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Superlez
Why don't they bring back Booker T and the MGs excellent Soul Limbo?
JJ
Juicy Joe Founding member
Time Warp posted:
No Mambo No.5 - ditched!


So what theme tune did they use then? I was at a meeting at the time so missed the programme.
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
Whilst I appreciate that this is a presentation forum, I find it highly amusing that the title of the music used at the top and tail of the programme is found to be far more important than the discusion of the cricket in between.

Reminds me of the old Waldorf and Statler line on The Muppet Show, "They could improve this programme if they just changed the beginning and the end, put them closer together".
SU
Superlez
Please allow me some artistic licence - I'm from Scotland, and the theme tunes, in my opinion, are far better than what comes in between, I'm afraid. Those great Muppet arch-hecklers have, as usual, called it right... Mr. Green
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Superlez posted:
Why don't they bring back Booker T and the MGs excellent Soul Limbo?


erm... because that was a BBC theme, and they still use that anyway for Test Match Special on Radio 4 Long Wave and Radio 5 Live Sports Extra!
GE
Gareth E
James Vertigan posted:
Superlez posted:
Why don't they bring back Booker T and the MGs excellent Soul Limbo?


erm... because that was a BBC theme, and they still use that anyway for Test Match Special on Radio 4 Long Wave and Radio 5 Live Sports Extra!


. . . and hopefully it will be back on TV next spring when the Beeb cover the Cricket World Cup!
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
bbcsport posted:
James Vertigan posted:
Superlez posted:
Why don't they bring back Booker T and the MGs excellent Soul Limbo?


erm... because that was a BBC theme, and they still use that anyway for Test Match Special on Radio 4 Long Wave and Radio 5 Live Sports Extra!


. . . and hopefully it will be back on TV next spring when the Beeb cover the Cricket World Cup!


.... unless they decide between now and then to ditch another British institution!
TW
Time Warp
Juicy Joe posted:
Time Warp posted:
No Mambo No.5 - ditched!


So what theme tune did they use then? I was at a meeting at the time so missed the programme.


Don't know the name of it but it's a well known tune (at least I think it is!).
MA
Magoo
Time Warp posted:
Juicy Joe posted:
Time Warp posted:
No Mambo No.5 - ditched!


So what theme tune did they use then? I was at a meeting at the time so missed the programme.


Don't know the name of it but it's a well known tune (at least I think it is!).

The theme tune for Cricket on Five is a single called "Shine" by Shannon Noll - who was runner-up in the first season of Australian Pop Idol. Not that well known over here.
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
So what was the television coverage like today then?

I was too busy watching the cricket, so didn't see any.
AP
Aphrodite007
Was nice to see some actual cricket in a highlights programme rather than the usual C4 montages and analysis! The theme tune was pretty bad, and the graphics unremarkable, but the actual programme was OK.

Any news on the cricket rights for WC2007?

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