The Bill 1988 Closing Titles
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- The Closing Titles from the 1st 30 minute episode. The episode originally aired on ITV 19th July 1988. The middle 8 is here, and is in fact played twice in this theme. The 2nd middle 8 was removed after the first 2 episodes and was only then heard on Omnibus editions in the UK and Double episode showings in Australia.
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These credits were the signal for bedtime for me!
OMG, you're so right!
Yes! I would be hoping my parents hadn't noticed... If i could make it past the credits, chances are I might just be able to watch whatever is coming up next - probably a violent action film! Whenever I watched the Bill, my mum would be constantly reminding me, that the police do not say "You're nicked" they say "I'm placing you under arrest..." - Although, i'm sure they say it occasionally - how could she know??
Brilliant comment!
Same here. Brookside was the same for me
Same here
The guys that did that version of theme deserve a knighthood! This was so iconic at the time! Bath time and bed in the late 80’s!
There was a lot of depth and meaning in this outro. It's the end of an episode that signalled the end of a working day for the cops, so they are off walking home. They're not marching on duty, they're relaxed, the walk looked casual. Off duty for now until next time. Even the ground they walked on spoke volumes; the wet cobbled British streets and rainy weather gave off that sort of feeling of the kind of environment they worked in. As the cops gradually disappear from screen, it was the TV equivalent of the curtain going down.
Even as a kid, I got that. It was so good to watch. We need this back.
UK police don't march on duty, this is how they walk along unless they need to run. The "policeman's walk" is good fun to watch when you notice it. Even last week I saw a pair of officers on duty using this stroll. They can walk for miles at this pace.
@@judithfurmston3731 Which isn't even taught to recruit officers, it just... happens. Before I retire I intend to get a video of me walking down this street (Pennington Street, Wapping) before they tarmac it just to overlay this music.
or, the director just decided. lets just make 2 officer walk for the outro. there's absolutely no meaning to it. and here we are in the comments. lol
They're not walking home Mustafa, I think others have pointed this out... This is how UK Police used to walk around the streets, commonly known as "Bobby on the Beat", they each had a patch or set of streets and they walked about them to keep peace and order and brilliantly got familiar with the members of their local community.
This is a facet of policing sadly lost with the onset of modern cost cutting and the regression from face-to-face policing.
The end titles themselves do communicate the end of the episode, as they're walking away from the camera. But the meaning is that whilst we remain stationary the Bobby continues on the Beat, working hard to keep law and order for us the viewer.
It’s their beat though
brings me back to my child hood. Dad used to watch this show all the time.
Extremely iconic.
Gotta love the way Thames still mentioned they were making programs in colour as late as 1988!
So many people still had black and white portable TVs at this time like I did!
@@smokerlad that makes sense - here in Australia (where we only got colour in 1975), TV channels dropped mentions of colour in credits/idents by 1980.
@@SenhorBundy I know it was crazy though, I think Yorkshire did the same until well into the late 80’s
@@smokerlad Yorkshire Television stopped having “Yorkshire Television Colour Production” and it was changed to just “Yorkshire Television Production” in 1982.
You’d think it was 1968 not 1988 lol
What makes this theme unique is that the time changes from 7/4 to 4/4 and back again, giving variation!
I've always thought it was two bars in 3/4 followed by two bars in 4/4. But I'm not a musician and it's hard to count...
EDIT: Also, hello from 14 years in the future.
Tuesdays at 9-10pm back then ìn trinidad 1988 i was 7. I always loved that outro Thanks for the wonderful memories😉
"Come on boys, its bedtime"
"Come on Dad, can I watch it till the end?"
"Okay, go on then"
Brings back memories
Back when credits were played in full instead of chopped up, put in tiny screens and talked over by annoying "continuity announcers".
They never show credits in full like this in the 2020s!
"Aaaand the team at Sunhill will be back tomorrow at the same time when PC Hollis has to rethink his attitude to the Cobcroft Estate while DS Don Beech races against time to disarm a bomb lodged up Sergeant Cryer's nose... and of course Frank Burnside is engaged in his usual antics. That's tomorrow night on The Bill. Up next... one of six comedians hosts a panel featuring the other five comedians, then it's nothing but back-to-back reality shows until 3am. Here on all of British television."
