Nationwide Theme
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2011
- Buy Song on iTunes : John Scott - 'The Good Word'
Memories of a gravel-voiced Mike Barratt, Sue Lawley ( not gravel-voiced ) and all the others who made Nationwide so fondly remembered by so many people. 
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Over four decades later I still can't fathom why the BBC suddenly decided to pull this popular and successful programme. What have we got now? The fucking One Show.
We only had three channels back then but television was about quality and not quantity . Proper news programme s that only lasted fifteen minutes but gave viewers the information they needed without all the froth . Soaps were shown two or three times a week and not every day and had more believable storylines. It was still possible too make comedy shows without people getting offended or traumatised. Sport was free too view for everyone instead of costing the earth i really miss those days ,,
Sue Lawley was beautiful. Really really pretty. Nice accent. Thank you Sue
Stirs so many memories... great piece of music. Those slightly clashing trumpets/brass. Love it. I always think some session musician probably just went in for half a day and recorded this, and it is now a treasured and iconic tune for so many.
For once it _isn't_ a Ronnie Hazlehurst (if in doubt, for many British TV themes over several decades, you're on fairly good grounds if you guess him!), but Johnny Scott; it's called The Good Word.
Pure nostalgia. I remember the multiple screens from around the country
Ah, when Sue Lawley appeared, I ... wished I was older. Years later, along came Susanna Reid, and I wished I was younger.
Nevermind Col, at least you were married to Lisa Goddard for a bit..
@@jonathanwilkinson1461 🤣
And now Susanna Reid feels the same way
Sue Lawley’s first ever TV interview was my father on this show in 1972.
Nice little claim to fame there. 👍
Ayyyy ok 😆
The bit no one recognises, is the hook they would use if the network was running early. Back in the day when TV was broadcast live to the nation, if they needed extra time to "opt in" to all the regional stations, they could extend the opening credits. This happened quite a few times, over the years.
I don't remember ever hearing the middle bit, until I bought records of TV Themes.
i love sue lawley what a gorgeous woman .
She had just got engaged when I met her as a 6 year old kid. Sat on our living room floor doing her first ever TV interview! 1972. Showed us all her engagement ring. Very nice girl. I have a copy of that footage of her first ever interview in 1972 but not sure if the BBC would let me put it on here.
Hearing this again after all these years reminds me that I should do my homework
Still loving this ❤️
Nostalgia. Isn't it great 😊
But not what it used to be.
This music is 'The Good Word' by The Scottmen - I've looked for it here on RUclips but can only find it under 'Nationwide Theme' - Great track and sublime horns!! Class music :)
Very early memories for me of The Wombles, Magic Roundabout and Crossroads at teatime on dark evenings. I don't remember the programme at all except for the gravelly voiced presenter. Apart from the main trumpets theme the bit that's always stuck in my memory has been the soft fading 'dum-da-dum...dum-da-dum...dum-da-dum... ' as the credits ended, for some reason.
Who can forget Frank Bough, Hugh Scully, Sue Lawley and Richard Stilgo and the great Mike Neville on Look North.
Sue Lawley ❤️
Hearing this brings back so many memories. Does anyone remember that in 1981 one of the Nationwide reporters, Tony Wilkinson went undercover and lived as a homeless person and it was show within Nationwide as a series called Down and Out. I thought it was very very good. Sadly I have seen no footage of it since. It was repeated in 1982 and never heard of again. I have the book that accompanied the series.
I remember it.
@@tyreburster That is good that someone else remembers it.
Yes, he had a massive "hidden camera" in a sports bag and was attacked in an underpass. I was 9 at the time, but that item has stuck with me ever since...
@@cashawX10 Hi Clive, you are absolutely right about the "hidden camera". You can still find the book of the series & it's well worth reading.
I do indeed remember that. He assumed the name Tony Crabbe as I recall. A piece of journalism that is still as relevant as ever I feel. I also remember James Hogg living rough off the land on a remote Scottish island for some time and being cheered and applauded by the locals. Obviously memorable TV for some of us. Also in 1983 after the format of NW was changed Margaret Thatcher getting a verbal handbagging from a woman over the Falklands/Belgrano incident during a question and answer interview with the Great British public.
Seems like a hundred years ago
yeah kids thats how the news was done in the 70s with style
...and broadcasters really made an effort to be impartial instead of the biased social engineering BS we are subjected to now IMHO.
Ahh, skiving school and this, made me feel all grown up.
Nationwide..... Far superior to The One Show.
It certainly was
Pebble Mill is much better than the One Show too
It was still rubbish though in the main.
