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[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?
[rab] No, you only had about half of them. There are a full *eight* main chords at the start of each of the first eight bars (which you gave a "plang" to), the first seven each having a "chong" on the lowest bass F of the piano halfway through the bar...

And now a piece that you might be able to guess, just from the rhythm that runs through the entire piece as a background, which I'll give two bars in italics
TUM-tiddly-UM-tiddly-UM-tum
TUM-tiddly-UM-tiddly-UM-tum...
Deeeeeeee, da-da-doo-da-da-da dee, da-da-deeeeeeeeee - Da-da doo-da-da-da-deeee.....

[JLE] Now that (number 24) is Ravel's Bolero.
*grin*
updating:
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 - Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto number 2 in C minor. 21. Dazed - Blackadder. 22. Darren's dum-diddliddle-dum-dit-dit ? 23. JLE - Mahler's Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" 24. JLE - Ravel's Bolero

I reckon Watty and Darren should be choosing the next two tunes , although Darren's No 22. [80's TV] has yet to be guessed

Clues? New tunes?
OK, here's 25 and it's 90s TV.

RattattattattattattATT!!
dada duhhhh, dada duhhhhh, dada duhhhhh da-da.
dada duhhhh, dada duhhhh, dada deeee da-da.
dada duhhhh, dada duhhhh, dada duhhh da-da,
da-daaaaa, da-daaaa, da-daaaaa, da-da.
(repeat from second line)
dadada daaaa-daaa-daa-daaaa, daaa-daaa-daaa-daaa,
dum-da-daaaa-da daaaa-daaaa-daaa-da,
dum-da-daaa-daaa daaaa-daaaa-daaa-daaa DAAAAAAA
(repeat first bit again)

Does anyone want a clue to number 22?
[Darren] Yes please!
[Brendan] OK, think Richard Briers.
Ever Decreasing Circles. A puzzlingly unrepeated top-quality classic...
[Darren] Number 25 - Men Behaving Badly?
[rab] re. EDC - funny, we were saying that only last night .. Howard & Hilda - a sublime coupling.
[Chalky] In exactly those words? That's scary. *sweeps the room for bugging devices*
[rab] yup - during Mother's Day Dinner. My sister-in-law has neighbours [married couple] who always leave their house in matching outfits so naturally the conversation turned to ...
[Darren] I won't attempt a guess at either of yours 'cause I think rab and penelope may be right
Are we out of challenges? If so, here's another "classical" one (26):

takatakataa takatakataa takatakata takatakatakataa
takatakataa takatakataa takatakata takatakatakataa
(continues behind ...)
daaa daa di dip dip, daaa daa di dop dop, daaa daa di dipdip
dee dee dee dee dee dip dip, dee dee dee dee dee dip dip
dee daaa daa di dop dop ...

[rab] Correct. It's one of my all-time favourites. [penelope] Correct.
[HB] Is it the "advance of the Nazis" moment in Shostakovich's "Lenigrad" symphony, first movement?
Um, "Leningrad"...
[JLE] Right in one. Note to self - try someting more obscure next time.
No 27: Children's TV, definitely 80's, maybe before, maybe after, I dunno.

Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do doo-do
Diddly di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do doo-do
Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Do-di do-do-do do-diddly-do
Dudlo do-didlo-da do-didlo-da
Duh-di-do da-dla-daa
Do-di di-di-didi do-dowo-do
Du-dli-do di-da-dalalala.

I hope this one's easier to guess than it was to type in... I missed out the accompaniment on the grounds of sanity.

Too hard?
Well, I haven't been able to work it out, if that's what you mean.
[rab] Chock-a-block?
OK, I'm going to do another one. Number 28. Children's TV from the 80s. Again! But also a "classical" piece. You can name either, or both for a bonus point. Oh, in the TV theme there was talking over some of this.

dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm da-dumm
dummm, didididi dumm, didididi -
dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada
dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm dumm
didididi dumm da-dumm
dada-didi dada-didi dada-didi dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAda-dada-dada-dada
DAAA-dada dada-didi
DAAA-dada dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAda-dada-dada-dada
DAAA-dada dada-didi
DAAA-dada dada-didi
dada-di-da da-da dya-da DAAAA
da-da-da daaa dada-dada-dada daaa
da-da-da daaa dada-dada-dada DA-
didadadum didadadum didadadum didada-
DAdadada-dadadada DAdadada-dadadada
DUMMMMMM.... BRUMMMMM.

More details on no 27. I guess part of the difficulty stems from the fact that if you ask anyone if they can hum the theme tune, the answer is generally "no". Apparantly the show was first broadcast in 1975 (a great year to be born) and was aimed at pre-school kids. Looking at websites it's claimed that it was a bit trippy. The main character was a little unconventional... sounds a bit like the Teletubbies really, but 20 years earlier (which makes one wonder what all the fuss about the Teletubbies was about).

Hope that helps!

