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Whoo-doo-doo-dooh-dooh-doodoo-doodoo-Hitler!
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Guess the tune!
Lets start with a classic radio series.
Baaooh-waaooh-waaooh-wah!
Baaooh-waaooh-waaooh-wah!
Baaooh-waaooh-waaooh-wah duh der...
Handcock's Half Hour?
I'll chuck in another easy one - just to avoid the 'waiting game': This is TV
Daaah dah dah dadadah
Daah dah dah dadadah
Daah dah dah DAAAAAH
Dede dahdah ... [fade]

[Software] you must be thinking of that awf'ly rude pointing game that kids played - there is no D in Hancock.

[Bob] I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue, surely?

Another TV theme:
Dit dit dit daa daa daa daa daa daa
dee dee dee dee dee daa
didididi daa
de dee didi dadaa
dit dee de daa daa daa
dit dit doo doo doo da da dit dit dit
de dee de dee dee daa.

Morse?
[TV series, old and new]
Tump tumpa taaaa, ti-ti-tump-tee TUM tumpy tum tum TAAAAA,
Tump tumpa taaaa, ti-ti-tump-tee TUM tumpy tum tee TEEEEE,
Timp timpy tee, tee tee tee timpetty teeeee....
Herr Bratsche has it!
Chalky] Coronation Street!
HB] Go on - gi'us a clue
Raak] Star Trek? No...
This one should be fairly easy: Radio.
Tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum
Tum ti-tum ti tahh, dahh
Tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum
Tum ti-tiddley tummmm
Tum ti-tiddley Tum ti-tiddley Tum ti-tiddley Tumm
Tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tiddley
Tun ti-tiddley tum

Bom bo-bo-bo-bo bom-bo-bom-bo
Bom bo-bo-bo-bo bom bo-bom-bo
Bom bo-bom bo-bom bo-bom
Bom bo-bom bo-bom bo-bo-bo-bo....fade....

Do we have to guess one before moving on or providing our own?

[Kim] The Archers. [Btd] Right genre, wrong show.
I should say yes, otherwise its going to get very confusing. So far we have:
HB - Dit dit dit daa daa daa daa daa daa
Raak - Tump tumpa taaaa, ti-ti-tump-tee TUM tumpy tum tum TAAAAA, (Dr Who?)
on the go. Lets have some guesses or clues...
I should say yes, otherwise its going to get very confusing - addressed to Kims question...
[HB] Casualty?
[HB] Surely not the "Blessed" Z-Cars?
All wrong so far. You want a clue? OK - I quoted the ENTIRE theme.
Although "Breadmaster" had, perhaps, a subliminal idea ...
A clue to mine? Well, it's not Dr Who, and I didn't quote the whole thing, it sort of goes round in an endless loop, but here's some more starting from where the first part ended:

TI ti-ti TEEE, ti ti tee tee TEE TEE [rest] ti TEE TEE [rest] ti TEEE brrrrr
then repeat from start until the credits finish.

[HB] Juliet Bravo if I'm not mistaken.
Although, listening to it again I'm less sure...
It depends on how much of the counterpoint you're putting in...
Can I slip one in of my own?

Ya-da-di-dahh ya-da-di-dahh
Ya-da-di da-da-dahh
Ya-da-di-dahh ya-da-di-dahh
Ya-di-da-di-dahh
Wha-wa-waaar Wha-wa-waar
Wha-weee wa-warr
Wha-wah wha-wah
Wha-weee waa - wuf wuf
Ya-da-di-dahh ya-da-di-dahh
Ya-di-da-di-dahh
Body babom - Whee-whee

(Whole thing).