By a mile mate.
my mum always used to call Nationwide Town & Around bless her
I was a very weird kid. Nationwide was favourite programme. Thanks for the memories!
I loved Nationwide too.
It's played by the John Scott Orchestra- like many other famous BBC or other theme tunes it was probably a piece of library music produced by e.g KPM, deWolfe, Chappell or similar 😊
Right! Library is Bruton and the original track title is The Good Word. Link: www.apmmusic.com/albums/BR-0221
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Many thanks for info and link, better late than never 😅
They stopped using it. 1977. Out of the blue, they just actually stopped using it, and suddnely it was gone and you weren't going to hear it again. I mean, this theme, they actually stopped using. Actually stopped. Have you ever seen the like? Threw it away, took it out of our lives, changed it.
Terrible. Just terrible. Still can't believe what they were thinking of. Terrible.
The one they replaced it with was crap.
When reporting was honest and tv themes were fun...:) oh loved the 'southbank' show theme too. My son was born in 2002...later i told him 'relight my fire' was not a 1st time song by 'take that' but moreso in dan hartman ' around 79......after he saw the truth he believed my honesty from ther on in....lol
good days..
Thankfully no 24 Hr SKY back then, what a relief, only great Nationwide news on the BBC!
teatime...dad's home from work. .mum's dishing up tea. ....
Clive Evans ha ha same here
Probably crispy pancakes or Birds Eye boil in the bag beef curry.
@Dark Light LOL
Vesta curry for us, first proper Indian meal :O) followed by Birds dream topping and manderine segments from a tin
@Dark Light Sue lawley, ok- what about Pans People/Legs & Co - always good for five knuckle shuffle.
Never heard it in full before. Quite grand isn't it?
Hearing the very 'received pronunciation' Bob Wellings attempt an American accent at the end of one link was a wonderful moment.
Even though I was only a kid I remember Nationwide. Main news,then the regional news,in our case Midlands Today with Tom Coyne,Alan Towers or Kay Alexander et Al. Back to Bob Wellings or Michael Barrett and stories around the region's.
By Jove, I remember them all as well. Memories of a 70s childhood (I am now fifty one) and that dates a person!
Timeless
Wow. middle bit sounds like top gear. Thanks for the memory.
Same vintage. Of course, "Jessica" was a real song and this was basically library music- but the standard of much library music in the late 60s and 70s was usually quite high, because they didn't want to lose out to pop/ rock tracks all the time when the Beeb, ITV and the other TV companies were looking for theme music.
SiLoJayLo: Happy to report that Mike Barratt is still very much with us - aged 84 and living in Buckinghamshire. And on 22 February he'll be at the NFT in London talking about Nationwide!
RIP Michael Barratt xx
We got a colour tv about 1973 or 74. When we switched it on, the first picture we saw was Michael Barrett in a yellow jacket
Reminds me of early evenings on dad's knee watching it as a child in a house in Blackburn Lancashire with the old Rayburn loaded with coal and wood till mid 70's when the Rayburn's were ripped out and replaced with Baxi Bermuda gas fires and central heating which were nicer.
Oh my, that takes me back to when I was a wee nipper!
I used to love it when they briefly went round the local regions: Look North,South Today etc.
Great theme tune.i like playing that on alexa
Only heard first 50 seconds before. BBC liked that Drum and Bass rhythm. Hints of Top Gear
The first episode of the second series of 'End of Part One' (where Nationwide is lampooned as Nationtrite) has ruined my enjoyment of this clip to some extent (now unable to see these titles with a straight face). Even so, the joy of hearing the theme music in full is much appreciated.
RIP Frank Bough.
I have it as ringtone
Ah! Tea time!
Quite simply, a TV classic (despite one S. Hall being one of the regional presenters...). And when TV themes were TV themes!
And don't forget Frank Bough
Splendid
Remember this well, a remix of the theme is found within the BBC’s Afternoon Live as “Nationwide’ by David Lowe.
Great theme......
Englandwide. Items they did from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were few and far between.
Because they were so awful. Not the Nine O'Clock News showed that perfectly - "Can I just interrupt for a moment please - well I'd just like to say hello to my auntie Betty, and I'd like to say hello to my brother Donald too, who's currently serving with the Welsh Socialist Republican Army in Newport. It's just that this station's never been nationwide before, you see"
Calm down croppy, your day will never come. 55!
I distinctly remember watching such items down here in darkest Buckinghamshire and I would guess roughly proportionate per capita to the overall population.
