snorri
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Uncle Phil said:
At a bit of a loose end tonight Uncle Phil?
The Archers
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At a bit of a loose end tonight Uncle Phil?
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the tune is known as barwick green or something (me mum had the sheet music).
Rhythm Thief
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The theme tune is used at the end of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band's "Jollity Farm" too.
I can't stand The Archers, largely because of the terribly addictive theme song. It gets in your head if you hear so much as a note of it.
I can't stand The Archers, largely because of the terribly addictive theme song. It gets in your head if you hear so much as a note of it.
I've never listened to the Archers (heard snippets on other programs etc though) so I can't really comment on the program but I'm not a fan of the theme tune. It sounds very jolly hockey sticks to me.
What does bug me is people claiming, in a weird affected way, to listen to it. As if they can't help it, it's a weakness, it's them being wacky, or it's somehow twee. I honestly don't give a damn and often feel like letting them know I listen to the weather forecasts... adopting that same tone of voice.
What does bug me is people claiming, in a weird affected way, to listen to it. As if they can't help it, it's a weakness, it's them being wacky, or it's somehow twee. I honestly don't give a damn and often feel like letting them know I listen to the weather forecasts... adopting that same tone of voice.
Amanda P
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snorri said:At a bit of a loose end tonight Uncle Phil?
Earworms. Bane of my life.
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alecstilleyedye said:i don't listen to it, but as my mum was (is?) a devotee, its theme tune is woven into my childhood memories.
billy connolly made a good gag out of the theme tune too
+1.
And the amazing thing is, that despite having been subjected to it for all of my formative years, I couldn't tell you the names of any of the characters, nor any event that has ever occured in it. Either I have a) a remarkable ability to tune out unwanted noise, or
it is deathly dull. I'm guessing it's 
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Arch
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FFS, if you don't like it, people, don't listen. I don't watch Coronation Street or live football coverage and then come on here and bang on about how dull it is....
Yes, I listen. Wanna make something of it?
Also, I know someone who can sing Bowie's Space Oddity to the theme tune, in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue style....
Yes, I listen. Wanna make something of it?
Also, I know someone who can sing Bowie's Space Oddity to the theme tune, in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue style....
It's shite. I never said it was any good.
I still listen to it though. And I know pretty much all of the characters. This is what you need to know: David, Jenny, Adam, Shula, Usha, Lizzie, Will, Emma, Susan and Amy are all c**ts. Jazzer, Joe, Eddie, Clarrie, Bert, Pat, Lynda, Lillian, Jolene, Nigel and Brian are all good value. Although Brian is also a complete w****r. Everyone else is a bit boring. And there you have it.
I still listen to it though. And I know pretty much all of the characters. This is what you need to know: David, Jenny, Adam, Shula, Usha, Lizzie, Will, Emma, Susan and Amy are all c**ts. Jazzer, Joe, Eddie, Clarrie, Bert, Pat, Lynda, Lillian, Jolene, Nigel and Brian are all good value. Although Brian is also a complete w****r. Everyone else is a bit boring. And there you have it
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theclaud said:It's shite. I never said it was any good.
I still listen to it though. And I know pretty much all of the characters. This is what you need to know: David, Jenny, Adam, Shula, Usha, Lizzie, Will, Emma, Susan and Amy are all c**ts. Jazzer, Joe, Eddie, Clarrie, Bert, Pat, Lynda, Lillian, Jolene, Nigel and Brian are all good value. Although Brian is also a complete w****r. Everyone else is a bit boring. And there you have it
I sense defensive justification based on the principle of staunch rebuttal followed by giving of ground to allow for mutual agreement.Coward
Crackle said:
Coward
Well I am slightly ashamed of it
. But then I listen to The Today Programme as well, and that's far more worrying...
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User482
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Arch said:FFS, if you don't like it, people, don't listen. I don't watch Coronation Street or live football coverage and then come on here and bang on about how dull it is....
Yes, I listen. Wanna make something of it?
Also, I know someone who can sing Bowie's Space Oddity to the theme tune, in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue style....
Hmmm, for the first 18 years of my life, I didn't have a choice.
Arch
Married to Night Train
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User482 said:
Well, since you claim not to remember a thing about it, it doesn't seem to have done you any harm...
I haven't listened all my life, it was sometimes on in the background when I was a kid, but not religiously. I got into it when I came to Uni and didn't have a telly. And it's on at just the right time for me to eat my dinner to it.. But I don't rush to get home or have to listen wherever I am or anything...
ArDee
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longers said:
I also understood that it was started as a a public information programme, not for townies but for farmers, to introduce them to new ideas and new ways of doing things.
Cue - Fnaar
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Arch said:Well, since you claim not to remember a thing about it, it doesn't seem to have done you any harm...
I haven't listened all my life, it was sometimes on in the background when I was a kid, but not religiously. I got into it when I came to Uni and didn't have a telly. And it's on at just the right time for me to eat my dinner to it.. But I don't rush to get home or have to listen wherever I am or anything...
I didn't say it was harmful, I said it was deathly dull.