When they actually respected the closing theme instead of drowning it out? Allowing a bit of atmosphere to linger? Yeah, I remember that - but my great-great-grandchild is a brontosaurus.
this is a trip down memory lane i was a kid when these were broadcasted i hope the bill come s back
Credits just wouldn't last this long nowadays!
Now would you see or hear them, because they would be squashed into the corner of the screen while the next show is advertised.
Notice as well how everyone they’re crediting has the entire screen to themselves for a moment?
Bring back this amazing theme to our tv!!!
wow the middle 8 is fantastic - thanks for posting ;)
Rumor in the early 90s that there was a version where one of them steps on a dog shit
I think that was a Benny Hill skit
I remembered this omgggggggg my childhood all over I loved this show
Loved The Bill - Reg was my fave, lol!
What a feat
Best theme it ever had.
I remember my nan watching the credits roll - says to me, without a hint of irony "It's always wet when they're walking at the end".
Also Bill related, I've been told that my partner's father used to lift his feet off the sofa and slowly mimic the walking over the closing titles - Sadly I never got to meet him, as he died a few years before I met his daughter - I'm sure he would have had me in stitches!
RIP The Bill :( Things had started to go downhill a couple of years ago and the new theme tune was terrible! That's when the Bill lost its iconic status. On another note..the middle eight is amazing!
Wow, only back then could you show a 1 minute 30 second end credit sequence. Could you imagine that now? Especially not on a 30 minute episode.
The fucking NOSTALGIA boys!! Can't beat it!!
I remember these end credits being used in the early 90s, circa 1993 or so. I remember when police officers used to dress like that as well.
Me too. The uniform was slick.
Who mimicked the walk with their siblings haha
I wonder how many takes it took for them to walk in sync.
+Louisa Moore It's actually pretty easy to walk in sync, in fact we do it naturally without realising when we walk with people.
+pieoffire I can barely walk in sync with myself, so if I'm able to do it with someone else that's a miracle! :p
Miss these
Bedtime kids.....Awwwwww 🙄
these credits signalled bath and bed time for me as a kid
I remember this show when I was 3 in 1990 with these titles. I always referred to the show as 'the programme with the legs at the end' 😂
oh my goddddd so amazing, brings back so many memories of being allowed to stay up and watch the bill hahahaha, like a comment on another vid for these credits that themetune deffo signifies bedtime!!
I remember seeing these end credits as a kid when my dad used to watch The Bill on ABC!
The Bill was good in the 90's, until it went amateur in the 2000's.
Exaclty.
Who else use to enjoy the dramatisation & story of the contemporary Police Man/Woman told through the medium of Soap television during the 1980s?
And instantly I'm 10 again!
This is so 80s!
I am glad I am not the only one how had to report to bed when this tune came on.
I remember once trying to convince my mum that it was the start and not the ending - Why? Ill never know - like she did know! - Proud Baby of the 80s lol.
My family used to watch The Bill in the 90's until it turned amateur in 00's, bringing in actors who got kicked off Eastenders. The same thing happened with Brookside, but they brought in terrible actors.
the cid officers then was awesome. roach and dashwood was legends. missed roy galloway
Its 2024, and they cant even make a simple theme tune anywhere near as good as this, never mind the programme being incredible (until it went soapy).
wow this takes me back :)
EPIC KEYBOARD SOLO!!!!
Gillian Jen that was the best bit for me.
I have the original Panasonic MII camera tapes of this sequence. They show several takes including a wide shot of the two officers with their arms around each other in order to keep walking slowly in sync!
Chris Randall Do you have them available to upload please?
Lol best credits ever
The Omnibus used to be shown on a sunday afternoon on UK Gold in the mid 90s if I remember rightly
Yes, from November 1992 when UK Gold was launched . However they always used to plaster over the old Thames logo.
Member this show back in NZ when I was a kid
That key change toward the end before the 2nd middle 8 is genius. Don't like the resolution to the major chord at the end though.
jnyc the bridge on this is genius
i was 2 when this came out, funny enough even at 2 i can just remember it :) but i love the 1984 theme.