Rab] I'd go for the theme to Desert Island Disks...
*mock indignation* I have NEVER seen anything so ridiculous in my life. I have also NEVER BEFORE found myself in front of my computer sceen making weird Doppler effect noises ('ya-di-da-wheeee') with such a grin on my face. And I still have no idea what any of them are.
[rab] Rhubarb and Custard?
[Lib] *ting* Well done.
[rab] Nope, not JB. Also agree with Lib about Roobarb theme.
(Damn Crossposted)
Raak] Thunderbirds! Good 'un!
C20 Classical English...
Pom, tom, tommytommytommytommy,
Pom, tom, tommytommytommytommy,
Pom, tom, tommytommytommytommypomplink
Tommytommytommytommy Der-dededer dededer-der-der-der
Der-dededer dededer-der-der-der
and then it gets too complicated.
[pen] This is I think my favourite game ever, and precisely what the web was invented for...
[BtD] It's the Dambusters! I like this game!
Trying one of my own.....Television.
Tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-um-tee.

(ending might be open to some artistic arugement!)

Lib] No its not! Think Proms!
[BtD] Rule Britannia? I can hear the introduction, I just can't remember how the verse starts...
BtD] Land of Hope and Glory, isn't it?
pen, Tuj] Not Rule Britannia - yes it is the bit that leads into Land of Hope and Glory, so its...
Lib] Seems familiar...
HB] Another clue please!!
Desperate requests With all the multiple guessing and such I've no idea what's been going on - could some lovely person give me a round-up of the results so far? :)
And then of course there's...
Deee doo-doo-doop, deee doo-doo-doop,
doodoodoodoodoododoo doo doo dooo,
Deee doo-doo-doop, deee doo-doo-doop,
deedoodoodoo, deedoodoodoo, deee dooo doooooo00OOOOO,...
Dooooo doooo doooo (dooDOOdoo)
Dooooo dooooo dooooo (dooDOOdoo)
DOOOOOO DOOOOOO DOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Patently not Beethoven's First.
ZK] OK!
  1. Bob the dog - ISIHAC Theme
  2. Chalky Coronation Street
  3. HB - Not guessed yet (A TV theme subliminally connected with Morse)
  4. Raak - Thunderbirds
  5. Kim - The Archers' Theme
  6. Rab - Roobard and Custard (Although try my guess of Desert Island Disks - it mostly fits!)
  7. Bob the dog - Pomp and Curcumstance, Edward Elgar
  8. Lib - ?TV theme
  9. ZK - I know this one! Damn I can't pipoint the tune it is so annoying!:o)

Can I make a call for order please, lets concentrate on HB's, Libs and ZKs before starting a new one and then play a la charades - if you guess correctly then you get to choose a new tune.
[HB] It's not Casualty, is it? It doesn't exacty fit the tune... or your clues... but it's worth a try! :)
ZK] Isn't that the Italian national anthem or something like that? If that's way wide of the mark, feel free to laugh!
[ZK] No, not Casualty. Rab was wondering about the counterpoint - well, there really wasn't any. That might help. Remember that I've already said it's the ENTIRE theme.
[Tuj] *laughing*
[Tuj] In fairness, it may be - I don't think I've ever heard it. But I doubt it. It falls into the genre of "cartoon," anyway.
ZK, is yours the theme to Jonathan Creek? (and I wish I could remember what its real name is)...
Clue for mine, saturday night telly too!
[Lib] I believe you're thinking of Saint-Saens' Dans Macabre (doodoo, doodoo, doodoo, doodoo....) and see my second answer to Tuj, which should have narrowed it down a bit for you.
What a great game this is! Once we've calmed down and are focusing on just one at a time. Shame Roobarb and Custard has already gone, because that it the greatest theme tune of all time.
ZK] Tchaikovsky - Warsaw Concerto?
[Btd] The "Warsaw Concerto" was written by Richard Addinsell for the film "Dangerous Moonlight" and, whatever its merits, has nothing to do with Tchaikovsky or even Rachmaninov. I think you mean the B flat minor concerto, but I don't think it is.
I had no idea that you'd all find my little snippet so hard. Shall I reveal all, or take three more guesses?
HB] Gi'us a clue...
OK - 1970's UK sit-com.
[HB] Rising Damp? It fits! (well, it does when I sing it)
Quote:
ZK - [Tuj] In fairness, it may be - I don't think I've ever heard it. But I doubt it. It falls into the genre of "cartoon," anyway.
Unquote
As to Herr Bratsche's offering, I have not a clue.
[HB] Unfortunately, I'm not particularly up on the tunes for these classic sitcoms. I don't think I could actually hum you one, which is disgraceful.
[pen] No. OK, another clue - BBC. Two more guesses before I have to give it you.
[ZK] The Perry Mason theme?
[HB] The Good Life?
[ZK] Tom & Jerry?
[Lib] Blind Date?

