Long Running Shows Past Their Sell By Date

[bhowells]

Yes the Eric Spear Corrie theme is wonderfully plainitive, its funny how it doesnt sound out of place forty eight years down the line. Spear theme was very much in keeping with instrumental music at the time, Acker Bilks ,"Stranger on the shore." was more or less in simaler vein and that was of course used as a telly theme.



The first couple of bars of the Coronation Street theme sound as if they were inspired by the negro spiritual,"Deep River."



I remember seeing Bruce Forsyth playing the theme on the piano in a variety special he did when I was about seven forty one years ago and his arrangement was pretty good.



Wouldnt it be awful if they updated the theme, Corrie fans would be up in arms. Just as well they havent those awful modern credits that trail the next programme are a right royal pain in the a****** an updated version of the theme would just be adding insult to injury.



I seem to recall that the Dixon of Dock Green theme was modernised in its later years.



Love to hear more of Eric Spears work.

[winsfordtown]

Heartbeat. It's like the sixties never ended

[batman]

Dr Who .... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Third Man]

without a doubt Eastenders.



Simon

[Cuffy]

name='donna']Does anyone remember Millicent Martin in the early 60s she was on bloody everything , each time you turned on the telly, I never really liked the woman. she was in Alfie too wasnt she with Michael Caine.

Now that's a name I've not heard of in long time, although most of her popular work was before my time. Did remind me of the short-lived Moon and Son from the early 90's in which she had the lead role.



I was somewhat horrified to see that Last of The Summer Wine is still going strong. And it regularly features on BBC HD too.

[GRAEME]

name='Cuffy']I was somewhat horrified to see that Last of The Summer Wine is still going strong. And it regularly features on BBC HD too.

Last of the Summer Wine - The Equity Hospice.