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RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - Ballinagrappa - 02-01-2023
You Bet!
Saturday Night Takeaway
The Wheel (which has become cult status and there is a Cahill remix of it played in clubs)
BBC News
EastEnders
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Meridian Tonight
Central TV Ident (early 90s)
FourScore
I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
Big Brother
Millionaire
Neighbours
Home & Away
RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - ACTV - 02-01-2023
I've got many, many favourites...
Drama
[list]
[*]Coronation Street
[*]Emmerdale
[*]Brookside
[*]EastEnders
[*]A Touch of Frost
[*]Eldorado
[*]Albion Market
[*]Howard's Way
[*]Rockliffe's Babies
[*]The Bill
[*]Casualty (1986 version)
[*]Holby City
[*]Minder
[*]Waterloo Road
[*]Neighbours
[*]Home and Away
[*]Shortland Street
[*]Prisoner: Cell Block H
[*]Grange Hill (Chicken Man and the 1990 theme)
[/list]
Comedy
[list]
[*]Only Fools and Horses (opening and closing)
[*]Have I Got News For You?
[*]The Two Ronnies
[*]Father Ted
[*]Rising Damp
[*]Beadle's About
[*]Watching
[*]Little Britain
[*]Hot Metal
[*]Sorry!
[*]Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
[*]One Foot in The Grave
[*]Red Dwarf
[/list]
Entertainment
[list]
[*]Top of the Pops (particularly Whole Lotta Love, Yellow Pearl, The Wizard and Now Get Out of That)
[*]Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
[*]Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?
[*]Swap Shop
[*]TISWAS
[*]Live & Kicking
[*]Going Live!
[*]SM:TV Live
[*]Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow
[*]The Weakest Link
[*]Big Brother
[*]Quizmania
[*]The Chase
[*]Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game
[*]Strictly Come Dancing
[*]Wogan (all versions)
[*]It'll Be Alright on The Night
[*]You Bet!
[*]Don't Try This at Home!
[*]Countdown
[*]CD:UK
[*]The X Factor
[*]The Big Breakfast
[*]Pop Idol
[/list]
Factual
[list]
[*]Weekend World
[*]World in Action
[*]Panorama
[*]Arena
[*]999
[*]Tonight with Trevor McDonald
[*]On the Record
[/list]
News
[list]
[*]BBC News (since 1999)
[*]The One O'Clock News (1986/1993)
[*]The Six O'Clock News (1984/1993)
[*]The Nine O'Clock News (1985/1988/1993)
[*]Breakfast Time (1983/1986)
[*]Breakfast News (1989/1993/1997)
[*]BBC Breakfast (2000/2002/2006/2009)
[*]Newsnight
[*]Reporting Scotland (1988)
[*]ITV News (since 1999)
[*]News at Ten (1967/1992)
[*]News at 545 (1976/1988)
[*]First Report/News at One (1972)
[*]ITN Early Evening News (1992/1995)
[*]ITN Lunchtime News (1987/1995)
[*]ITN Weekend News (1987/1992/1995)
[*]Channel 4 News
[*]5 News (1997/2005/2008)
[*]60 Seconds (2003/2008)
[*]The News Show/The 7 O'Clock News (Feb 2003/Jul 2003)
[*]Liquid News (2000/2002)
[*]Newsround (1972/1986/1990/1994/1997/2002/2008/2014)
[*]Sky News (2001/2003/2005)
[/list]
And a special shout for the theme for Radio 4's PM from 1988.
RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - Jon - 02-01-2023
When it comes to News themes it would probably be easier to name the ones you don’t like.
RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - ACTV - 02-01-2023
(02-01-2023, 03:32 PM)Jon Wrote: When it comes to News themes it would probably be easier to name the ones you don’t like.
It probably would have been to be honest. On that note, I was never terribly fond of the orchestral Five News theme that replaced the original one.
RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - DE88 - 04-01-2023
(02-01-2023, 02:56 PM)ACTV Wrote: I've got many, many favourites...
Drama
[list]
[*]Coronation Street
[*]Emmerdale
[*]Brookside
[*]EastEnders
[*]A Touch of Frost
[*]Eldorado
[*]Albion Market
[*]Howard's Way
[*]Rockliffe's Babies
[*]The Bill
[*]Casualty (1986 version)
[*]Holby City
[*]Minder
[*]Waterloo Road
[*]Neighbours
[*]Home and Away
[*]Shortland Street
[*]Prisoner: Cell Block H
[*]Grange Hill (Chicken Man and the 1990 theme)
[/list]
Comedy
[list]
[*]Only Fools and Horses (opening and closing)
[*]Have I Got News For You?
[*]The Two Ronnies
[*]Father Ted
[*]Rising Damp
[*]Beadle's About
[*]Watching
[*]Little Britain
[*]Hot Metal
[*]Sorry!