YES! & Frank Bough as well - remember? That helicopter is a Brantly B2 if my memory serves me well. They hired freelancers in those days to do aerial work. LOL 'TJ the DJ' xxxxxx
Wonder if Beyoncé heard the main theme before she wrote " If you like it then you should a put a ring on it" ?
That made me laugh, great shout..
Kevin Scott lol
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Yes. It does sound similar. 😂
John Scott (Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan - et al.) is the composer - he def. should sue.
When I was a kid there was an April Fools BBC TV News report on a mad scientist who had created a dinosaur at his remote countryside compound - I can't find any mention of it these days. It was the 80s because I was rushed off to cub scouts when I wanted to watch the full report. Sure I didn't dream it!
I did not like cub scouts either - dib dib dob.
It’s so weird… I remember the visuals but not the tune! And I remember so many from this era too…!
Yes i remember the interview with Saville on here no problems with birds on trains planes you name it he said wonder if they dug that out for the inquiry
RI Michael Barratt
In the days when TV programs had real theme tunes.. Using session musicians in a sound stage. Not a PC in sight.... I bet they done in one talk also..
Actually, they took many takes.
That is an awesome tune - the drums and bass are really going for it.
Old shows then had good theme tunes
@@Willsey Yes, nowadays the emphasis is more on ambience.
Anyone know who the drummer is?
Look East Points West and Reporting Scotlan all encompassed in bbcs Nationwide
This was one mighty smart sophisticated and its fair to say very looking woman hope Sue was treated like a lady.
I remember the programme but not the theme music
Sue Lawley was hot.
I think not
Great memory thanks, and thanks for the bit nobody recognises! where did you get that from?
I remember an interview with Tom Baker, talking about his leaving Doctor Who, this was in 1982, though he did leave the show in 1981. Can anyone else remember this? I am sure it was around September 1982, Tom Had a beard.
+Andrew Dexter I don't remember the incident but Tom was probably promoting a new play he was starring in, and the question about leaving Dr Who naturally came up.
+PopeLando Thank you for your comment, it may also have been when he was about to appear as Sherlock in ''The Hounds of the Baskervilles'' that was transmitted in the October of 1982.
A bit better than the one show
But i do because i have it on vinal.
Very 70,s
I was aged 11 to 25 when it was on the air. I didn't like the show, it lived in London and South East. Most of UK forgotten about. South Today had to opt in and out. Today the show stands alone.
so much better than the awful theme for the one show!
This show was also better than the one show
Thanks for posting this! Any chance of sharing an unedited original version, without the repeats and the comment shown in big blue text at 0:58?
what was this show? great tune by the way, thats another thing that got crap now too is the music
Mmmm...trumpetty
0:10 Stuart Hall lower right
i can remember the spinning nationwide logo but not the theme tune.
Memories of Stuart Hall and Frank Bough....No thanks, I'll pass on that !!
But they were consummate presenters
Frank Bough wasn't really a pervert, more a clothing fetishist. At least he didn't harm anyone else.
Hitler, Hindley & Brady did worse, I'm not condoning Hall or Bough's behavior but let's not forget that it happened & learn from the past & not hide it.
Proper blokes with big jaws, and wide lapels.. going out into the world with their hush-puppy shoes and foam microphone-covers.. Like an army of secondary-school geography-teachers..
Not like the pasteurised ponces seen on the goggle nowadays..!
lol
The opening chords are exactly the same as Paul Simon's opening to Me and Julio down by the schoolyard . ruclips.net/video/1cs6U097kNQ/видео.html
Sky Vegas have nicked this
@soundzok He's dead, now, though, isn't he?
Would soon be time for bed
from the days when the whole of the UK was a SINGLE community
You mean London in charge of four countries? Better to leave those days behind.
Things were a lot better then, than they are now; or would you miss the knife gangs?
That's more to do with the corporate takeover of Britain (thanks, City of London) than being stuck in the arranged marriage called 'the union'. As for knife gangs, I think they're still around.
Frank Bough.....Ahem, has he not been arrested yet?
Simpler times - Power cuts & Strikes - Hyper inflation - Dozens of pervert celebs on your big old 3 channel telly - 1970s a decade best forgoton.
Don't agree. No stupid wokeness.
Don't remember this
So that's where Beyonce got the tune from🙂
Sue bloody lawley.....creepo
She played the kazoo version of this theme.
That is something I'd love to see................................
This sounds exactly like the song White Riot by the Clash.
I can hear it
The days when we had no Brexit shit.
Are you still moaning about brexit. Shut up.
Brill show just don’t mention ole franks hobby
Could not stand sue Lawley
trumpets/brass. intro..if you like it you should have put a ring on it ! Listen!
good days..