The Archers Rich (piano) and Norman Parker (percussion). Robert Robinson once compared the tune to "the genteel abandon of a lifelong teetotaller who has suddenly taken to drink". On April Fool's Day 2004 both "The Independent" and "The Today Programme" claimed that BBC executives had commissioned composer Brian Eno to record an electronic version of "Barwick Green" as a replacement for the current theme, while comedian Billy Connolly included in his act the joke that the theme was so typically British that it should be the national anthem of the United Kingdom. In 2009, comedian Rainer Hersch conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra in
Above the Title Productions Folk. Above The Title is part of the publicly listed digital music and radio services company 7digital alongside sister production companies Unique and Smooth Operations. Above the Title Productions Above the Title was a UK independent radio production company based in London. The company produce drama, music, comedy and documentary programmes, principally for BBC Radio. It is perhaps best known for making adaptations for radio of the last three books in Douglas Adams' "trilogy in five parts", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and the Clive Anderson legal discussion series Unreliable Evidence for BBC Radio 4. The company's past works