26-02-2023, 10:14 PM
(26-02-2023, 05:33 PM)Kojak Wrote: Do we know if the five-note World motif is going to be kept in the countdowns for the new channel? It has more than two decades of history on World, so it would be a shame to see it go.
It has much more history than that. The distinctive BBC World hook is based on Lillibulero, the Purcell March used as the BBC World Service signature tune from 1955 until some time in the 00s.