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The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One

Michael Bush


Childrens' television inspires some of the finest theme tunes on the planet. Let the kids' TV theme countdown commence...

Published on Jul 17, 2007
Kids TV. Home of the trippiest television in the land. And the music! Let the countdown begin...

20. Simon and the Witch
Last but by no means least, mainly based on the fact that it doesn't have any lyrics, and I generally don't go in for music that doesn't have any lyrics. Phyllis Stein, all up in the place, I know. The Witch was a bad bitch, though. God love the, erm, hi-tech graphics.

19. Albert the Fifth Musketeer
'He's sharp! He's cool! He rides on a mule! He's Albert the Fifth Musketeer!

18. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
In order to find this one, I had to root through three pages of wankers either miming along to it or playing it on their guitars. Don't say I'm not good to you. Oh, Thuy. RIP.

17. Captain Planet and the Planeteers
'Gonna take pollution down to zero!' Written by Phil Collins, apparently. Linka was always my favourite.

16. Poddington Peas
I couldn't find the theme tune with its actual graphics, so you'll have to make do with this - frankly, disturbing - pointlessly animated version. A similar premise to Family Ness (and Hatty Town, and The Shoe People, and countless others), Poddington Peas was a cartoon about a community of peas who lived in vegetable garden, each with a puntastic name which was - coincidentally - appropriate to their personality or interests. I don't remember there being a Black Eyed Pea, although the song would suggest otherwise.

15. Mike and Angelo
I always thought Angelo was an insufferable twat, even as a child. The opening song is tops, though, as was Mike's Auntie Katy.

14. Fun House
The only, erm, 'non-fiction' show on the list. Stay tuned for some high comedy from Pat Sharpe at the end of this clip...

13. The Fiddly Foodle Bird
In the grand British tradition of having the truly bizarre exposition delivered at the beginning of the show, in a monologue voiced by a particularly queer sounding comedian, set to music. The Fiddly Foodle Bird was some effed up ess, and if I hadn't found it on YouTube I'd have thought I'd made it up. Awesome, though.

12. Penny Crayon
Penny Crayon was a precocious schoolgirl with a magic pencil who could make her drawings come to life, played by Su Pollard. It's really not hard to see the appeal.

11. Button Moon
The time-honoured tale of a family of kitchen utensils who lived in a spaceship made out of a baked bean tin. Who needs drugs when you have 80s kids TV?

Tomorrow: the list concludes. And Simon adores the one that’s in first place. Not much of a clue, just thought you’d like to know…

 
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Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By Looter 1 July 17, 2007 04:14:46 PM

Captain Planet is my hero, I hope pigeon street is somewhere on the list! x

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By rhys 1 July 17, 2007 04:18:32 PM

I don't remember many of these, we weren't allowed to watch ITV in our house lest it corrupted our morals. Apart from Corrie, of course. Oh, and Dramarama. And Armchair Theatre with the black nun, her turning to the camera and not having a face is still the scariest TV I've ever seen!

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By rhys 1 July 17, 2007 04:19:17 PM

Sorry, it was Armchair Thriller. She had no face, either way.

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By twosheds 1 July 17, 2007 04:27:39 PM

'Vision On'...how can that not be No.1? Madness...

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By twosheds 1 July 17, 2007 04:28:26 PM

Oh dear better read the headers next time, I see this is only part 1....

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By TVdust 1 July 17, 2007 07:33:32 PM

a: I can't believe Simon didn't pull rank and make Funhouse no. 1... b: If 80 Days Around The World, Rentaghost and Jossie's Giants don't feature in the top 10, it will be a sad, sad, day. ,br> c: Of course, everyone knows the best Kids theme ever is that which graced 'Educating Marmalade'... hic doop wallop poop y'all!

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By simonbrew 1 July 18, 2007 09:17:31 AM

I can't pull rank because, as you'll see, I wholeheartedly love what IS number one. The wait is nearly over...

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By Robmac 1 July 18, 2007 01:27:26 PM

ahhh, your forgot Dangermouse

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By Kempas 1 July 18, 2007 03:11:28 PM

No 'Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'? The best by far....I hope it's in the top 10 :D

Re: The Top 20 Kids TV Theme Tunes: Part One
Posted By stuxmusic 1 July 19, 2007 02:02:00 PM

Simon and Witch = Flippin brill. Never really watched the show, but I remember the theme somehow... Albert! = Brilliant, This show was funny enough and the theme worked great. Power Rangers = Metal as fuck. Now that I think about it this was proabably the first metal thing I loved. That and Motorhead's "Ace Of Spades" Captain Planet = Planet ruled. Poddington Peas = The show was terrible, but the theme was great! Mike and Angelo = same as 20. Fun House = But of course! I thought this would be higher! The Fiddley Foodle Bird = The what what? Never heard of it. Penny Crayon! = I loved this show. Such a simple and fantastic premise. The theme was brilliant too. Button Moon = I don't remember this. But it sounds terrible... On to part 2!
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Fun House. Great theme tune, and Pat Sharp's mullet. Priceless. Fun House. Great theme tune, and Pat Sharp's mullet. Priceless.
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