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Simon May, George Fenton, Ken Bruce, Raj & Pablo

Tony Hatch: As Heard on TV Series 1
Episode 3 of 3

In the third and final part of the series Tony Hatch meets two of Britain's greatest TV composers, Simon May & George Fenton, the masterminds behind EastEnders and The Blue Planet.

In the final episode, Tony Hatch interviews two of Britain's greatest TV composers, Simon May and George Fenton. Simon is the man responsible for the Eastenders Theme and tells us how the famous closing "Doof Doof" moment came about and George relives depicting that Blue Whale through music in the award winning series The Blue Planet.

Radio 2 Presenter Ken Bruce sings his theme tune choice and Bollywood expert Raj from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Asian Network shares with us his surprising favourite and why.

Tony will test your knowledge of children's theme tunes and this week it's the turn of the 1990s to the noughties.

And did you know that the Mary Tyler Moore Show spawned three spin-off shows each with a very catchy theme, you can find out what they were in the final episode of this 3-part series.

57 minutes

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Tue 20 Jun 2017 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • Summer Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • Oasis

    Half The World Away

    • Definitely Maybe - B-Sides & Extra Tracks.
    • Big Brother Records.
    • 016.

  • Stephanie de Sykes

    Born With A Smile On My Face

    • The Seventies Album (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Simon May

    The Theme From Howards' Way

    • The Best Of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ-TV's Themes.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Records.

  • Marti Webb

    Always There

    • New Vintage - The Best Of Simon May.
    • Artist Record Company.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Jun 2017 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2