That awful medley of folk-tunes and pomp, “The Radio 4 Theme” has finally been put to pasture. This annoying ditty was traditionally played at around 5:30am every day to herald the start of Radio 4’s schedule.
Only thirty years after it was first sheduled, the BBC controllers have finally realised that it is “Stale” and that they could use the six awful minutes every day for something more interesting. It’s not like this melody was a short theme or jingle, it was a six minute full orchestral number that Radio 4 would play every single day.
After this much needed change to the schedule, I think the Radio 4 controller should turn his attention to that other repetitive musical abomination: “Sailing By”. This tune is musically more repetitive, and because I am a late night person, it’s a melody that I am more likely to hear. Every reason for killing off the “Radio 4 Theme” also applies to “Sailing By”.
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