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ITV 50. The Album. 50 Of The Best All Time ITV Theme Tunes

ITV 50: The Album Review by Jason Ankeny.

Britain's second national television network, ITV launched on September 22, 1955. A commercial rival to the state-operated BBC, the independent network's programming slate of fast-paced dramas, ribald sitcoms, and topical documentaries ushered in a new era of broadcasting, birthing such classic series as Coronation Street, The Avengers, and The Prisoner. In celebration of ITV's 50th anniversary comes this two-disc collection assembling 50 of the network's most popular and memorable theme songs. A subsequent (and superior) companion volume, ITV 50: Cult TV Themes, fills in the gaps. Collectors of British sound library recordings and television themes in general will find next to nothing not already included on previous collections, and liner notes are scant, rendering this two-disc set worthwhile almost solely for listeners making their first plunge into the world of TV tunes. But for those select few it's the motherlode, with such classics as the title themes to Crossroads, Emmerdale, and Man About the House (the inspiration behind the jiggly American sitcom Three's Company).

Tracklist:

CD1:

1-1.Coronation Street

1-2.Crossroads

1-3.Emmerdale Farm

1-4.The Darling Buds Of May

1-5.Inspector Morse

1-6.A Touch Of Frost

1-7.The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1-8.Taggart

1-9.The Bill

1-10.Jericho

1-11.Heartbeat

1-12.Minder

1-13.London's Burning

1-14.Sharpe

1-15.Brideshead Revisited

1-16.Jeeves And Wooster

1-17.Miss Marple

1-18.Upstairs Downstairs

1-19.The New Adventures Of Black Beauty

1-20.Hadleigh

1-21.Mr And Mrs

1-22.New Faces

1-23.Strike It Lucky

1-24.Play Your Cards Right

1-25.Blind Date

 

CD2:

 

2-1.On The Buses

2-2.Man About The House

2-3.Please Sir!

2-4.Doctor In The House

2-5.And Mother Makes Three

2-6.The Harry Worth Comedy Hour

2-7.The Big Match

2-8.World Of Sport

2-9.The David Frost Show

2-10.The World At War

2-11.This Is Your Life

2-12.ITN News

2-13.Sunday Night At The London Palladium

2-14.Emergency Ward 10

2-15.ATV Opening March

2-16.Sir Francis Drake

2-17.Van Der Valk

2-18.Bouquet Of Barbed Wire

2-19.Tales Of The Unexpected

2-20.The Power Game

2-21.Naked City

2-22.The Untouchables

2-23.Route 66

2-23.Route 66

2-24.Wagon Train

2-25.Bonanza

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