Dick Barton tune

Subject: Dick Barton tune
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 01 Nov 06 - 07:21 PM

Anyone here else remember Dick Barton, Special Agent? (Here's a page with some stuff about the radio serial, if you never heard of him, or to awaken a few memories.)

Anyway, the reason I posted this is that I came across this clip on YouTube, which uses the signature tune - "the Devil's Gallop" - to liven up what would otherwise be a boring enough home movie of a bike ride down a London street. Works very well too.

But more, it took me back to huddling by the radio for those few minutes every evening all those years ago. So I thought I'd share the memory by posting the link here.

Subject: RE: Dick Barton tune
From:
Date: 01 Nov 06 - 09:38 PM

Read your post and reckoned it must have been the back end of the forties before I looked at the web page.

Not wanting to go to saturday sports because an episode had been missed during the week but could be caught up with in the omnibus edition.

Happy days.

Jack

Subject: RE: Dick Barton tune
From: eddie1
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 01:42 AM

Look out Jock, look out Snowy!
The tune brought the memories back for me too.

Thanks
Eddie

Subject: RE: Dick Barton tune
From: Alan Day
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 02:39 AM

Did anyone see the film?
The high pitched noise that was going to wipe out the World.
Good old Dick,Jock and Snowy we are only here now because of them.
Al

Subject: RE: Dick Barton tune
From: Scrump
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 04:16 AM

In case anyone wants a CD copy of the tune so they can relive their memories of Dick, Jock and Snowy whenever they want to, the original Dick Barton theme "The Devil's Galop" (note the correct spelling - it was spelt with only one 'l') by Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra, is available on a CD of music from the BBC TV comedy series Dad's Army. The CD is called "Dads Army: Music From The Television Series" and has cat. no. CD41010, according to the HMV site where I found it.

Subject: RE: Dick Barton tune
From: Leadfingers
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 06:36 AM

When I was a lad , the street would clear at quarter to seven - usually triggered by someones mother shouting from a doorway "Dick Barton's on!"

Subject: RE: Dick Barton tune
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 01:41 PM

Here's a story from Time Magazine in 1947 reporting how the BBC came to put out the omnibus edition favoured by jacko.