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Ho Anna, I found a similar thing once just listing Radio comedy, here is the link: http://www.angelfire.com/pq/radiohaha/qwerty.html(why don't they repeat "The Way it is" on BBC7?) Sadly it's mostly out of date... |
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Best regards,
Jonathan
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"as the housefly of destiny collides with the windscreen of fate..."
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Thank you George, "Much Binding in the Marsh"- bliss!! Now where is my teddy?
There was that lovely tune from the French "Robinson Crusoe" 1960s TV show
Also in the early 60s there was a Robert Hardy thriller which used Shostakovich's Piano Quintet.
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« Reply #107 on: 18:35:06, 20-05-2008 » |
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Ho Jonathan, I remember Radio Active with Ana Daptor, (one of my alter egos of course) Mike Stand, Mike Channel, etc., and of course Nigel Pry. Looking back, although we have fond memories of a lot of programmes will they have stood the test of time? As you say, perhaps R7 could give them a whirl. Sorry if this is off topic and not a signature tune. I don't think I watched much TV as a child, at one stage it was removed to the attics as my brother was not doing his homework!! Memories of childhood radio are also a little hazy. We were probably too busy out in the fields tending the goats  |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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And who could forget Martin Brown (I'm out of my depth), an ex-Hospital Radio presenter of such appalling ineptitude that his natural home now would be R3.... <smiley resistance continuing>
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« Reply #109 on: 20:37:27, 20-05-2008 » |
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WHAAAAAAT?!!???!
That's goes rather nicely with your avatar.  I'd never spotted the obvious similarity betwen Stockhausen and Brian Blessed before, but now you mention it...  HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!! |
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« Reply #110 on: 22:56:30, 20-05-2008 » |
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Really Richard, that should be
Flash, Ha Ha
Tommo
PS Oops, my head fell off
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Made by Thompson & son, at the Violin & c. the West end of St. Paul's Churchyard, LONDON
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« Reply #111 on: 23:04:59, 20-05-2008 » |
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Brian has a good dentist, obviously.  No, No, No - It's NOT SAFE!! HAHAHAHA!!! |
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Brian has a good dentist, obviously. No, No, No - It's NOT SAFE!! HAHAHAHA!!!Member Martle!! If you publish any more images of Marathon Man I will not be responsible for my <pictures of very high bridges> actions!   |
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« Reply #113 on: 14:08:32, 21-05-2008 » |
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Ho Jonathan,
I remember Radio Active with Ana Daptor, (one of my alter egos of course) Mike Stand, Mike Channel, etc. Has anyone else ever wondered about the level of seriousness at the end of R4's GQt when they say "...and the producer was Jo King..." |
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"Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights do make a left." - Rohan Candappa
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« Reply #114 on: 15:42:58, 21-05-2008 » |
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Thanks Ruby2, that's made me . I seem to remember that Fučík's Entrance of the Gladiators was in a Prom recently - the Last Night? It sounded somewhat better than this version! Yes! I saw an article about that when I was trying to find a midi to see if it was the one. I particularly liked this bit: "Nevertheless, the march's title seems singularly inappropriate. Few gladiators, about to face almost certain death, would have marched into the Coliseum feeling quite as jaunty as their entrance music would suggest." Please can someone put me out of my misery/ignorance and tell me the correct phonetic pronunciation of this name? I'm guessing either Foo-sick (nice), Foo-chick (female fan of the Foo Fighters), Foo-seek (trying to find the Foo Fighters) or Foo-cheek (being rude to the Foo Fighters.) How about "Foo-chic"? (for fans of the Foos) would that make the running? |
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« Reply #115 on: 16:00:20, 21-05-2008 » |
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Please can someone put me out of my misery/ignorance and tell me the correct phonetic pronunciation of this name? I'm guessing either Foo-sick (nice), Foo-chick (female fan of the Foo Fighters), Foo-seek (trying to find the Foo Fighters) or Foo-cheek (being rude to the Foo Fighters.)
How about "Foo-chic"? (for fans of the Foos) would that make the running? Would that be like a particularly flattering tour T-shirt? Nice idea... |
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"Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights do make a left." - Rohan Candappa
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Brian has a good dentist, obviously. No, No, No - It's NOT SAFE!! HAHAHAHA!!!Member Martle!! If you publish any more images of Marathon Man I will not be responsible for my <pictures of very high bridges> actions! NO FAIR! I had to see him a couple of weeks ago for two extractions. Rotten beast lied and said it was all over then yanked. |
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« Reply #117 on: 16:22:22, 21-05-2008 » |
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Meanwhile, back at the topic.
Lots of brilliant memories here. It's amazing how far back you can dredge.
A few more...
Grieg's Norwegian Dance no 2 was used for a domestic-type TV serial at the end of the fifities.
I mentioned the same composer's Symphonic Dance no 2 and its use in the Railway Children. Have just remembered that the lyrical middle section of Dance no 4 was used in another E Nesbit adaptation, the Treasure Seekers, around 1961/2.
Vanity Fair by Anthony Collins had a spell on Woman's Hour about that time--the Stereo Record Guide rightly calls the piece 'fragile but indelible'.
The opening of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony was on an early Sunday evening discussion programme circa 1959.
This topic could go on for ever and I shall surely return to it from time to time.
Ian.
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« Reply #118 on: 17:54:52, 21-05-2008 » |
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It's not a signature tune but music used throughout a film where I heard it for the first time and loved it: Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11 in The Truman Show.
As a teenager I was very taken with some Chopin used on a film's soundtrack and had it running through my head for weeks after seeing The Turning Point: it was apparently his Etude in A flat op 25 no.1, orchestrated by John Lanchbery.
And for years, I could sing all 3 signature tunes used for Richard Baker's These You Have Loved - I can only recall 2 now, both Handel I think.
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Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
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« Reply #119 on: 20:46:10, 21-05-2008 » |
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They just keep on coming.
The Winifred Norbury variation from Elgar's Enigma (the one that leads into Nimrod) was used on the radio production of the Forsyte Saga in 1967 or thereabouts.
Geoff Hamilton's gardening programmes included the Minuet from John Ireland's Downland Suite. I've a feeling that the 4th of Gerald Finzi's 5 Bagatelles was sometimes used, too.
Someone mentioned Grieg's Holberg Suite. I remember the Gavotte being used circa 1966 for something on the Home Service but can't remember what it was. What a good composer of TV and radio signature tunes Grieg was!
Keep on posting here.
Ian.
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