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TV shows that completely changed their theme tune

and some that have been around forever (August 2017)

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fanoftv
Ah How 2. Wonderful programme! The final theme tune was brilliant and the arguably the best, definitely better than any that came between that and the original.

Watching the programmes available on YouTube allows me to enjoy the friendly chemistry and jokes more than I would as a kid, the jokes would have gone over my head most of the time. Definitely an example of not talking down to kids. Fred, Gareth & Gail could easily do this aimed at an adult audience.


Plus am I the only one that likes that original OFAH theme?
MD
mdtauk
Andrew Wood posted:
I'd mention Doctor Who, but I think that's been documented well enough!

Doctor Who has had remixes of the same theme, that doesn't count as changing the theme right? Like the Hollyoaks ones.

Or do remixes count to this topic. Do we need to be reminded of the EastEnders Jazzy theme from the early 90's Laughing
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Larry the Loafer
VMPhil posted:
That HIGNFY theme tune really is bizarre, it also presumably would have had to have been updated each time the titles changed as the sound effects match the visuals. The theme tune they used from series 2 was actually used as the closing theme tune in series 1 IIRC.


The original one shows its age a fair bit too, whereas the one that's in use now has barely aged at all. Those who wouldn't know otherwise would probably be surprised to learn it's been untouched since 1991.
JA
james-2001
Actually reminds me how the first series of HIGNFY actually had a daytime repeat on BBC1 back in 2002 (though for whatever reason they replaced the Hat Trick endcap with a modern one. The original was left in on UKTV repeats around the same time though), ironically shortly before Angus was sacked.
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Brekkie
The original C4 News, though don't think it lasted long.



And Grandstand:

paul_hadley and DE88 gave kudos
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Square Eyes Founding member
Supermarket Sweep (Original 1993 - 2001)



Revival (2007)



Clean Version without the 'check it out's' Very Happy



As often is the case the revival never as good as the original.
Last edited by Square Eyes on 28 August 2017 12:21am
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A former member
Let's ignore central news 😉
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Tomorrow's World









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Square Eyes posted:
And Give Us a Clue ...
Original Titles (1979) - Same theme as Grange Hill

A programme itself that changed its tune (and back!)
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Interceptor
Get Your Own Back changed its theme tune after that series which had all the bad publicity for burning the losing child's toys.
JA
JAS84
Or rather, pretending to. It was faked!
Quote:
The first five episodes of this series also featured the controversial "Forfeit Furnace" in which the losing child would have his/her prized possession "burned" - the flames were in fact fake, and the possession was returned to the child after the show. However, many parents complained of their children copying this act, and it was edited out of the remaining episodes. As a result of the complaints, CBBC's continuity announcers ran a competition where children who could guess how the trick was done could win a prize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Your_Own_Back

Andrew Wood posted:
I'd mention Doctor Who, but I think that's been documented well enough!

Well, DW's themes have always been rearrangements of the same melody. They've never changed it unrecognisably.

Brekkie posted:
The original C4 News, though don't think it lasted long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQj5fQGi0Bo
It certainly didn't - the second title sequence had the same visuals but the familiar music.
Last edited by JAS84 on 28 August 2017 5:54am - 2 times in total
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mccanmat
Mr Bean- episode 1 had a different theme. https://youtu.be/OBLRjm79apo

Though the one shown on itv 2 yesterday had been butchered for a version with the other theme

https://youtu.be/AFbB3zHFtAA

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