The Sound of Movies

In order: Title of the TV show, when it was broadcast, and the composers are underlined; lyricists are after the ‘&’, finally the duration of the track.

1. Marriage Lines (1961-1966) Dennis Wilson. Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra [1966] 2:40
2. Bless this House (1971-1976) Geoff Love. Geoff Love and His Orchestra 2:00
3. The Troubleshooters (1965-1972) Tom Springfield. Geoff Love and His Orchestra 2:53
4. It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (‘Whispering Grass’)(1976-1981) Fred & Doris Fisher [1940]. Sang by Windsor Davies as Battery Sergeant-Major Williams, featuring Don Estelle as ‘gunner’ Lofty Sugden 3:00
5. It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (‘Meet the Gang’) (1976-1981) Jimmy Perry/Derek Taverner. Sang by the original cast and screamed by Windsor Davies as Battery Sergeant-Major Williams 2:59
6. Q (‘Q8’) (1969-1980) Spike Milligan. Sang/spoken by Spike Milligan & Ed Welch 2:42
7. Going Straight (1978) Tony Macauley/Dick Clement. Sang by Ronnie Barker 4:06
8. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em (1973-1978) Ronnie Hazlehurst. Ronnie Hazlehurst and His Orchestra 2:27
9. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976-1979) Ronnie Hazlehurst. Ronnie Hazlehurst and His Orchestra 3:57
10. Last of the Summer Wine (1973-1978) Ronnie Hazlehurst. Ronnie Hazlehurst & His Orchestra 3:15
11. The Two Ronnies (1971-1987) Ronnie Hazlehurst. Ronnie Hazlehurst & His Orchestra 2:22
12. Happy Ever After (1974-1979) Ronnie Hazlehurst. Ronnie Hazlehurst & His Orchestra 3:50
13. I Didn’t Know You Cared (1975-1979) Ronnie Hazlehurst. Ronnie Hazlehurst & His Orchestra 3:17
14. The Other One (1977-1979) Ronnie Hazlehurst. Performed by Ronnie Hazlehurst & His Orchestra 3:04
15. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976-1977) Alexander Faris. Ronnie Hazlehurst & His Orchestra 1:59
16. Blake’s 7 (1978-1981) Dudley Simpson. Ronnie Hazlehurst & His Orchestra 3:15
17. The Brothers (1972-1976) Dudley Simpson. Jack Parnell and His Orchestra 3:19
18. The Main Chance (1969-1975) Anthony Isaac. Jack Parnell and His Orchestra 2:24

Source 1: ’All-Time Top TV Themes’ Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra [1966], CD Decca Phase4 MOCCD13547, EU 2018.

Sources 2 – 3: ’Geoff Love and His Orchestra Play Your Top TV Themes’. LP Music For Pleasure/EMI MFP 5272, England 1972.

Source 4: ’Greatest T.V. Themes. Starsky & Hutch. The Ventures and Many Others’, LP EMI 5C052.25810, the Netherlands 1978.

Sources 5 – 9: ’BBC Comedy Themes’, LP BBC Records REH 387, England 1980. 

Sources 10 – 16: ’Sixteen Small Screen Greats. Ronnie Hazlehurst & His Orchestra’, LP Polydor Special 2384 107, England 1978. 

Sources 17 – 18: ’More TV Times Top TV Themes Played by Jack Parnell and His Orchestra’, LP on Music For Pleasure/Sounds Superb SPR 90061, England 1975.