Music provided by Barbara Dickson, as per the following quote taken from Her web page

Barbara has completed work on the theme music for the new Granada Televsion series "Distant Shores" which is tentatively scheduled for transmission early in the New Year. Barbara provides vocals on the track which also features Troy Donockley, Danny Thompson, Martin Allcock, John Kirkpatrick, Peter Knight and Katherine Tickell. Barbara says that the theme is lovely but we will have to wait until next year to see if Granada will be using it.

Nigel