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What is the greatest television theme song
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Fraggle Rock  |
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Many to choose from
Big Bang Theory is up there |
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By *for2Man
over a year ago
Bristol |
Someone has to say it...The Lone Ranger  |
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Airwolf. It’s the currently ring tune on my phone.
Yes, I’m a sad git |
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I can still sing Jonny Briggs. That has to go some way given I've not watched that for years
Also. (Ohh, byker,byker, byker) Byker Grove. (Ahaahaaha) |
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Also knight rider |
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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. |
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Friends |
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CSI |
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Airwolf |
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Tour of duty.
Hands down. |
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Raggy dolls
Obviously 
Mr Hayes |
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Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - Catch The Pigeon
Honk Kong Phuey |
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"Honk Kong Phuey"
Could be. |
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Dog the bounty hunter!  |
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Dad's army |
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A team |
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Airwolf |
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Trumpton  |
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Faith of the heart ....enterprise theme tune
And of course the thunderbird theme tune
Weekend world....nantucket sleighride...mountain |
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If it's song rather than tune either
Boon - Hi Ho Silver
Taggart - No Mean City
Charles Endell Esquire - I'm Back
Minder - I Could be so Good for You |
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"Sons of Anarchy "
Yes! what a song.
Mr Hayes
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Mission Impossible
Starsky and Hutch
The Professionals
The Persuaders
The Avengers
Dukes of Hazard |
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"Sons of Anarchy "
All the songs in that were brilliant! |
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Breaking Away - opening music from Auf Wiedersehen Pet
And a shout out to Jamie and the Magic Torch  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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If it's tune either
Van Der Valk
The Sweeney
Z Cars |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There's a few that I class as first equal
The Racoons
Cheers
Golden girls
Minder
Boon
Dallas
The Wonder years
Desmonds
Prisoner cell block H
The Hitman and Her (Cocoon)
Ski sunday
The clothes show
The Word |
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"Peaky blinders "
"Red right hand" nick cave and the black seeds.
Arctic monkeys do a fantastic cover of this.
Mr Hayes |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Airwolf. It’s the currently ring tune on my phone.
Yes, I’m a sad git "
That has to be close to the top of the list - but I will vote for Dr Who.
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 peep show |
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Z Cars"
Hairs on the back of my neck stand up on end when this gets blasted at Goodison Park |
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I quite liked the Poddington Peas theme song. |
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Greatest American Hero had a truly brilliant theme song .  |
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Albert the Fifth Musketeer "he's sharp, he's cool, he's nobodies fool" |
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Closing credit theme from the Sweeney.
Inspector Morse Theme
Theme from ‘The Champions’
Miami Vice and Crocketts Theme
Harry’s Game
Incredible Hulk (Lonely Man)
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Run White Horses
Black Beauty
There seems to be a horse theme going on there |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I thought
Dukes Of Hazard
Knight Rider
Air wolf
Were all memorable. Have Dukes Of Hazard on my phone |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
There are two different types… the singalong and the big huge band number!!!
The big band number….. space 1999 or Blake 7 (uk) Dallas or knots landing (us)
The singalong…. The fall guy or different strokes |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"I thought
Dukes Of Hazard
Knight Rider
Air wolf
Were all memorable. Have Dukes Of Hazard on my phone "
Dukes is a great singalong tune… |
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Star Trek TOS
Red Dwarf
The Persuaders
Department S
Mission Impossible
Captain Scarlett
Space 1999
U.F.O
Game of Thrones
Vikings
Peaky Blinders
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Charlies Angels
Wycliffe
Starsky and Hutch
Hawaii five-0 (original)
The Professionals
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By *ambozaMan
over a year ago
kilburn park |
Soul calypso... Test match special |
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The Likely Lads
The Sweeney
Cheers
The Duchess Of Duke Street
Tales Of The Unexpected |
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Bonanza.
Monkey.
The water margin.
Brooklyn 99. |
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"Soul calypso... Test match special "
Yessss |
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The last leg |
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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! -Linda La Hughes
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Roobarb and Custard - end of discussion! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Knight Rider |
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Has to be Soul Limbo, the theme to the old BBC test match cricket show.
Once heard it dropped in the middle of a hard techno rave- the whole place went fucking mental...it was a most lush sight! |
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"Bonanza.
Monkey.
The water margin.
Brooklyn 99."
Yesssss Monkey |
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X-men Animated series |
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Wacky Races |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Travelling |
"X-men Animated series "
haha came here just to say that!
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"X-men Animated series haha came here just to say that! "
Nananana Na NaNa!!! |
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By *xmfrvnMan
over a year ago
Stoke-on-Trent |
"Duck tales"
Ohhh, actually...
90s Disney cartoon themes were incredible - Chip n Dale, Goof Troop, Talespin, Darkwing Duck
Not Disney but I'd throw Raccoons in the running as well |
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If it was the best British tv theme the answer is Poddington Peas |
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"If it was the best British tv theme the answer is Poddington Peas "
Yesss!!! See further up |
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"X-men Animated series "
Didn’t even look to see if this was posted haha |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"True Blood
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I was looking for this answer |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If it was the best British tv theme the answer is Poddington Peas
Yesss!!! See further up "
Yes! Mon the Peas |
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"X-men Animated series
Didn’t even look to see if this was posted haha "
Great minds  |
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Round the twist I still know every word |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Marine Boy
Top Cat
Banana Splits
Hong Kong Phooey
Apart from Marine Boy which I think was an instrumental I remember all the words to all of them!
Oh, and Bonaza was a great tune too! |
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The Flintstones
Pink Panther
Scooby Doo
Teenage Mutant Ninja  s |
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Outro by M83, the theme to Versailles |
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I grew up near byker. Great program and theme tune.
