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Tony Hatch provides an insider's guide to the art of composing for television.

Tony Hatch: As Heard on TV: Series 1

Tony Hatch: As Heard on TV: Series 1: Episode 3: Simon May, George Fenton, Ken Bruce, Raj & Pablo

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Episode 3

Episode 3: Simon May, George Fenton, Ken Bruce, Raj & Pablo

Series 1

Simon May, George Fenton, Ken Bruce, Raj & Pablo

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Tony Hatch interviews two of Britain's greatest TV composers, Simon May and George Fenton.

In the third and final part of the series Tony Hatch meets two of Britain's greatest TV composers, Simon May & George Fenton, the masterminds behind EastEnders and The Blue Planet.

In the final episode, Tony Hatch interviews two of Britain's greatest TV composers, Simon May and George Fenton. Simon is the man responsible for the Eastenders Theme and tells us how the famous closing "Doof Doof" moment came about and George relives depicting that Blue Whale through music in the award winning series The Blue Planet. 

Radio 2 Presenter Ken Bruce sings his theme tune choice and Bollywood expert Raj from BBC Asian Network shares with us his surprising favourite and why. 

Tony will test your knowledge of children's theme tunes and this week it's the turn of the 1990s to the noughties. 

And did you know that the Mary Tyler Moore Show spawned three spin-off shows each with a very catchy theme, you can find out what they were in the final episode of this 3-part series.

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