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
The Clothes Show held annually at the beginning of each December. The show's original theme music in 1986 was the Shep Pettibone remix of Five Star's then-recent hit "Find the Time". From 1987 onwards the theme tune was an excerpt from the Arthur Baker remix of the Pet Shop Boys' song "In The Night", which can be found on the 1986 "Disco" album. The original version of the song was on the b-side of the 1985 single "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)". In 1995 Pet Shop Boys were asked by the BBC to remix the theme tune for a revamped version of