Blue Peter the 50th anniversary) the opening arrangement of the tune was reworked to include elements of "Barnacle Bill" once again. The closing theme for 2008 is the same as opening signature tune. In September 2011, the series returned to using "Barnacle Bill" though with the opening bars and drum roll omitted (along with the "Sailor's Hornpipe") and the traditional closing signature tune not used. 1958–1989: The earliest episodes featured stock footage of a sailing ship under the opening credits. By the late 1960s, Blue Peter's opening sequence featured extracts of that edition's filmed inserts or an event in the studio where
The Tune first animated feature, premiered September 4, 1992, after runs at Sundance and Cannes. It incorporates earlier shorts released by Plympton, including "The Wiseman" (1991), "Dig My Do" (1990), and "Tango Schmango" (1990). Some critics have observed that this content seems out-of-place with the original material for the film. Its music was composed by Maureen McElheron, a longtime friend of Plympton's who has composed the music for most of his films. "The Tune" was nominated for a number of awards in 1992 and 1993. The Tune The Tune is an animated musical-comedy film by directed by Bill Plympton. Del, a hard-working