Softly, Softly (TV series) Alexis Kanner as DC Matt Stone. Although popular with audiences, Kanner appears to have alienated cast and crew with erratic behaviour during live recordings, and the character was dropped after only nine episodes. He later played the recalcitrant Number 48 in the final episode of "The Prisoner". The first two series continued the trend set by producer David Rose with "Z-Cars", and transmitted the majority of episodes live. This was one of the last long-running British TV series to do this. From series three onwards all episodes were pre-recorded. The original theme music was, like "Z-Cars", a folk-song arrangement by
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series) (Gary Collins) who was in charge afloat. The crew consisted of- Guest stars included: The theme music and scoring was by Nelson Riddle. The USS "Kiwi" was based on the real-life , a 40-year-old schooner or scow that was transferred to the United States Navy from the government of New Zealand. It was returned to New Zealand in 1944. A paperback based on the series, by Lee Bergman, was released in 1965. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series) The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American comedy-adventure series that aired for one season on NBC between September