[Chalky] Right era, wrong show. That would have been "Dit dee dee dididi dee". One more guess before I claim victory!
[HB] Theme from Steptoe & Son?
[HB] Fawlty Towers?
No to all, and I say once more - it is a *cartoon* :)
[HB] The Muppet show almost fits, but it's not the entire theme... when you say "entire" you mean it's not repeated?
Oh, and the muppets ain't a sitcom....
[HB] goddit. 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.'
Assuming I'm right, here's another.
Dabba-dum dum dum
Dabba dabba dabba dum
Dabba dum dum dum
Dabba dum ba-dum ba-dum
Dabba dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum
Babba dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum
Dum dum
[pen] No yabbas, so it can't be the Flintstones.
[ZK]Dangermouse?
[pen] Easy - Blue Peter! (although you missed off the Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr at the start...)
[chalky] YAY! Blind date it is!
[Watty] Aye Aye Cap'n!
[pen] er, actually - now I look at it, it's not Blue Peter (Barnacle Bill), is it?
Dabba dum-dum-dumma
Dumma-dum-dum-dum
Dumma-dummadumma- dumma-dumma dumma-dummma-dum....
 It's the good old Sailor's Hornpipe. Hmm. More difficult than it looks, this game.
Meanwhile, another classic sitcom:

 

Yup,that's whole opening theme. Promise.

Porridge
Just a suggestion, if I may: we should number the entries as we suggest them: Penelope's "Blue Peter/Sailor's Hormpipe" theme was, I think, entry number 10, Watty's somewhat cryptic entry is Number 11, so whoever posts a new "tune" (which might be me in a mo) should number it as 12. We're all so good at numbering our postings (cf: "Just a Cheddar Gorge") so this should present no problems. Also, it will facilitate the occasional roundup of resolved and as-yet-unresolved tunes. By my estimation, as yet unresolved are:

3. Herr Bratsche's "Dit dit dit daa daa daa daa daa daa"; and
9. ZK's tantalising "Deee doo-doo-doop, deee doo-doo-doop".

Here's mine:
12.

Pa-pa-pa paah, paaah pa-pa-paaah
pa pah-pah-pah-pah pah-pah-pah-pah pah-pada-paah
Pa-pa-pa paaah, paaah pa-pa-paaah
pa-pa-pa-pada-pa-pa-pa pah-pada paah
Pa-pa-pa paaah, pa-pa-pa paaah da da Waaaaah-waaaah.

Cartoon, entire theme.

[Kim] Hokey Cokey - Number 9. is "Dangermouse" (I think...)
Certainly sounds like it could be. (400k wav file)
3. [HB] is that "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perin"?
[Bigsmith] That's the fella.
Pen got it with "Some Mothers Do Ave 'Em". The 'Morse' reference? Apparently the composer (Ronnie Hazelhurst?) got the rhythm (with slight licence) from spelling out the programme name in Morse code. And thus we have the short them I quoted in its entirety. May well be the cheapest ever original TV theme tune, with only 2 flutes playing it.
I did wonder about Some Mothers, as indeed Dangermouse but stupidly didn't think to track down and listen to them to check. So I lose two points...
Bigsmith has it! Dangermouse it was!
I vote that whoever gets the last of these two choses the next. Still unaccounted for then...
Lib] - Television.
Tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-um-tee.