The A-team theme or antiques roadshow are iconic |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
The theme from one of the very first farming programmes broadcast on TV called:
A quiet stroll at Castle Howard. A beautiful tune. |
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"Outro by M83, the theme to Versailles"
YES!! |
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Grange Hill. Man About The House. Fall And Rise Reginald Perrin. Only Fools And Horses. Ski Sunday |
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Happy Days |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Has to be Soul Limbo, the theme to the old BBC test match cricket show.
Once heard it dropped in the middle of a hard techno rave- the whole place went fucking mental...it was a most lush sight! "
Really…. So “howzat”????
I’ll grab me coat!!! |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
Animal Magic
(with the incomparable Johnny Morris) |
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The Rockford Files
Only Fools and Horses |
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Airwolf, or does anyone actually remember a T.V programme called 'Ski Boy'? |
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By *al kalMan
over a year ago
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Anyone remember these theme songs?
Trap Door
Button Moon
Gladiators
Crystal Maze |
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"Has to be Soul Limbo, the theme to the old BBC test match cricket show.
Once heard it dropped in the middle of a hard techno rave- the whole place went fucking mental...it was a most lush sight!
Really…. So “howzat”????
I’ll grab me coat!!! "
Your jokes haven't improved with age |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
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Jamie And The Magic Torch |
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I know you asked for TV theme but on radio, The Archers theme/intro is 1 that gets stuck in your head for days.
Puts me in mind of a Billy Connelly sketch about it becoming the new national anthem  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Top gear.
The song is called jessica. Can’t remember the band. |
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By *hoirCouple
over a year ago
Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds |
Supergran.
Close it all down. We're done here. |
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"Supergran.
Close it all down. We're done here. "
Oh....Good call |
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From childhood, Star Fleet, later redone by Brian May and Eddie Van Halen. |
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The entire intro of Count Duckula is responsible for how I turned out in life. |
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Can’t believe no one has said Magnum P.I and also what an opening ! |
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Champion The Wonder Horse |
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Theme from Harry’s Game, beautiful song and in Gaelic too |
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The uk people may not know these ones but for us Irish there are 2
Glenroe every child in the 80s hated this theme tune still gives me shivers
The Sunday Game theme tune signals the start of the summer |
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Callan
Rawhide
The Avengers
Mission Impossible |
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Taxi |
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Only fools and horses! |
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I love the sopranos or peaky blinders |
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Surprised no one's mentioned Jonathan Creek. |
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"Surprised no one's mentioned Jonathan Creek."
I’m not |
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Match of the Day maybe not to everyone's gaste but so recognisable... |
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Banana splits .... tra la la ... la la la la get that one out of your ears ... |
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Ski Sunday
Rockford Files
Just saying |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I really like the music from Howard's Way. Both the opening and closing music. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I really like the music from Howard's Way. Both the opening and closing music."
I think the tune was called always there?
Christ knows how I remember that?
But I do! |
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"I really like the music from Howard's Way. Both the opening and closing music.
I think the tune was called always there?
Christ knows how I remember that?
But I do!"
Yes I remember the song well. I used to love the programme too. I saw it being filmed at Southampton once when j was there on holiday. |
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"I really like the music from Howard's Way. Both the opening and closing music.
I think the tune was called always there?
Christ knows how I remember that?
But I do!
Yes I remember the song well. I used to love the programme too. I saw it being filmed at Southampton once when j was there on holiday."
Sunday evenings, Howard’s way, that’s life, followed by spitting image, those were the days!
Kind of |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size
Catches thieves just like flies
Look out!
Here comes the Spider-Man! |
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By *j123Man
over a year ago
Cork |
It's got to be cat-dog |
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Bonanza |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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DALLAS! yes i had to shout that loud!
Again..
DALLAS! |
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Magnum! |
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"Airwolf "
Ohhh yeh good call! |
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"Top gear.
The song is called jessica. Can’t remember the band. "
Allman brothers? |
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By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago
Milton keynes |
"Friends  "
Was just gonna suggested that lol
Who doesn't love friends.. the one where we binge all 10 seasons in one night lol |
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Bring me sunshine morcambe and wise |
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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago
Market Harborough / Kettering |
"Saturday is Tiswas, never a day to miss 'cause Saturday is Tiswas day" it's oooooooookkkaaaaaaayyyyyy |
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Totp..
Match of the day..
Ski Sunday (the old one) |
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M*A*S*H
The Chain, grand prix theme tune
Oh and Thundercats |
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I can’t make a choice between them, so:
The Littlest Hobo
Different Strokes
BBC News
Twin Peaks |
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The Fall Guy |
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The High Chaparal |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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How about the theme to the Formula 1 show on BBC back in the day.
Excerpt from The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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80's 'Magnum P.I.' ?
Actually the 80's had loads of catchy tv theme tunes. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Oooh im throwing 'the littlest hobo' into the mix |
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UFO
Space 1999 (both are good but S1 is better)
Robinson Caruso |
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Cheers, Laverne and Shirley, Threes Company |
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The Littlest Hobo still takes me back
Supernatural is just a timeless classic
Knight Rider too
K |
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In the 80’s there was a mini series Edge of Darkness. The theme was written by Eric Clapton, I remember that being pretty hood.
Otherwise I’d suggest the CSI Franchise which have The Who tracks |
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Too many good ones.
What about the good life.
The Monkees |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"The uk people may not know these ones but for us Irish there are 2
Glenroe every child in the 80s hated this theme tune still gives me shivers
The Sunday Game theme tune signals the start of the summer "
The Sunday game was my ringtone for ages… mainly because one of the former ex gf Fabio was from mayo and it was the easiest way to wind her up around all Ireland time!!!
But yes it’s a classic!!! |
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