This is a compilation of all the editions of one of my favourite features from my radio shows over the summer – my TV Times, which was basically a showcase for lots of great TV theme tunes, with some blather about them afterwards from me. It wasn’t deliberate, but with hindsight I was almost certainly taking inspiration from TV Cream’s long-running theme tunes vote-off, and the inimitable Dream Themes.
All the editions were put together by category, some looser than others. Here’s a run-down of all the themes featured (for proper credits, see the Mixcloud listing).
June 29th – all the Bs
Bergerac
Blockbusters
Bugs
July 13th – children’s shows
Round the Twist
The Wind in the Willows
Dark Season
The Secret Service
July 27th – railway-related shows (Indietracks special)
The 8:15 From Manchester
The Train Now Departing
6:05 Special
August 10th – sitcoms
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Shelley
The Two Of Us
Dream Stuffing
Reggie Perrin
August 24th – 90s US drama
Due South
The X-Files
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
September 7th – gameshows
Interceptor
Mastermind
Gladiators
The Krypton Factor
Treasure Hunt
September 21st (1) – 90s UK drama
Jeeves and Wooster
Class Act
Hamish Macbeth
This Life
Neverwhere
September 21st (2) – anything goes!
The Man from UNCLE
UFO
Hi-De-Hi
Howards’ Way
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Miss Marple