And Kims...
Pa-pa-pa paah, paaah pa-pa-paaah
pa pah-pah-pah-pah pah-pah-pah-pah pah-pada-paah
Pa-pa-pa paaah, paaah pa-pa-paaah
pa-pa-pa-pada-pa-pa-pa pah-pada paah
Pa-pa-pa paaah, pa-pa-pa paaah da da Waaaaah-waaaah.

Mine's blind date as Chalky guessed earlier.
We clearly need another one -

Ga dum de diddly dum de dum de dum de dum de deee
Ga dum de diddly dum de dum de dum de dum de deee
Ga dum de diddly dum de dum da daa de deee de deee
GA dum de diddly dum de diddly dum de dum de dum ...

HB] Monty Python!
I reckon two on the go at once is ok, so:

ping....pang....peng....pong....dum da-DAAAA, da da-da-da DEEEE, di-DOOOO....

Raak News at 10! Next!
Genre: TV.Classification: Easy.
Runkerty-tunk, runkety-tunk, runkety-tunk, runky-riddly,
Runkerty-tunk, runkety-tunk, runkety-tunk, runky-rid..,
Oooooeeeeeeoooooooooooh! Eeeeeeeoooooooooooh!
Eeeeeeeooooeeeeeooheeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooh
Runkerty-tunk, runkety-tunk, runkety-tunk, runkety-tunk, runkety-tunk etc...
[BtD] Dr Who?
[Btd] Right in one. Too easy, that one.
[Btd] No.
Raak] 'Yes Minister'?
This one turns out harder to write than you think. TV. Current.

Bi-ba-bi-da-ba-chong. Thwap!
Di-di-do-do di-di-do-do da-ya-di-da chwang
Di-di-ya-da di-di-ya-da di-di ya-daaa da-da
Daaa-daa da-da-da daaa-daaa-dayada
Dada dada da-da daaaaa (Chwoing) ....

can I join in? (Raak) Mastermind?
Lib's was Blind Date. Chalky got it ages ago.
Have we given up numbering, then?
[rab] 24?
[Kim] did we ever start numbering?
[all] I think we all got carried away and forgot about the numbers. [Btd] No. [ScipiO] No. (clue) It's an old TV series, that has often been rerun. The part I quoted is just the intro to the main theme, but I can't quite remember how the transition goes.
Currently outstanding are 12: Kim, 14: Raak, 16: rab.
That one rab just did (16?) - I think it's "Have I Got News For You"
[Darren] Congratulations, Sir.
ScipiO] I think Raak meant "Yes, you can join in, but no it is not Mastermind". Welcome!
OK, I'll do one - number 17.
Dum dum dummmmmmm, bree-di-di deeee,
di-di deeee, dee di-di-di deee,
baaa baa babababaaa, tata tata tata teeee....
deee di-deee di-dee, deee di-deee di-dee,
dee di-dee di-deee...
etc.
Well, I've got a tune in my mind which would fit your number 17, Darren, but it won't give me its title! I'll get back to you (no doubt it'll come to me in the middle of my night). :-(
[Btd,ScipiO] Oops. Btd has correctly explained my meaning.
[Kim] <wild guess>Henry's Cat?</wild>
[Brendan] No, but good guess. Right format and genre, but better known. By the way, Bob the Dog did not quite replicate my posting accurately. In the first and third lines, the "paaah" in the middle of the line should be emphasised. This is important, as it is a syncopated rhythm. The "Waaaah-waaaah" at the end should also provide a clue. I reproduce the tune here:
12.
Pa-pa-pa paah, paaah pa-pa-paaah
pa pah-pah-pah-pah pah-pah-pah-pah pah-pada-paah
Pa-pa-pa paaah, paaah pa-pa-paaah
pa-pa-pa-pada-pa-pa-pa pah-pada paah
Pa-pa-pa paaah, pa-pa-pa paaah da da Waaaaah-waaaah
[Darren] Your number seventeen. It still won't gel. Any clues?
[Darren] Bits of it feel like The Prisoner to me, but other bits ... don't.
[Darren] Bergerac? Or have we had that?
[Kim] Bananaman almost fits, but there doesn't seem to be much of a Waaaah-waaah at the end...
[rab] No. Take the waaaaah-waaaaah nice and slow.
[penelope] You're right, it's Bergerac.
[Kim] Slow waaaah-waaah leads me to Blake's 7, but I can't quite make the rest fit!
I think we need some clues. Another bit of mine goes:
Daa daaaa, da da-da-da daaaaaa, da daa daaaa, da da-da-da daaaaaaa,
da daaaa, da da-da-da daa daaaa, da daa daaaa, da DA-DA-DA DAAAAAAA.
[Raak] I think it's Star Trek (original series).
[Darren] That's it!
*Clue* The answer to mine was put forward by someone else as a suggestion to ZK's No.9, also a cartoon, which turned out to be "Dangermouse".
The only cartoon guess I can see is The Tom and Jerry Show, but listening to the theme I'm doubtful.
[Kim, rab] Ooooh - y'know ... I think rab has picked up the right clue. Weren't there TWO different Tom & Jerry productions? Each with its own tune? Is this the Fred Quimby one?
[rab] I can only surmise that you're either not listening to the tune properly (doubtful) or listening to the "other" tune, because, as Chalks says, this is the tune to the Tom & Jerry cartoons from the unsurpassed Fred Quimby. Joint honours to rab and Chalky! Sing it now with me: "Pa-pa-pa paaah, paaah pah-pa paaah...."
[Kim] Nice rendition actually! Comparing it against http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/sounds/Tom_and_Jerry_theme.mp3 it's very clearly the one.
No 18 - 70s TV