[rab] no. 27 - The Magic Roundabout?
[Chalky] Nope. Think cartoon. Think cross-dressing.
[rab number 27] Is it Bod?
[Darren] It is indeed! I apologise for being approximate, but it's quite tricky to write down, as you can verify by listening to this.
Come on! Number 28's still open and there's plenty of room for more tunes!
OK I'll try one if no one minds
29
doodoodoodoodoodoo doodoodoodoodoodoo
twwwwwww DAH dah dahdah dada-dahdahdah
dahdahdah dahdahdah
dee dee deedee de-de-deedeedee
doo doo dodoo deedeedeee
dada dada dah da-dada da-dada dada doo doo doo doo
t-t-t-t DAH dee dee deedee da da da-dadaaaa
t-t-t-t DAH doo doo doodoo doo doo do-doodooooo
t-t-t-t DAH dah dah dada da da do-doodeeeee
da da da dada daaaa
DAH DAH DAH
b-b-baa b-b-baa

80's Cartoon/20 minute toy advert.
[Gusset Login, Darren] *Was all grown-up in the 80s and definitely not home early enough from work to watch tea-time cartoons*
[GL] Transformers? Not that I ever saw it, but it fits the description.
[GL] He-Man? On the grounds that I never watched ITV (my parents were very prejudiced against it and/or didn't want us watching the adverts that weren't disguised as cartoons) and I can't fit any of the ones I remember off BBC to it.
[Brendan] No
[Raak] No, but it was vaguely similar now I come to look back on it
[GL] Mighty Morphing Power Rangers?
Bendan] Ha! I've found you at last! The other person in the UK banned from watching ITV...
Whereas I merely gravitated away from ITV of my own accord. Obnoxious snob that I was (am?).
Hm, I always think of ITV as being inherently low-quality. I'm not sure why. Perhaps I've watched it?
Darren]Exactly. But somehow you're labelled as snobby if you air that opinion.
I'm contemplating reporting ITV to trading standards- I think it is a hideous misrepresentation of the word 'independent' unless it means 'watchable solely after 2am'
I never watched ITV as a child for snobby reasons too. Now I refuse to watch the BBC as well, leaving me with Channels 4 and 5 for refuge. This is why I tend to play a lot of computer games.
Since we're pretty much all agreed about ITV, is anyone interested in continuing with this game? ;)
[Darren] Doesn't look like it.
[Gusset] Shame, that.
[Darren] I agree, but I can't think of any answers. So I can't get it going again.
Neither can I, but here's a really easy one. Film music.

Daaa ... Daaa ... Daaa ...
[pause]
TA-DAAAAAA!!!
brrrbrbrbrbrbom bom bom BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM
Daaa ... Daaa ... Daaa ...
[pause]
TA-DAAAAAA!!!
DA-DA-DAAAAA!!!!!!
DAAAA!!!!!
DAA!!-DAA!!-DAA!! (bom bom bom)
DAA!!-DAA!!-DAAAA!!
DAAAA!!!
DAAAA!!!
DAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
[Raak] Lovely formatting. Is it 2001 - A Space Odyssey?
Heh, simulposted. I got that too.
[rab] Yep, said it was easy.
oooh splendid - 3D!
I'd just like to say, at this juncture, that I love the new commercial for Evergreen LawnFeed which features a dancing frog, assorted garden creatures and the tune of 'Daydream Believer'. Groovypops.
Yeah, I noticed that one. It is surprisingly well animated for an advert, imo. Going back to my number 28, it was a sort of game-show thing where a bunch of minor celebrities were trapped on an alien planet and had to escape by solving puzzles. Is that enough of a clue?
[Raak] Except it wasn't originally intended as film music. I presume you know it, but some others might not - in its original incarnation it is the opening to Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra.
[JLE] Yes, but how many people know it primarily as the Strauss, even the ones who know that's where it came from?
Well, me and Watty for a start... ;-) I've never even watched 2001. Nor, in fact, read the book.
I also knew it was Also Sprach, but since Raak said 'Film music' I replied with the title of the film. On a related note (maybe) it impressed me that 'classical' music was used for that film. Nothing dates a film so much as its soundtrack when a contemporary score is used - even more so when it tries to sound 'futuristic' - so it was a smart decision to choose something timeless, I think.
I heard the choice of music was more-or-less accidental though - something about that they just used Strauss as a test soundtrack but it seemed to fit so they used it for the final film.
I guess we need an appropriate swan song. This is the best I can think of.

Deee daah daah daah dee dah
Deee daah daah daah dee dah
Deee dah-di deeee dah-di dahh di dah dahhh
Deee daah daah daah di dah
Deee daah daah daah didi dada
Deee dah-di deeee dah-di dahh di dah dahhh

(key change, continues)

(Though thinking about it, The Swan might have been more appropriate!)
rab]I'll just venture in while the door is still ajar, did it start out on BBC2? Cracking 40 years self-congratulatory best of type clips.
[Inkspot] Annoyingly at an orchestra rehearsal last night so couldn't watch this. No it's not a TV theme, but a piece of Classic FM-friendly music.
What time signature - it could fit into 6/8 or 4/4 from where I'm sitting?
I think it's more like a slowish 3/4.
Ahhh! Classic FM I can drift off sleep to that anywhere, especially smooth classics like The Blue Danube.
[rab] Is it Spring by ... I think it was Vivaldi but I could be wrong
Nope. Will give a clue shortly.
[all] Though, that said there's a kind of connection...
I was thinking Village Swallows (I think that was its title - Strauss waltz thingy anyway) but it doesn't quite fit my memory. I must drag it out and have a refresher course.
You may have to Peer more closely at the dots...
Look, it's bloody Mornington Crescent from the Peer Gynt suite, ya dullards.
I KNEW that all along
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