[*]Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
[*]One Foot in The Grave
[*]Red Dwarf
[/list]
Entertainment
[list]
[*]Top of the Pops (particularly Whole Lotta Love, Yellow Pearl, The Wizard and Now Get Out of That)
[*]Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
[*]Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?
[*]Swap Shop
[*]TISWAS
[*]Live & Kicking
[*]Going Live!
[*]SM:TV Live
[*]Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow
[*]The Weakest Link
[*]Big Brother
[*]Quizmania
[*]The Chase
[*]Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game
[*]Strictly Come Dancing
[*]Wogan (all versions)
[*]It'll Be Alright on The Night
[*]You Bet!
[*]Don't Try This at Home!
[*]Countdown
[*]CD:UK
[*]The X Factor
[*]The Big Breakfast
[*]Pop Idol
[/list]
Factual
[list]
[*]Weekend World
[*]World in Action
[*]Panorama
[*]Arena
[*]999
[*]Tonight with Trevor McDonald
[*]On the Record
[/list]
News
[list]
[*]BBC News (since 1999)
[*]The One O'Clock News (1986/1993)
[*]The Six O'Clock News (1984/1993)
[*]The Nine O'Clock News (1985/1988/1993)
[*]Breakfast Time (1983/1986)
[*]Breakfast News (1989/1993/1997)
[*]BBC Breakfast (2000/2002/2006/2009)
[*]Newsnight
[*]Reporting Scotland (1988)
[*]ITV News (since 1999)
[*]News at Ten (1967/1992)
[*]News at 545 (1976/1988)
[*]First Report/News at One (1972)
[*]ITN Early Evening News (1992/1995)
[*]ITN Lunchtime News (1987/1995)
[*]ITN Weekend News (1987/1992/1995)
[*]Channel 4 News
[*]5 News (1997/2005/2008)
[*]60 Seconds (2003/2008)
[*]The News Show/The 7 O'Clock News (Feb 2003/Jul 2003)
[*]Liquid News (2000/2002)
[*]Newsround (1972/1986/1990/1994/1997/2002/2008/2014)
[*]Sky News (2001/2003/2005)
[/list]
And a special shout for the theme for Radio 4's PM from 1988.
No sport themes?
Keith Mansfield's Grandstand theme, Barry Stoller's MOTD theme, Tony Hatch's Sportsnight theme, Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain", Booker T. & the M.G.'s "Soul Limbo", the Doug Wood Band's "Drag Racer" and Johnny Pearson's "Heavy Action" are all classics - but another one I've always liked is the Sport on Friday theme, "Hitting Home" by John Devereaux and David Reilly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KGs6IOw5Dc&ab_channel=DeanoJohns
And here's a sport theme from Ireland I've always liked, too, and would love to hear in full - RTE's showjumping theme from the mid '90s to the mid 2000s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJw1WQA7vxk&ab_channel=MillstreetShow
RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - Bluecortina - 07-01-2023
(02-01-2023, 12:00 PM)EJnutz Wrote: Van Der Valk ( 1970's version)
Little House on the Praire
When I transmitted from telecine ‘Little House’ in the 70’s I used to crank the local loudspeakers up during the titles to everyone’s annoyance.
RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - JamesWorldNews - 21-01-2023
A good few here, courtesy of BBC News’ Steve Rosenberg:
https://twitter.com/bbcstever/status/1616750000905633798?s=21
RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - JHarper_2022 - 05-02-2023
Sports
- Grandstand
- Wimbledon
- BBC Test Match Cricket (Booker T & The MGs - Soul Limbo)
- F1 on ITV1 (Moby - Lift Me Up)
- World of Sport
Drama/Soaps
- Eastenders (all variants)
- Grange Hill (1990-2007)
- Byker Grove (1989-1996)
- Emmerdale (1998-2011)
- Coronation Street
Light Entertainment
- Blind Date (both 1993-1999 and 1999-2002 theme tunes especially)
- Saturday Night Takeaway (both themes)
- Bruce Forsyth's The Generation Game (original 1970s theme)
- Noels House Party (1996-1998 theme tune)
- Cilla's Moment of Truth
- Strictly Come Dancing (it has grown on me)
Saturday Morning Shows
- Live and Kicking (1993-2000 theme tune)
- SMTV Live (1999-2001 theme tune)
- CDUK (2001-2005 theme tune)
- Tiswas (1980-1982 theme tune)
News
- BBC News (1988-1999 theme tune/variants)
- ITV News (1999-2004 theme tune)
- Newsround (1997-2000/2000-2002 theme tunes)
RE: The Best TV Theme Tunes of All Time - JamesWorldNews - 01-10-2023
Ski Sunday: the best ever rendition:
https://x.com/saffronroseacts/status/1706078088277201119?s=46