De DAH da
De DAH da
Doop doobydoo DAH dada dah dah
DAH da
DAH da
Dah dada dah DAAAH
De da da ... DAH da DAHDAH ... DAAAAAH

doing the filing clerk thing ... took me ages to work this out :-)...

1. Bob the dog - ISIHAC Theme
2. Chalky - Coronation Street
3. HB - Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
4. Raak - Thunderbirds
5. Kim - The Archers' Theme
6. Rab - Roobard and Custard
7. Bob the dog - Pomp and Curcumstance, Edward Elgar
8. Lib - Blind Date
9. ZK - Dangermouse
10. penelope - Blue Peter
11. Watty - Porridge
12. Kim - Tom & Jerry [Fred Quimby version]
13. Herr Bratsche - Monty Python
14. Raak - Star Trek
15. Bob the dog - Dr Who
16. rab - Have I got News for You
17. Darren - Bergerac
18. Chalky - ??

Does that mean that there is really only one outstanding tune to guess? It seems to me it might be an idea to keep Chalky in the "hotseat" until it's guessed and then have just one at a time, like AVM. Otherwise it will be sheer cacophany.
[B'master] We may have agreed that a maximum of 2 'on the go' is acceptable, in which case it's only fair that rab or Darren can post a new toon being as how they are the latest correct guessers.
A clue to No 18 - I've attempted the main [and most recognisable] theme of my 70s TV show - there *is* an introductory bit if anyone needs more ...
No need - it's The Good Life.
[rab] erm ... no. I'm now thinking I haven't done it very well.
OK then... it didn't quite fit!
OK...
plink plingyplink, plink plingyplink
dada daa-daa-daa-daa daa-daa-daa-daaaa
daa-da-daaaaaaa
dada daaa, da-daa, da-daa, da-daa
da daa-da-daaaaaaa
dadada-daa-da-daa da-daa daa-daa
didididi-dee dee-deeeee-deeeee
dididi dee di-dee di-dee da daa-da-daa
da daaaaaa-daaaaa-daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
hahahahahaha!
That was number 19, of course.
[Chalks}Would it be the Sweeney?
[Darren No 19] the Perusaders perchance?
[Dazed5] Sorry, nope.
Perhaps I should say the "hahahaha!" is part of it.
[Dazed] Yup - certainly is.
[Darren] Rentaghost methinks (Gadzooks mistress Meeker)
Classical, in the loose rather than the strict sense of the word.

