Best TV Theme Tunes

Stig

Drag Racer - The Doug Cook Band (BBC Snooker, old style)
Soul Limbo - Booker T & the  MGs (BBC Cricket, when they had it)
James Q. 'Spider' Rich - Yakety Sax (Benny Hill)
Die Screaming Leiderhôsens - Ren & Stimpy Theme
Ron Grainer/Delia Derbyshire - Dr Who Theme

DaveMehmet

Starsky and Hutch - Tom Scott, Gotcha

SuedeAdidas

DaveMehmet said:

Starsky and Hutch - Tom Scott, Gotcha

Wasn’t there a couple of theme tunes?

SuedeAdidas

The keyboard solo bit in the middle of Zoom by Fat Larry’s Band always reminded me of the Rockford Files theme tune. 

DaveMehmet

SuedeAdidas said:

DaveMehmet said:

Starsky and Hutch - Tom Scott, Gotcha

Wasn’t there a couple of theme tunes?

There was but this was the one that everyone recognises.

Addick Addict

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac (BBC Formula 1)

Jessie

House of Cards
Narcos
Friday Night Lights
Mad Men
The Pacific

Elthamaddick

Magnum
ITV 1986 World Cup Theme

MrOneLung

The Rockford Files is the correct answer 

McBobbin

https://youtu.be/P-xO72s5EBY

JohnBoyUK

Magnum.
Hawaii 5 0.
The News at 10 on ITV.
Top Gear.

MrOneLung

Auf Wiedersehn Pet 

McBobbin

I used to have to jump out of bed to switch off Crimewatch before the music started, a scarier theme cannot be found

guinnessaddick

McBobbin said:

I used to have to jump out of bed to switch off Crimewatch before the music started, a scarier theme cannot be found

Don’t have nightmares.

McBobbin

guinnessaddick said:

McBobbin said:

I used to have to jump out of bed to switch off Crimewatch before the music started, a scarier theme cannot be found

Don’t have nightmares.

That's was always a bit like saying "don't have a wank" after Baywatch finished

Fumbluff

Come on this has deffo been done before, I think The Professionals won....
It’s like you’re all bored for some reason.... 

RedPanda

Knight Rider

bobmunro

Eye Level (Van der Valk)

Not many theme tunes reach Number 1!

ForeverAddickted

London Marathon
Grandstand
Ski Sunday
BBC '98 World Cup

i_b_b_o_r_g

Waylon Jennings - Dukes of Hazard

https://youtu.be/Y_2ZuR9BTXg

HardyAddick

The Persuaders and most others by John Barry

fadgadget

Randal & Hopkirk
The Prisoner
The Protectors- Avenues and Alleyways
Joe 90
The Persuaders

AddickUpNorth

The A Team
Cagney and Lacey

Elthamaddick

forgot about Grandstand, great shout that one

mid_life_crisis

The Sweeney

NorthheathAddick

Miami Vice (1980s Version)

Minder

Muppets

Airwolf

MrWalker

Van Der Valk remake starts next week - they played the original theme tune which sounded very cheery.

M*A*S*H - very atmospheric.

Aaah, Ludwig.

cafc375

Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads.

Bullseye.

killerandflash

Old Top Gear had a different, but still really good closing theme, I never realised that it was actually a 1976 Elton John track, Out of the Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycBunQ6_TzQ

Croydon

JohnBoyUK said:

Magnum.
Hawaii 5 0.
The News at 10 on ITV.
Top Gear.

This was great walk on music for Wayne Mardle too

Hornchurch

Hill Street Blues