You don't see much of the original Bill cast now.
What a time signature!
Sounds like it's switching between 6/8 and 4/4.
Who's the genius that made that work on an iconic TV theme tune no less?
7/4, actually.
@@oBiz150 after reviewing, it's more like a 14/8
Thank Andy Pask and Charlie Morgan for it
You're correct with 6/8 and 4/4. Definitely not a simple 7.
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2 metres apart please!
0.34 you know it was a good episode when the extended theme came on
When i was younger I would VHS the end credits, then pause them take a picture on my polaroid camera, run up stairs and touch myself
I think you will find that as soon as their feet were out of the camera's view, they went their own ways.
I loved this ending with the plates of meat walking dahn the street 😁
R.I.P. The Bill.
i always did wonder what would happen if the end music never played, would i still have to go to bed at the end lol.
Some say there still walking 🤔
Some people still had B/W TVs - even in 1988!
that is some slow fucking walking!
Fucking the bill is awesome
Right that's it, time for bed
@Hounddogg36 I think that's Sgt Alec Peters. With Cryer and Penney, they were the first sergeants I remember from being young.
I have only seen small bits of The Bill wen i was up my nans..I heard on the car radio that its being killed off in September
@djsreview Hence why The Bill was a drama, and not a soap opera.
0:58 sound the legendary stan lee??
Tv Showz dont do this anymore and show everyone involved in making a programme. THey just rush it through to get to the ads.
Back when time signatures like 7/4 were used in tv themes
THEBEST
ha! Exactly the same for me! :)
the only part of this show worth watching.
says it all really.
A ITV CLASSIC SOUPS POLICE THEME
yes it does. My parents love watching the Bill but I think its on at 9pm & they lost interest .I lied it when burnside was in it. I didnt bother watching it anymore when he left. Do you remember his own series called Burnside? it was fab but wasnt on long which was typical
Do those walking legs belong to any of the bill characters in particular?
This episode ending is light duties
Brings back memories at least this Bill has a theme tune unlike the bill now doesnt even have a theme tune pure rubbish
Any Idea why the Bill is on later these days?
@Gr8t3y3s You are one one of the greatest people ever, haha
Sounds dated, 1998 was ok, but '01 would work now. RE The feet, they can't be used as female police in the UK don't wear the skirt any more as it was deemed sexist
What episode is this? And why they are laughing?
This is Light Duties, the first 30 minute episode. They are laughing because DS Ted Roach in his usual style has just tried chatting up a woman in a pub. He did not realise this was the new uniform Inspector Christine Frazer.
Bedtime
…and turn over for A Question of Sport.
heh, yep you were not the only one :p
Sierra Oscar...
this was origonally aired 1988 not 1998
Credit most go out for the steel bands there
prolly to do with the nature of some of the episodes.
yeh it was good preferd it when Don Beech was in it or Des Taviner good characters
You’re nicked sunshine
Must have been walking very slow to be in tune
:-)
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These are the extended credits from the Sunday omnibus on UK Gold
Incorrect. This is the end credits from the first half hour episode 'Light Duties'. Your comment has been reported as 'misinformation'.
@@madmurdock100 you're clearly a gobshite.
@@simracer1256don't like being proved wrong? Ah, didums
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Looking back on it it's more like a priest and a nun than cops.
should of just left alone it was getting 6 m vewirs at 8 pm why change something if not broken and all you do is rest a show for few months of a year for 3 months
is that female in a skirt and tights? Uniform supposed to be functional not sexist. How on earth do you run in a Skirt?
Don't be so PC
Back when you could keep the streets of the uk safe with a nightstick and some fisticuffs.
Before the dark times...before Islam.
I think you'll find Islam was around long before 1988, you racist fucking cretin.
porridgeandbananas what race is Islam? I’d like an answer.
Ok, we'll settle for you bigoted fucking cretin.
porridgeandbananas hahahaha you got shut down. Not my fault you are uneducated.
@@porridgeandbananasans it was doing horrible things then