Plang-chong. Perlang-chong. Plang-chong. Plang.
Plang plong pli pa-dang!
Bubadidididida bubadidididida (continues underneath)
Daaah-di daaah-di daaaah-do ya-di-da
Daah-di ya-di-daaah do daah do-ya-da
Daaah-di daaah-di daaaah-do ya-di-da
Daah-diiiiiii di-yaaah-di dooo

Can supply more if need be, though I would probably stop well short of the whole thing :)

Ravel's Bolero?
Sorry, forgot the code [Darren No. 19] Rentaghost? [Rab No. 20] Ravel's Bolero?
[Bigsmith] No, although my rendition is not perfect (done from memory).
There might be more plang-chongs in the intro.
[Bigsmith] Correct! Number 19 is, indeed, Rentaghost.
[rab] It's not the opening from Handel's Messiah is it?
Update:
1. Bob the dog - ISIHAC Theme 2. Chalky - Coronation Street 3. HB - Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 4. Raak - Thunderbirds 5. Kim - The Archers' Theme 6. rab - Roobard and Custard 7. Bob the dog - Pomp and Curcumstance, Edward Elgar 8. Lib - Blind Date 9. ZK - Dangermouse 10. penelope - Blue Peter 11. Watty - Porridge 12. Kim - Tom & Jerry [Fred Quimby version] 13. Herr Bratsche - Monty Python 14. Raak - Star Trek 15. Bob the dog - Dr Who 16. rab - Have I Got News For You 17. Darren - Bergerac 18. Chalky - The Sweeney 19. Darren - Rentaghost 20. rab's plang-chonger - ???
[Darren] Nope. A hint?
No 21. Another TV theme. 80's/90's.
Do-dooo,do-do-do-do-do-doooooo
La-laaa, la-la-la-la-la-laaaaa-la [repeat lines 1 and 2]
Da-daaa-da, da-daaaa-da, da-da-da-da-da-daaaaa,
Da-daaa-da, da-daaaa-da, da-da-da-da-da-dahhhhhhhh, bom-bom-bom.
[Dazed5 - number 21] It's Blackadder. [rab - number 20] Yes please.
Number 22. Yet another TV theme from the 80s.

dum-diddliddle-dum-dit-dit dum-diddliddle-dum-dit-...
dododummydummydummydummy-dooooo-do-doooo
do-diddliddliddliddliddliddle-doo-doooo
dododummydummydummydummy-dooooo-do
dodiddliddliddle-dee-dee do-dooo
do-do-do-dooo dee-dee-dee-doooo
dee-dee-dee diddliddliddle-doo
do-do-do-dum-doo do-do-do-dooo-dooo, dee-deeeeee
dum diddliddliddliddliddliddliddliddle.... etc.

[Darren] Sure is.
No. 20; Late romantic, Classic FM friendly piece, though if you're a Classic FM devotee the chances are you've only ever heard the slow movement. I posted the start of the first movement.
Very large orchestra for this one. Composed in the late 1800's... normally

Da-da-da-da-DUM,
...da-da-da-da-DUM,
...da-da-da-da-da-da-da-DUM, da-dum.

I suspect Watty will get this one straight away...

um, sorry about the "normally" there, was going to write something else but deleted it and missed a word.
Um, sorry, this is number 23.
[rab] your number 20 is Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto number 2 in C minor and I claim my £5.
*laughs* Indeed. No. 23, as JLE knows, is my mobile ringtone, also known as Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" by Gustav Mahler.
[JLE] Can't stretch to a fiver, but how about some penny chews? I had a hunch you might get that one :) Did I get the number of opening chords right?
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