The Archers which affect farmers nationwide when livestock movements are restricted. Many famous people have made cameo appearances on the programme: The theme tune of "The Archers" is called "Barwick Green" and is a maypole dance from the suite "My Native Heath", written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood. The Sunday omnibus broadcast of "The Archers" starts with a more rustic, accordion-arranged rendition by The Yetties. The theme for BBC Radio 4 Extra's "The Archers" spinoff, "Ambridge Extra", is a version arranged by Bellowhead. A library music recording of Barwick Green was used for the pilot and during the early
Chicken Man (theme tune) replaced by a re-recorded version from 1988-1989. After being replaced by a completely different theme tune, it made a reappearance in the final series of "Grange Hill" in 2008. An entirely different arrangement of "Chicken Man" was also used as the theme to early series of the British quiz show "Give Us a Clue", despite the fact that it was already being used on "Grange Hill". It lasted as the theme tune from 1979 until 1982, when a new producer/director commissioned an entirely new theme tune. Most recently, the tune has been used as a jingle for the El Árbol