Doom Tunes

Thee orig. tune for world in acktion was not "nantux0ret sleighride", but something from a library music album from the 1970s. It was a slow piece w/hammond organ and acoustic guitar, which I thought was very nice actually, and I'd buy it if I found a CD with it on, esp if it also featured thee small group arrangement of "Sailing By" by Ronald Binge as used on radio 4 shipping forecast (I have a big orch vers on a GRATE CD called "British Light Music Classics vol2" (chandos records, laym0rz) which is v nice. Said CD also features arrangements to Xcellent music from "The Archers" IE Barwick Green (?) from "My Native Heath" by somebody-or-other whose name eludes me @ present and U should all buy it 'cuz it will make U all happy) I digress, the WIA theme music was eventually replaced by a more contemporary version which was rubbish.

The two Radio 4 themes Norman mentions are indeed GRATE.

I know I don't normally like modern programme music, but I have nothing against the current news theme. Admittedly though I don't think they've ever topped the theme used during the "Chinese lantern" era with "BBC NEWS" forming in a typewriter style on the bottom of the screen.

Songs of Praise, Antiques Roadshow, No Limits, Windmill, eerie foreign kid's TV series, just about anything shown on a Sunday.... The Money Program excepted. Or themes for programs that were distinctively late and reminded my parents I shouldn't be up.

The Archers theme tune makes me think "Oh shit, I've got to change the channel". In the old days it used to make me think "Oh shit, I've got to sit through this for the next half an hour", cause my mum used to put in on in the kitchen. The omnibus used to be followed by 'Stop the Week (with Robert Robertson) which had this this bonkers 'ba ba ba' signature tune that always intrigued me. Sadly, my mum always turned the radio off at that point.

Sorry - Robert Robinson

Stop The Week theme by Instant Sunshine, involving the dreaded Miles "Franglais" Kington.

Match Of The fucking Day. Or the snooker theme shit which heralds non- appearance of Buffy.