day.
Black Beauty
Angelina Ballerina
Roobarb and Custard.
The Bridge.
Happy Valley
Brideshead Revisited.
Magic Roundabout
The Crown
Coronation Street

SoftCoeur · 27/03/2023 17:50

AngelsWithSilverWings · 27/03/2023 11:52

We are re watching Cheers at the moment and DH commented on the fact that I never skip the intro even though I do on every other show I watch. I think I find the theme tune relaxing and uplifting.

Same. It's very cosy-feeling to me.

Succession. I'm not a musician so don't know the terms, but I love how the top melody, goes up and down and around again like the standing of the children in their father's eyes - like they're on this neverending rollercoaster of trying to please him when they never really will. And then the darker beat underneath marching on.

Game of Thrones - unskippable for me

ageingdisgracefully · 27/03/2023 17:55

SweetCoriander · 27/03/2023 02:08

Does anyone remember The Life and Times of Lloyd George?

Loved that theme music.

Me. Was it Chi Mai by Ennio Morricone? It was beautiful.

saveforthat · 27/03/2023 18:02

AngelsWithSilverWings · 27/03/2023 11:52

We are re watching Cheers at the moment and DH commented on the fact that I never skip the intro even though I do on every other show I watch. I think I find the theme tune relaxing and uplifting.

Where can I watch Cheers? I used to love it back in the day

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 27/03/2023 18:07

True blood
Pretty little liars
Happy valley
Stranger things
Death in paradise

AngelsWithSilverWings · 27/03/2023 18:10

@saveforthat it's on C4 on the All 4 player thingy

Idgaff · 27/03/2023 18:12

The Vicar of Dibley

Also hate missing the joke at the end!!

chineapplepunks · 27/03/2023 18:14

The Golden Girls!

thecatneuterer · 27/03/2023 18:20

Lovelydaytomorrow · 26/03/2023 23:04

Outlander - love it

Yes. It's amazing

thecatneuterer · 27/03/2023 18:21

InterestQ · 26/03/2023 23:20

Strike!

And this is the other one I love. Strike and Outlander intros I could never get bored of.

Showmethebagels · 27/03/2023 18:33

ageingdisgracefully · 27/03/2023 17:55

Me. Was it Chi Mai by Ennio Morricone? It was beautiful.

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Oh yes!! Too young to remember the programme but the theme tune was released as a single and got into the charts. I remember taping the Top 40 to listen to in the car on holiday, it totally reminds me of being in the back of a Vauxhall Viva in about 1980! Probably eating a Cornetto. Great piece of music and happy memories!

Showmethebagels · 27/03/2023 18:36

The Split
The Bridge
The Americans
The Undoing

TimeToStopLurking · 27/03/2023 19:01

Another one for 'Bluey'. The intro is so addictive, I end up humming it all day Grin